Forum adverts like this one are shown to any user who is not logged in. Join us by filling out a tiny 3 field form and you will get your own, free, dakka user account which gives a good range of benefits to you: No adverts like this in the forums anymore. Times and dates in your local timezone. Full tracking of what you have read so you can skip to your first unread post, easily see what has changed since you last logged in, and easily see what is new at a glance. Email notifications for threads you want to watch closely. Being a part of the oldest wargaming community on the net. If you are already a member then feel free to login now.

Hey got my Dark Eldar 1850 army here for critique. Thanks.

1850 DARK ELDAR:

HQ:

Baron Sathonyx

Haemonculus
- Liquifier Gun

ELITES:

3 x Grotesques
- Aberration, Venom Blade
- Liquifier Gun

TROOPS:

3 x 5 Wyches
-Haywire

2 x 10 Warriors
- 1 unit has 1 Splinter Cannon, the other has 1 Dark Lance.

TRANSPORTS:

3 x Raiders

3 x Venoms
- 2nd Splinter Cannon

FAST ATTACK:

Beast Pack
- 4 x beastmasters
- 9 x Khymerae
- 4 x Razorwing Flock

9 x Reaver Jetbikes
- 1 Arena Champion, Venom blade
- 3 x blasters

HEAVY SUPPORT:

3 x Ravagers

1849/1850

Baron goes with beasts, Haemonculus goes with Grotesques. I generally keep my warriors out of the raiders so the dark lance can fire as normal and to avoid explosions....

I'd consider getting another haemo in that Grotesque squad

I like the list! I agree with Shingen though maybe find another Haemo in that squad 3 pain tokens off the bat? yes please! I would say try to get splinter wracks for the raider warriors if possible, but if not should still be strong in battle.

The main concern with grots is that they go berserk so you need as many characters in there as possible.

Hmm I agree that another Haemonculus in the Grots would be Fearless awesomeness but I don't think I could drop enough points anywhere else to get him. What do you guys think I could rearrange to make that work? Thanks.

The Arena champion with Venom blade is probably not worth it. Reavers are pretty meh in CC, it's better to move, shoot, jet bike move away or move, boost for auto hits with blades

Maybe drop a Beastmaster? I can't do the division, so I don't know if four Beastmasters are required to run the pack you have listed.

Also, don't take Dark Lance on warriors... You really want dark light? You want them on T3 5+ bodies for cheaper than what you're paying for one dark lance? Take Blasterborn. Still don't like that option? Get a min unit of true born with two dark lances and find them a pain token somewhere so they don't die immediately.

You're not even using your elite slots, true born are awesome, there's no way around it. So many special weapons for a minuscule points increase and you don't have to take huge squads to get them. Btw, splinter can warrior squads are fine, since everyone's doing the same job, you're just paying 10 pts for a couple extra shots. A DL is a completely different can of worms

Everything else in your list looks great! 3 Ravagers are always hella fun

Jetbikes need 3x cluster caltrops and drop the guns. They should be used to soften up a target before you charge into cc.

6x d3 s4 hits and 3x d6 s6 hits tend to soften most targets up a lot more than shooting. Also as already mentioned drop the champion.

Drop the heavy weapons off the warriors.

Do the vehicles have any upgrades? The raiders need splinter racks.

Add in another haemo and I would swap out probably 2 of the Wych squads for Wracks with a liquifier in each.

That fixes the issues with the list at the moment but you still have some issues to fix. CC Dark Eldar lists need as much feel no pain as possible. If you can fit another haemo in I would swap the wyches to bloodbrides and lob a haemo in there. There is nothing worse than a squad of wyches getting owned by overwatch because they have t-shirt saves.

Ok thanks for the suggestions. I'll try to combine some the ideas.
I'll definitely try to add some trueborn in the elites. I'm not sold on bloodbrides though. More expensive, only slightly better in CC. Plus they're not troops.

Yeah... Wyches and Brides don't really do it for me. The former make good suicide Haywire units though 5 girls in a venom with Nades is less expensive than any tank they'll be killing (especially if they get a shot at a Land Raider) AND you get to keep the venom and its nifty splinter cannons. And hey! Maybe after they nuke a tank with glances, the sisters will be able to stick around and shred some poor souls in CC. Not likely, but if they survive, what's the harm in trying?

i really like this list too! i agree with previous comments made about the arena champ, and i think you could drop baron for caltrops, splinter racks, and another haemy or 2. oh, and warriors should all have splinter weapons IN the raiders with racks. if they post up any unit on the line and you go first, you can still fire 15 TL shots at them. and with all of the fast units and number of other threats, they won't be too concerned about your warrior boats, trust me