1000 point Kabalite list.

Hello, this is smiteey as you can probably tell and this is the 1000 point list I plan on bringing to a beginner's tournament my local GW store is hosting. This does mean I'm still pretty new to DE and 40K so, if there is something big I am missing, I apologize. Suggestions would be much appreciated.


HQ
Archon, 110 points
-Shadowy Field
-Combat Drugs
-Venom Blade
-Haywire Grenades

Troops
10 Kabalite Warriors, 100 points
-1 splinter Cannon

10 Kabalite Warriors, 100 points
-1 Splinter Cannon

10 Kabalite Warriors, 100 points
-1 Splinter Cannon

20 Kabalite Warriors, 200 points
-2 Splinter Cannons

Dedicated Transports

Raider, 60 points
(carrying 10 Kabalite Warriors)

Raider, 60 points
(carrying 10 Kabalite Warriors)

Raider, 60 points
(carrying 10 Kabalite Warriors)


Heavy Support

Ravager, 105 points
-3 Dark Lances

Ravager, 105 points
-3 Dark Lances





The thing I think sticks out most is the giant 20 man Kabalite squad so, I guess I'll explain that first. From what little I've seen online for Kabalite themed lists and what the one other DE player that goes to my local hobby shop, it apparently works out pretty so I tried it and from my experience it actually does. With the 2 Splinter Cannons they can lay down some nice long range fire and if anyone is silly enough to get into rapid fire range, they're as good as dead. Sitting them behind some cover in the back with an objective is a great way to keep them safe and with the Archon shielding them from any serious problems with that 2+ invuln and leadership 10, they don't seem that bad to me.

I got my three 10 man squads of warriors to pick off whatever squads the 20 man couldn't kill and to move in near the end to get as man objectives as possible. The Raiders are also pretty okay at picking off low hull point vehicles or, controlling the board with assault based armies by forcing them to destroy the Raiders first or walk around them. I've also used Raiders as some improvised cover a few times.

The two Ravagers are obviously their to make up for the huge lack of AT. Although I can't decided whether to put away a Ravager and the Combat Drugs on the Archon for a Venom with 5 Wytches and Haywire Grenades. The extra AI from the Venom is temping but, I feel like I have enough AI and it worries me that if the Wytches go, I only have the Ravager and few Raiders left. It makes me sad when I notice every time I've lost is because I ran out of AT and lost because I couldn't kill anything. The Wytches feel too unreliable for taking out Vehicles when I need them too but, I'm still unsure if I should bring the Ravager or them, it would be cool if you leave your opinions on the matter.

Using an Archon kitted for close combat simply to sponge up wounds on a 20 man shooting squad seems a little counter-intuitive to me. If you're really determined to get that shadowfield into a blob squad why not just go Archon, Shadowfield, Blaster. Then at least he can contribute to some potential shooty action or take pot shots at approaching ominous looking assault transports etc.. But I'm still sort of wondering if it wouldn't be more effective just to have a defence line around your 20man squad. You can go to ground for 2+ and with that amount of splinter weaponry still put out a reasonably threatening amount of snap fired shots. Throw in a naked Archon on a big gun (you'll have to downgrade one 10 man squad to a five man) and you've even added a bit more serious AT..

Give your setup I'd avoid HayWyches, they're likely to be target number 1 and end up downed in midfield twiddling their thumbs.. you'll probably be better served by the ravagers.

Hopefully that's something to think about.

As said by Ollelta, Archons are meant for CC but if putting him with your warrior blob works them keep him there but swap his vemom blade and HWG out as they would be pointless and you would get an extra 10 points to play around with.