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The D.R.A.I.C.H. - Druchii Rules Analysis, Innovative Counselling & Help.
..........“Draich means death execution and the elegance in doing it, as well as the name of the weapon used for that purpose”.

Table of Contents..................(the Art of War for 7th edition Druchii)
Druchii for the beginner... or ...For true beginners: Druchii for the Newbii <= hyperlinks
The Units ............................................(see below)
The Characters ..................................-(see below)
Combining units in an army ..................(see below)
Army List Creation ...............................(see below)
Classic Army Lists ................................(see below)
Examples of Army lists .........................(see below)
Playing the game .................................(see below)
Tactics Generals ..................................(see below)
Starting the game ................................(see below)
Psychology ..........................................(see below)
Movement........................................<= hyperlink
Magic Phase.....................................<= hyperlink
Missiles ...............................................(see below)
Melee ..................................................(see below)
Knowing your enemy ............................(see below)
Complementary material ..................<= hyperlink NEW: Links to 8th edition rumors.


The D.R.A.I.C.H. Best Of:
Go to page 2 of this thread.


The D.R.A.I.C.H. links collection
In the posts further below, you'll find hyperlinks to many threads. However, most of these threads are not elaborate tactical developments.
They are rated, based on the quality of the writing:

*** Thread written with D.R.A.I.C.H. quality
***Excellent article, well written
***Very interesting ideas, well developed
***. Some good ideas about the topic in some posts

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What is a Living First Page Thread like this one?

The FIRST PAGE of the thread, easily accessible, CONTAINS ALL THE INFORMATION that needs to be read by most interested players.
It may be updated at irregular intervals, based on the comments or new information. See at the bottom of each post the last time when it was edited. At the end of the thread, anyone can post comments of less permanent value.

For a detailed presentation of the D.R.A.I.C.H., see: Presentation of the D.R.A.I.C.H.

There are basically three different kind of articles that make their way into the D.R.A.I.C.H.:

- basic posts with no intention to remain for posterity, but in which there is either a bright idea or a nice analysis. I include them into the D.R.A.I.C.H. temporarily, until some better written article takes into account the good idea. For example: Master of Arneim's Riding the Manticore: deep in the discussion

- elaborate texts covering in depth a specific aspect of the art of war. A good example is Zeth's 7th Edition Damage Charts..

- comprehensive threads encompassing a broad aspect of the game. Best example is Dyvim Tvar's Game-Winning Magic in 7th Edition Warhammer.



Who can participate?

You can participate! Talent does not require a high post record.
See: Writing your own D.R.A.I.C.H. article
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D.R.A.I.C.H. - The units
In this part are detailed each unit's Strengths and Weaknesses, how to tune-up and play it.

All units
***................................. The D.R.A.I.C.H. Boot Camp – best setup for every Druchii unit. (a summary of all units)
with links to other Boot Camp threads (Resistance to shooting - Resistance to charges - Charging – prolonged fights - COB - banners - shooting - champions)
........................................D.R.A.I.C.H. - The Units (unfinished)
**................................... collecting information on units for draich


Mass units, cheap & slow (Spears, Corsairs, Witch Elves)
*** Spears ....................... Dark Elf Spears Tactica
........................................Banner of Nagarythe Tactics: The magic Deathstar(with spears)
Corsairs in HtH small units.. Corsair Weaponry Choices (Questions not Answers)
........................................Corsairs Weapons
........................................ Uses Corsairs instead of Witch Elves.
........................................ Corsairs- How many in a unit?
........................................ Corsairs... unit size
Corsairs in massive blocks.. Viable Corsair Tactic?
........................................ particularly nasty cosair unit
***combos (ahw/rhb)........ One for Calisson - some Corsair tactics I have used...
........................................ Dark Elf Corsairs
***Corsairs with R-handbow. D.R.A.I.C.H. The Handbow Corsair tactica. <= EVERYTHING about handbow corsairs!
***Witch Elves................. Here's your Help on How to... Witch Elves (quite long...) (EVERYTHING about WE in a single thread!


Hammer units (Executioners, Black Guard, Cold One Knights, Cold One Chariot, Hydra, Giant)
........................................ Optimum size for elite units?
........................................Black Guard or Executioners???
........................................ Hydra vs. Cold One Knights
Execs...............................Executioner setup
*..................................... New executioners...even more useless
........................................ Extra Executioner or a Draich-master?
........................................ How do people use their executioners?
**................................... MSX = 3 execs + COB = The "Burger Khaine"
........................................ Using ASF Executioners (BSB Hag included)
* Executioners & Tullaris.....Getting the Most out of Executioners
........................................ A Case for Executioners (or rather, against them)
........................................ Why are Executioners bad? (and why they aren't)
*** BG & Kouran................ D.R.A.I.C.H. - Black Guard FOR DUMMIES.(a comprehensive view in a SINGLE THREAD!)
*** Cold One Knights......... D.R.A.I.C.H- Cold One Knights Summary (a comprehensive view in a SINGLE THREAD!)
***CO Chariot as unit........D.R.A.I.C.H. – Chariots not dead! - Special & mounts.-
War Hydra......................... New hydra awesome!
........................................ Cauldron & Hydra
........................................ 2 War Hydras at 2000-2250 pts - On the Cheese side?
........................................ Your Hydra did What! (no tactics, just to say how cheesy it is)
........................................ Dragon and Manticore in a 2k (+2 hydras for a 4-monsters list)
........................................ this hydra of ours
........................................ what is a better blessing from the cauldron (nice trick about why exposing the flank to a charge)
........................................ Using the Hydra against targets in wood, breath attack
........................................ Hydra's question
Giant................................. 1250pts list (bit wierd but one win from one game)
........................................ Giants


