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HQ:

Haemunculus

,troops:

5 wyches haywire
10 kabalite warriors, splinter cannon

Elites:
3 trueborn, blasters

Transports:
Raider, splinter racks
Venom, dual splinter cannons, night sheilds
Venom, Dual splinter cannons


Would love some feedback

Any thoughts?

Dalymiddleboro wrote:
HQ:

Haemunculus

Good Choice!

Dalymiddleboro wrote:

Troops:

5 wyches haywire
10 kabalite warriors, splinter cannon

Both these units have problems, especially the warriors, in this size game. You are also not making good use of Wracks, which you have unlocked with the Haemonculus. I'd suggest taking 2 units of 3 Wracks in Venoms as troops, keeps your splinter cannon quota up and frees points.

Dalymiddleboro wrote:

Elites:
3 trueborn, blasters

Solid. I'd recoomend switching to 2x splinter cannon instead and taking a Ravger if you go with my above suggestion, but blasters would be OK too.

Dalymiddleboro wrote:

Transports:
Raider, splinter racks
Venom, dual splinter cannons, night sheilds
Venom, Dual splinter cannons

Night shields needed on both Venoms, Raider with racks is only so-so, I'd drop it.

So I'm suggesting something more like this

HQ

Haemonculus

Troops

3 Wracks, Venom, Nightshield
3 Wracks, Venom, Nightshield

Elites

3 Trueborn, 2 Splintercannon
Venom, Nightshield

Heavy Support

Ravager, Nightshield

Its a pretty standard Dark Eldar 500 point list. You've got a lot of fire power, and a nice mix of anti vehicle and anti troop shooting.

You're biggest problem is that you lack long range anti tank. All your anti infantry firepower is relatively long ranged, but all your anti tank shooting is really close ranged. Aside from the single Dark Lance on the Raider. Honestly I feel that you would get a lot more mileage out of a Ravager than Trueborn. That gives you a longer ranged source of Darklight, although if your meta is more infantry focused you may be better off keeping the extra Venom. The issue is that there are a lot of armies where you'll want to stay back and shoot from around 36 inches away with your Venoms and Dark Lances, especially if you are protected by Night Shields. Being able to put out 4 long range Darklight shots instead of just one could really help you against certain armies like Mechanized Guard.

As Iam new to deldar I wanna ask if this list moves to higher points with the venom spam which is around 6 venoms 3 ravagers should the hq stay homunculus with wracks or into archon with trueborn or incubi, baron with beast pack etc.. And if I do take either besides baron what should the fast attack be as you said weak anti tank which we can use scourges with the haywire cannons, reavers, or standard wyches in the venoms with haywire grenades? Which way would be the best?

Personally I play wracks at all levels. They are a really solid troop choice. Archons are never as good as a haemie in a shooting list, because they cost more and don't add anything.

Beast Pack and Baron is a solid choice, particularly if taking Eldar allies for the hope of Fortune. I prefer Reavers personally, but they take a bit more practice to get right.

Unfortunately, wyches are only used as tankhunters with haywire nades. They're no good in mellee especially in such small numbers.

What does a venom list lack of cause its mostly anti infantry and speed so do the reavers have any anti tank?

 shiny magikarp wrote:
As Iam new to deldar I wanna ask if this list moves to higher points with the venom spam which is around 6 venoms 3 ravagers should the hq stay homunculus with wracks or into archon with trueborn or incubi, baron with beast pack etc.. And if I do take either besides baron what should the fast attack be as you said weak anti tank which we can use scourges with the haywire cannons, reavers, or standard wyches in the venoms with haywire grenades? Which way would be the best?

I actually like 5 venom and 4 raiders with 3 ravagers. Raiders are pretty good. Pump almost as much splinter fire as venoms with a cargo of warriors, has a dark lance, is more survivable, and lets you hold 10 warriors with a splinter cannon, and gives twin linked with the splinter racks.