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Highborn Goreshade 225 Venom Sword Armor Of Darkness I don't see this as a very strong highborn. Sure, the venom sword will be good against those tough characters that dark elvs have trouble wounding, but the item is so specific that it will be very unuseful against all rank and file troop with one wound (if you get the wound, they die), and weaker heroes, like other elves, and humans. IOf you face alot of high toughness and high wound armies, maybe it would be good, but I'd just prefer something like the Crimson Death or the Driach of Dark power- better chance of wounding your foe due to the extra strength behind the blow. With the extra points, get your general a ward save and the seal of ghrond if you can- extra dispell dice is a good thing. X3 Assassins 525 Rune Of Khaine Manbane Waaaay too many assassins. The cost for all those guys is massive, and is taking up at least a fourth of your army. with your lord, that's 750 points, which shouldn't all be in models which can die so easily (assassins will drop like flies if they get smacked around). One is the maximum number I've ever seen in an army, two is excessive, but I think you could get away with it. three is right out, and you really do need the scroll caddy. Drop at least one, though I'd suggest two, and add a lvl 1 sorceress with 2 dispell scrolls. 20X2 Spearmen 200 Shields The usual full regiment of spearmen, and it's always good. I don't know where you got 200 points- if you're using the old cost of spearment, and the 200 represents one regiment, then I would point you to finding the dark elf update on the UK games workshop site- they changed some things about the dark elves that you should be aware of. Otherwise, I would suggest considering full command for the Combat resolution, the +1 leadership for rallying, and the extra attack. 10X4 Crossbowmen 520 RCB it looks like you're going for a shooting army, but in my opinon you have far too much. the repeater crossbow, while very potent, will not be able to take down all your opponents, such as ogres, chaos, and the likes. Therefore, you need something that has a higher strength to take out your opponent. If you really want a shooting army, drop two of the Repeater Crossbow groups and throw in two Reaper bolt throwers. I would think you should probably add some more units though- the two spear elf units are not going to hold your opponents for long, and won't kill much. Also, up the remaining crossbow units to 12 models and give them shields- you're paying for the movement, weapon skill, and strength of these guys, why not use them as flankers once the enemy gets close enough? 5X4 Shades 280 Too many units of shades, you're going to have redundancy. I would drop it down to three, or even two. that's all you really need to mage hunt, warmachine hunt, and march block. 5X4 Dark Riders 480 RCB Again, too many. Dark riders are amazing units, but three is usually the max you need in a list of 2000 points. |