Über units: The Shade Death Star
***................................. D.R.A.I.C.H. :: "Shady Business" - The Shade-Star (how to use Shades in large numbers)


Agile units (Shades, Dark Riders, Harpies)
***Shades....................... D.R.A.I.C.H. - Cool Shades in the woods (everything about Shades... in reasonable numbers)
........................................ Going without DR's/harpies (not recommended!)
Best fast escorts (cost)....... Dark riders obsolete?
**................................... Dark Rider Tactics? (comparison between different agile units)
........................................ How to play Dark Riders
........................................ dark riders question
Dark Riders without crossbows
........................................ Dark Rider Heralds in 7th
Dark Riders with crossbows
........................................Dark Riders as only core?
........................................ Fielding Dark Riders
........................................ DRs - to XB or not to XB, that is the question
***DR with shields............D.R.A.I.C.H. Druchii medium cavalry. The DR with shields.=> everything about DR with shields, in a single thread.
Harpies............................. Harpies...
........................................5 or 6 harpies- poll/debate
........................................2250 Point Battle Report, Druchii vs. Orcs and Goblins (creative use of many harpies)
........................................On Harpies...
........................................A Harpie's Priorities


Long range missile units (Multi-crossbowmen, Reaper Bolt Thrower)
*.....................................Definite explination of the role of shooty units
***Multi-crossbowmen...... D.R.A.I.C.H. - RXB men, the modest shooters
Reaper Bolt Thrower
***.................................D.R.A.I.C.H. - Druchii Naval Fire support: the RBT.


Dogs of War (for non-tournament armies)
........................................Dogs of War combinations with the new Dark Elf book?
........................................Ogre Bulls/Ironguts and Malekith Combo?
........................................Ogre + ASF
........................................Maneaters in the new book - worth trying? (answer: not really)
(old).................................June Topic of the Month -- Dogs of War in Dark Elf Armies
........................................Rules for Mengil Manhide
........................................GW plans to stop availability of DoW for non-DoW armies.
........................................Dogs of War (legal but unlikely to receive an update from GW)
........................................Giants
........................................Mengil Manhides Manflayers: some questions
Thanks to Guardian112: rules for DoW: http://www.blacklotusarts.com/capitalci ... of-war.pdf
RoR: http://www.scribd.com/doc/11347006/Regi ... f-Renown-2
Mengil's Manflayers: http://www.sactosaws.com/SAWSChallenge/ ... layers.pdf
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D.R.A.I.C.H. - The Characters
In this part are detailed each character's Strengths and Weaknesses, how to tune-up and play him/her, and discussions about Magic Objects


All characters.
........................................D.R.A.I.C.H- The Characters (barely started)
........................................collecting information on characters for draich (barely started)
........................................your favorite/most effective character model
........................................your favorite 7th edition dark elf special character in game
........................................Which special character to use?
........................................The New Characters: What Build Works Best?
........................................Druchii character combo's in 7th.
........................................Malekith and other characters...Have they seen battle yet??
........................................ Named Charecters
........................................ Special Characters?


Khainite characters (Assassins, Death Hag, Cauldron of Blood)
Shadowblade.....................shadowblade and unit assasins
*.....................................Shadowblade - A viable GT option?
........................................Shadowblade And Poison/Toxin Combined Effect Argument
........................................shadowblade
........................................New to Druchii, vs. WoC (discussion about shadowblade's drawbacks)
........................................Shadowblade
*** Assassin.....................D.R.A.I.C.H. - Murders in Rue Naggarond: Assassins!
Death Hag.........................Death Hag
........................................Death Hag
........................................Witchbrew for everyone
........................................Witchbrew and Warriors
Crone Hellebron ................Hellebron better on foot? (Poll)
........................................trying to use Helbron list
........................................Crone Hellebron question
***Cauldron of Blood .......D.R.A.I.C.H. - Bathing the Druchii way: Cauldron Of BloodAll you need to know about the COB! with pictures and humour, too!


Battle Standard Bearer (Death Hag or Master)
***...................................D.R.A.I.C.H - Battle Standard Bearers All you need to know!
Magic Objects and mundane objects combinations
***..................................D.R.A.I.C.H.- Magic Weapons Summary: all magic objects rated in a single thread!


