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Hello,

Firstly I do not own the new edition of the 40k rulebook, I'm currently saving for it, however I would like to get an army list written for some Dark Eldar beforehand so:

Have I got this right? With the new edition poisioned weapons havn't changed a great deal. They still wound on the bracketed number, however if your Str is equal to or higher then your opponents toughness you can ignore the bracketed number, using your <unitnamehere> Str value instead, rolling on the table normally but gain a re-roll to wound?

Now I don't know if your allowed to answer this next bit but: With using a ranged weapon (Str value X) Does it always wound on its bracketed number (eg (2+))?

If your strength (or that of your shooting weapon, should it have one) would be better for you than using your fixed number, you now get to use the better number & re-roll failures. So yes, poison got a bit better.

And since you are pointing at the Dark Eldar, their Splinter Weapons doesn't have a strenght stat so it won't be an issue anyway.

Awesome, thank you Mannahnin & STC_LogisEngine for the quick replys! Now onto my Haemonuclus themed army. Mwahahha.

Edit: Typo's.

STC_LogisEngine wrote:And since you are pointing at the Dark Eldar, their Splinter Weapons doesn't have a strenght stat so it won't be an issue anyway.

DE have wracks that use nothing but poisoned cc weapons, along with a few of the cc weapon upgrade options, especially for Haemonculi. They would have poison weapons with a S value in cc. It's also quite easy to give wracks 2 pain tokens at the start of the game, giving them furious charge as well, bumping their S and thus, now making it easier for wracks to wound and then re-roll those wounds. Now that fleet has been nerfed to not allow assaulting after running, wracks have essentially the same assault range as wyches, making them a much more viable option than previously since they start the game w/ fnp and will actually kill more in cc.