The Kabalite trueborn are one of the biggest surprises for me. This is the elite of the Warrior Class. They get an extra attack in on their statline along with a slightly greater leadership value. Even with these bonus's, its the assortment of weapon layouts that really say "Use me".

First off, any model in the unit can upgrade its splinter rifle to a shardcarbine. This definitely gives us more firepower, but it costs quite a bit, paying out for each warrior you upgrade. An assault 3 18" poison weapon though is nothing to sneeze at. Remember though that scourges get this weapon for free. (scourges play this role better with 4 splinter cannons and 6 shardcarbines = 42 shots) (Kalabite Trueborn 8 shardcarbines and 2 splinter cannons = 36 shots)

Up to 4 models are able to add shredders or blasters. Now, I looked at shredders, and well they haven't changed. Shredders = 12" fail. Blasters = 18" lance awesomeness. So we get 4 blasters in this unit.

Now comes the amazing part. In addition to the shardcarbine upgrade, and the assault weapon (blaster) upgrade, we can add two heavy weapons. Yes, that is what I said. In addition to. Your options are splinter cannon or dark lance. So you can add 4 blasters and 2 dark lances/ splinter cannons to this unit.

In addition we can upgrade a single Kabalite Trueborn to a Dracon. Here we get the Blaster Pistol option (more awesomeness), and some other misc weapons (agonizer, power weapon). Why the option for a ghostplate armor on the Dracon I have no idea. Well, I have an idea, I just dont think it's a good idea. In all, out of 10 trueborn, 7 of them can be upgraded with weapons.

You also get some grenade options, Plasma and Haywire for each warrior. Point cost is per warrior. A great place to wrap up those misc left over points.

Kabalite Trueborn are equiped with some of the best firepower the dark eldar can throw down, and they have lots of it. Leave the assault phase to your specialist, these guys shoot, and shoot well. They also get Venom or Raider options for dedicated transports.
 
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