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Dreadlord, caledor’s bane, armor of eternal servitude, potion of strength, shield, sea dragon cloak, cold one
279 pts

Master, BSB, heavy armor, sea dragon cloak, shield, cold one, hydra banner
210 pts

Sorceress, sacrificial dagger, dispel scroll, level two
185 pts

Sorceress, 2 dispel scrolls
150 pts

49 warriors, shields, standard, musician
352 pts

3 x 5 dark riders, repeater crossbows
345 pts

3 x 5 cold one knights, banner, musician
477 pts

total = 1998 pts

I'm just starting out with Dark Elves myself, but that seems like an awful lot of Warriors...

One of the DE's main strengths is their ability to dominate in the 'movement' phase of the game.

Not so sure that big blocks of Warriors will help you do that! (Even as 'hiding spots' for the Sorceresses!)

Is it to hide her or to give her a place to use her sacrificial dagger without
breaking the unit herself?

Kind of agree with Alpharius. You lose out on the mobility that the DE can really take advantage of by putting everyone in one big block (you don't even get any additional benefits past the 4th rank anyways), and if it's a concern over breaking from the sacrificial dagger, 15-20 some warriors should be enough to absorb losses. How do you plan on running your scroll caddy?

I feel like the 3rd unit of COK's could be a bit much. With 3 units, you're liable to fail at least some stupidity checks over the course of a game. I would say to drop the 3rd unit in favor of a RBT just to be able to give you a bit more shooting.

malfred wrote:Is it to hide her or to give her a place to use her sacrificial dagger without
breaking the unit herself?

Good point.

I have to admit my bias is more towards the 'monster' side of the DE, with Cold One Knights, Chariots, Harpies and Dark Riders forming the core, and Hydras and such rounding it out...

So, two units of 25 (+/-) for the Sorceresses to hide out in/sacrifice away might be OK.

And again, I'm just starting out too, so...

Lose 7 warriors, make your sorceress a 2nd level 2. Also I'm not sure you really need three dispel scrolls... but maybe you're going up against some heavy magic armies a lot? At 2k points I'm not sure how much magic you're going to be going up against that requires that much dispel when you're already running 2 sorc.