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Of the top of your head, what do you think would be cool allies for the dark eldar?

I know that Eldars and Eldar corsairs are battlebrothers, but I have trouble justefying the other alliances in a fluffy way. However, I could really picture some Orks to go with them. What else, orks fit into an MSU style of playing with truks instead of gunsboats. Are there any fun ways to use orks alongside dark eldar? Or do the trukks with orks in them become redundant once they no longer are scoring units?

Fluff is easy for them since Dark Eldar take slaves. Make each Upgrade Character of each unit a unit master responsible for "motivating" them.

Guard are great for their barrage abilities which really compliments the DE play style.

My friend's fluffy justification for anything up to and including Space Marines as allies is that it's all part of a greater plan to entertain the DE. What more could an Archon ask for that Humanity's best beating each other to a pulp over a misunderstanding and leaving themselves ripe for the picking when the rest of the Archon's forces decide to take the field.

This has lead to a long standing (fluff) grudge between my DA and his DE, we've decided that his Cabal must be harboring a Fallen

I like Kannons with ammo runts. Very cheap and very durable. Grots with T7? Get out of town!

You could max out a squad and stay within 100 points for a full unit.

Personally, I run either SW allies or Tau Allies. SW it's for Long Fangs with Divination buff from the Rune Priest with a fluff justification that they are extended stay 13th company.

With Tau, just extend the fluff from the codex. My initial thought was to use Talos models to represent Broadsides and kit bash the two (you can buy the guns seperately).