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This is meant to be for all comers tournament so tear it apart if you need to:

Lord:

Dreadlord:
-Cold One
-Hydra Blade
-Armor of Eternal Servitude
-Null Talisman (Thinking of swapping it for a strength pot in case of a challenge or monster)

Hero:

Sorceress:
-Darkstar Cloak
-Spells:
--Darkness School

Sorceress:
-Dispell Scroll
-Dispell Scroll
--Darkness School

Core:

20 Spearmen
-Full Command

20 Spearmen
-Full Command

5 Dark Riders w/repeating xbows
-Musician

5 Dark Riders w/repeating xbows
-Musician

Special:

15 Blackguard
-Full Command
--Tower Master w/Crimson Death
--Banner Hag Graef

5 Cold One Knights
-Full Command
--Reaver
--Banner of Murder

Rare:

Reaper Bolt Thrower

Reaper Bolt Thrower

War Hydra:
-2 Beastmasters

Over all, there's really not much to say about that list. It's solid and will probably win more often than not.

However, Dreadlord cannot take the Battle Standard as far as I know, only Death Hag and Master. I will suggest that he goes on foot with the Black Guard though as the Cold Ones are very likely to get shot to hell.

you mean the dreadlord won't receive the effects of the armor piercing banner? My main concern is the 1+ Armor save he has thanks to the combined armor and cold one.

Also the sorceress has the level 2 upgrade

My mistake, I read "Hydra Banner" not "Hydra Blade"

If you want to keep the 1+ armour save, you could keep him on the cold one but put him in the Black Guard.

Every game I play Cold Ones get shot down completely by turn 3

The Knights are already hitting at S6 - Armor Piercing isn't going to be the greatest use. Get the Banner of Cold Blood, instead. Every Dark Elf player knows that Knights fail their stupidity tests at exactly the worst possible time, so that banner will help ensure that your Knight get to charge when you need them to.

And as far protecting the Knights from shooting, get Harpies. They're cheap and they fly. Use your Harpies, Dark Riders, and if necessary magic and RBTs to deal wih whatever might shoot the Knights. The main threats here are war machines; bows won't hurt too much, but crossbows and guns will do some pain, but war machines will wreck them. A small unit of Harpies can take out most war machine crews on the charge.

You appear to have disobeyed the first rule of Dark Elves - Never leave home without the ring of Hotek...

i had a ring of hotek but that is also a detriment to me using two sorceresses.

Also thinking about dropping darkness from my scroll sorce and getting shadow, that'll give me a 5+ cast flight move or charge or even flee according to the rules.

A friend of mine used a BSB with the Hydra Banner in a unit of Cold One Knights to devastating effect.