Bloghammer - My "friendly" Dark Elves

Lately, I have been thinking about the current situation that is Warhammer. The power creep is slowly dying out, but the mess left in its wake still cause problems. The players still choose to take the optimized choice in every situation, and that leaves little room for us players that want to just have fun. This got me thinking about my own builds, and if I had anything people may not consider fun. I found myself guilty as charged.

So, deviating from my normal Dragon or heavy magic Dark Elf lists, I've decided to try something different, throw away my crutches and start anew. So the resolve was to make a list without either the Dragon and heavy magic, but still be competitive. I've come up with the following:

Dreadlord
Crimson Death, Armour of Darkness, Pendant of Khaeleth


Sorceress
2x Dispel Scrolls

Assassin
Manbane, Extra Hand Weapon, Rending Stars

Assassin
Manbane, Extra Hand Weapon, Rending Stars


17x Black Guard
Tower Master with Ring of Hotek Standard Bearer with Banner of Hag Graef

5x Shades
Great Weapons

5x Shades
Great Weapons


20x Dark Elf Warriors
Full Command

10x Dark Elf Warriors

5x Dark Riders
Musician, Repeater Crossbows

5x Dark Riders
Musician, Repeater Crossbows

5x Harpies
5x Harpies


Hydra

Reaper Bolt Thrower

I tried out the list once against Skaven and scored a massacre victory, so a good start by all means. The Assassins were mint at keeping the Warp Lightning Cannons from decimating my lines, and the Dark Riders kept the Plague Monks away from the main lines, as well as taking the Ratling Gun fire away from the Black Guard. Walking across the board was hard though, as the Storm Banner prevented my Harpies from making an impact on the missile troops and magic casters. Thankfully the Ring of Hotek caused my opponent to miscast three times (what a broken item :P).

So I am pretty happy with the list. It means some more painting than intended, but I guess I can live with that. I will be trying to list out at the Drogheda Gamesday in two and a half weeks, expect a full report here when I get back.

So until then,
Cheers,
J.