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by Dark Reaper
Sat Nov 29, 2014 2:29 pm
Forum: General fantasy discussions / Tavern of Cothique
Topic: All this has happened before: Khaine Analysis [BIG SPOILERS]
Replies: 121
Views: 52925

Re: All this has happened before: Khaine Analysis [BIG SPOIL

For the record, Morathi refers to herself as Hekarthi reborn, not Akarthi.
by Dark Reaper
Fri Nov 28, 2014 12:00 pm
Forum: General fantasy discussions / Tavern of Cothique
Topic: All this has happened before: Khaine Analysis [BIG SPOILERS]
Replies: 121
Views: 52925

Re: All this has happened before: Khaine Analysis [BIG SPOIL

@Ollanon: Hellebron is not dead. She is one of the three DE special characters who actually survive. I honestly wouldn't be surprised to see Malus make a return either, seeing as there is a new BL novel about him being released next year.
by Dark Reaper
Thu Nov 27, 2014 3:20 pm
Forum: General fantasy discussions / Tavern of Cothique
Topic: All this has happened before: Khaine Analysis [BIG SPOILERS]
Replies: 121
Views: 52925

Re: All this has happened before: Khaine Analysis [BIG SPOIL

Nice summary! I think your theory of a rebirth of sorts is especially evocative. We see that the godess of the underworld is being reborn into another elf during the course of the story as well as your examples. A common theme in literature is a rebirth in water, maybe as a metaphor for baptism, we ...
by Dark Reaper
Wed Oct 15, 2014 4:30 pm
Forum: Army Blogs / Battle reports
Topic: Team Tournament Preparation Blog
Replies: 120
Views: 61281

Re: Team Tournament Preparation Blog

Rusty has not really played the new WE book enough to play it in a serious tournament yet, while his DoC is pretty solid as long as he manages to stay back, get points and does not charge needlessly. I think Wood Elves are strong right now, but I have no idea how good they are in a team setting nor ...
by Dark Reaper
Fri Jun 20, 2014 7:24 pm
Forum: Army Blogs / Battle reports
Topic: Team Tournament Preparation Blog
Replies: 120
Views: 61281

Re: Team Tournament Preparation Blog

Battle Report against Rusty's Ogres: http://druchii.net/phpBB3/viewtopic.php ... 84#p905384

I tried Heavens this game and it worked well. I am not entirely convinced of its usability, but it is really good against Ogres at least.
by Dark Reaper
Mon May 26, 2014 10:25 am
Forum: Army Blogs / Battle reports
Topic: Path To Glory - ETC All Games Up!
Replies: 1629
Views: 671142

Re: Path To Glory - BC BR vs Dark Elves May 24th

We will have to see. I believe Shadow to be inferior to Death for Dark Elves, but as you say, the overall strength team-wise might be greater. I will at least try it for a few games to see what happens.
by Dark Reaper
Tue May 20, 2014 10:47 am
Forum: Army Blogs / Battle reports
Topic: Path To Glory - ETC All Games Up!
Replies: 1629
Views: 671142

Re: Path To Glory - BR vs Ogre Kingdoms May 18th

He has to. :P We want to see what we can match him against and what we absolutely cannot. I still feel like the bus is the safer way to go, while the Star Dragon is perhaps the most devastating alternative. It is certainly the most fun! As for your loadouts. Sword of Anti-Heroes is good against Guts...
by Dark Reaper
Thu May 15, 2014 7:45 pm
Forum: Army Blogs / Battle reports
Topic: Path To Glory - ETC All Games Up!
Replies: 1629
Views: 671142

Re: Path To Glory - BR vs Wood Elves May 15th

Lions don't care too much about LD as they're pretty much always within character range. Furthermore, martial prowess is better than murderous prowess for such a unit. KB is huge, but so is stubborn. I'd rather have the latter if I could choose as it's more stable and not matchup-dependent. Agreed ...
by Dark Reaper
Thu May 15, 2014 10:17 am
Forum: Army Blogs / Battle reports
Topic: Path To Glory - ETC All Games Up!
Replies: 1629
Views: 671142

Re: Path To Glory - BR vs Wood Elves May 15th

My awkward Spears stem from the fact that Lions cannot work without BOTWD, sadly. Just look at Executioners, for some reason Dark Elf players keep taking them but everyone I know love facing them because they are free points (of which there are few, in a DE army). As I have previously said, Executi...
by Dark Reaper
Tue May 13, 2014 12:57 pm
Forum: Army Blogs / Battle reports
Topic: Path To Glory - ETC All Games Up!
Replies: 1629
Views: 671142

Re: Path To Glory - SM Game 5/5 up!

