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so I thought it would be kinda fun to have a thread where people can post their favorite de hq's thus far and why. Feel free to include whether its a combo of hq's or a specific unit that you like them in ect.

I havent been able to try most of them out yet in 6th, but I would have to say my favorite so far is 3 haemies w/ liquifier guns and venom blades with a small squad of grotesques w/ liquifier gun and aberration w/ scissorhand in a raider. Also I like to include a super kitted out archon with them too so he will have fnp, fc, and T5.

Please feel free to post your favs!

My favourite hq is an archon. The fluff behind them in terms of being brilliant but vindictive really entices me. Equip him with a clone field or shadow field, agoniser or venom blade, and he should be pretty capable of murdering most enemies.

There are likely more competitive choices available

Competitively speaking the Haemonculi is my favorite for the sheer force multiplication, but in less competitive games Drazhar is awesome, I haven't had a chance to play around with my Archon since 6th hit, so I'll reserve judgement, also want to make a Succubus.

ya Im deffinately going to try to get in some more games with drazhar, I've only tried him once and it was against necrons which I hadnt fought yet, so I went to challenge his destroyer lord and ended up killing off my incubi squad because of mindshakle scarabs :( lame sauce

flaming tadpole wrote:
ya Im deffinately going to try to get in some more games with drazhar, I've only tried him once and it was against necrons which I hadnt fought yet, so I went to challenge his destroyer lord and ended up killing off my incubi squad because of mindshakle scarabs :( lame sauce

How'd you wound anyone other than yourself in a challenge with MSS?

To the post. Depending; A shadowshield IC attached to an eldar unit with Fortune is pretty dumb.

Typically though I'm a big fan of Ham's

ya we found out later that I would of been actually attacking myself not my squad, but either one was equally as bad

Baron is fun! I like him with helions, but I am gonne test him with beasts now. Hit and run baby!

I use the duke in a raider full of splinter rifles with splinter racks - very nasty!
I also use the Barron in a beast squad, first couple of games they did nothing, but last couple of games they were very effective.

Baron, with the duke in a close second.

Baron is a massive force multiplier to your entire army, giving you a much better chance of getting the first or second turn (depending on your preference) and greatly boosts a single close combat unit's ability to stay alive and fight the targets they want to fight with Hit and Run. He's also no slouch in close combat, with his 2++ and all of the strength bonuses from his wargear.

Duke's also an army-wide force multiplier, but I'd rate his drug rerolls as less useful than the +1 to the deployment roll. It's still incredibly incredibly handy, but just not as much in my personal opinion. He also boosts the hell out of a single unit in addition to his army-wide buffs, making a warrior blob something truly truly terrifying.

In third place, and the last HQ I'd consider taking competitively is the haemonculus. Cheap, buffs a single unit, good way to get the best flamer in the game.

I don't know, Daemon Flamer flamers are pretty nasty, as is the neural shredder, both of which are more reliable and can consistently deal with vehicles as well as infantry and MC's.

The baron is silly good in low point games. Higher up his +1 to go first is still good.

The shadowfielded huskblade archon is doing a little better in 6th, now that he is AP2 and regular terminators are starting to be seen.

Haemis are cheap, APd6 flamers are awesome, pain tokens to start the game are great.

I just had a crazy thought, what if you had the baron and the duke in a 20 man squad of hellions. that would be 42 poisoned 3+ shots plus they would be getting stealth too!

The Archon and the Succubus are both very, very good in terms of price and statline; as far as Special Characters go, I've got a fondness for Lelith and her ability to shred anything without weapon special rules of any kind, especially in this day and age of WHFB-style character challenges.

flaming tadpole wrote:
I just had a crazy thought, what if you had the baron and the duke in a 20 man squad of hellions. that would be 42 poisoned 3+ shots plus they would be getting stealth too!

the dukes ability only goes to warriors or trueborn, not hellions. Even if it did, you would be talking 20 hellions still with their crappy T, crappy save, and crappy combat ability.

Personally I think the Duke is my favorite HQ. He makes my 20 man squad of warriors wound on a 3+, and then he jumps in a raider with his incubi bodyguards and they carve up the field. He makes himself and my wyches and reavers have the best drugs possible, and he wounds on a 2+ with ignoring armor on a 5 or 6. He is awesome.

