A good first effort for the DEs, but there seems to be something odd going on with your calculations... - First, you have 5 special choices. You can only have 4. - Lots of your unit totals are wrong (e.g. 10 Dark Elf Warriors, Full Command, Shields. Banner of Murder. is 110 - you have it down as 116...

IMO it looks like a strong list now. Only risk is that you have quite a low unit count (under 70 if I'm counting right), but I think that should not be a problem - just be careful with those guys! The Warrior and Black Guard set up looks very solid. The BG should be able to take on the best your opp...

Some very good points there @ deathknight: You are absolutely right: There may be situations for choosing spears and even giving KB: This is the advantage of a cauldron. Thanks - def agree that this would not be that often and that other troops probably do it better much of the time - I'm really jus...

Yes If you take infantry blocs, make sure they have tooled up assasins or death hags in an ASF unit of BG. Otherwise scorch em with hydras, nail them with crossbow bolts and blap them with reaper bolts. Particularly the nasty units like Swordmasters and those irritating axemen from Chrace (who I for...

It's an uncomped tournament, so he can take wahtever he wants...

Absolutely, never said he couldn't. He would be fully and legally entitled to.

But he shouldn't, because its unfair, his opponents may be appaulled and his reputation as a player might suffer :/

The difference is that they only can fight in the front. Corsars fight in the rear equally well in even in the side they have 6-9 attacks mit SSS. That's a fair point, but another difference is that corsairs lose their frenzy if beaten in combat, so would actually only have 13 attacks vs the warrio...

You forgot something there, the corsairs charged and the warriors got the charge. I rarely saw a block of warriors suffering no deaths when getting a charge and we all know that picking sword and shield is way better than shields and spears... No I didn't. My original reply (quoted below for ease o...

Warriors are for SCR, not for killing enemies and certainly not for KB-ing enemies. Use other choices like Corsairs, Witch Elves or Black Guard for KB-ing A bit of an unsupported statement IMO. The mathammer (above) indicates otherwise. Against a charge with an ASF banner, warriors get as many KB o...

Before I too start rambling about the list I want to ask a little question about Caledor's Bane: Where do you see that it is a lance?? Is it in the FAQ? BEcause it does say it's a magic lance in the "fluff discription", as I caal it, but not in the game discription... Or is it a mistake i...

I love the idea - balanced and fits the fluff well. Eternal Hatred, Frenzy, Khainite, Poison, Fast Cavalry I would not make them fast cavalry. That would encourage people to misunderstand the purpose of the unit. Similarly to how witch elves with their three S3 attacks are a good assault counterpart...

It looks like a very solid list. A few comments. Your army will pack a very solid centre punch (BGs and Warriors) But it seems a bit weak on the flanks? There are stronger infantry units than ASF BG out there and its nice to be able to gain the edge against them in C&C by achieving a flank attac...

ditch the death star, because they suck and no one likes to play them Yup. Playing warhammer is also about reputation, particularly when playing with an army as powerful and fun as dark elves. Last thing you want is to become known as the person that no one wants to play against because you field a...

I am likely having a team game of DE and Lizardmen vs Dwarves and WE this weekend, 2000pts a side Okay, yeah, take Corsairs for that. Put a Master in their ranks and give him Ring of Darkness, that's always good for a laugh (super effective against shooters). Nothing puts a WE in a worse mood than ...

Nice set up, looks fun and balanced to play with. That said, you are playing against WoC, so being balanced may not help! Id love to take a hydra, but think it may be abit overpowered at this level and dont want my enemy to hate DE the first time we play. One hydra is generally accepted (with maybe ...

A nice aggressive army with some good fire power. Unless you already have the manticore and hero, I'd re-consider it. It's expensive for its stats and too easy to kill, leaving your dreadlord stranded by himself, with a then useless magic lance. Could you cut back on the missile support or flankers ...

Corsairs with Sea Serpent Standard + Cauldron is a better combo Still relies on you getting first strike. Generally I agree, but in some situations - particularly playing against high elves - that's not the case. A unit of corsairs can get its front completely cut away, leaving few or no attacks ba...

Most folk seem happy if a figure or two is used as a stand in for a similar one, as long as its a close fit and (even better) painted fully. Otherwise it would be nigh on impossible to have an adaptable army without spending huge sums of money. Taking it further, without a bit of flexibility you cou...

I definitely applaud the idea and think that the army you have built would give you a lot of speed and manoeuvrability (sp). That said, IMO you may have gone a bit overboard and this may compromise the army's competitiveness... A few comments: A Dreadlord on a Manticore is often considered a risky/s...

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Thanks so much for all the very helpful replies Has given me a lot to think about and is much appreciated. I agree with Dyvim, but I prefer to see a Supreme Sorceress toting the pearl of infinite bleakness also carrying the sacrificial dagger. It makes her a magical powerhouse. Then you could house ...

. The entire combination would be far more expensive than it's worth for a couple killing blow attacks. All you need is a unit of Witch Elves or Corsairs with Sea Serpent Standard and a Cauldron It depends slightly on what you want the unit to do. Lots of folk dismiss warriors because they only have...

Also you can't give 8 members of a of 10 unit shields. Its all or none. Wouldn't it be nice if it wasn't! =) I quite like list one. I would drop one reaper bolt thrower and 6 warriors though and invest the points spare into a lvl 1 sorceress with 1 dispel scroll. I'd be very nervous heading into a ...

Painting looks really good

But its the bases I want to comment on more. The powdered snow effect comes across really well - gave me an involuntary shiver just looking at it!

Those look good but you really need to put some armour on their feet and some chainmail on the robes. Right now they look about as armoured as warriors if not less. I actually disagree with the common opinion here - I think the chunky upper body armour and limited lower body armour is very represen...

Really really nice all around, especially the cold one riders and the RxB/Corsairs First time I've seen one of the new hydras look mean and scary rather just bored. Very nice piece. The shades look really nice, but the yellow/beige/bleached bone colours look a little brighter than the rest of your a...