1000pts Drukhari tourney

hi all first off tourney rules state max of 2 detachments so raiding party is out of the question
secondly this is a doubles event at 1k each for a total 2k single army, my teammate is running craft or ynnari
thirdly ive not really played many games of DE before so any tactics would help here too cheers

Black heart Battalion +5cmd pts

HQ

Archon - splinter pistol, venom blade, writ of living muse and labyrintheine cunning [72pts]

Archon - splinter pistol, venom blade [72pts]

TROOPS

Kabalite warriors x4 sybarite [30pts]

Kabalite warriors x4 sybarite [30pts]

Kabalite warriors x4 sybarite [30pts]

ELITES

Mandrakes x4 Nightfiend [80pts]

FAST ATTACK

Scourges x4 Solarite x4 Haywire Blasters [92pts]

HEAVY SUPPORT

Ravager x3 Dissies [125pts]

Reaper

FLYER

Razorwing Jetfighter x2 Darklances twin splinter rifle [145pts]

Voidraven bomber x2 Darkscythes Voidraven Missiles [165pts]

TOTAL [991pts]

the idea here is that the muse archon babysits the ravager and reaper
flyers do their own thing
kabalites are fillers and the mandrakes and scourges to deepstrike and cause havoc

Welshie94 wrote:

Black heart Battalion +5cmd pts

HQ

Archon - splinter pistol, venom blade, writ of living muse and labyrintheine cunning [72pts]

Archon - splinter pistol, venom blade [72pts]

Fine

albions-angel wrote:

TROOPS

Kabalite warriors x4 sybarite [30pts]

Kabalite warriors x4 sybarite [30pts]

Kabalite warriors x4 sybarite [30pts]

The lack of any special weapons curls my toes a bit. Blasters are really good and very affordable. So are Shredders.

albions-angel wrote:

ELITES

Mandrakes x4 Nightfiend [80pts]

I see an easy way to buy some transports...

albions-angel wrote:

FAST ATTACK

Scourges x4 Solarite x4 Haywire Blasters [92pts]

Good.

albions-angel wrote:

HEAVY SUPPORT

Ravager x3 Dissies [125pts]

Reaper

I would suggest a Ravager is superior to a Reaper.

albions-angel wrote:

FLYER

Razorwing Jetfighter x2 Darklances twin splinter rifle [145pts]

Voidraven bomber x2 Darkscythes Voidraven Missiles [165pts]

I would suggest Dissies as directly superior to dark lances for the Razorwing.
I would also suggest that 2x Razorwings is superior to 1 Razor and 1 Voidraven - and will also save you points (hey, you could get Blasters)

albions-angel wrote:

the idea here is that the muse archon babysits the ravager and reaper
flyers do their own thing
kabalites are fillers and the mandrakes and scourges to deepstrike and cause havoc

I worry about this as a plan - as you're basically wasting points and mobility, which is half the point of Dark Eldar. Just to theorize here's a thought;

Raider w. Dissie - 80 pts
If you drop the Mandrakes and Voidraven to buy 3x Raiders and 1x Shredder.

You Lose
2-6x 24" Ap-4 S8 D3 shots
The Voidraven missiles
10x 18" Str 4 Ap-1 D1 shots with possible mortal wound shenanigans

You Gain
9x 36" Ap-3 S5 D2 shots
1-6x 12" S6 Ap-1 D1 shots that e-roll damage vs. infantry
Your objective secured units become vastly more mobile and able to get to objectives across the board (which also brings their 14-28 poison shots into play)
You drop your army with 2-4 less drops (depending on if you want to put Archons inside Raiders) which will increase your odds of going first, which benefits DE nicely.
Your army also, overall, becomes a bit harder to kill as Raiders are pretty durable suckers.

My thoughts.