Non-Khainite Warriors
Malekith ............................Malekith tactics?
........................................Malekith on foot / chariot / cold one?
........................................Hand of Khaine or Spellshield?
........................................Malekith: More useless than we thought?
........................................About Malekith's spellshield...
Malus Darkblade ................Malus question
Lokhir Fellheart ..................D.R.A.I.C.H. - Lokhir Fellheart, a corsair hero.
Dreadlord & Master.............Is there a need for a Lord Choice?
........................................Dreadlord Kit
........................................Which Weapons for My Dreadlord
........................................Viability of the Executioner's Axe
**...................................Dreadlords & Masters Tactica - Druchii.net Version.
Mounts, weapon and Armor combinations for Dreadlord & Master
Mounts.............................Preferred Flying Mount for Dreadlord and Why
Dragon .............................how effective a lord on dragon is
........................................Care and Feeding of a Black Dragon
........................................How do Dragons and Manticores compair?
........................................dragon lord
........................................Dragon in a 2k army? is it viable or just too cheesy?
........................................Best Dragonlord Set up
........................................Dreadlord on a Dragon
........................................What to choose Manticore or Dragon?!
........................................Lord on Black Dragon
*** Manticore....................D.R.A.I.C.H. - The manticore = in a single article, all you need to know about this beat!
Dark Pegasus.....................Mastagasus
........................................Tips with a Dark Pegasus.
Cold One...........................Mounting the dreadlord or not?
........................................Which is the best built for a Dreadlord leading COK?
***Cold One Chariot.........D.R.A.I.C.H. – Chariots not dead! - Special & mounts.
*** Footed or DS?..............D.R.A.I.C.H. - Need a ride? The footed Master/Dreadlord


The best warriors (Khainite or not)
Cost efficient unit enhancer
........................................Master vs Assassin
........................................Mobile S7 Characters
Character and monster killer
........................................Hunter Noble
........................................Hunter noble in the new book
........................................Master on a dark steed aka "The Lone Reaper"
........................................Dreadlord as a hunter?
........................................Mage hunting master combo
........................................How confident are you guys at taking out the enemy's general
........................................Cloak of Hag Graef - possible use?


Magic-users
Morathi .............................wth 20 points extra for the same thing!!!!!!!
........................................Morathi queen bee or what?!
........................................Best Magic Items for Morathi
........................................My first tournament in 10 years... (with Morathi, obviously)
........................................Morathi Builds?
........................................Does anyone use Morathi?
........................................Morathi - worth the points?
High Sorceress & Sorceress
........................................Two level 2s or High sorc ?
........................................Sorceresses - Level 4 vs 2 * Level 2
........................................Magic Heavy?
Shopping list for Sorceresses Magic & Mundane & Mounts
........................................Level 4 on a Dragon
........................................L4 Sorceress on Dragon
........................................High sorceress
........................................Possible use for the new Sorcerous mount.
........................................Supreme Sorceress on Manticore
........................................Sorceress and Pendant
........................................Benefit of having a Sorceress as a Lord choice
Sorc on CO?......................Sorceress on a Cold One - possible use?
........................................Magic + COK = another death star?
Magic enhancement objects
........................................Question about the focus familiar.
........................................Focus Familiar and hiding behind a unit.
........................................arcane/enchanted item weirdness
........................................Best way to maximize 2 Lv 2 sorceresses
........................................Getting bang for your buck--Lvl 2 + Sacrificial Dagger
........................................Tactica Crystal (crystal of midnight)
........................................Equipping 2 Lvl 2's
Kit for scroll caddy...............Aggressive Caddies
........................................Is a Scroll caddy optimal? A case for 'The Golfer'
........................................Alternatives to the Scroll Caddy?
........................................Musings on advanced Scroll Caddies(that is: Level 4 caddies!)
Best units for sheltering magic-users
........................................HELP: How can I keep my Sorc alive?
........................................Sorceress Protection
........................................Sorceress Protection
........................................VERY basic tactics question (re wizards)
........................................shades as a bodyguard unit for a lvl 4 (answer = no)
........................................Corsair Handbows
........................................Where do you put your spell casters?
........................................Help with Sorceress on steed.
........................................Dragon + rider, why I would I go for a sorceress?
Dagger............................ Optimum size for Sacrificial Dagger unit?
........................................Optimum size for Sacrificial Dagger unit?
........................................sacrificial warriors
........................................ dagger/pearl of infinite bleakness combo
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D.R.A.I.C.H. – Combining units in an army
This part provides advice about how to combine different units into an army so that they build up on each other.
Remember that it is specific to 7th edition Druchii.
........................................D.R.A.I.C.H. – Combining units in an army is not written and contains no information..


DE Army Forces and Weaknesses
***.................................D.R.A.I.C.H. – The style of a druchii army
**................................... The big 3: If DoC and VC are broken, how broken are DE?
........................................Tactics for 6th Edition Druchii?? (underpowering DE in order to get a 6th edition feeling)

Getting an army without spending too much
........................................The cheapest solutions
........................................Save money; buy a Dragon?

The balance of the army
***.................................D.R.A.I.C.H. The balance of an army. A theoretical approach.
........................................Your favourite Core, Special and Rare unit?
Selecting Core - cheapest minimum core
........................................Core Performance (tactics of a core army)
Selecting Specials...............special choices
No specials........................GT Finals v.0.3
Selecting Rare....................bolt throwers or war hydra
........................................RBTs, Hydras or both?
........................................When we have Reapers, is the Hydra useless?
........................................Army without Hydras?
........................................Low Points = Hydra vs Bolt Thrower
Selecting characters – selecting your general
........................................Characterless list
*.....................................do Druchii need a BSB?

