The Red Grief - Dark Eldar Sample Lists

GW has put out 3 sample Dark Eldar lists. While the GW sample army lists are normally nothing really to delve into, I figured I would post what they are putting as sample armies for the Dark Eldar. It gives a decent look into what the Dark Eldar are, and some average looking lists.

Here is the 2nd of 3.

The Red Grief

This army is themed around a powerful Wych Cult, launching a deadly raid into realspace. With Lelith Hesperax at its head, the army has an ultra-elite close combat killer. Lelith ignores armour saves, gets a multitude of bonus close combat attacks and is able to dodge incoming attacks with ease. In short, she's the super-deadly spearhead for your force who, in many ways, mirror her skills and style.

The Wych Squads in the army are all close combat experts. Make sure that you get them into the thick of the fighting as soon as possible. With no especially impressive ranged weapons, they're of no real use unless they're fighting up close. Thankfully, they're really good at that. Use the Raiders to deposit them into the heart of the action where they can lay into the enemy with two Attacks each (including the extra close combat weapon bonus) or three if they charge. My experience is that enemy squads charged by the lithe and nimble Wyches usually struggle to recover from the initial assault.

With the Wyches delivered into battle, the Raiders have the important task of killing any enemy vehicles and keeping counter-attacks suppressed. As usual, use disintegrators to blast infantry while your dark lances bust open tanks.

Your Reavers and Hellions can form a mobile combat elite, swooping down on unwary units and causing general disarray. The Reavers are very good for Turbo Boosting across open ground (slashing up the enemy as they go) and then getting around to the softer, delicate rear of the foe. While they zip around causing mayhem, use the Hellions to tip close combats even more in your favour - a unit of Wyches backed up by the higher-Strength attacks of the Hellions is a formidable proposition.

Lelith Hesperax - 175

The Blood Dancers - 220
10 Wyches with hydra gauntlets and Hekatrix with power weapon and blast pistol, mounted on Raider with dark lance, flickerfield and enhanced aethersails.

The Death Maidens - 225
10 Wyches with shardnet and impaler, hydra gauntlets and Hekatrix with agoniser, mounted on Raider with dark lance, flickerfield and enhanced aethersails.

Saenova's Wyches - 240
10 Wyches with two razorflails and Hekatrix with agoniser and blast pistol, mounted on Raider with disintegrator cannon, flickerfield and enhanced aethersails.

Lithem Rathor's Grief Bringers - 215
10 Wyches with two hydra gauntlets and Hekatrix with power weapon, mounted on Raider with disintegrator cannon, flickerfield and enhanced aethersails.

The Darkwing Elite - 132
5 Reavers with heat lance and Arena Champion.

Dread Skytalon - 185
10 Hellions with Helliarch with agoniser.

Harbinger of Death - 105
Ravager with 3 dark lances.

Total - 1497 points

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