If we assume (ha) that all units in our codex were to be nicely balanced, both internally and externally, and each performed their intended role (as per the fluff) adequately for an appropriate points cost, what would your ideal Dark Eldar raiding party look like?
I don't want to get into wish-listing because there are plenty of threads already open for that kind of discussion. I'm more interested to see what your favourite units are, and how you'd put them together into a roughly all-comers balanced list if we didn't have to worry about whether or not it is maxed-out competitive.
Mine would look something like this for ~ 1,000 - 1,200 pts:
Archon
- Shadowfield
- AP2 ccw
- Something fun like Soul Trap or Drugs
Succubus
- Decent ccw (Agoniser or Glaive are both fine)
- Some fun Wych wargear
Incubi x 5
Raider
- Dark Lance
(forms unit with Archon)
Kabalites x10
- Sybarite, with something that makes him not useless (I like the idea that each squad should have a leader of some kind).
Raider
- Dark Lance
- Racks
Wyches x9
- Hekatrix with Agoniser
Raider
- Dark Lance
(Forms unit with Succubus)
Scourges
- Anti-tank role, ideally with move-and-shoot Dark Lances (sooo pretty!).
- Solarite, with something worthwhile. I just don't like that plain extra wound guy in our current 5 man squads.
Ravager
- Dark Lance x3
Ravager
- Dark Lance x3
So basically:
* Quick and killy cc guys for anti-infantry.
* Wyches that do stuff.
* Raiders full of kabalites (quite possibly THE iconic Dark Eldar look).
* Pretty Lance Scourges.
* Fast, killy, specialised and fragile.
I'm not fussed by Coven stuff, and Kabals and Wych Cults are 'separate' enough to warrant them each following their own respective HQ into a raid. I'm sure an Archon is more than capable of hiring the Wyches on their own, but I prefer the idea that he makes a deal with a Succubus and convinces her to bring her girls on a raid. Almost like a mini allied detachment.