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what do you think is best to take down to a tournament wych cult or nomal dark eldar and what would you put in it to make a hard list

dark eldar. just for the incubi hq squad or squads.
wyches, and lots of warriors with dark lances.
max out on these choices.

I have had a DE army that does pretty well against most armies (9-2-1 tourney record, with one RTT win).

Typical archon setup (sf, ag & sp, drugs, etc.)

6 x 10 sniper squads (2xDL each); 3 have sybarite with WWP

3 x 9 wyches w/ww, succubus with ag & sp in raider w/DL

3 x ravager (was running 3 x DL, but might change to 1 DL & 2 Dis)

Starts 60 men on board, regardless of excaltion. 12 str 8 ap 2 shots start on the board, with 12 more coming out.

Have tournament wins against tyranids, space wolves, trait marines, slaneesh flavored infiltrating word bearers, USF, and IG.

My two losses were a close one to a Mauleed style marine list (lost by 250 points, including the full wych squad that lost a single member without killing any on the charge, promptly failing their leadership test and being run down) and to another DE player who ran all my WWP units off of the board in his first turn.

My one tie was to the same player who played the above DE playing is IG army.

It isn't a super powered list, or anything, but if you play it very aggressively, you'd be surprised at how well it does. I think a good player could win 2/3 of his games with this.

Sal.

what do you think about blasters in the wych squad 2 for 5 pts

Well, I usually take them, but often go the entire game without getting a shot off with them. I usually have to fleet to make sure I am in assault range, so cannot shoot. However, if you're playing an army that is coming towards you (another assaulty type army), they can be useful. I've used them to soften up SM and CSM squads before assaulting, as well as TMC's.

Some people believe they are a complete waste of points because wyches spend most of their time either in assault or FoF'ing to get into assault position.

Your call, really.

Sal.

I played my wych cult against my friend's Armored Company army a couple of weeks ago, and having the blasters in the wych squads was invaluable. Having a Raider DL shot and two wych blasters firing at each tank kicked serious butt. So I say yes to blasters. Plus, you can very easily kill a 15 point marine with a 5 point gun. That's a good investment in my book, even if you only fire it once in the game.