Thanks for the nice reports. I really like the DE list Kaj played, it looks a lot like mine. ;) I think the most interesting thing in the last game was how outmanouevred and outgunned you were. I believe one of your greatest strengths a player is to control the movement phase and establish board con...
by Dark Reaper
Tue May 13, 2014 10:11 am
Forum: Army Blogs / Battle reports
Topic: Team Tournament Preparation Blog
Replies: 120
Views: 61281

Re: Team Tournament Preparation Blog

I tried my Dark Elf list against the new Wood Elves on Saturday. It works well, but I believe it can be even better with some tweaking. I liked the manouevreability the list offers and intend to expand on this. I would rate the matchup DE-WE with this list to be a +2. http://druchii.net/phpBB3/viewt...
by Dark Reaper
Thu May 08, 2014 2:58 pm
Forum: Army Blogs / Battle reports
Topic: Team Tournament Preparation Blog
Replies: 120
Views: 61281

Re: Team Tournament Preparation Blog

Analysis of Pairing Training Round 1 Here I put out DE and Olannon put out Skaven. He counters my DE with Empire and VC. I counter Skaven with Dwarfs and Ogre Kingdoms. In practice this means that I have DE and HE and I get to choose which of the two take on VC and which of the ones take on Empire....
by Dark Reaper
Wed May 07, 2014 7:06 pm
Forum: Army Blogs / Battle reports
Topic: Team Tournament Preparation Blog
Replies: 120
Views: 61281

Re: Team Tournament Preparation Blog

First of all. I really find this concept very interesting and I look forward to hear more from you. I am really looking forward to this. Being able to hang out with my friends and playing as part of a team is going to be epic. The whole strategy behind a team event such as this seems to be quite di...
by Dark Reaper
Wed May 07, 2014 12:44 pm
Forum: Army Blogs / Battle reports
Topic: Team Tournament Preparation Blog
Replies: 120
Views: 61281

Re: The Secret Journey

Placeholder in the unlikely case I will play Warriors of Chaos.
by Dark Reaper
Wed May 07, 2014 12:44 pm
Forum: Army Blogs / Battle reports
Topic: Team Tournament Preparation Blog
Replies: 120
Views: 61281

Re: The Secret Journey

Dark Elf Army List: • Reaper Bolt Thrower/Each 5 (or fraction) shade models/Dark Rider with Repeater Crossbow units/Darkshard units, max 7 • Dark Rider units, Characters on Dark Steed, max 3 each • Dark Rider models after 15/Doomfire Warlock models/Character on Cold One or Pegasus/Character on Dark ...
by Dark Reaper
Thu May 01, 2014 8:48 am
Forum: Army Blogs / Battle reports
Topic: Path To Glory - ETC All Games Up!
Replies: 1629
Views: 671142

Re: Path To Glory - BR vs Dwarfs May 1st

Nice win, you know I always root for Strange, but I think you needed this one after losing 0-20 last time. :P The moving of your characters is simply brilliant. To further expand on this, against armies with no other shooting than cannons, you might even use your Ellyrian Reavers as a means of getti...
by Dark Reaper
Mon Mar 25, 2013 9:04 pm
Forum: Army Blogs / Battle reports
Topic: Curu Olannon's Vindicators - 2500pts Army Blog
Replies: 1626
Views: 708173

Re: Curu Olannon's Vindicators - 2500pts Army Blog

Key things to note: - Purple sun average travelling distance is 15” High variance, but still good to know. Extremely high variance. I think it would be better to think of it as 5/6 chance of hitting what you are aiming for if within 6", 2/3 within 12" and so on. You shouldn't really be to...
by Dark Reaper
Sat Mar 16, 2013 1:02 pm
Forum: Army Blogs / Battle reports
Topic: Curu Olannon's Vindicators - 2500pts Army Blog
Replies: 1626
Views: 708173

Re: Curu Olannon's Vindicators - 2500pts Army Blog

Strange: :D I am truly happy to see you get the win! Just keep in mind that with the new ETC FAQ your Liche Priests will no longer be able to use another model's leadership for Spirit Leech, making it much less potent. Curu: Though luck on losing your mage. That must surely have been a very decisive...
by Dark Reaper
Mon Feb 04, 2013 9:07 am
Forum: Army Blogs / Battle reports
Topic: Curu Olannon's Vindicators - 2500pts Army Blog
Replies: 1626
Views: 708173

Re: Curu Olannon's Vindicators - 2500pts Army Blog

I am really considering putting the BSB on a daemonic mount. He gains an extra wound and is not overly worried about cannonballs even when in an infantry unit. The biggest benefit however is that he is M8 and monstrous cavalry and so will be able to screen your dragon (or DP in my case) from cannonb...
by Dark Reaper
Sat Sep 22, 2012 3:20 pm
Forum: Army Blogs / Battle reports
Topic: Curu Olannon's Vindicators - 2500pts Army Blog
Replies: 1626
Views: 708173

Re: Curu Olannon's Vindicators - 2500pts Army Blog

Additionally, you will see how much impact the Lion Chariot actually has in the upcoming battle report.
by Dark Reaper
Sat Sep 22, 2012 1:02 pm
Forum: Army Blogs / Battle reports
Topic: Curu Olannon's Vindicators - 2500pts Army Blog
Replies: 1626
Views: 708173

