Tournament list - Peer review - 1750 pts

Hey Boys and Girls!

Starting to get pretty good at this Archon business, capturing slaves and stirring insanity within my opponents brings me great pleasure! I have an upcoming ITC style tournament in my home town and have the potential to come up against some pretty skilled players!~

Just wanted to share my list, throw some ideas my way for future improvements I probably don't have the time to adjust this for this tourney but I am fairly sure I'll be able to do well.


++ Air Wing Detachment +1CP (Aeldari - Drukhari) [24 PL, 4CP, 405pts] ++

+ Flyer +

Razorwing Jetfighter [8 PL, 135pts]: Twin splinter rifle
. 2 Disintegrator Cannons: 2x Disintegrator cannon

Razorwing Jetfighter [8 PL, 135pts]: Twin splinter rifle
. 2 Disintegrator Cannons: 2x Disintegrator cannon

Razorwing Jetfighter [8 PL, 135pts]: Twin splinter rifle
. 2 Disintegrator Cannons: 2x Disintegrator cannon


++ Battalion Detachment +5CP (Aeldari - Drukhari) [74 PL, 5CP, 1344pts] ++

Detachment Attribute: Kabal of the Black Heart

+ HQ +

Archon [4 PL, 75pts]: Labyrinthine Cunning, Phantasm Grenade Launcher, Splinter pistol, Venom Blade, Warlord (Archon), Writ of the Living Muse

Archon [4 PL, 92pts]: Blaster, Phantasm Grenade Launcher, Venom Blade

+ Troops +

Kabalite Warriors [4 PL, 62pts]
. 7x Kabalite Warrior
. Kabalite Warrior with special weapon: Shredder
. Sybarite: Splinter Rifle

Kabalite Warriors [4 PL, 62pts]
. 7x Kabalite Warrior
. Kabalite Warrior with special weapon: Shredder
. Sybarite: Splinter Rifle

Kabalite Warriors [4 PL, 79pts]
. 7x Kabalite Warrior
. Kabalite Warrior with special weapon: Shredder
. Kabalite Warrior with special weapon: Shredder
. Sybarite: Phantasm Grenade Launcher, Splinter Rifle

Kabalite Warriors [4 PL, 79pts]
. 7x Kabalite Warrior
. Kabalite Warrior with special weapon: Shredder
. Kabalite Warrior with special weapon: Shredder
. Sybarite: Phantasm Grenade Launcher, Splinter Rifle

+ Heavy Support +

Ravager [7 PL, 140pts]: Dark Lance, Dark Lance, Dark Lance

Ravager [7 PL, 140pts]: Dark Lance, Dark Lance, Dark Lance

Ravager [7 PL, 140pts]: Dark Lance, Dark Lance, Dark Lance

+ Flyer +

Voidraven [9 PL, 155pts]: Two void lances

+ Dedicated Transport +

Raider [5 PL, 80pts]: Disintegrator cannon

Raider [5 PL, 80pts]: Disintegrator cannon

Raider [5 PL, 80pts]: Disintegrator cannon

Raider [5 PL, 80pts]: Disintegrator cannon

++ Total: [98 PL, 9CP, 1749pts] ++


I feel I can play this most ways, Basic stratergies are Kabalites for screen, anti horde & units of 8 & 10 for the staying power. Raiders for forward pressure, Tying up things in combat, objective grabbing & extra dissies. Ravagers I changed to Dark lances after I removed my Farseer and I know ill be versing a couple of knights and some Leman russes so they should put in some work or atleast draw some fire. Archons they just do all the things also Phantasms for the - leadership shenanigans. Im hoping I can clear all the chaf with my Razorwings, tie up tanks and VIP's with raiders full of Kabalites & pop a couple of tanks or a knight per turn with my combined dakkah.

Thanks for your time guys, I dont own much Haemonculus stuff but might work towards some of that in the future .

Hey, if this is your first competitive tournament list, it's not bad at all. You've got the core there - your Ravagers, your Razorwings, your Kabalites etc so your list can throw down with the best of them and have a shot at winning.

Some minor tweaks to consider:

a) you say that you've opted for units of 8 and 10 Kabalites for 'staying power' - you need to cast off any illusions of anything having 'staying power' as soon as you pick this army. Everything can die - and most things can die really, really easily. Whether your unit is 5 Kabalites or 10 Kabalites, as soon as their transport goes down, they will all die. Even lowly grots and guardsmen can reliably put down Kabalites. Since morale hurts bigger units more than smaller ones, a better bet is to go with smaller units of 5 with a special weapon each - you can still squeeze 10 into a Raider, just in two units, but it gives you more options to split up your units to hold objectives, more options for secondaries like Engineers, and also forces the opponent to commit more to killing both units and risk overkilling them or leaving 1 Kabalite alive. Also, Shredders are nice and they're cheap, but you give up a Blaster to take them, and that's not worth it.

TLDR: Drop units to 5, swap all Shredders for Blasters.

b) You've put Dissies on all your Raiders, and only Dark Lances on all your Ravagers. This makes it easy for your opponent to focus the subset of vehicles that will do them the most harm. For instance, if I were playing against you with Knights, I'd just gun for all your Ravagers and then the Void Raven, because once they're dead, you'd have lost your best anti tank weapons. Conversely, if I was playing Hellblaster Spam or other elite infantry etc, I would gun for your dissies first because lances aren't as worrying in that match up.

So, I recommend mixing weapons on your vehicles. I've had success with 1 Lance 2 Dissies on my Ravagers. Then you can change 2 of your Dissie Raiders to Lance Raiders to make up the difference. That way, if I were playing against you with Knights, I'd have a much harder time deciding where to allocate my firepower efficiently to deal with your anti tank, especially if you take my Blaster advice above and get more blasters in.

TLDR: Mix weapons on Ravagers and Raiders.