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I want to field a unit of reavers in my Dark Eldar army. The only problem is that I do not know what to give them. I have a couple of questions regarding the matter.

1. I want them to have the arena champion (mostly to make him/her look good) but I was wondering if there was any point giving him a power weapon?

2. Which one is a better weapon choice, heat lance or the blaster?

3. Cluster caltrops sound fun but are they any good?

I would appreciate any insight to these questions. Thank you in advance.

gaovinni wrote:I want to field a unit of reavers in my Dark Eldar army. The only problem is that I do not know what to give them. I have a couple of questions regarding the matter.

1. I want them to have the arena champion (mostly to make him/her look good) but I was wondering if there was any point giving him a power weapon?

If you wanted to have an arena champion I would give him an agoniser.

2. Which one is a better weapon choice, heat lance or the blaster?

I believe that the Heat Lance is better.

3. Cluster caltrops sound fun but are they any good?

I think that cluster caltrops are a good upgrade but, very expensive.

I would appreciate any insight to these questions. Thank you in advance.

I'd recommend Thor's article in the Articles section for any and all DE advice. Also, there's an existing topic in the tactics section discussing Reavers.

Personally, AFAIK A squad of 6 with 2 heat lances is good for blowing up tanks and running over infantry squads. Regarding the other questions, I doubt a PW is worth it as you want them to not really be in assault.
Caltrops are hit and miss I expect, best to try it!

Good luck.

Caltrops are really good, but IMHO to expensive if you are also buying guns for the unit.

When I run Reavers (6) I give them both HL and caltrops. This gives them both an AT and AI role.

I know they are not considered tournament effective, but they have an esoteric value as they always affect how my opponent deploys and plays.