Tuning up (with the help of experienced players, such as DA)
........................................Learning to use Heavy Magic: massacred by Asur @ 2500 pts
**...................................Tourney report @2250: the corsair's avenge (infantry & tactics heavy)
**...................................The Heartless - Bringin out the big guns! List updated 14/03 (very mobile)
**...................................Temple of Khaine (most Khainite & effective)
*.....................................It Was Magic Heavy... An Experiment with Balance. (magic-heavy)
*.....................................Great experience with this 2250pts list. (well balanced list, nothing extraordinary except the whole result).
........................................Tourney report @ 2250 with ETC rules and a Manticore
*.....................................Keljhan's Cohorts - 2000 point dark elf army Rabidnid & Marauder Mitch2 teaching a new general about how to build a balanced list.
........................................what do you do when the army isnt producing? what to do now?A very difficult start with DE by an experienced players. Why?


Quick reference on 7th edition
***.................................The new book summary, as reported by Milney
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D.R.A.I.C.H. – Army lists (how to build your list)

0. Any size.
***.................................Army List Forum Rules -- General Army List Guidelines
***Army sheet.................AB 3.1 Files for download here. VX.x!
........................................Armybuilder and new druchii.
........................................universal comp sheet used in Sweden

1. Small Scale Games – Your guide to 250 – 750 point lists.
........................................D.R.A.I.C.H - Army List Creation
........................................Small raiding forcess (750pts)
........................................500 Point Darkelf Raiders
........................................Essential units in small games
........................................Advice on starting out with 250pts
........................................500 Point Escalation League
........................................please help me
........................................750 pt army tip
........................................500 point w/Hydra? (see Thanatoz' example of 500 pts)

2. 1000 Point Games – Your guide to 1k point lists.
........................................1000 points of death?
........................................Most effective character(s) for 1000 pt games...
........................................1000 point list.. to continue learning

3. 1500 Point Games – Your guide to 1.5k point lists.

4. 2000 Point Games – Your guide to 2k point lists.

5. Sample Lists – Lists conjured by our own Druchii.net.

6. 3000+ Point Games – Your guide to 3k point lists.
........................................The art of building an army
........................................10.000 points vs High Elves, what would you do?


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D.R.A.I.C.H. – Classic Army lists
This part of the D.R.A.I.C.H. is taken by Nightblade183
........................................D.R.A.I.C.H. Classic Army Lists
This "How to Build" Classical Army Lists section is more of a how to build effective armies of different types section, rather than another hall of fame.


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D.R.A.I.C.H. – Examples of Army lists

If you want examples of army lists, see
***.................................Druchii.net's Greatest Lists (Old lists descriptions from before the coming of the 7th edition)
........................................Accepting Nominations . . . The Army List Hall of Fame (still active).



Inside that thread, you can go directly to the hyperlink => HERE, where you'll find a collection of army lists of all kind:

Various Tourney-winning, WAAC = Win at All Cost, Optimized, No magic, Balanced, Defensive, MSU, Close combat, Full infantry, Horde (!), Full cavalry, Maneuverable, Monster Flying Circus, Fearsome, Magic tsunami, Magic heavy & CoB, Speed & Magic, Magic/shooting heavy, Full shooting, Tricky, Battalion box, No cheesy choices, Hard to define (!)

Themed lists
Malekith Naggaroth royal army, Morathi Followers, Knights of Malus Darkblade, Karond Kar army, Many Cult of Khaine, Links to the Cult of Slaanesh

And, for Black Ark Corsairs & Lokhir Fellheart themed lists, fluffy lists or efficient lists with some corsairs: see the thread => Brotherhood of the Coast – The Druchii Corsair League
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D.R.A.I.C.H. – Playing the game
This part deals with how to handle the new Druchii during the game.

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Tactics generals

The blossom of tactics in Spring 2009.
........................................Where have all the Tactics gone?
***.................................The Tactics behind a Balanced list

If you want tactical advice, just ask!
........................................Samurai Army - Advice needed on Tactics!
........................................tactics for this list

Tactics Question of the Week.
***.................................Tactics Question of the Week. #1 continued...Tactics Question of the Week #9.
***.................................Intersite battle, any interest? (and following threads: Intersite Battle, Druchii turn 1...Intersite battle, druchii turn 6...Asrai's Intersite battle, turn 6 and comments...Intersite battle, comments)
*.....................................Offensive tactics? - advice/discussion


Tactics hall of fame in previous editions
***..................................Druchii Tactics Hall of Fame (updated Sept. 12 2007)
(here, you'll find the wisdom of 6th edition druchii, including Bait and flee tactics and MSU.


