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I'm having a hard time battle IG at 1500 pts. Seems like I'm out gunned and lacking ways to kill his tanks (around 11-12).

Any DE has tips on battling IG? what stuff should I bring?

Greetings!

Mech IG are the hardest matchup for Dark Eldar, hands down.


If you were going to build a list specifically for fighting Mech IG, I would do the following:

HQ: Baron Sathonyx (Disposable +1)

Troop: 5x Warriors + Blaster in Raider with Lance and Flickerfields
Troop: 5x Warriors + Blaster in Raider with Lance and Flickerfields

Elite: 4x Trueborn with blasters in Raider with Lance and Flickerfields
Elite: 4x Trueborn with blasters in Raider with Lance and Flickerfields
Elite: 4x Trueborn with blasters in Raider with Lance and Flickerfields

Heavy: Triple Lance Ravager with flickerfields
Heavy: Triple Lance Ravager with flickerfields
Heavy: Triple Lance Ravager with flickerfields

If that leaves points, fit more troops.

If you go first, deploy for alpha-strike. Move up 12", deploy trueborn and warriors within 18" of targets, hit side armour where you can, prioritize threats, etc.

If you go second, reserve everything. The Baron should help you go first.

Either way, if you shake something....move on to the next target. Shaken is good enough - that's a multi-laser not firing back. Or an autocannon. Or a Hydra Flak Battery. You want to take away as much of his shooting as you can until you can across the board as often as possible - you'll do your share of wreck/explode/weapon destroy until there are no threats left. Just remember that for your alpha-strike, shaken is good enough.

*edit*

Two notes that I forgot to mention:

1. This list will do pretty well against anyone else too. It won't against horde armies, but those are exceedingly rare these days.

2. The Baron doesn't have anyone to go with, so have him join a disembarked trueborn unit as soon as possible for +1 cover. He can take down transports on his own with a STR6 charge.

Guard are difficult, especially the mech variety but sloggers can be difficult too.

You really got to look at the table and see if there is a way you can soften something up without taking too much return fire.

Going first helps a ton and when it comes down to it shaken is just fine.
Becareful though with your trueborn and to a lessor extent warriors. If you are within18" he can move up and rapid fire you.

CC toys are useless against guard, so dont waste any points on them. No power weapons, agonizers, or junk. Incubi and wracks are not your friend here, maybe a squad of wyches but even then keep them simple.

@dash: thanks for the list and tips. I will try it out. The last match I had with IG, I was wiped out because I brought in venoms (useless against IG) instead of raiders (tried an all-comers list with lotsa venoms with blasters inside)

@Exergy: I haven't fought the slogger IG yet. Since I the only IG i've is pure mech

Lances! Lances everywhere!

I would run that as my list, but then it wouldn't truly be a TAC list because it has no answer to Monoliths or Blessed Hull, nor does it sufficiently deal with triple maxed out Longfang units, let alone triple devastator squads.

As a side note, I've been petitioning for like a year now to get TAC added to the glossary. Whee! TAC! TAC TAC TAC!