 Exergy wrote:

flaming tadpole wrote:
I just had a crazy thought, what if you had the baron and the duke in a 20 man squad of hellions. that would be 42 poisoned 3+ shots plus they would be getting stealth too!

the dukes ability only goes to warriors or trueborn, not hellions. Even if it did, you would be talking 20 hellions still with their crappy T, crappy save, and crappy combat ability.

oh ya my bad on that one its been a while since I used him so I forgot what units benefit from it

so how about an archon with a blaster, vb, and sf in an allied wraith guard squad attached with a farseer to cast fortune, so the archon gets to re-roll his 2++. plus the squad would be T6 too

Mutha Fething Vect! That way, I'd fit in a 4th Ravager (dias).

Oh! You meant competitively? Plain Jane Haemie.

Iv just finished playing a tourney that went up to 2000pts and I used the Baron as my Hq for the first time.

Have to say for his pts he is a bargain, I put him with Hellions but I think having him with Beasts would be more effective.

 whembly wrote:
Mutha Fething Vect! That way, I'd fit in a 4th Ravager (dias).

Oh! You meant competitively? Plain Jane Haemie.

it doesnt have to be competitve, just something you like using

Baron. Wish hellions weren't so weak though. Even with Baron, a couple flamers just destroy them.

Urien Rakarth, fluffwise I think he is one of the most interesting characters, he's sadistic and evil, but he's not trying to gain or keep power, he already has it and just does everything for his experiments to keep him entertained. Gamewise I also enjoy him, he's actually very decent in combat (especially now in 6th) being tough enough already, but also with a clone field, and his ichor gauntlet is a fun surprise to enemies. If you get the 4++ with a farseer he's practically invulnerable in challenges and can just keep going until he kills the enemy. Plus his army buffs are very nice for a coven army, unfortunately if you're not playing one he's not quite as useful.

My wife loves Lady Malys for her fluff, she actually feels sorry for her.

so how about an archon with a blaster, vb, and sf in an allied wraith guard squad attached with a farseer to cast fortune, so the archon gets to re-roll his 2++. plus the squad would be T6 too

 rubicant99 wrote:


so how about an archon with a blaster, vb, and sf in an allied wraith guard squad attached with a farseer to cast fortune, so the archon gets to re-roll his 2++. plus the squad would be T6 too

Unfortunately Dark Eldar cannot benefit from fortune as per the latest faq.

So an archon attached to codex eldar harlies can benefit from fortune Exergy?

 rubicant99 wrote:
So an archon attached to codex eldar harlies can benefit from fortune Exergy?

yes, the unit has reroll saves and the DE character is part of the unit

 Exergy wrote:

 rubicant99 wrote:
So an archon attached to codex eldar harlies can benefit from fortune Exergy?

yes, the unit has reroll saves and the DE character is part of the unit

No, the DE character still wouldn't benefit from fortune, it's not a USR so doesn't get it just because the eldar unit he is in does.

 lord_bobbington wrote:

 Exergy wrote:

 rubicant99 wrote:
So an archon attached to codex eldar harlies can benefit from fortune Exergy?

yes, the unit has reroll saves and the DE character is part of the unit

No, the DE character still wouldn't benefit from fortune, it's not a USR so doesn't get it just because the eldar unit he is in does.

He counts as part of the Eldar unit in every regard. So he benefits from Fortune just fine.

 Mandor wrote:

 lord_bobbington wrote:

 Exergy wrote:

 rubicant99 wrote:
So an archon attached to codex eldar harlies can benefit from fortune Exergy?

yes, the unit has reroll saves and the DE character is part of the unit

No, the DE character still wouldn't benefit from fortune, it's not a USR so doesn't get it just because the eldar unit he is in does.

He counts as part of the Eldar unit in every regard. So he benefits from Fortune just fine.

He counts as part of the unit, he doesn't suddenly count as eldar

 lord_bobbington wrote:

 Mandor wrote:

 lord_bobbington wrote:

 Exergy wrote:

 rubicant99 wrote:
So an archon attached to codex eldar harlies can benefit from fortune Exergy?

yes, the unit has reroll saves and the DE character is part of the unit

No, the DE character still wouldn't benefit from fortune, it's not a USR so doesn't get it just because the eldar unit he is in does.

He counts as part of the Eldar unit in every regard. So he benefits from Fortune just fine.

He counts as part of the unit, he doesn't suddenly count as eldar

Which isn't a requirement for Fortune.

Baron Sathonyx for me. Only played him in a couple of 1000 point games but he seems more my style. Tried Hamie and was sorely disappointed though I'd probably give him another try since it was only my second game ever.