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Hiya! My Dark Eldar army consist:

(1) Archon
(10) Kabalite Warriors
(10) Wychs
(3) Raiders
(5) Incubi
(1) Ravager
(3) Reaver Jetbikes.

I don't know what I should buy next.. I have been thinking about another battleforce and then second Heavy Support. I don't want venom + trueborn blaster spam kind of list. More like.. well I would like to have as many different units as possible. I would like to hear your thoughts on different units and that way helping me to decide what to buy next. (even though I have hear that mandrakes are not worth the points.. I still think of getting them they just are so cool looking models). I don't play turnaments.. only For fun games with friends

I think you should double up your units for a bit of redundancy. At the moment it's very easy to get target priority on your army and down what units you think are threatening. I know you said you what different units, which is fine, but you do need some things in pairs.

If you want things different and still require redundancy consider Beastmasters which are pure close combat, Scourges which are like Reavers and Wracks to claim a objective if you take a Haemonculus.

More troops...until you max out the troops slot you need more troops. 2 will definently not carry you past a 500 pt game. After that a second Ravager as it is the best in the HS point for point. A Haemonculus giving FNP to the wyches is also nice.
I like how scourges play especially with the new models, although I'm not a big fan of Reavers. Beasts are expensive $$$ wise so I'd be careful about going there although they are really good game wise.
Mandrakes are awful game wise and I do mean AWFUL, but the model is oh so sexy. It just looks nice.

The only units I'd suggest you don't consider at all are Mandrakes, the Mandrake HQ (cant remeber his name), Urien or Hellions. Everthing else is ok, some are obviously a lot better than others, but if you're just playing for fun you'll be able to make a reasonable list with the other options.

Try and get all 6 troop slots filled, maybe 2 units of wyches, 2 units of warriors and 2 units of wracks if you're looking for variety. If you're wanting to use Wracks as troops then you'll need a Haemonculus, but they're great anyway so that's not a problem

Ravagers are the 1st choice for Heavy support, but you can happily swap one out for a razorwing or talos/cronos if you like the look of either, and depending what else is in your list.

Reavers are only okay, but with practice you can get some use out of them. I strongly suggest beasts for fast attack, yes the models are expensive, but you can convert them if you can't afford the official ones. Scourges are also pretty good, so have a look at maybe getting a small squad of them.

Tureborn, Incubi and to a lesser extent bloodbrides are decent elites. If you normally fight a lot of vehicles then there's nothing better than a blasterborn squad, but they arent the only the codex's only answer to popping tanks by any means. If the rest of your list is packing a lot of haywire/darklance/heatlance weapons then you may have room for the other options.

These options can still make good lists, not as face meltingly good as the ones that crop up again and again in every single DE thread, but you can get hundreds of fun lists out of the codex.

Yeah I definitely need more troop. That's why I'm getting battleforce next. But I want to know are for example Harlequins, Razorwing or Pain Talos really worth it. I'm Planning to build up a big army but will buy units that are really woth the money at the moment. Also is it worth to make "specialized" list as Dark Eldar?

*EDIT* One thing also what I would like to know, is Court of Archon really worth it? IMO it's really expensive to buy and... really doens't seem to be worth it...

Ravagers are the best heavy option, ( although the razor wing is beautiful) I would simply purchase troops untill you hit 5-6, after that transports for them as DE are very dependant on their transports,.

Raza` wrote:Yeah I definitely need more troop. That's why I'm getting battleforce next. But I want to know are for example Harlequins, Razorwing or Pain Talos really worth it. I'm Planning to build up a big army but will buy units that are really woth the money at the moment. Also is it worth to make "specialized" list as Dark Eldar?

*EDIT* One thing also what I would like to know, is Court of Archon really worth it? IMO it's really expensive to buy and... really doens't seem to be worth it...

Harlequins are not worth it unless you build a list around them including a portal and then they are just for fun. Razorwings with Dissentegrators, SC, and the stock missiles can destroy any infantry squad they meet. Talos/Chronos I use only in my WWP lists as they are just too slow in standard games and tend to die before doing anything.
A Court is meh. It would be really nice if they didn't require the 1+ on everything or the Lahmean worked on the whole court. Above 2500 when I've maxed out everything else is when I use them, otherwise they are in the same boat as mandrakes, they look cool but play poorly.

Convert your bests - tyranid warriors for the clawbeast, chaos hounds w/ greenstuff for the kymera and nid gargoyles for the razorwing flocks.