WOW, this was a long thread, but I haven't read anything like this for a long time
, this is something everyone should of read (even if not playing Druchii).
This post made me understand some things that I didn't know before and confirmed my other predictions.
I think the main power of Druchii is their flexibility, which can be well combined with shadow and dark magic to a greater effect.
I think that DE are an army that is hard to play with if you're a beginner.
It's not an army from hell where you just trample everything in your way.
Some play it that way(like the 10 COk unit with lord and BSB) and that gives them success.But surely in a while they will get beaten by someone who has that figured out.
If I see something like 10 COK's combo I just want to laugh...
Once I played a guy that had like 3 big baskets of units, and the game was DONE in 15 mins.It was a 2000 point game.
If you face my Dwarf army with 2 S5 stone throwers with runes of accuracy, that baskets will die pretty soon or flee from panic tests.MSU is much better or at least dividing a big unit in 2 or three parts which have different tasks, but can still be combined to make things hurt, I could call it redundancy.
Example:
10 COK(banner of murder) with BSB(hydra banner) and Highborn
Divide rather into:
Highborn on a manticore
6 COK with full command
Noble on a chariot or 2 chariots
Splitting big units is really great, but IMHO it's done best by Druchii.
And I think that's the main power of them that other armies can't afford.
Why?Because DE have outstanding movement, the best choice of flying creatures, fast cavalry, and still have access to spells like unseen lurker, steed of shadows, and dominion.Then you can really say you
dominate the movement phase and because of this logically dominate the close combat, because you choose your fights and still you can have some RBT's and Rxbwmen shoot from the back.
That's the way I understand the Druchii, and I think that's the way they should be played to a greater effect
(in case I'm not wrong
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Enough from me, you'll get tired reading this
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Cheers to all