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| Eldar brings the pain. |
With the new book coming over very soon and with my experience with it so far, I've decided to visit some old comrades of mine to see how they can benefit us to the fullest. One thing's for damn sure: Our cost savings have been huge and Black Heart Kabal has been absolutely fantastic for me.
To give you guys an idea how kick-ass Black Heart has been, last night I must have saved at least 15 or so wounds from rolling those 6+++ on my vehicles over the course of THREE turns. I also started with 5 CPs since I was trying a hybrid Wych build and taking extra Relics and Warlord traits, but ended the game on T3 with 4 CPs AFTER casting a counterspell and multiple Cunning rolls on all the Strategems that were being thrown out.
I stand by firmly what I said before: Kabal of the Black Heart is the best Kabal. It's just too flexible and gives you a fantastic amount of protection for free. The Wych Cult that I brought yesterday was also freaking insane. I had a unit of Wyches with the Succubus in a Raider and the Succubus herself with the Whip and Blood Dancer threw out 14 freaking attacks (6s to hit turn into 3 hits!). Check out the article from yesterday to get some better insight into my thought process there. Sure, my friend had SS Termies eating all those Agonizer wounds (I think 9 or so) and saved like a boss, but if they were any single-wound model, she would have annihilated everyone. That felt awesome.. especially since you can look at her cost and just shake your head how cost-effective that is (she's 54 points).
With that said, I've been having a blast with Dark Eldar so far. They feel like they're in a good place so how do we turn it up a notch? Well for one, we should look to our nearest kin who is CW Eldar. Harlequins is right around the corner and there might be some good synergy there, but let's first look at what Psykers can bring to our army.
Here's the list:
1999 // 7 CP
Black Heart Battalion +3 CP
HQ:
Archon, Agonizer, Blaster, PGL = 94
Cunning, Living Muse
Archon, Agonizer, Blaster, PGL = 94
TROOP:
5x Warriors, Blaster = 47
10x Warriors, 2x Blaster, Dark Lance = 114
10x Warriors, 2x Blaster, Dark Lance = 114
10x Warriors, 2x Blaster, Dark Lance = 114
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Black Heart Spearhead +1 CP
HQ:
Archon, Blaster, PGL = 92
HEAVY:
Ravager, 3x Disintegrators = 125
Ravager, 3x Disintegrators = 125
Ravager, 3x Disintegrators = 125
PARTY BOATS:
Raider, Dark Lance = 85
Raider, Dark Lance = 85
Raider, Dark Lance = 85
Raider, Dark Lance = 85
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Alaitoc Patrol +0 CP
HQ:
Farseer Skyrunner = 135
Doom, Mind War
TROOP:
5x Rangers = 60
FLYER:
Hemlock Wraithfighter = 210
Jinx
Hemlock Wraithfighter = 210
Jinx
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Firepower:
9 Disintegrators at BS3+
6 Dark Lances at BS3+
7 Blasters at BS3+
3 Blaster at BS2+
26 Splinter Rifles at BS3+
4 Heavy D-Scythes at Auto
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| Yes, I was always an Alaitoc player. Said no Eldar ever. |
Here's what the Alaitoc Patrol offers:
- Hemlocks - These things are insane with the -2 to Hit from Alaitoc and their auto-hitting S12 AP-4 D2 damage weapons. Not to mention they can Smite, have Jinx and have built-in Spirit Stones. Let's also not forget that they debuff leadership within 12" of them and that works very nicely with our sped up PFP table thanks to Black Heart, PGLs and Mind War.
- Doomseer - This is damage consistency at its best. The Skyrunner gives you movement to keep up with our army and Doom is arguably one of the best spells in the game. It drastically increases the killing potential of all of your units on a single target and works perfectly with Disintegrators due to needing 5s in some cases vs. heavier armored targets. This works very nicely in conjunction with Jinx because you're just increasing damage so much higher, turning Dissies into AP-4 in most cases vs. 2+ armor or removing that cover save bonus.
- Mind War - With leadership debuffs, you can actually get this off pretty reliably and kill key targets before they ever get a chance to hit your lines. When you have the right kinds of debuffs, this becomes a much more reliable Smite that can seriously threaten even the most daunting of foes i.e. Magnus.
- Psychic Protection - Let's not forget that the Farseer can dispel twice a turn and so can the Hemlocks. Enough said there I think.
Sure, I lose firepower overall, but I also gain Heavy D-Scythes that are utterly ridiculous in their own right. I also gain the ability to turn up the damage big time on key targets when I want to and that cannot be underestimated. What do you guys think? Is this more powerful than pure Kabal?
