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Jim_the_archon Hellion
Posts : 53 Join date : 2017-01-30 Location : England
| Subject: Advice for a pure cult list. Thu Dec 07 2017, 20:11 | |
| Hi fellow dark denizens. I'm really enjoying dark eldar in this edition and would like to try something a little different to how I usually play then so thought I'd try a pure cult list.
The most common points value where I play is 1850 any advice with them? | |
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aurynn Incubi
Posts : 1626 Join date : 2013-04-23
| Subject: Re: Advice for a pure cult list. Thu Dec 07 2017, 20:33 | |
| This is what I ran at a fluff tourney at 1250pts:
Succubus with Glaive and To-Hit Drug 5 Wyches with Strength Drug, Agoni 5 Wyches with Attack Drug, Agoni 1 Empty Venom 1 Str Drug Wych Venom 1 Att Drug Wych Venom 1 Succy Venom 6 Reavers with Toughness Drug, Blasters, Caltrops 3 Reavers with Move Drug, Blaster, Caltrops Ravager
It was fun to play. Its definitely not a TAC list, but it may be of some use to you. At 1850 I'd expand with 3 more Reavers to the smaller unit and more Wyches, add Blaster Pistols everywhere. Small Khymerae units too for DS denial. I still can't make myself to use the Hellions. The Scourges might be exchanged too. | |
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Jim_the_archon Hellion
Posts : 53 Join date : 2017-01-30 Location : England
| Subject: Re: Advice for a pure cult list. Thu Dec 07 2017, 20:45 | |
| I was thinking something like this: Air Wing Detachment Razorwing Jetfighter 2 Dark Lances, Splinter Cannon
Razorwing Jetfighter 2 Dark Lances, Splinter Cannon
Voidraven Two dark scythes, Voidraven Missiles
Battalion Detachment HQ Succubus archite glaive Blast Pistol
Succubus archite glaive, tge parasites kiss
Troops
5x wyches 1 with hydra gauntlet, Hekatrix with Agoniser, Blast Pistol 5x wyches 1 with hydra gauntlet, Hekatrix with Agoniser, Blast Pistol 5x wyches 1 with hydra gauntlet, Hekatrix with Agoniser, Blast Pistol 5x wyches 1 with hydra gauntlet, Hekatrix with Agoniser, Blast Pistol
Elites
Beastmaster with Beastmaster's scourge Beastmaster with Beastmaster's scourge 2x Pair of Khymerae 2x Pair of Khymerae 10x Hekatrix Bloodbride 3 with hydra gauntlets, Syren with Agoniser and Blast Pistol
Fast Attack
5x Reavers Arena Champion, 2x Grav-Talon,
Dedicated Transport
Raider Dark Lance, Shock Prow Raider Dark Lance, Shock Prow Raider Dark Lance, Shock Prow Total 1835pts
The theory is all the girls except the succubi go in raiders the succubi deploy by webway use the planes and raiders to deal with any vehicles use the khymera a a screening distraction and the speed of the reavers to take out some back field units. The reavers get the +1T drug the bloodbrides get tree +1A drug one of the succubi get the +1S drug and roll for the rest
Does that look like something that will work? | |
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dumpeal Hekatrix
Posts : 1275 Join date : 2015-02-13 Location : Québec
| Subject: Re: Advice for a pure cult list. Thu Dec 07 2017, 21:29 | |
| You only have 9 lances. Maybe it's not enough. I don't count the blast pistol, because of the range and the low amount of damage they do. | |
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RedRegicide Wych
Posts : 686 Join date : 2016-05-20
| Subject: Re: Advice for a pure cult list. Thu Dec 07 2017, 22:13 | |
| Why bother running two beast masters for 4 (or is that dogs? I’d at least cut one out | |
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Jim_the_archon Hellion
Posts : 53 Join date : 2017-01-30 Location : England
| Subject: Re: Advice for a pure cult list. Thu Dec 07 2017, 22:15 | |
| Its 8 Khymerae and I thought I had to have one per unit of beasts that's why I took 2 | |
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RedRegicide Wych
Posts : 686 Join date : 2016-05-20
| Subject: Re: Advice for a pure cult list. Thu Dec 07 2017, 22:27 | |
| Nope, you just get a free slot for a beast unit if you take a beast Master. | |
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aurynn Incubi
Posts : 1626 Join date : 2013-04-23
| Subject: Re: Advice for a pure cult list. Fri Dec 08 2017, 05:36 | |
| I don't bother with Beastmaster for units of 4 khymerae. If someone shoots them, I don't care if they all die. Beastmaster is not worth the points. | |
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Jim_the_archon Hellion
Posts : 53 Join date : 2017-01-30 Location : England
| Subject: Re: Advice for a pure cult list. Fri Dec 08 2017, 07:33 | |
| Its 8 khymerae and if I do 1 best master I I can make it 12 in 2 units does a bm become worthwhile then? | |
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Jim_the_archon Hellion
Posts : 53 Join date : 2017-01-30 Location : England
| Subject: Re: Advice for a pure cult list. Fri Dec 08 2017, 07:38 | |
| I'm not bothered ait losing the bm's I don't like any of the hover board models I just thought four tge Khymerae to stick around long enough to soak sine bullets and be a worthwhile distraction that you'd need a bm | |
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aurynn Incubi
Posts : 1626 Join date : 2013-04-23
| Subject: Re: Advice for a pure cult list. Fri Dec 08 2017, 09:25 | |
| My bad. I thought its 4 per unit. | |
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Archon_91 Wych
Posts : 925 Join date : 2017-01-03
| Subject: Re: Advice for a pure cult list. Fri Dec 08 2017, 22:16 | |
| Having played a unit of 20 hellions in 8th (I had them from 7th ... I loved the models and did t want to run reavers as they never worked for me) the unit has a very large footprint and could be a very large bubble of ds denial as well as potential str 5 d2 cc weapons (40 attacks ... So a potential of 80 damage) they make for pretty good elite killers, or you can leave them at str 4 and give them either the toughness drug for t4 or the move drug for 16" movement, they are a versatile unit because of the drugs and I like them in my Cult list. But I also understand most people see them as bad. And I have no desire to argue about whether or not they are good or terrible as I find you can math hammer all you want but averages rarely (for me at least) ever happen in actual gameplay | |
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RedRegicide Wych
Posts : 686 Join date : 2016-05-20
| Subject: Re: Advice for a pure cult list. Sat Dec 09 2017, 00:18 | |
| See heres thing thing about the BM, hes a perfect conduit for that +2 ld drug
if you like beasts, hes worth taking along with 2 near max units of beasts. i have 10/12 dogs and 9/12 birds in my current list.
Using the cold one raptor as a steed is one of the best conversions ive seen. I have mine on a board and it doesnt looks terrible if you just have 1 (I also dont love the hellion's original model, but i do love the heads/torsos/and legs for reaver conversions) | |
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