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We are playing 1000 point games at our LGS and I was just wondering is there any good way to run a 20 strong squad of Kabalite warriors. The only thing I can come up with is camping them on an objective in your own deployment zone. Has anyone ever tried something along these lines?

It can be done, but:
1. they need a good cover
2. they need two splinter cannons in that unit
3. they need Duke Sliscus in their unit at the beginning of the game to turn all their splinter weapons to poison (3+)
4. it would be nice to have an allied Eldar Farseer around to cast Doom on target unit, then it's not going to look pretty, or maybe make him join that Kabalite unit and cast Guide on himself (Kabalites will then benefit from it as he will be part of that unit).

To sum it up - it's too expensive for 1000 points, but it might work for larger games, though I dislike that this static unit goes against the DE swift and mobile doctrine of war.

A better option would be to have 2 squads of 10 in raiders with splinter racks.
Or a squad of 9 with the Duke in with them.

20 Warriors with 2 Splinter Cannons + Sliscus = 350pts.
2x Raiders with Splinter Racks + Flickerfield with 10 Base Warriors a piece ( being that the racks don't work on cannons...) is 340pts.

A squad of 20 (with 2 cannons) with Sliscus is really, really nasty and will put out more hurt on infantry than the 2 squads in raiders.
While it ups the cost, buy an Aegis Defence Line and slap them behind it and give the gun emplacement to Sliscus.

Take 2 squads of 5 men in raiders, maybe a Razorwing and a Ravager. (or 3 Ravagers) and you'll have a something relatively nasty.