I find a block of 30 Darkshards with the Flaming Banner is a good multi-purpose unit. I can shoot a decent amount of shots, bring ranks when I need to. makes a decent bunker for a wizard, and is reasonably durable with a 5+/6+ save. It's not the super-unit that Witches Elves and a Cauldron of Blood ...

I have good news - that's a completely viable build! Just like with any army list though, you have to figure out just what your units can and cannot do. And just as importantly, how to make them work together. I know that's very generic advice but it's applicable. Your Pegasus-Master needs to charge...

Tyrion for the steed and legs
Cauldron of Blood for the "shield"
I'm going to assume a Cold One Knight torso but it's covered in green stuff so it's hard to tell
Witch Elf Hair
Wild Rider head
If there's something else in there, I can't see it.

I think you've gone way, way overboard on that striping effect. One unit was great! Two units was a little repetitive. I think the manticore is unit number three or four that you've shown us and it's just becoming a zebra army. I'm not saying the effect isn't well done, just that it is over-done.

Such a thing is not possible. I direct you to the BRB section regarding spell selection.

I'm not a Wood Elf player but I am used to getting shot by them. In my experience, a unit of Dark Riders only has to lose two models for the unit to become nothing more than a redirector. And that's assuming they don't panic away. A unit of 10 Glade Guard will statistically kill off about 2 Dark Rid...

As a person who's played with WE as my main army for years, there is a few things you can do. If you don't mind to have a lot of eggs in one basket - a bunch of witches, hag on COB, assassin w/ MR(3). This gives you a 2+ Ward against all of those trueflight or poison arrows. You could even give the...

The Shroud of Despair is a waste against armies that are Immune to Psychology. I wouldn't have tried to cast it either.

Trying to spell combo is a recipe for disaster. You need to work with as many Innate Ld tests as possible. And no army is 100% ItP. If the most dangeroys block you face is ItP, then make everything around it panic. Even ItP units need to do a Ld check to Reform, March or Break tests. Shroud is a sp...

My magic phase analysis is that most races (read everyone but undead armies) successfully cast 0.9 spells per phase. That is an average - sometimes you get three spells off in a phase and sometimes your wizard is dead on turn 1. So IMHO needing to chain spells is the absolute worst tactic anyone can...

Good point! That becomes more of a target of opportunity than anything else but it is still a definite advantage so I probably should have added it to my thoughts.

Never again will I speak ill of the Lore of Dark magic! I have always been fond of it because it has always been the "druchii" lore. Opponents saw it in the field so rarely they were often struggling to counter it effectively. And while I love the Lore of Death, going forward I have a very...

I have a Shroud of Despair tutorial post in the works but it's coming along slowly. I now believe this is one of the most powerful spells in all of Warhammer but it is likely the most difficult spell in all of Warhammer to use effectively. To understand the best workings of the spell, think about th...

Yes and no. I mean, everything they paint is a "metal" or a "plastic". Where I paint a ton of hides, skin, wood, and leather, and naked steel, I paint very little "painted metal". All tutorials are good so in that regard I say "yay!" but this seems to have lim...

Do they do anything other than sci-fi? I couldn't find anything fantasy-related on their page.

It also occurs to me that Hydras must be a bane of Wood Elves. Sure they can hit it all day but wounding it and getting through the armor is hard. And if they don't kill it, it's going to heal back up. They're fast, tough, and cheap. Bring two!

With a sprinkling of Savage Beasts, I watched them cut up a Bloodthirster last Sunday.

Shouldn't a Master wearing the Cloak of Twilight statistically kill it on the charge?

Lore of Life is your friend against Wood Elves. Raise the Toughness of a unit, add regeneration to a unit, regrow dead models, Dwellers Below...it's like the anti-Asrai lore.

"Don't use the rules as they were written because they're garbage. Use our garbage instead!"

I wouldn't go to that. What a silly rules pack.

My standard Dreadlord build has a re-rollable 1+/4++ and costs me 269 points. Statistically he will hold up the 350ish point disk-lord all game and that, for me, is a win.

I'm going to absolutely disagree with you toots! Word of Pain is a great spell but the truly hidden gem in there is Cloak of Despair. I'm constructing a post on it as we speak but unless the enemy is Immune to Psychology, Cloak of Despair is not only a game-winning spell but I'd argue it is one of t...

Lord Drakon, I've never tried a BSB on a manticore. Do you just give him the Cloak of Twilight or do you have some other build?

My only complaint, and this is minor to be sure, is Black Horror has traditionally always been the most frightening spell in the game but right now it is fairly tame (and the Fleetmaster which I can only assume is a typo that would be corrected if GW ever decided to put out an FAQ). Otherwise we sti...

Oops, I clicked purist thinking the topic was "do I mix my units with the filth of Athel Loren or Ulthuan or do I keep them strictly Druchii". I haven't fielded an army of the Eternity King and don't expect to.