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The wargear for Dark Eldar Kabalite Warriors does not list a close combat weapon. Is this an oversight, or do the basic warriors of the Dark Eldar not have close combat options?

They do not have a close combat weapon. That is not an oversight.

However, models can fight in close combat without any weapons. In fact, having a single close combat weapon is no different from having none at all.

Only the sybarite can get cc weapons. Expect your warriors to smack there enemies with their pointy rifles.

Sybarites get Splinter Pistol/CCW as an option for free(!!!) and can buy better CC weapons too.

The basic warriors just get to smack people with rifle butts. They're not much good in CC and this is why you spend your points elsewhere to get better choppy in the Dark Eldar codex.

Trueborn can be kitted for CC weapon and pistol IIRC.

Not sure why you'd want to kit a shooty unit that way, but there you go..

Mostly just wanting to make sure they can fight back in CC if necessary.

Thank you all! Exactly what I was hoping to hear!

Grakmar wrote:They do not have a close combat weapon. That is not an oversight.

However, models can fight in close combat without any weapons. In fact, having a single close combat weapon is no different from having none at all.

First bit is untrue.

They have a rifle, and a Rifle butt is a 2-handed weapon.

Second and third bits are spot-on.

I never got why some units got one close-combat weapon. Maybe its just to add fluff and make it seems more real.
Anyway a model always can make an attack even without a CC weapon, well unless their attacks are listed as zero.
Think it of them punching or smacking them with a rifle-butt.

Do Guardsmen still get their pointless combat knife still?

yes, guardsmen still have their ccw.

A lot of the seemingly pointless extra kit on units is actually to bring the rules more in line with a WYSIWYG with the models; All guardsmen kits have at least a few lasguns with bayonets, and the canteens/pouches/Backpacks have either knives or entrenching tools on them.

For a SMs seemingly useless bolt pistol is to put the tactical back in Tactical marines: Since you cannot assault after firing Rapid fire boltguns, they gave them a nice pistol to shoot and then assault with.

And as I said earlier, any model with a gun has a 2-handed Normal CCW.