Not for tactics, just for fun. :lol:
1. .....................................Murphy's unwritten rules of warhammer (some wise philosophy about what not to expect too much)
2. .....................................The "It Doesn't Come Around" threaddedicated to those situations where your dice rolls are so frighteningly consistent that you know what will happen before you roll. Because that's how your dice always roll.
3. .....................................Funniest/most unreasonable deaths and kills
4. .....................................Heroic Performances (the inexpected best)
5. .....................................Terrible rolling odds (the inexpected worse)
6. .....................................Worst battles you've ever played (if you lost, see that it could be worse)


Specificities of 7th ed
*.....................................How do Dark Elves work?
........................................Picking your Battles (or rather, Phases)
........................................New Experiences
........................................A couple of things in the new book...
........................................New v.7 Tricks n tips,as well as pitfalls
*.....................................Some new tactics for an old player
........................................Some 'extreme' Idea's
........................................Vegas GT Battle Reports (Long) (Dark Elves also win at Baltimore)
........................................Your favorite strategy?
........................................DE cheese?
Siege................................Seiges, doable?
........................................Learning Curve (from someone new to DE)


Stats.
***..................................D.R.A.I.C.H. :: Math-Hammer : Statistical Dice Analysis
***.................................7th Edition Damage Charts. (by Zeth)
........................................dark Elf Odds and statistics

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Starting the game

Selecting and setting the best terrain for your troops
**...................................D.R.A.I.C.H. Deploying the terrain by the rules.
........................................D.R.A.I.C.H. Making the most of Terrain with your Druchii
Selecting Lores
***.................................Druchii Deployment-Phase Tactics
*Deployment....................Filling the table: gaining some experiences
**...................................Fielding 2 Reapers.
........................................When to write down where the assassin is?
........................................DE Deployment tactics
Who starts?.......................Taking first turn or not
**First move....................Sticky of the Month December- Army List Tactial Analysis

Ending the game - nothing written yet.

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Psychology

Enhancing Psychology
Mitigating own Psychological adverse effects (Frenzy & Hatred)
........................................Being forced to pursue...has it happened to you?
Resisting opponent’s Psychological influence
Using Psychology to achieve objectives
........................................Brettonian Lances vs Terror cheap use of psychology to destroy units - good only to teach a lesson to a rule lawyer.
The psychology with two cauldrons
Hydras'vulnerability.............Panic tests, fast cav and Terror

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Movement

***.................................D.R.A.I.C.H. Movement PhaseThis part is taken by Darluith , and it is complete!
The Breakdown - Flying High or Low - Arc of Vision (360° or 90° - giant's view) - Hampering opponent’s movement - Using movement to achieve objectives - Enhancing Movement - Speed - Agility - Positioning - Movement Tricks and Rules - Multi-charging, Hatred, and the Movement Phase - The War Hydra (Defensive and Offensive)

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Magic phase

Presentation of all aspects of Magic
***.................................D.R.A.I.C.H Magic Phase Tactica by Darluith , and it is complete!
Power of Darkness and how to gain power die - Dark Lore - Death Lore - Shadow Lore - Metal Lore - Fire Lore - Choosing a lore based on your style and on the enemy - Dvyim Tvar's Defending against Enemy Magic -- The Druchii Way - Most dangerous enemy magic, and how to cope with it - Magic Synergy (Cross Lore Combos) - Game Winning Magic in 7th Edition Warhammer
as it is written by Dyvim Tvar - Tactica Links


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Missiles

RHB Repeater HandBow.......Crazy RHB idea?
** MXB Multi-CrossBows......multiple shots? -Poll
RBT Reaper Bolt Thrower
Breath attacks....................When to use Breath Weapons?
How Missile combat helps to win the game
........................................Slaan problem solved (or any large target)
**...................................Determining Priorities
Surviving missile combat (template attacks - it's raining halberds – Hochland Sniper’s Alley – Cannon snipers)
**...................................Shooting with DE
........................................Using Cauldron to block LoS?
........................................Hiding mounted models behind/in infantry units
Facing a strong Empire gunline.
*.....................................Here's my predicament with the Empire

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Melee

........................................Tactical musings on the new book
ACR..................................Shields (only for Lakissov's comment on shields or lance)
SCR
MSU/MSE
Autobreaking.....................VP snowballing
Tar Pit for slowing down combat
* Sacrifice.........................Cauldron Protection Question (good thread, going beyond its title)
........................................Assassin Tarpits - Anyone else tried it?
........................................Stubborn Assassins
Best defensive potential
Deterring HtH combat
Escaping HtH combat
Reserve force (units and assassins)
Pest eradication: killing the multitude
*** “300” facing the horde.D.R.A.I.C.H. The Druchii 300: facing the Horde!
Prey Hunting (warmachines, lone characters, scout units)
* How to crack nuts...........Tactics against High Strength and Toughness
........................................Dealing with heavy armor...without RBTs.
Ghostbusters......................D.R.A.I.C.H. Ghostbusters: fighting ethereal units
........................................Dealing with Ethereal
........................................Countering Cairn Wraiths with combat-heavy Druchii
Characters and Monsters duels...How do Fighty characters die?
........................................Hydra: Ultimate magic-banner toting BSB killer?
Cauldron and Kainites
Cauldron and non-Khainites..the use of hyrdas with cauldrons
........................................Warriors and Cauldrens

The combat with two cauldrons .....Two Cauldrons ?
Combining different aspects of HtH combat
How to tune up HtH combat in order to win the game
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D.R.A.I.C.H. - Know your enemy

In this part, the successful or dramatic experiences should be shared in order to accelerate Druchii domination over the world.
........................................Knowing Your Enemy.

