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Hey guys,

Well, I started playing Fantasy back in '92 when I was a kid and stopped somewhere around '99/'00 but have decided to pick up the game again, as I fancy a bit of a change up from 40k.

Only army I ever had was Dark Elves and I loved them deeply, and given that I still had a bunch of my old metal models still, it was an easy decision to return to the Naggrothi. (And having a copy of the new army book signed by Gav Thrope helped the decision, lol.)

Ok, so this army loosey resembles my army of yesteryear, I realise it's not going to be the most steamlined or competitive list out there, but I'm hoping it'll be fun to play, quite stylized and contains all my favourite DE units.

No idea which lore of magic to pick for my sorceress yet, so help on that is definitely welcome, as are any other comments!

Cheers guys!
Tom.

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Dark Elves - 2,400 points.


Lords (500 pts)
Dreadlord
- Black Dragon
- Sea Dragon Cloak, Shield, Heavy Armour, Death Piercer.
points: 500


Heroes (456 pts)
Master
- Manticore
- Heavy Armour, Shield, Sea Dragon Cloak, Beastmaster’s Scourge.
points: 296

Sorceress
- Level 2, Lore of ??
- Dispel Scroll.
points: 160


Core (614 pts)
Dark Riders
- 4 Dark Riders with Repeater Crossbows
- 1 Dark Rider Musician with Repeater Crossbow
points: 117

Dark Riders
- 4 Dark Riders with Repeater Crossbows
- 1 Dark Rider Musician with Repeater Crossbow
points: 117

Dark Elf Repeater Crossbowmen
- 10 Crossbowmen
points: 100

Dark Elf Repeater Crossbowmen
- 10 Crossbowmen
points: 100

Dark Elf Repeater Crossbowmen
- 18 Crossbowmen
points: 180


Special (450 pts)
Cold One Knights
- Dread Knight
- Musician
- Standard Bearer
- 2 Cold One Knights
points: 175

Cold One Knights
- Dread Knight
- Musician
- Standard Bearer
- 2 Cold One Knights
points: 175

Cold One Chariot
points:100


Rare (375 pts)
War Hydra
points: 175

Reaper Bolt Thrower
- 2 Bolt Throwers
points: 200


Total Points: 2395

I dont play dark elves but my dad does and i have helped him build good lists and know some good stuff(hope you dont mind that i dont actually play them)
I would go with an army based around magic, remember dark elves can use as many dice as they want, i would field something like this for lords and heroes

Supreme Sorceress
Level 4
Dakr Pegasus
Focus Familiar
Talisman of preservation
General

With this you have a powerful sorceress woh can fly up on her pegasus, hide behind a building or some terrain like that, then send your focus familiar(lets you put something within 6 inches that you can cast spells from) outside the building because it cant be hurt, then next turn if they are coming to get your sorceress fly back, she also has a 4+ ward save to protect her adn to keep her from dying from anything that actually can shoot or attack you

Death Hag
Cauldron of Blood

This is amazing, cauldron stays until everyone with it dies(4 wounds for the hags and the death hag) and everyone with it gets a 4+ ward save and it gives either killing blow, 5+ward, or +1 attack to one unit within 24 inches, this is very good if you can always play this

Sorceress
Level 2
Sacrifial dagger

Sorceress
Level 2
Talisman of endurance
Channeling Staff

These two will boost your magic a ton, stick the level 2 with sacrifiacial dager in a big unit of crossbows, and the other one in another unit of crossbows.

Everything else looks okay, you might want to put the cold one knights in one unit of 10, and the crossbows into two units of 19
Other than maybe doing those this looks like a pretty good list