Re: Curu Olannon's Vindicators - 2500pts Army Blog

The Daemon list I used on Wednesday: 2500pts Bloodthirster, General, Obsidian Armour, Axe of Khorne, Immortal Fury Herald of Khorne, BSB, Juggernaught, Armour of Khorne, Firestorm Blade, Great Standard of Sundering Herald of Tzeentch, Spell Breaker, Master of Sorcery (Fire) 10xHorrors, Musician 26xB...
by Dark Reaper
Thu Jun 14, 2012 10:26 am
Forum: 8th ed - Tactics Forum
Topic: 5k Siege Battle - input requested :)
Replies: 32
Views: 6329

Re: 5k Siege Battle - input requested :)

So, here is the DE-list I will be running. It has too many points in the Lords category, but we decided that that was OK. Afterall, we have to have some mages on our side seeing as the Daemons have three lvl4 GDs. 2500 Pts - Dark Elves Roster Total Roster Cost: 2496 Dreadlord, Black Dragon (Aenarion...
by Dark Reaper
Sun Jun 10, 2012 2:34 pm
Forum: Army Blogs / Battle reports
Topic: Curu Olannon's Vindicators - 2500pts Army Blog
Replies: 1626
Views: 708173

Re: Curu Olannon's Vindicators - 2500pts Army Blog

OK, so after an insane amount of rumination on my part, here is the list Curu will have to beat tonight. Undoubtely he will do as he always does, but at least I can hope. :) I truly believe this to be one of the strongest setups DoC can do under the ETC-comp. Great Unclean One - lvl2, Balesword, Pes...
by Dark Reaper
Thu Jun 07, 2012 5:52 pm
Forum: Army Blogs / Battle reports
Topic: Curu Olannon's Vindicators - 2500pts Army Blog
Replies: 1626
Views: 708173

Re: Curu Olannon's Vindicators - 2500pts Army Blog

The Bloodletters needed a 9" to make the charge. I figured I might as well try since their banner only works on their first charge anyway. I think I have a fairly decent chance of making it tbh, but things didn't go as planned. I think my decisions need more analysis than Curu's anyway, so I am...
by Dark Reaper
Wed Jun 06, 2012 9:52 pm
Forum: Army Blogs / Battle reports
Topic: Curu Olannon's Vindicators - 2500pts Army Blog
Replies: 1626
Views: 708173

Re: Curu Olannon's Vindicators - 2500pts Army Blog

In no way do I believe this to be my finest hour. I made way too many stupid mistakes and also some of the things I wanted to test out turned out to not be that great at all. Tbh, I think the Great Standard of Sundering will become a staplein most ETC-players lists. Daemons usually struggle a bit in...
by Dark Reaper
Sat Mar 17, 2012 8:55 am
Forum: Army Blogs / Battle reports
Topic: Curu Olannon's Vindicators - 2500pts Army Blog
Replies: 1626
Views: 708173

Re: Curu Olannon's Vindicators - 2500pts Army Blog

@rusty if you can take him for free, I honestly see no reason not to do it. :P On a more serious note. What is it that he does that something else in your army cannot do? You said you believed that Daemons were the hardest matchup for your WE and I believe that the BSB could be useful here if you ge...
by Dark Reaper
Thu Mar 01, 2012 9:21 pm
Forum: Army Blogs / Battle reports
Topic: Curu Olannon's Vindicators - 2500pts Army Blog
Replies: 1626
Views: 708173

Re: Curu Olannon's Vindicators - 2500pts Army Blog

Thanks for the input guys. It is good to see that we all have experienced the same game. There were a few things I was wondering about with regards to the list. Some things worked ok, while others did not work at all. @rusty: I wanted to try Dark Insanity, but I will probably not use it again. (even...
by Dark Reaper
Sat Feb 25, 2012 10:07 pm
Forum: Army Blogs / Battle reports
Topic: Curu Olannon's Vindicators - 2500pts Army Blog
Replies: 1626
Views: 708173

Re: Curu Olannon's Vindicators - 2500pts Army Blog

Just my 10 cents though. It's still a gamble, but sometimes going all in is called for (I'm remembering the Warriors of Chaos game here, and how it payed off then) Yeah, I remember that a bit too well myself. I think I will have to come down and watch your game against VC tomorrow Curu. On paper, y...
by Dark Reaper
Wed Jan 25, 2012 10:50 pm
Forum: Army Blogs / Battle reports
Topic: Curu Olannon's Vindicators - 2500pts Army Blog
Replies: 1626
Views: 708173

Re: Curu Olannon's Vindicators - 2500pts Army Blog

Fun game as usual, but there is definitely a few things in the list that I will change before our next encounter. The big horror block was almost useless (as i suspected it might be), and a unit of ten for chaff clearing is probably more viable. A few fiends to put pressure on the flanks is definite...