Venom and Darklight spam

Slave Posts : 14 Join date : 2017-01-26

Battalion Detachment +5CP

Kabal of the Flayed Skull

HQ
Archon
Blast Pistol, Hatred Eternal, Huskblade, The Djin Blade, Warlord

Archon
Blast Pistol, Huskblade

TROOPS
5x Kabalite Warrior 47pts
Blaster

5x Kabalite Warrior 47pts
Blaster

5x Kabalite Warrior 47pts
Blaster

5x Kabalite Warrior 47pts
Blaster

5x Kabalite Warrior 47pts
Blaster

FAST ATTACK
Scourges 128pts
4x Blaster

Scourges 128pts
4x Blaster

HEAVY SUPPORT
Ravager 140pts
3x Dark Lance

Ravager 140pts
3x Dark Lance

Ravager 140pts
3x Dark Lance

DEDICATED TRANSPORT
Venom 75pts
Splinter Cannon, Splinter Cannon

Venom 75pts
Splinter Cannon, Splinter Cannon

Venom 75pts
Splinter Cannon, Splinter Cannon

Venom 75pt
Splinter Cannon, Splinter Cannon

Venom 75pts
Splinter Cannon, Splinter Cannon

Venom 75pts
Splinter Cannon, Splinter Cannon

Air Wing Detachment +1CP

Kabal of the Black Heart

Razorwing Jetfighter 155pts
Splinter Cannon
2x Dark Lance

Razorwing Jetfighter 155pts
Splinter Cannon
2x Dark Lance

Razorwing Jetfighter 155pts
Splinter Cannon
2x Dark Lance

1998pts
9CP

Slave Posts : 12 Join date : 2017-09-29

Your list looks fine, maybe you want atleast some desintegrator rays, so you have something vs primaris. I would actually swap all lances to dessintegrators....with the points you should be able to fit in another archon and make a spearhead with the ravagers and another archon...

Slave Posts : 14 Join date : 2017-01-26

Desintegrator cannons are superior, but this list doesn't need them. I'll just give primaris a poison bath if I go up against them or drill them with darklight shots if I don't have any better targets.

Kabalite Warrior Posts : 127 Join date : 2011-12-10

What about Necrons? Dark Light will struggle against Quantum shielding so maybe a mix of DLs and DCs?

Slave Posts : 14 Join date : 2017-01-26

Unfortunately for Necrons their book isn't very good right now. That may change, but as it stands they only have a few models with quantum shielding. My list has 28 darklight weapons (30 if you include the blast pistols), which should be enough firepower to deal with the Doomsday Arks my opponent might have. But honestly I wounldn't build my army around Necrons right now.

Subject: Re: Venom and Darklight spam Fri Oct 05 2018, 19:12

Change dark lance for disintegrator canons and blaster scourge for haywire scourge

Slave Posts : 14 Join date : 2017-01-26

Look guys I know dark lances seem like the fat kid right now, but they're still good.

This is a balanced list. I have my anti-infantry and anti-tank bases adequately covered.

110 18" splinter shots (92 are Flayed Skull)
15 dark lances
13 blasters
3 Razorwing missiles
2 melee archons

Disintegrator cannons are little more point efficient right now, but if my list is balanced already then we're just getting nitpicky with points. 28 darklight shots is nothing to sneeze at. The same argument is made for haywire blasters. If I have enough points left over after building my core list, I'll upgrade my scourges weapons to blasters. I won't get more bang for my buck, but I will get more bang.

I think GW is looking for that sweet spot for the disintegrator cannon right now. It was 30 points, now it's 15. I think it will land somewhere in the middle in the future (20-25 points) or get a stat line change.

Dark lances and splinter weapons will always be good.

Subject: Re: Venom and Darklight spam Sun Oct 07 2018, 11:15

Just out of curiosity, can I ask what’s the point of posting a list here and then refusing any suggestion saying “my list is fine”? XD

Slave Posts : 14 Join date : 2017-01-26

I'm just stirring things up really. I wanted to demonstrate that the kabal meta doesn't have to be just comprised of disintegrator cannons and haywire blasters. Dark Eldar are really good right now. Most of the things in our book are viable.

Slave Posts : 14 Join date : 2017-01-26

I did mention in the title what this army was about.

Subject: Re: Venom and Darklight spam Sun Oct 07 2018, 13:52

Igotahunch wrote:: I'm just stirring things up really. I wanted to demonstrate that the kabal meta doesn't have to be just comprised of disintegrator cannons and haywire blasters. Dark Eldar are really good right now. Most of the things in our book are viable.

Well, to demonstrate this you should win a major tournament, not posting a list!
So best luck with it!

Slave Posts : 14 Join date : 2017-01-26

I'm not really interested in playing in major tournaments. This is just for casual play. I've had quite a bit of success with it so far just playing at my local shop and in my basement.

Incubi Posts : 1505 Join date : 2017-09-12

Igotahunch wrote:: I'm just stirring things up really. I wanted to demonstrate that the kabal meta doesn't have to be just comprised of disintegrator cannons and haywire blasters. Dark Eldar are really good right now. Most of the things in our book are viable.

I don't want to sound dismissive here but your list is very meta - the only things that are a bit unusual are the Ravagers being armed with Dark Lances and the Scourges. It's a very far way from demonstrating that most of our book is viable (which might well be the case, but is up for argument).

The Dark Eldar are very strong right now and this is a very strong looking list... it's just that we have access to other units and weapons which are stronger.

Slave Posts : 14 Join date : 2017-01-26

Yep, you're right. Sorry, Dark Eldar being good was a separate thought. I could have worded that better.

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