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I'm playing a 1500 point game against dark elder but i've never played them before. I don't know much about them either so please advise me on my list:

Chaos Space Marines

HQ

Typhus - 230 Points

Troops

20 Plague zombies - 90 Points
10 Chaos space marines - Mark of Khorne, rhino, power sword, 2 meltaguns, icon of wrath - 250 Points
8 Plague marines - Power sword, plasma gun - 224 Points

Heavy support

Maulerfiend - 125 Points
Vindicator - 120 Points
Defiler - 195 Points

Imperial guard allies

HQ

Company Command Squad - Vox caster - 55 Points

Troops

10 Veterans - 3 Grenade launchers, vox caster- 90 Points

Heavy support

Basilisk - 125 Points

Dark eldar shooting is mostly poisoned so your nurgle won't matter. I would try and go with more mobility for your troops to try and keep up with them, which is almost impossible lol.

Well, DE is fast, speed is their armor. You may face several Venoms or Raiders, some Ravagers, and one or two flyers.

Against Venoms and Raiders, heavy bolters are sufficient to take them down. Against a beast star, your Vindicator, Basilisk, and Defiler could be very useful.

The basilisk will be worthless if he is using venoms and raiders. He will be in your minimum range by the 1st turn. An aegis would help your guard and marines against the high ap stuff. DE are fast so be ready and capitalize on his mistakes.

Havocs and obliterators would serve you better (particularly if you nurgle those obbies up) you want multiple shots to take out his vehicles and then mow down what's left. That basilisk probably won't do you any good but autocannon havocs will

im thinking of getting rid of the plague marines and the vox caster and replacing them with 2 havoc squads with 4 heavy bolters each.

Chaos Rule wrote:
im thinking of getting rid of the plague marines and the vox caster and replacing them with 2 havoc squads with 4 heavy bolters each.

I think that would work quite well

I think that I'nm going to completely change my list. This is what I'm thinking:

Same Guard - 260

Sorcerer - Mark of Tzeentch, 2 Extra Mastery Levels, Terminator Armour - 165

10 Chaos Space Marines - 2 Heavy Bolters - 160
10 Chaos Space Marines - 2 Heavy Bolters - 160
8 Chaos Space Marines - 1 Heavy Bolters - 124

Vindicator - 120
Defiler - 195
3 Obliterators - 210

Aegis Defense Line - Quad Gun - 100

That leaves me with 6 points left over

I don't think that troop selection is legal as to get the heavy bolters the min squad size is 10 and it only specifies one marine being aloud to take the heavy weapon

Lord, MoS

Noise marine, blast master
Noise marine, blast master

Take drakes if you like or none at all. He runs beast then bring spawns to intercept n go toe to toe.

Heavy: 3 squads of havocs with 4 ac each. Stnd in agis def line with quad gun.

Your imp guard.

Get heavy weapons squads with hb. The other troops get flamers for when he charges u.

Use heavy bolters n autocannons to fight de.
I dont take nurgle oblits cuz poison ignore t5. N also oblits get no ac, just assault cannon. They only get 1 gun at 48".

Bring no av cuz he has dark lances. So no defi, vindi, basi, etc.