First game with Dark Eldar

Well, my first game wasn’t a total bust. I think we agreed it was a draw (although technically it was a win for him because I forgot that I had two ravagers in the list and didn’t even bring the second Ravager with me).

I didn’t take pictures or anything because I’m not as cool or as nice as Brent is (I’ll actually start doing battle reports in time, I just didn’t want to officially document my raid against Black Templar as I was more concerned about learning the army than documenting).

Here’s my list:

1000 Pts – Dark Eldar Roster

HQ: Archon (1#, 131 pts)
1 Archon @ 131 pts (Agoniser; Splinter Pistol; Combat Drug Dispenser; Shadow Field)

Troops: Raider Squad (6#, 120 pts)
5 Raider Squad @ 120 pts (Splinter Rifle x4; Splinter Cannon; Raider)
1 Raider (Dark Lance; Nightshields)

Elite: Wyches (10#, 229 pts)
   8 Wyches @ 229 pts (Close Combat Weapon; Splinter Pistol; Wych Weapons; Blaster x2; Combat Drugs)
      1 Succubus (Agoniser; Splinter Pistol; Wych Weapons; Haywire Grenades)
      1 Raider (Dark Lance; Nightshields)

Heavy Support: Ravager (1#, 140 pts)
1 Ravager @ 140 pts (Disentegrator x3; Nightshields)

Total Roster Cost: 1000

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  One thing I will note: the sheer killiness of a Ravager is truly sick, I can&#8217;t imagine what I could have done with both on the board.
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  My strategy was a bit off&#8230;right now I don&#8217;t have faith in my Nightshields and I&#8217;m running everything in reserves&#8230;. although it sort of messed me up on my rolls in turn 2 (I got only 1 raider in turn 2, the rest of them came in turn 3 and I didn&#8217;t get my Ravager until turn 4) I survived pretty well.
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October 24, 2009 | Reading time: 2 minutes