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Hi,
I just got to warhammer fantasy and i have a few models i got from ebay.
Now i want to buy more models that will make my army stronger!
I have:
20 corsairs
20 darkshards
5 cold one knights
sorceress
what do you recommend?
all comments are welcome!

I recommend you play a few games & find out what playstyle you want.

DE can field a wide variety of models & no one can really tell you what is good to make your army "stronger" because mostly it's all good choices that differ based on what ELSE you're using.

I could tell you to buy a horde of witches & a cauldron of blood but if you plan on running a ranged / cavalry army that'd be a bad choice. I could tell you that you want 4 masters on dark pegs but if you don't want a flying circus it won't work.

Fantasy armies need to work together. Play some games with what you have, see where you're weak, research the units via the armybook, reviews & battle reports & fill the gaps you need to fill for your playstyle.

Netlisting works in 40k, not in fantasy.

As a general guide

Darkshards
Dark Riders
Doomfire Warlocks.

These are the models that will fit into the most playstyles a DE army can muster.

Another sorceress also wouldn't go amiss.

Riders, riders, riders! Amd seriously more riders they are great, and also make warlocks which are also great, some good chaff never hurt nobody... well atleast it won't hurt you

The top units in the Delf book are:

Morathi for the lord section.

Peg/Dark Steed Masters for the Hero section.(Plus the level 2 with a scroll.)

Dark riders for core.

Special only has one subpar choice, and that's the scourgerunner.

And rare is obviously warlocks.

Thank you all for the replies!
I forgot to mention, i usually play against tomb kings and orcs&goblins, if this would affect your answer.
I don't know what strategy i liked most, but i played until now sort of "weaken and charge" suff.
Also, can dark riders/warlocks flank charge a unit efficentively (deal a good amount of damage or maybe win combat)?

aragorn7 wrote:
Thank you all for the replies!
I forgot to mention, i usually play against tomb kings and orcs&goblins, if this would affect your answer.
I don't know what strategy i liked most, but i played until now sort of "weaken and charge" suff.
Also, can dark riders/warlocks flank charge a unit efficentively (deal a good amount of damage or maybe win combat)?

My list still applies. In fact, those two armies make it even better. You have M9 across the board, at least, if you do it right. And infantry falter against those two gunline armies.

And yes. Those two units can flank well. One has the 4+ armour, and one has the 4+ ward.

Everyone has given you great advice so far, the only thing i'd like to add if you ever look at adding Witch elves to your army might I suggest Avatars of war. For 84 dollars plus shipping you can get 40 witch elves which if you were buying GW is gonna run you 240 dollars plus tax.

Here is the link just in case:

http://www.avatars-of-war.com/eng/web/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=129&Itemid=143&armycode=Dark+Elves

 nathan2004 wrote:
Everyone has given you great advice so far, the only thing i'd like to add if you ever look at adding Witch elves to your army might I suggest Avatars of war. For 84 dollars plus shipping you can get 40 witch elves which if you were buying GW is gonna run you 240 dollars plus tax.

Here is the link just in case:

http://www.avatars-of-war.com/eng/web/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=129&Itemid=143&armycode=Dark+Elves

Dammit. Where were you a month ago !?

Those are pretty nice... i need another 10-15 so i might go this route to shore up my numbers. The painted models look fugly, but i think its just the paint job, as the assembled models actually look really nice.


-- Haight

Depends how long you want to wait. Remember those WE are "Availability: Preorder. Ships on February 2015" so they won't ship until sometime in February then they have to still make there was to you from Europe (probably 2-3 weeks) depending on customs.