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Just traded my Necrons for Dark Eldar because I want to be a special snowflake that murders people, so here's my first crack at a list full of psychos:

*****Realspace Raiders Detachment*****

Archon: Animus Vitae, agonizer, blaster, clone field, WWP (goes with scourges)
Urien Rakarth (goes with Raider full of Wracks)

Wracks x5: ossefactor
-Raider: lance, nightshield

Warriors x10: blaster, splinter cannon
-Raider: lance, nightshield, splinter racks

Warriors x10: blaster, splinter cannon
-Raider: lance, nightshield, splinter racks

Hellions x5 (points filler)

Reavers x6: 2x heat lance, 2x cluster caltrops

Reavers x6: 2x heat lance, 2x cluster caltrops

Scourges x5: 4x haywire blasters

*****Scalpel Squadron Formation*****

Wracks x5: ossefactor
-Venom: 2x splinter cannons

Wracks x5: ossefactor
-Venom: 2x splinter cannons

*****Dark Artisan Formation*****

Haemonculus: Panacea Perverted, WWP, agoniser

Cronos: Spirit Probe

Talos: chain-flails, twin-linked heat lance

*****POINTS TOTAL: 1997/2000*****

*****Strategy*****

Wracks deep strike in and try to get that tasty first blood goodness and draw a mess load of firepower away from the main force.

From there, a flock of haywire birds precision drop in with the archon and blow away the scariest vehicle and harass until they fold.

The big scary monsters do the same thing.

The rest of the army flies around shooting the bits and pieces while grabbing objectives.

That is the best list I can come up with. The stuff I got in the swap that is not included in the above list is:

1 extra haemonculus
Drazhar
Lilith

3 grotesques
15 incubi
enough special weapons to run the warriors as blasterborn instead

30+ wyches

2 extra venom
5 extra raiders

A crap ton of hellions
3ish more reavers
Razorwing Jetfighter

Voidraven Bomber
1-2 Ravagers
Tantalus (A heavily converted Dias of Destruction from Tantalus parts that with a little work would look like a tantalus again)

No idea is too crazy, not necessarily looking for any theme, just want a list with what I have that will give me the best chance to win. Thanks in advance!

Looking back at it, I think Heat Lances on the scourges is probably a better idea if they're WWP with the Archon as it makes them more TAC after the initial vehicle pop. Thoughts?

No love for the special snowflake army?

Not a bad list to learn the Dark Eldar army with. You have a good mix of units which should let you figure out your play style and which units you like over a couple of games.

As far as our Archon I would drop the Clone Field and give him a Shadow Field. The 2+ save is just better (even if you fail it it last until the end of the phase and it should give the Archon enough protection to kill something).

I would drop your one unit of Wracks in the Raider that is not a part of your formation and replace them with 4 Grotesques in a Raider and run them with an Archon with a Shadow Field/Agoniser or a Succubus with a Glaive.

Good luck! Hope you enjoy the glass cannon!