All armies.........................Strengths and Weaknesses of Warhammer Armies
........................................D.R.A.I.C.H. - knowing your enemy (1)
temporarily........................High level tactica against all races (2)
**...................................What Lore do you take Vs which army
Most painful foes................Hardest army to fight against
........................................What unit do you consider to be the hardest in the game?
........................................The Big enemy Dragon!! - How do we deal with them!!!
........................................Is it really cheesy? ... (VC and daemons)
........................................The Heartless - 4th draft up, check it out! (Description of competitive armies in a tournament)


Specific anti-strategy.
Bret = Bretonnians....... ***D.R.A.I.C.H. - Taming the Horse Lords - Beating Bretonnians
BC = Beasts of Chaos......... (see 1) I am having problems with beastmen, any tips
........................................I need a counter to ambush !!!
........................................How Do You Counter the Beastman Ambush?
........................................3x2500pt games against New Beastmen
........................................Beastmen(about the new ones)
........................................How to counter Jabberslythes
........................................Fighting the new Beastmen
Chaos Daemons............. ***D.R.A.I.C.H- Banishing the Daemons
DE = Dark Elves (traitors, of course!)
........................................How to beat Ring of Hotek with magic army?
........................................On beating the shade deathstar
........................................D.R.A.I.C.H. Magic Defense against the Dark Elves
........................................Anti Druchii question - tactics for my Empire?!
DoW = Dogs of War............Dogs of war
Dwarves.....................*** D.R.A.I.C.H.Dwarf tactica, how to open tough, tin cans
Empire........................*** D.R.A.I.C.H. - Strike the Empire.
HE = High Elves...........***D.R.A.I.C.H- High Elf Tactica
LM = Lizardmen ................ (see 1)
***.................................Long Time Absent: 1500 DE Vs Lizzies, New Book
........................................Tips on how to beat 2nd Gen Slann
........................................morathi the frog killer(or telcis) using the darksword
........................................lizardmen help (new army book)
*.....................................Against the New Lizardmen
........................................New Terradons
........................................Lizardmen - the new book (cheese)
........................................Pivotal DE GT discussion a thread just for dealing with the new lizardmen
........................................Plunder Lustria! 1250 v Lizardman advice?
........................................Stedagon menace.,. need some help !
........................................Our magic vs Lizardmen
* O&G = Orcs and Goblins... (see 1 & 2) any opinions on what to take agenst an orc army
**...................................Narrative Battle report, Dark Elves vs. Orcs (2250 points)
*..................................... Campaign against O&G
........................................ Dealing with Fanatic spam
OK = Ogre Kingdoms...*** D.R.A.I.C.H How to kill a big mean Ogre v7.0
(see 1 & 2) 2000 pts probably mostly vs. OK
........................................ Shooting vs Ogres?
*..................................... Defending against single PD spells.
Skaven (old)
........................................ (see 1 & 2) Skaven clan skrye, any help on how to beat?
........................................ What to do against heavy skaven magic at 1k
Skaven (new: first impressions)
........................................ Upcoming challenge - Hellpit Abomination.
........................................ *Lamestar* 2000pts of filth for special mission!
........................................ First game VS new Skaven (long post, sry!)
........................................ DE vs Skaven: The demonstration of importance of battle res
........................................ Midnight Crystal on Engineers (it IS interesting)
........................................ A way to kill hellpits.
........................................ Killing the pesky skaven
TK = Tomb Kings = Khemri.. (see 1) Fighting Tomb Kings
........................................ Dark Elves Vs. Chariot Heavy Tomb Kings
VC = Vampire Counts......... (see 2) 2500 Dark Elves vs. Vampire Counts
........................................7th Ed Dark Elves vs. Vampires 2250
........................................Vc vs DE - Any ideas how to fight this?
........................................taking on some vampires
........................................Vampire Lord & Retinue Combos - how do you beat them?
* .....................................Need Help Vs Vampire counts
........................................What to do against Wraiths?
........................................Defeating the Black Coach
........................................Shadowblade - A viable GT option?
........................................Facing VC with the FAQ's info.
*......................................How to deal with heavy cavalry?
........................................Know thy foe - a guide to vampire slaying
........................................Tactics against the Vampire Counts
........................................ISO 2k hard hitting over the top army list to play
........................................VC - How to deal with unliving things
........................................VC issue
WE = Wood Elves ........***D.R.A.I.C.H.-Waging Woodland War: Flaming the Wood Elves
WoC = Chaos Warriors.***D.R.A.I.C.H. Beating Warriors of Chaos

*** The Lesser Races Tactics Hall of Fame
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D.R.A.I.C.H. - Complementary material
This part of the D.R.A.I.C.H. is taken by tmr
........................................D.R.A.I.C.H. - Complementary material

It deals with any miscellaneous topic not covered elsewhere.

This is the druchii's general Cave of Ali Baba!

