Switching
gears to Warhammer Fantasy, here is my 2,500 point Dark Elves list. I’ve long professed my love of Dark Elf
chariot spam, so this list should come as no surprise to anybody.
Lords
Dreadlord
-Dark
Pegasus
-Pendant
of Kaleth
-Crown
of Command
-Whip
of Agony
-mundane
armor kit
=300
[This
guy is growing on me so much. He is
great at harassing the enemy backlines and warmachines and magic bunkers. He is also amazing at shutting down enemy
death stars. I haven’t faced an opponent
in a really long time who didn’t have something in his list that this guy was
able to exploit effectively.]
Supreme
Sorceress
-Lore
of Shadow
-Level
4
-Focus
Familiar
-Dark
Steed
=315
[Between
the Focus Familiar and Dark Steed the chances of ever being exposed to enemy
charges or shooting is slim to none.
With those problems solved, you can proceed with totally raping the
enemy with Lore of Shadow and Power of the Darkness.]
Heroes
Master
-BSB
-Cold
One Chariot
-Armor
of Eternal Servatude
-Dragonbane
Gem
-Halberd
-Shield
-Sea
Dragon Cloak
=245
[Many
people think a BSB on the chariot is dumb.
Normally it is. This guy isn’t
super afraid of enemy shooting thanks to 4+ regeneration and 2++ Fire Ward. Plus, this list has so many ‘big’ threats
that if he focuses fire on this guy, chances are he won’t be killing the rest
of the list in any time.]
Master
-Cold
One Chariot
-Relic
Sword
-Mundane
armor kit
=190
[Cheap
as hell master who exists to +1 the chariot count in the list.]
Sorceress
-Lore
of Metal
-Level
2
-Dark
Steed
-Tome
of Furion
=162
[Lore
of metal has some great spells that compliment the army nicely. No matter what three spells you roll, chances
are you’ll get something useful.]
Core
12x
Repeater Crossbowmen
-Shield
-Standard
-Musician
=142
12x
Repeater Crossbowmen
-Shield
-Standard
-Musician
=142
5x
Dark Riders
-Musician
-Repeater
Crossbows
=117
5x
Dark Riders
-Musician
-Repeater
Crossbows
=117
5x
Dark Riders
-Musician
-Repeater
Crossbows
=117
[The
core is superfluous. The Xbowmen sit
back and on the flanks to keep faster enemy units from flanking the
monsters. The Dark Steeds use the
vanguard redeployment trick, and they give 4++ LOS saves to your Sorceresses,
and they are decent harassers in a pinch.
People say they are fragile and die easily. I agree, and I don’t care. They are not integral to the overall success
of the army, but they do compliment it.]
Special
Cold
One Chariot
=100
Cold
One Chariot
=100
Cold
One Chariot
=100
[These
guys are tough, hard to kill and have a lot of hitting power. They are the hammer of the list. If all three of them multi-charge an enemy,
no much can survive that.]
Rare
War
Hydra
=175
War
Hydra
=175
[And
ofcourse these are the anvil (but also a hammer when needed) for the list. They are also tough and also hard to kill and
also have nuts offensive ability. Hydras
don’t need much explanation to veteran Fantasy players.]
Total:
2,497
I’ve
spoke at length as to how the army operates, so there isn’t really much need to
rehash it here. This list scales down to
2,000 very well, which is great. And as
you’ll see, it scales up to 3k pretty well too.
Thoughts? Comments?
Questions?
Seeing lists like this just shows me how much my wood elves are missing.
ReplyDeleteLore of Metal on Dark Elves = love.
ReplyDeleteIt's a very very very nice army, and an excellent case for "play 2500, you'll get everything you need to manage eighth edition's excesses in there". I'm having enough trouble knocking together 2000 point lists, never mind anything smaller. Which, I have to say, I don't particularly appreciate...
I've been more and more appreciating 2k point games. Certain overpowered things like Teclis and Slann lose their danger at 2k. Sure you can bring them, but they won't have adequate support and should be easy to beat if you have a plan for them.
DeleteI like the list. Very different from what you usually see, and very effective still. We usually play 2400 pts here.
ReplyDeleteI´ve been toying with the idea of trying something similar with Warriors of Chaos. Do you think it can be done?
Warriors of Chaos chariot spam has trouble because their Rare slot doesn't add much that would take away fire from the chariots. Warshrines are close, but Warshrines are not in the same league as a Hydra.
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