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What would be a Effective 1000 point core for a dark elf army?

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#1 ·
Followers of the bloody handed god I ask you to help me. At the store I play at, nobody plays Dark Elves and I need help marshaling an effective force, before I start buying the models. So can some body help me?
 
#2 ·
what i use is roughly this, i think its good because when you are just starting out and want to learn the game you want a little bit of everything.

noble
hvy armor
SDC
CD
CO

sorc
lvl 2

20 spears
shields
music standard

15 corsairs
music
standard
warbanner

10 xbowmen

5 DR
music
xbow

RBT

comes up to a little under 1k, spend the rest on sheilds for the xbowmen or a magic item for the mage.

i used this with for a bit of sucsess back when i used it, and it is balanced so it will do well against almost any opponent. this is also fairly cost effective too, with you spending about 220 dollars for the whole thing.
 
#3 ·
I run this

Noble
Heavy Armour, SD Cloak, Seal of ghrond, Great weapon, in a chariot

Sorceress
2 dispel scrolls

20 corsairs (i bought them on impulse and now i feel bad if i dont use them)
Command

14 X-bows

5 Knights
command

Chariot

Repeater bolt thrower

Comes to about 3 points over 1000....my opponent either allows it or i just kill the corsairs musician.

I play around with the sorceress and noble get up fairly frequently. I try to always have the noble along though, otherwise my chariot keeps wandering off and bumping into trees....very troublesome:((

Regards
 
#4 ·
i like to run,
noble, h/a, SDC, lance, seal of ghrond, enchanted sheild

core,
15 corsairs, musc, standered warbanner
20 spears, musc, standerd
5 DR musc X-bows

special,
2X CoC w/spears (noble here)

rare,
2X RBT

3 dispell dice i find is sufficiant magical defence for 1K points while i have a nice flanking/harrassing unit in my DR and a nice duel chariot charge to wipe out any big imposing units in omne charge
 
#5 ·
It all depends on your playing style.

Few general pointers- Dark Riders are really a very important unit. If you want to start buying things, you can't go wrong with Dark Riders. They're one of the best light cav options in the game- give them a musician and crossbows, and you are set! Avoid Assassins as a hero choice- they're generally useless at any point level. Keep your units as small as possible- Elves rely on their movement and ability to flank charge. Seal of Ghrond is a must have, regardless. Keep those in mind, you can't go too far wrong. Did I mention Dark Riders?

I can't find the list I use at 1k, but it goes something like

Level 2 Sorc, seal of Ghrond
Noble on Dark Pegasus, great weapon, mask that causes terror, but I won't take this if I know I'm fighting undead!
10 warriors with repeater crossbows
5 Dark Riders
Chariot
10 Executioners
10 Witch Elves
5 Shades
... rest is spent on normal warriors, although corsairs sometimes work too.
 
#6 ·
*cut & paste*
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My best 1000pt attacking list:
Noble (in chariot)
-Seal of Ghrond, Enchanted shield, Heavy armour, Sea dragon cloak, lance
18 Corsairs, standard, musician, Warbanner
5 dark riders, musician, crossbows
Chariot with spears
Chariot with spears
5 Cold one Knights, champion
6 Harpies
1 Reaper bolt thrower


Cant do much better than that
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Since the thread is about Core choices, Ill point out that 25 spearmen with shields, standard & musician is fine to replace the Corsair unit.

Cheers
 
#7 ·
this worked realy well, coming in second place at a tornement (in my opinion due to crud terrain, no flanks due to bad setting up)

Noble
halberd, heavy armour shield
seal of grond =111

19x spearmen
shields, command =177

6 dark riders, muscician, RCB =151

6 dark riders, muscician, RCB =151

7 shades =98

2 RBT =200
 
#8 ·
this worked realy well, coming in second place at a tornement (in my opinion due to crud terrain, no flanks due to bad setting up)

Noble
halberd, heavy armour shield
seal of grond =111

19x spearmen
shields, command =177

6 dark riders, muscician, RCB =151

6 dark riders, muscician, RCB =151

7 shades =98

2 RBT =200
ooops! forget 10x bowmen
 
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