In his never ending search for universal knowledge that can help you, druchii general, tmr is still looking for help in developing ideas for sub-titles and other subject matter. As well as adding additional content for the different areas of interest that is currently in place.

If you know of a forum out there send him the link, especially if its in a non-English language and he will add it.

If you know of an interesting topic of interest that does not fit into any of the more traditional sections he’ll find a place for it here or create one…


Go and have a look!
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D.R.A.I.C.H. – Writing your own D.R.A.I.C.H. article:

If you want to make a study which is worth putting in the D.R.A.I.C.H., go ahead! Il will benefit the whole D.net community and especially yourself.


0. Be aware that the first step is the most difficult.
Don't get discouraged.
Doing something for the first time is difficult. :evil:
The second time, it gets easier. :?
The next times, it becomes easier and easier (but still requires work, of course). :)
That is why the articles written by the experts seem sometimes very difficult to achieve by a beginner.
Note that you need not to be a veteran to write a valuable article: the example of Stonecutter (WE antitactica) is there to show what can be done after 1 year and 250 posts in D.net. Same for gramash, 80 posts in 2 years (Dwarf antitactica). Or Enkiel, 130 posts and 5 months registered (OK antitactica).

It is worth doing!
Not only you'll feel satisfied with your achievement, but also you'll become more proficient with your topic, and more proficient with writing articles! 8)
You don't have to be a tactical genius to write a good article for the D.R.A.I.C.H. ...
... but doing it will help you to become one.
:D


1. Write a couple of ideas.
Gather the info. First of all, before reading anything, write on a Word document what advice on your topic you would give to a friend playing his DE, for the first time. What advice would you give to the same friend going to a tournament?
This will be the most personal part in your article.


2. Get some help.
Gather more info. This help is the advice already given on D.net.
Read all the threads from the D.R.A.I.C.H. linked to your topic.
Copy/paste in your Word document everything of interest. It does not matter if the same advice comes several times: you'll select the best written, later.


3. Read.
Gather more info again. DE army book. Rulebook. Other book or old articles about your topic.
There will be new ideas to add.


4. Organize your article.
Sort your material into logical groups. Read again everything you've collected. Give a short title to each paragraph.
Copy/paste the titles in another document.
Sort the titles in order to group together several titles into a chapter.
Sort the chapters in a logical order.
Now you've got the general plan of your article.


5. Beef up the plan.
For each chapter, you cut/paste all the relevant quotes you've collected.
Then you rearrange all of them in order to synthetize them in a couple of paragraphs and write them in proper English.
Watch out for duplicates, rewrite each paragraph with your own thoughts, and if you do copy paste something litterally (like mathhammer or army lists), give credit to the original author.
Add some humourous or fluffy description if you can imagine some, it helps making a great article. ;)


6. Check for mistakes.
When your initial document is empty, it means that all the ideas have been transferred to the organized document.
Your article is nearly ready.
Read everything with the army book and the rulebook in hand, double check all the rules.
Read the whole article again. Spell check. Grammar check. Add a couple of new ideas which will come spontaneously.
Make all the changes so that it becomes something you're rightly proud of.


7. Find a title.
Last touch: The title must tell about what it is, and should also intrigue the reader so that he would want to read.
Pick up the title of your choice. After all, it will be your baby.


8. Let it rest.
(Thanatoz' trick for a better quality).
If you'll post too soon, you'll end up editing multiple times (been there done that).
Let it rest for a week. Then re-read it. You'll rewrite lots of stuff and find lots of errors. Let it rest for another week. Re-read it again. Letting it rest is the best way to find errors, but don't do it too long or you'll forget.


9. Post!
When you've read it a last time, you can post. :P
Create a new thread named "D.R.A.I.C.H. - Title"

Post one or two pages at a time, no more, because it draws "servor 500 errors". :evil:
Later on, you'll find it easier to edit small posts rather than editing the whole text.

Post it first, next edit for presentation. It mitigates servor errors.
When you post your article, leave empty lines, underline or colour the titles, so that it becomes easy to read.


10. Receive the comments.
Often, an article draws some comments. :D
Sometimes, it is just "wow", or "thanks". Take pride of it.
Sometimes, it is more constructive, and provides more advice.
Take the useful part of the comments, thank for the contribution, and edit the relevant part of your thread.

As you roam druchii.net, later on, you may find some new interesting threads related to your D.R.A.I.C.H. topic.
You can either copy/paste some extracts inside your thread or just simply insert a link towards that interesting thread.


11. Finally: be proud of yourself!
You receive no pay. But you get the reward to join the team of D.netters who have dedicated a lot of their time for the whole community to improve their skills. :oops:
Your article will join the D.R.A.I.C.H. hall of fame, on D.R.A.I.C.H. page 2, and will replace several low quality threads hyperlinked on page 1, which were so far the best advice that D.net has to offer, pitiful as it is.

This will be and remain your outstanding contribution to this great site. :D



If you volunteer, I gladfully enlist you.
Just start your D.R.A.I.C.H. article and soon it will make its way into the D.R.A.I.C.H.
If not, send a PM to a moderator of the tactical forum.


