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HQ: Archon with Punisher,Tormentor Helm, Combat Drugs, Hell Mask, Plasma Grenades, Animus Vitae, Shadowfield.  157 points.  Joins a Raider Squad.

Elites: 10 Wyches, Wych weapons, two Blasters, Plasma Grenades, Succubus with Agoniser.  Mounted in a Raider.

Troops: 5 Raider Squads, as below.  (One raider squad has nine members to acommodate the Archon.)  10 warriors, Blaster, Splinter Cannon, Sybarite with Agoniser, Raider with Dark Lance.  872 points.

Heavy Support: 2 Ravagers with Disentegrators.  240 points.

1492 points total.  Comments?

-Make the 9 man warrior squad a retinue for the archon. Hate to see him not be able to catch a ride in escalation. Plus deploying the unit later on is a bonus. No reason not to.
-Consider some 2pt plasma grenades for sybarites with leftover points. Nice to get atleast a kill or two at initiative when assaulting into cover.

A static fire base of 10 man warriors with 2 dark lances would be good to stick in cover, even with a raider rush army.

Raider squads are support, they will rarely win an assault by themselves.  So I assume you are going to assault at alteast a 2 to one advantage.  Agonizers on every sybarite is pricey, and vs armies like IG, Eldar etc you could be killing with poisoned blades easier.  If you want to you could go a tad bit more expensive and do punisher tormentor helm on a few sybarites, or just plain ole poisoned blades and splinter rifle.  Poisoned blades are good for just putting wounds on anything, even high toughness models.

I would upgrade a raider or few with a disentegrator as well.

The Animus vitae is very hard to use in general and the best combo is grotesque and the Archon to get it.  Also, in my experience all of the masks are 3e carryovers and don't work at all, really they are just a points sink.

I wish you lots of cover and first turn, because Raider Rush in 4th edition is a flying coffin for your troops.  Emergency disembark rules and entagle on open topped vehicles <shudder>