<![CDATA[Latest posts for the thread "Dark Elves tricks vrs. Hvy Armor"]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/93.page JForum - http://www.jforum.net Dark Elves tricks vrs. Hvy Armor FLGS's first 8th edition tournament and finished in 6th using my Dark Elves. WoC won first and Brettonians got 2nd place.

Out of the field of 14 there were 4 WoC, 2 Lizards, 1 Dwarf and 1 Brettonian army (the armies I had issues with).


As you can see my store is flooded with High Armor armies. Most of my units had Armor Piercing due to Repeater Xbows and Banner of Murder, I also had a lvl 2 lore of metal sorceress. Is there anything I'm missing to deal with armor? I dont want to start a 3rd army and don't want use my WoC. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/319058/1963091.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/319058/1963091.page GMT Dark Elves tricks vrs. Hvy Armor lvl 2 Metal Sorc and "have a nice day" as they say!]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/319058/1963134.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/319058/1963134.page GMT Re:Dark Elves tricks vrs. Hvy Armor lvl 4 so another lvl 2 seems rather redundant to me.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/319058/1963154.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/319058/1963154.page GMT Dark Elves tricks vrs. Hvy Armor AP banner and a hydra on an armored unit will feel pain]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/319058/1963191.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/319058/1963191.page GMT Dark Elves tricks vrs. Hvy Armor lvl 2 shadow sorcerer with ToF?

It has some awesome hex spells in their and if you get okamms razor then even better. Some corsairs with 3 attacks at S9 each? Yes please. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/319058/1963225.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/319058/1963225.page GMT Dark Elves tricks vrs. Hvy Armor http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/319058/1963375.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/319058/1963375.page GMT Dark Elves tricks vrs. Hvy Armor
Waaagh_Gonads wrote:Okhams Mind Razor on a horde unit of corsairs is a horrible thing to face, I've had the misfortune of facing it twice now. :(


Other then a dispell, you thought of any good counters to it?]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/319058/1963496.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/319058/1963496.page GMT Dark Elves tricks vrs. Hvy Armor
More realistically you delay them/feed them a cheap unit and drop templates on them until they die (and Mind Razor wears off).]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/319058/1963727.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/319058/1963727.page GMT Dark Elves tricks vrs. Hvy Armor
Worked in 1 game and failed miserably in the next.

I was unlucky in that the 3 times he cast it in game 2 I failed dispel by 1, all 3 times. :(]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/319058/1964134.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/319058/1964134.page GMT Dark Elves tricks vrs. Hvy Armor
Casper wrote:Is there anything I'm missing to deal with armor?


Another option is to use the cauldron to grant killing blow to a unit with a high number of attacks (spearmen, corsairs, maybe even blackguard).]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/319058/1964143.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/319058/1964143.page GMT Re:Dark Elves tricks vrs. Hvy Armor http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/319058/1964261.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/319058/1964261.page GMT Re:Dark Elves tricks vrs. Hvy Armor
Casper wrote:I'll have to give the corsairs a try today. I have 15 of them that haven't made in on the table in 8th so far.


15? I would hold off a bit more till you at least have 24 (6 x 4) The thing is corsairs do not have good enough staying power in low nubers - Unless you are just using them to shoot and harass in which case you should take shades instead. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/319058/1964512.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/319058/1964512.page GMT Re:Dark Elves tricks vrs. Hvy Armor WS/BS 1 is great, I used it on a black coach that was ethereal and made sure it wouldn't hur my corsairs, who ended up tarpitting it and a unit of 20 skeletons for 4 turns. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/319058/1965358.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/319058/1965358.page GMT Re:Dark Elves tricks vrs. Hvy Armor http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/319123.page

I got in one game against WoC and it worked alright, I won by roughly 1000 VP (cant be more specific). Unfortunately for me I was playing a 14 year old who was very inexperienced - all of the experienced WoC players were at Ard Boyz.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/319058/1967096.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/319058/1967096.page GMT Dark Elves tricks vrs. Hvy Armor "I have a lvl 4 so isnt a lvl 2 a bit redundant?"
I just had to comment.

Youre playing Dark Elves. Dark Elves can spam magic due to Power of Darkness. Almost every DE army I have seen in 8th has had a Lvl 4 and at least 2 Lvl 2's, if not 3. Have your Lvl 4 pick your main lore of choice, and then have 2 lvl 2's with lore of metal. That way if you go against high armor just magic them to death (or reduce their armor ala' Plague of Rust) using your full power pool + 3 Power of Darkness spells.

If you go against a non-heavy armoured army they are still not useless, providing you again with extra power dice and also using spells such as Glittering Robe, to get your warriors a tasty 3+ armor save, and Enchanted blades, to get a nice bonus both in shooting and close combat (+1 to hit and AP!)]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/319058/2009986.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/319058/2009986.page GMT