Warhammer 40K: The Unbeatable List – Dallas Open Edition!
Goatboy here, just back from my first big 40K event – with the list that went all the way at the Dallas Open. Take a look at who’s rising in the 40K Meta!
Just got back home after the Dallas Open – and I will have full thoughts on my competitive 40k article on Wednesday (All good Bruce) – and the winner of the event ended up being those sneaky Dark Eldar. They also got 3rd, 4th, 5th, 8th, and parts of the new book got 2nd. I don’t know about you – but man those DE hurt (my two losses after dropping for Sunday were from DE). The Wednesday article will have some thoughts on them and how the FAQ didn’t really address some of the nutty options but hey… GW needs data right?
Anyway onto the list
John Lennon – 3 Patrols full of Dark Eldar Goodness (for now… Admech is a comin’)
Patrol – Cult of Strife
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Succubus, Competitive Edge, Dark Lotus Toxin, Razorfails, Warlord – Show Stealer
-Troops-
Wyches X 5 – Hypex, Hekatarii Blade, Splinter Pistol
Wyches X 5 – Hypex, Hekatarii Blade, Splinter Pistol
Wyches X 8 – Grave Lotus, Lots of other stuff that is hard to write out – I am thinking his Blood Brides
Patrol – Dark Technomancers
(They need to look at this one for sure GW – Liquifers need to be checked out)
-HQ-
Drazhar
-Troops-
Wracks X 5 – Liquifer X 2
Wracks X 5 – Liquifer X 2
Wracks X 5 – Liquifer X 2
-Elites-
Incubi X 5
Mandrakes X 5
Patrol – Kabal of the Black Heart
(So yeah – you should really make raiders on able to take their Kult/Coven/Etc…)
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Archon – Helm of Spite, Tolerated Ambition
Archon – Blast Pistol, Overlord, Djin Blade, Splintered Genius
-NA-
Court of the Archon
Sslyth X 4
Ur-Ghul X 4
Court of the Archon
Sslyth X 4
Ur-Ghul X 4
-Troops-
Kabalite Trueborn – X 10 – Blaster X 2, Dark Lance
Kabalite Warriors X 5 – Blaster
Kabalite Warriors X 5 – Blaster
-Elites-
Inubi X 5
-Dedicated Transports-
Raider – Dark Lance, Phantasm Grenade Launcher
Raider – Dark Lance, Splinter Racks
Raider – Dark Lance
Raider – Dark Lance
Raider – Dark Lance
Raider – Dark Lance
Why The List Works
So yeah – this list is full of boats, stuff inside the boats can kill a lot more than their points worth if they get there, and they can do a lot of damage. Kabal of the Black Heart getting an auto free reroll to hit seems pretty good – especially when all the Raiders can be that and let whoever ride in them – unlike every other army. The list has a ton of bodies, a lot of ability for board control, and so much speed it is very hard to catch up once they get out of the gates.
This army is built to murder Marines – which happens to be the last army people used heavily. Death Guard are too slow to get them a lot of the time and I expect armies were still kitted out to bust up Marines. You need some good anti tank to pop the Raiders then small arms fire to clean out the jerks that hit the table to be good versus the new Drukhari.
Congrats to John Lennon and everyone else who did well. It was so much fun seeing everyone again and it really shows how much I missed the competitive scene. I hope everyone gets home safe and sound after a great weekend.