Welcome aboard, mate!
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D.R.A.I.C.H. – Spare chapter
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THAT’S ALL FOLKS.

Next are your comments.

NOTE: this thread is not about detailed discussion of each topic. It is about discussion on the Table of Content.

Please volunteer to take responsibility of a chapter (one full post of this page). First-volunteer, first-served.
That will require you to read all the comments made on your thread and, when they contribute positively to the chapter,
you will have to include a summary in your chapter.

The above Table of Content is what should be examined, in my opinion, ordered as far as possible in a clear logical way.
It is open to your brainstorming. If you feel it should be modified in some way, feel free to mention it below.
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Nice post man. If you need any help just give us a hoy. Id be more then happy to type things up for you in a formal manner.

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So how will this work?
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We discuss anything that this part of the book may need to be improved on. As well as volunteer to work on any of the chapters.

I think that's how it works.
If so, I volunteer to do the Know Your Enemy chapter on Ogre Kingdoms. I have (almost) the full range and a friend who is willing to playtest them for me.
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following bikeninjas example, i could playtest the Know Your Enemy - Wood Elves with my brother
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bikeninja wrote:I volunteer to do the Know Your Enemy chapter on Ogre Kingdoms. I have (almost) the full range and a friend who is willing to playtest them for me.


Thank you for your proposal.

Could you take responsibility of the whole
Know your enemy..................... http://www.druchii.net/viewtopic.php?p= ... ht=#687987 ?

Yes: Izirath (for starters) -Bikeninja (OK) - Heartrender (modelling)- Nightblade183 (Army List Building/Army List Hall of Fame)-King Coombs #1 (army lists)- Arnold Layne (if mod)- Davieste - Archon_Matt (playing the game)- Mr. Anderson (infantry tactics)- Almundis (tactics-10Aug) - Aspiring Executioner (characters)- grez90 (know your enemy) -

Ant - Azure - b0yceb0y - beastmaster kurlan - Crazyhorse - Dalamar - Dark Alliance - Darluith - druchii77 - kristo - KrystalIce2020 - Lakissov - Loki17 - scactha - Mordru - Overmind - Sulla - tmr - Venkh - Voidmaster
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Well I'll get started and make the post after the weekend, I'm off in the wilderness for the next few days and can't get to a computer. I'll be sure to start that A.S.A.P. when I get back (I'll have the new book then too, so I can start to test against ogres. I might also be able to get my friend to help me with the Dwarfs section too.) I have a few days off to do this when I get back.

Glad to be on board captain! I'll do my best!

questions though:
Do I make the empty posts just ((reserved for later comment)) or something? and how many should I make?

Do I copy/paste the content (people working on other specific anti-strategies) added from the other members on to the first post for one chapter, then credit the other members at the end? Then delete the forum posts to keep it organized?

Sorry, just want this to turn out beautifully and well done. I'll get started on either tomorrow morning or monday.
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*Grumble* By the time I get my army book, all the parts are going to be taken. :(
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Sorry about the post but I was wondering if I could reserve a part? I was wondering if I could reserve The Units part? If this is fine then every-things understood, but or course if someone else can do it before me then they can go right ahead. I won't be getting my book until August the 2nd.
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Khel wrote:I won't be getting my book until August the 2nd.


No problem. Same for me. Without the book, you can plan, although you cannot theoryhammer.
I did plan, I did post what I was planning and you found it interesting, did'nt you?
So you can start planning as well.

Khel wrote:I was wondering if I could reserve The Units part?
GO AHEAD. Do not reserve: Create immediately a new thread.

Welcome aboard, mate!
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bikeninja wrote:questions though:
Do I make the empty posts just ((reserved for later comment)) or something? and how many should I make?


Good start.
You MUST create as soon as possible 18 or 20 posts in your own thread.
This is because you can edit later on only your own posts.
So do it before someone replies by misake.

Then you will have 1 post for each main topic, plus 1 or 2 posts for currently unanticipated topics.

Together, all these posts created by you make the first page.
The following posts from other druchii.net participants are the comments, not part of the First-page.

bikeninja wrote:Do I copy/paste the content (people working on other specific anti-strategies)
added from the other members on to the first post for one chapter, then credit the other members at the end?
Then delete the forum posts to keep it organized?

Either you copy/paste short sentences, or you insert an hyperlink.
Copy/pastes from posts from your own thread, or hyperlinks, need not to be credited because the author can easily be traced.
On the other hand, if you mention credits, it will bring you new friends that will help you!
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Stickied.

This is the lead page so rather than clog the top of this forum with a ton of other stickied posts, follow the links contained within.
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Thanks DA.
This is exactly what will answer the need.
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Hi mates!

Just to let you know:

I updated the beginning of the thread, the main ToC,
so now it indicates clearly which parts of the D.R.A.I.C.H. are assigned (to whom, you cans see it below in following posts).

I will update the detailed ToC (a few posts below the main ToC) with some interesting threads I find in Druchii.net.
Of course, when that part will be taken over by a volunteer, he will keep track of those links on his sub-thread rather than on this thread.

The thread is open for your comments, as any other thread.
Feel free to indicate your feelings about the ToC.
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