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Im giving up my nids due to the re-write of doom. Yup. the new dex just cant make me happy no matter how i play it so i am selling the bugs and lookin for somethin that will make MEQ cry. I'm leaning to dark eldar but not sure. Any thoughts on the matter.

I think DE would be your best bet.

DE probably. Second place is Guard, with all their <ap3 blasts.
Whoops, they're not xenos. Then it's DE all the way

Ya my DE tend to stomp on marines, But they can be tricky to play correctly.

I think Eldar might be better. AV12 Vehicles with Holofields and abundant Power Weapons. Starcannons have more weight of fire for killing Termies faster.

Every army with a 4th edition codex can kill MEQ's it really depends on what build you take, and what the meta is. Dark Eldar has the most recent Xeno codex, so it has the most ways to be able to kill MEQ's. Eldar and Orks can do it well too, but there's only like 2 different builds for each army that can do it well.

Dark Eldar followed by Eldar. They are deadly against Sm

I would suggest eldar for shooty, dark eldar for melee.

Of course a horde of ork boyz with a power claw inside can kill nearly anything...

I was leaning DE all along but i figured i would ask dakka

Eldar. Since Dark Eldar are the new thing, they tend to be more popular. Most people won't have as much experience with Eldar, since they aren't played as often.

I don't see what's wrong with nids to be honest. Yes they're not top tier but they're not as gimped as chaos or tau

part of the problem is me when it comes to nids. I loved the old codex and the new one is not the same. Its worse. If venom cannon were still assault X, it would be a much better list but the way that they made the elites choices some of the best possible pics, and nerfed so much of the rest of the book, its sad. I have a huge army and every list i write i can see huge holes. Basically there are only one or two viable ways to play and beyond that they are pretty boring, kinda like orks but weaker. If i wasnt as familiar with the old codex i would probably like the new one more but it was such a huge step down. Now you have to field the models ie. hivegaurd, tervigon, trygon. good old fashioned models like lictor, carnifex got the nerf bat and even stuff that already sucked rippers they managed to make suck worse.

So i reckon i will be buying some DE. Mostly because everyone plays marines and i just want to build a list that eats marines fo lunch. mmmmmmm.