Dark Elven Tactica

[GladeGuardian]

I myself am not a Dark Elf, but when some start to come around, this should give them something to start with.

Please post such information as:

Army List Ideas
Unit Effectiveness
Unit/Whole army tactics
Commander Equipment
and enemy specific Tactics.

[Archangel Tirus]

Are you going to do this on every board. even though there are no Dark elf players?

[GladeGuardian]

I intended to, though now that i think of it seems rather strange. It is meant as a springboard for others. I used to be a Dark Elf player and would like some tactics if i get back into them.

[Archangel Tirus]

Ok. Then

[Arguleon Veq]

In my experience a lot of corsairs backed up by a few bolt throwers make an extemely effective army.

Corsairs are one of my favourite dark elf units.

When this has some hard hitting elements such as a cold one chariot it can often be a devestating combination.

[elflord9d]

personally i think the repater crossbows are AWSOME. you get to reroll andy misses, i mean c'mon how sweet is that? and the assasain. give him a hydra blade and then see whos gonna get hurt. cant remember anything oh wait. i just remembered somthing. use the dark riders to flank enemys that are in combat and they also have the crossbows so they can be nasty even at long range.

[monkeyking]

repater crossbows are AWSOME. you get to reroll andy misses



What??!

You don't get to reroll misses! there is a magic item that allows you to reroll misses and failed wounds......but in no way is the repeater xbow like that. it just gets to shoot twice with a -1 penalty!


okay the role of any DE should I feel be MSU. units of dark riders backed by small units of infantry and cavalry and shades. picking the battles where you want them and not getting drawn into protracted combats

but that last part ios my opinion

[elflord9d]

u sure? dang ill go check the book....

[Ogreking]

Posotive, they get 2 shots. However the first shot does not suffer the -1 wheras the second shot does. This is show the recoil of the first shot affecting the second shot. And by the way...I play Dark elves.

[Arguleon Veq]

They are a 2XMultiple shot weapon, therefore any shots if you are fireing two are at -1 to hit. There are no special rules in the dark elf book to the contrary.
Plus it would be complicated the other way and take longer.

Still they are lethal combined with the high BS of elves, they will be hitting with multiple shots as frequently as most races do when they are only firing one.

[Ogreking]

That is correct. I apologise for my mistake. I have sacrificed 2 goats to make up for it. But yes they are deadly. I was playing orcs on Friday. Out of 34 shots i killed 19 orcs. Now as the peoiple who know me can confirm, I am a bastard when it comes to rolling. I have the ability to make obscene saves and hit rolls.

But needless to say that without the repeater crossbow there would have been a lot more orcs hitting my lads.

[Ogreking]

Also speaking on a wargear point of view, I find that the Black Amulet is well worth the points. Ok its a 5+ Ward in combat only. But if you manage to pass the save then the attacker takes a wound with no saves of any type allowed! This is great when a Chaos Lord takes two wounds off himself and you then, elegantly, remove the feths head. Bliss.

[gilber987]

well the MSU its the best on dark elfs, at leas for me, whit 2 boltthrowers a must take whit some dark riders and rxb man to shoot at low armour safe and hitting hard whit chariots, lord, heroes, coldones, hydra. shooting whit the boltthrower to minimize their numbers. imaging a unit of 15 rxb on a hill whit 2 units of 5 dark riders and 2 boltthrowers, woooooossssssh. 50 arrows flyind on the sky hitting infantry and 2 huge bolts crushing heavy cavalry.