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DE:
HQ: Succubus w/ Agonizer and Fusion Pistol
10 Kabalite Warriors w/ 1 Dark Lance and a Raider transport with Night shields and Splinter Racks
9 Wyches w/ HWG
3 Reavers w/ Cluster Caltrops and Heat Lance

Tau:
Shaz something battlesuit( the 75 point one) with melta thing and pulse rifle
10 Kroot
10 Tau Fire warriors, 2 with carbines
3 Stealth suits and 1 Devilfish

We played on a 4' by 4' board with a hill in the middle and two hills in opposite corners, I set up with my raider on the left, reavers on the right and wyches in the middle, sotra behind the middle hill. He set up with kroot on my left, stealth team and battlesuit behind them, and they infiltrated so they were pretty close to my raider. Devilfish and warriors inside on my right. He rolls to steal initiative and gets it...I knew right then that it was not going to be pretty.

Turn 1. Moves everything up, firewarriors disembark and he shoots the devilfish and firewarriors into my reavers and wipes them out, he then proceeds to pour fire from the kroot, stealth team and the battlesuit into my wyches, killing 8 of them. well crap...I roll for morale test and somehow make it.

In my turn I move my raider up and rapid fire into the kroot killing all of them. Wooh! (side note: forgot about pain tokens, d'oh) wyches run forward towards the middle

Turn 2. He re-embarks his fire warriors and moves the devilfish around the middle hill, his stealth team and battlesuit fire into my raider causing 2 pens and 1 glancing, the pens are only shaken and stunned, so it's wreck and my warriors come out of it. We decide to keep the raider on the battlefield as a wreck (side note: forgot about nightshields), My warriors fail the pinning check and i face palm.

In my turn I turn my wyches around and charge towards his devilfish, I take snapshots at his stealth team and to take out one...somehow....I roll a 4 for the wyches charge I facepalm as it's not even close. then i remember fleet and roll again. A Five and!!!! a one, It ends up being 1 1/2 inches away from his vehicle...dicegods why you hate meh?

turn 3. takes out half my warriors who fail morale and begin to fall back, wyches die to disembarked fire warriors, I end up regrouping the warriors and manage to wiff all shots at the stealth team.

The next turn he wipes me out. oh well.


Pretty fun for my first game as Dark Eldar, got a bit unlucky with those dice but I had fun with it so it's all good. I actually learned a lot more than I thought I would from this battle and will be starting more troops behind cover from now on. this game would have been a lot different if my friend didn't steal the initiative but oh well.

Thanks for reading.

-Barry]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/492924/5047912.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/492924/5047912.page GMT 500 pts. DE vs. Tau http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/492924/5048069.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/492924/5048069.page GMT 500 pts. DE vs. Tau CC by 1"]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/492924/5049581.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/492924/5049581.page GMT 500 pts. DE vs. Tau DE is an absolute recipe for disaster at just about any points level.

Sounds like you put up a decent fight regardless. Maybe next time try your wytches out in the raider and the kabbies on foot? ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/492924/5049675.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/492924/5049675.page GMT 500 pts. DE vs. Tau http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/492924/5050966.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/492924/5050966.page GMT 500 pts. DE vs. Tau
Thanks for the advice, i'll probably rechallenge him in a couple of weeks.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/492924/5052572.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/492924/5052572.page GMT 500 pts. DE vs. Tau http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/492924/5052621.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/492924/5052621.page GMT 500 pts. DE vs. Tau
 Micky wrote:
I'd say that Tau are arguably the toughest opponent for a Dark Eldar army...

To which I raise you IG and cron air, we lack the durable troops to outlast aircrons and IG is IG. But at lower points games I wholly agree tau are perhaps the worst matchups for us.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/492924/5052734.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/492924/5052734.page GMT 500 pts. DE vs. Tau http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/492924/5053394.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/492924/5053394.page GMT