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I have recently gotten som DE models

i have 2 starter boxes.
a box of hellions and scouges
a ravager
for HQs i have lilith and Duke sliscus

i was thinking.

Duke
10 whyches hekatrix 2 shardnets raider
6 bloodbrides 2 shardnets raider escort for Duke
10 Kablites splinter cannon
3 reavers cluster caltrops
ravager

will play on a 4 by 4 board
will be my first DE list

help and idea would be great
thanks Dakk

Your a little limited on competitiveness with what models you have. A list I would find more fun though would be:

+ HQ + (95pts)

* Archon (95pts)
(Fleet, Independent Character, Night Vision, Power from Pain)
Kabalite Armor, Plasma Grenades, Shadow field (30pts), Splinter Pistol, Venom Blade (5pts)


+ Troops + (302pts)

* Kabalite Warriors (151pts)
(Fleet, Night Vision, Power from Pain)
* 9x Kabalite Warrior (81pts)
9x Splinter Rifle
* Raider (70pts)
Dark Lance, Nightshield (10pts)


* Kabalite Warriors (151pts)
(Fleet, Night Vision, Power from Pain)
* 9x Kabalite Warrior (81pts)
9x Splinter Rifle
* Raider (70pts)
Disintegrator, Nightshield (10pts)


+ Fast Attack + (286pts)

* Reaver Jetbikes (156pts)
(Fleet, Night Vision, Power from Pain, Skilled Riders)
2x Heat Lance (24pts), 6x Jetbikes (132pts)


* Scourges (130pts)
(Fleet, Night Vision, Power from Pain)
Ghostplate Armour, 2x Haywire Blaster (20pts), Plasma Grenades, 5x Scourge (110pts), Shardcarbine


+ Heavy Support + (115pts)

* Ravager (115pts)
(Aerial Assault, Night Vision)
Dark Lance, Dark Lance, Dark Lance, Nightshield (10pts)
Total- 798


Duke is cool and all for hq. I take him often but for 800 points he isn't worth it. One failed invul on strength 6+ and he's instant deathed. Wyches are good tank busters and have a decent save in cc but get murdered once they get shot out of their transport

I disagree, i think he can have a competently competitive list from these models. I would say he will feel the extra Ravager missing or maybe a venom or two but it isn't undo-able. I would run the list somewhat like this.

Duke

3 Trueborn with 2 Dark Lances

7 Kabalaties with a Blaster and Sybarite

7 Wyches plus Hek with V.Blade

5 Reaver jetbikes with 2 heat lances and arena champ with V.Blade

5 Scourges with 2 Haywire blasters

Ravager with nightshield flickerfield.

The idea being the Duke starts off in the Warriors raider then first turn jumps ot into the Wyches Raider leaving the warriors with the 3+ poison. Reavers are your swiss army knife, with a good drug role they can handle anything. Haywire blasters over normal blasters due to glancing people to death is much more viable now. I would suggest for higher point levels you should convert your Hellions into beast masters and the Baron, then get yourself a unit of dire wolves or something and convert yourself some Khymerae as beast masters are on of the most competitive units we have while hellions are simply...meh at best.

While I agree with you on baron and beast masters I don't agree with you on your list being competitive. If you do take duke then why not keep his whole unit poison? You would be wasting 3+ poison for blaster which can be better points spent elsewhere. The true borns are a lot of dough for a 5+ unit that will take a leadership test the second it loses a model and no transport. Any drop pod sm will clear them out in a second. And if he does take wyches your neglecting to use them in their best role. They need haywire grenades. Last I have come to realize squad leaders in dark eldar are 99% pointless most of the time. Some units like grots and incubi make sense but the basic units almost never make there points back. It all comes down to play what ever you feel is the most fun list for you.

thanks guys. I was defiantly not planning on playing them so soon, but when opportunity strikes go for it

My plan for my DE is to compliment my Eldar. so i'm don't want to gear totally towards a second gun line.