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Hello there, first dark eldar list. I've played some 1k/1500pt games against buddies while I wait on pieces to come in the mail. This was part of a budget build challenge: as such most of the units were bought in a lot, and i'm working with what I've got for now.

2,000 pts
Batallion Detachment

HQ
Archon, blaster, agnonizer, phantasm grenade launcher [73]
Archon, blaster, agnonizer, phantasm grenade launcher [73]

Troops
Kabalite Warriors, 4 splinter rifles 1 blaster [50]
Kabalite Warriors, 4 splinter rifles 1 blaster [50]
Kabalite Warriors, 4 splinter rifles 1 blaster [50]
Kabalite Warriors, 4 splinter rifles 1 blaster [50]
Kabalite Warriors, 4 splinter rifles 1 blaster [50]

Elites
Kabalite Trueborn, 3 splinter rifles 2 dark lances [95]
Kabalite Trueborn, 3 splinter rifles 2 dark lances [95]
Kabalite Trueborn, 3 splinter rifles 2 dark lances [95]

Fast Attack
Scourges, 2 shard carbines, 3 splinter cannons [115]
Scourges, 2 shard carbines, 3 dark lances [130]

Heavy Support
Ravager, disintegrator, 2 dark lances [165]
Ravager, disintegrator, 2 dark lances [165] (still need to do conversion from a scrap raider and a second good raider.)

Flyer
Razorwing Jetfighter, 2 dark lances, splinter cannon [170]

Dedicated Transport
Raider, disintegrator, shock prow [126]
Raider, disintegrator, shock prow [126]
Raider, disintegrator, shock prow [126]
Venom, splinter cannon [95]
Venom, splinter cannon [95]

As always thank you for reading, I look forward to any input!

My first thought would be to drop some darklight in by removing the splintercannon scourges (when I get more darklight options). How would you load out the vehicles? Im thinking 1/1 kab trueborn squads in the raiders and kabs in venoms, maybe dropping 1 venom squad to foot and sticking the 2 archons in the venom? Archons are trash.

With a few more units you could field a brigade which is great. I think venoms will do more for you than raiders in the long run.

If you plan to play a shooting only drukhari list archons are you're only choice. If you want to include incubi, wyches, hellions, beasts, talos, wracks or grotesques then you can try to include haemonculi or succubi but in a list like yours don't bother with them, archons match better.

Overall looks solid, not my style since I favor assault and close combat with my drukhari, but it's certainly a good list.

it's 76 points for the archons with that load out.

Don't buy splinter cannon upgrades for scourges unless it's a unit of 10. 15 points for a splinter cannon, 14 points for another body with shard carbine.

Tricktock wrote:
it's 76 points for the archons with that load out.

Don't buy splinter cannon upgrades for scourges unless it's a unit of 10. 15 points for a splinter cannon, 14 points for another body with shard carbine.

Ahh thank you, gonna get some more basic scourges and darklances since thats all i've got atm.