Forum adverts like this one are shown to any user who is not logged in. Join us by filling out a tiny 3 field form and you will get your own, free, dakka user account which gives a good range of benefits to you: No adverts like this in the forums anymore. Times and dates in your local timezone. Full tracking of what you have read so you can skip to your first unread post, easily see what has changed since you last logged in, and easily see what is new at a glance. Email notifications for threads you want to watch closely. Being a part of the oldest wargaming community on the net. If you are already a member then feel free to login now.

Hello community!

I am currently creating 45 battle reports of games I will be playing using the new Dark Eldar.

I want to get a real opinion on the army based on hands on gaming, and not internet opinions. To do this, I will be playing 45 games, using various Dark Eldar lists, against various opponents, to get a real feel for the army.

This will be a good read for both veterans and new players alike, as you may learn something from my games.

I am posting my Battle Reports here..

45 Games With Dark Eldar

... to keep things simple.

If you have any concerns, questions, complaints, or anything on your mind, please let me know! I want you to be a part of my experience as I play the games.

1500 Kabal Versus Orks - Game 1
1500 Kabal Versus Tau - Game 2
1500 Heamonculi Coven Versus Orks - Game 3
1500 Heamonculi Coven versus Ultramarines - Game 4
1500 Cirque de Commorragh versus Ultramarines - Game 5
1000 Wych Cult versus Space Wolves - Game 6
2500 Kabal versus Tyranids - Game 7
1500 Cult/Coven/Cabal versus Ultramarines - Game 8
1500 Coven versus Ultramarines - Game 9 NEW!
2500 No CC Kabal versus Blood Angels - Game 14
2500 Wych Cult versus Tyranids - Game 15
1500 Dark Eldar versus Tyranids (Army Swap!) - Game 16
2500 Web Way Foot versus Eldar - Game 17
500 Hellion Gangers versus Tau - Game 18
1000 Hellion Gangers versus Dirty 'Ard Boyz - Game 19
500 Hellion Gangers versus Chaos Space Marines - Game 20

Wow, nice reports. DE seem to be a real powerhouse. Any plans on taking on a MEQ army?

MasticatorDeelux wrote:Wow, nice reports. DE seem to be a real powerhouse. Any plans on taking on a MEQ army?

I have three games I have yet to write about. Two of them are against Marines

Nice Reports, some good insight there. What's the point cost of the Ghost Armor for an Archon? That makes him a 4+/6++ like a Scourge right?

Sigmatron wrote:Nice Reports, some good insight there. What's the point cost of the Ghost Armor for an Archon?

Rumor has it at 10 points....

That makes him a 4+/6++ like a Scourge right?

Yes, this is correct sir.

Very nice battle reports, looking forward to more soon.

Nice reports!

If you like the splinter cannons so much you should look at the venoms with dual splinter cannons. I've used them in a few games and they lay down some serious firepower.

You might as well play tau the way ur using de.

Smitty0305 wrote:You might as well play tau the way ur using de.

lol, no thanks... I like 1) the ability to hit my targets when shooting and 2) being able to fight in close combat...

let me know how you fare against daemons

Great Reports ! Cant wait to see the MEQ ones. Thinking about starting DE as my second army(the models are just too irresistible) and there are lots of marine armies where i play. Do you think the huskblade is worth it?

wow.
Those Incubi and the Archon kicked ass in the second game.

Nice reports! What tool did you use to make the maps or the battle?

Shenra wrote:let me know how you fare against daemons

There is actually a single Demons player in my area. I will try my best to get a game in with him!

Daemon Eater wrote:Do you think the huskblade is worth it?

The Huskblade is turning out to be worth it, yes. Strength 3 versus toughness 4 kinda sucks, though. I may be contradicting myself here, but the HUskblade is both worth it and not. It is highly situational, let us put it that way.

revackey wrote:Nice reports! What tool did you use to make the maps or the battle?

Vassal.

New Battle Report is up.

http://awesomesaucestudio.blogspot.com/2010/10/dark-eldar-versus-orks-game-3-of-45.html

The 3rd report with several new units was really nice.
I'm surprised to see that DE can manage to take down Orks in cc.

BuFFo wrote:

revackey wrote:Nice reports! What tool did you use to make the maps or the battle?

Vassal.

calypso2ts wrote:

BuFFo wrote:

revackey wrote:Nice reports! What tool did you use to make the maps or the battle?

Vassal.

Is there a place you could recommend to look for a copy of this, I have searched in the past and been unable to find it.

Well, once I downloaded Vassal and got a virus wrecking havoc.

Great reports, thanks for writing them up. It will be interesting to see the new builds for Dark Eldar, keep trying different things... the variety of your lists and trying out new things is great.

Thanks Buffo, I feel rather silly because the 'first link' indicated I had already visited that site and managed to not find the actual download...*open palm, insert face*

I appreciate you taking the time and effort to write all of these battle reports. Keep up the good work!

This is a great public service thread. Your reports are concise and entertaining and that is rare. Thanks.

Good reports man. Can't wait to see some vs Marines or craftworld eldar!

I don't want to mega multi-quote, but thank you all for your kind words. Ido appreciate it. People like you drive me to make my reports as clear and fun as possible.

I am sorry that I took an 'illegal' list in my third game. I felt bad after the fact. I want to make sure I am doing the best I can for you guys, and doing something as stupid as taking 2 Liquefier Guns on 9 Wracks is a pretty scrub thing to do.

I will look over my lists multiple times from now on before playing my games.

Dok wrote:Good reports man. Can't wait to see some vs Marines or craftworld eldar!

I have three Marine games waiting to be made into battle reports. I just need to get the army lists from my opponent.

Great reports man! Glad to see a Haemonculi list that can hold its own!

Great 3 games so far. Very informative and also entertaining. Great use of vassal to create the maps. I take it you actually played on vassal, no?

There seems to be an error in 2 of the games. Not sure if they would've affected the outcome.

In Game 2 (vs Tau), during Tau Turn 3, it appears the Tau player moved one of his devilfishes more than 12" (unless the map is not to scale) to reach the middle tower/objective. Devilfishes, though they are skimmers, are not fast so cannot move more than 12".

In Game 3 (vs Orks), his unit of fleeing orks and Big Mek should've regrouped when Ghazzy did his Waaagh!, as they become fearless and therefore auto-rallies.

Ghaz's Waaagh cannot regroup broken units. non-falling back units become fearless. pg. 58 of the Ork codex.

Sigmatron wrote:Ghaz's Waaagh cannot regroup broken units. non-falling back units become fearless. pg. 58 of the Ork codex.

Thanks for pointing that out for me. I was not aware of that.

Cross off mistake#2, as that wasn't a mistake.

In your second game against the Tau, you cannot have landed your Raider on the upper floor of the ruins in the center. There is a specific list of what units can move to the upper floors of ruins and skimmers are not included.

The only time a skimmer can land on top of a building is when it is classed as an impassable building.