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Doom of Mymera is rather old now, but I do not think it is unplayable yet (please correct me if wrong). Thanks to the arrival of a shipment of eldar bits I've been able to finish some more conversions to expand my old corsair army, so here is the updated army list. I will be playing a game against MSU blood angels and shiny new Grey Knights when the new codex comes out next week. The basic idea of the army is to spam low AV vehicles and a truly obscene amount of S8 firepower. The Voidstorms will deepstrike next to landraiders, and the jetbikes will be kept in reserve for last minute objective grabbing.

Corsair Prince + Haywire + 2 Bladesworn + Haywire w/ Venom + EML – 203
Corsair Prince 2 Bladesworn + Haywire w/ Venom + EML – 198
6 Voidstorm + 2 FG + MB – 117
6 Voidstorm + 2 FG + MB – 117
5 Corsairs + EML w/ Venom + EML – 120
5 Corsairs + EML w/ Venom + EML – 120
5 Corsairs + EML w/ Venom + EML – 120
5 Corsairs + EML w/ Venom + EML – 120
5 Corsairs + EML w/ Venom + EML – 120
5 Jetbikes + SC – 135
2 Hornets + 2 PL – 160
2 Hornets + 2 PL – 160
2 Hornets + 2 PL – 160

1850 Total.

That is 13 AV10/11 vehicle chassis on the table, with a maximum of 40 S8 shots per turn, most of it with a 48" range.

Can anybody suggest any tweaks to the list, or care to hazard a guess as to its effectiveness against marines?
Also, if there is any reason why running the corsairs would be illegal now due to being outdated or something, please speak up and save my face!

Well, if the theme of the list is to spam strength 8, then you are doing well. But of course, you can always do better

If you are not adverse to allies, then you can run something very similar to this out of the Dark Eldar book. Of course, i am not saying you should swap to main Dark Eldar, Corsairs are unique and i'd like to see you play them, but i am suggesting dropping a few things to get your hands on a few Dark Eldar toys that fit well with your army.

The detachment would look like this.

HQ: Duke Sliscus. 150 points. (Goes with the theme of Corsairs. Gives all DE vehicles Deep Strike and packs a strength 8 Pistol!)

Troops: Either 5 Kabalites + Blaster w/ Venom + extra cannon. 125pts. (Poison is always nice. +1 Strength 8 shot)

or

5 Wyches + HWG in Venom + cannon. 125pts, (Your Corsair prince unit, but in troops, cheaper with more haywire!)

Elites: 4 Trueborn w/4 4 Blasters + Venom + Cannon. 173pts. (Deep Strike, then +4 Strength 8 shots)


Total. 442 points. 6 Strength 8 shots AP 2 Lance. 28 poison shots. Straight swap for a Corsair Prince, one of your troops and the Jet bikes. What do you think?

That swap adds alot in the way of anti-infantry weight of fire, which is great, and there are a great many units out there that are better than prince+bladesworn.

However, the immediate problem I see is - where does the Duke go? All of the units in his detachment are full, and I have no infantry for him to join.

Under new Battle Brothers rules the Duke can join allied Transports, so he could ride along with your Prince to give them some swag. As well as a 2++ save, a strength 8 Pistol and a good amount of Venom Blade attacks. Alternatively drop him with the Trueborn (Venom capacity 5, 4 Trueborn with Blasters) to give them an extra strength 8 shot, albeit at short range. Also, you do not have to take the duke, he is definitely not the best use of points. The only reason i put his name forward is because he is thematic to the whole Corsair deal. A better use of points would be to take an Archon with a Blaster and Haywire Grenades to run with the Prince, but for the record it wouldn't be half as cool!

What rules are you using for the hornets because you should be using mymeara points.

Also wouldn't Shuriken Cannons be better on the guys in the venoms as eml is heavy isn't it?

Shingen wrote:
What rules are you using for the hornets because you should be using mymeara points.

Also wouldn't Shuriken Cannons be better on the guys in the venoms as eml is heavy isn't it?

Why should I be using Mymera points? They were updated in Imperial armour Apoc, which reads that they are a "fast attack choice for eldar and eldar corsairs (see imp armour vol 11 doom of mymera).

Shuriken cannons were a consideration, but they are less useful against the meq/teq I will be going up against. I think I'd rather not be able to shoot when I move and have a really powerful first volley of shooting than be able to move and shoot.


ALEXisAWESOME - that is lookingmore like it, I might try drafting a list with Blast-archoncon, 3 blasterborn and a unit of warriors with blaster. Watch this space.