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I found myself against Sean Nayden this weekend at a tournament and knew I was doomed.
I know he packs one of the nastiest assault lists I have ever seen, and knew it could only get worse with allies. My first words to him were: "Let me guess, you added Eldrad and jet bike troops" Yup.
Lets start with his list:
Dark Eldar mother list:
Baron
Vect
15 Wyches- Haywires, hekatix, PGL, Venom Blade
15 Wyches- Hawyires, hekatix, PGL, Venomblade
20 Warriors- 2 splinter cannons, sybarite
5 Beast Masters- 5 Kymerra, 8 Razorwings
3 Reavers- Heatlance
3 Reavers- Heatlance
3 Trueborn- 2 splinter cannons
3 Trueborn- 2 splinter cannons
3 Trueborn- 2 splinter cannons
Eldar Allies:
Eldrad
3 Guardian Jetbikes- Shuriken cannon
3 Guaridan Jetbikes- Shuriken cannon
Aegis Defense Line- Quad Gun
First of all. This is not a gripe, it is a congrats to Sean for fielding an uber list.
I am not a Dark Eldar player so I don't know all of the ins and outs of this list. I only know it from my side of the table. And it is nasty.
First, the list does have some possible achiles heels. In order for it to be optimal effective, Eldrad has to roll Invisibility. But he has four chances to do so. So Sean has to be VERY unlucky to not get it.
Invisibility essentially gives his army a 2+ cover save to shooting.
We figured out that it would take 65+ bolter shots just to kill a single Razorwing, which costs 15 points a model.
The other weakness is STR 6 shooting, preferably templates, which preferably ignore cover, like Heldrakes I believe. A few of those could probably ruin his day.
In the assault, STR 6 hits hurt him as well. Mephiston vs his beasts for example. However, Sean is very good at not letting you do that.
Why STR 6?
Well that will instant kill his beasts. Otherwise they have five wounds a piece and absorb hits like a Detroit Lions quarterback.
Case in point:
I assaulted his beast unit with two 10 man assault squads, 3 priests, a librarian, five terminators (4 LC 1 TH) and Mephiston. While it took him a couple turns to take me out due to Feel No Pain and 2+ saves, I believe I managed to kill about a dozen bases of his. Mostly in the second wave as I focused my hits against his Wyches and their lowly 4+ invulnerable and the warriors.
It only lasted that long because Vect did not get into it until late.
Sorry I don't have any pics of the list but I did discuss the list with Sean on Video:
So there you go! If you can stomach playing this list, you now have the tools to have a shot at winning any GT you go to. Enjoy!
Jawaballs