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Monday 10 October 2011

1.85k Dark Eldar list & DE painting progress

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Hi guys,
Time for a little update. You're gonna see a shift towards more 1850 lists on this blog, just as a heads up. I think that the European scene is headed in that direction. This is my attempt at a no-comp 1850 list for my DE. It adds in reaver jetbikes, which I've found very nice with this setup.

Baron Santhonyx @ 105pts.

4 Trueborn with 4 blasters @ 108pts.
Venom with 2x splinter cannons @ 65pts.

4 Trueborn with 4 blasters @ 108pts.
Venom with 2x splinter cannons @ 65pts.

3 Trueborn with 3 blasters @ 81pts.
Raider with dark lance@ 60pts.

5 Warriors with blaster @ 60pts.
Venom with 2x splinter cannons @ 65pts.

5 Warriors with blaster @ 60pts.
Venom with 2x splinter cannons @ 65pts.

5 Warriors with blaster @ 60pts.
Venom with 2x splinter cannons @ 65pts.

5 Warriors with blaster @ 60pts.
Venom with 2x splinter cannons @ 65pts.

5 Wyches with haywire grenades incl. hekatrix with venom blade @ 75pts.
Venom with 2x splinter cannons @ 65pts.

5 Wyches with haywire grenades incl. hekatrix with venom blade @ 75pts.
Venom with 2x splinter cannons @ 65pts.

3 Reaver Jetbikes with 1 blaster @ 81pts.

3 Reaver Jetbikes with 1 blaster @ 81pts.

Ravager with dark lances @ 105pts.

Ravager with dark lances @ 105pts.

Ravager with dark lances @ 105pts.

Total @ 1849pts.

Pretty similar to what I've already been running. A couple of wych squads for haywire grenades, tarpit and mop up. Very multipurpose units that I've fallen in love with (despite the internet hating them). Had to downgrade one of the trueborn squads to 3 blasters unfortunately, and had to substitute one venom with a raider to get within the points limit.

I'll write up a post on reaver jetbikes soon. The 3-man groups with blasters are once again very much against the internet's common consensus, but after half a dozen games with them, and the reavers being good in every game, I'm feeling pretty positive about them. It's really just a matter of not thinking in a vacuum.


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5 comments:

  1. Models look really nice, the army will look excellent when it's all done.

    The list looks very competitive. However the baron looks odd in such a mechanised list. Does he do much apart give the +1 to go first. Would 2 haemonoculus to give the wyches feel no pain be a good alternative ?

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  2. Thx. In my games, the Baron has done pretty well even though he is the only one who starts outside a transport. A lot of the time I'll have stuff disembarking t1 to get shots off, and the baron can jump up and join them, giving them stealth. T2 he can either join whyches or charge into something by himself. I haven't ever felt the need to have a squad for him to start the game with.

    Haemoculi could be an alternative, although they couldn't start in the venoms with the wyches. A blaster Archon is a nice buy for 75 points imo, and that leaves me with points for flickerfields on all the ravagers. I've just found the +1 to go first too good to pass in some matchups.

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  3. Silly me, fogetting the venoms only hold 5 (not 6 like a razorback).

    I'll have to convert up a baron and try him myself.

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  4. We want mooooooooooooooooooar!!

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  5. I'm working on that Alviro. I was at a tournament the past weekend and am VERY tired, especially after working my butt off to complete the repainting on time. I'll have a report on the tourney soon.

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