White Dwarf - Issue 35 by Games Workshop

Author:Games Workshop
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: 40000, citadel miniatures, white dwarf, warhammer, games workshop, hobby
Published: 2014-09-03T16:00:00+00:00

DARK ELDAR DEBRIEF: LET THE SOUL FEAST BEGIN

What a victory for the Dark Eldar! More than a dozen Imperial vehicles were ablaze or obliterated and of an army numbering more than 100 men, barely 15 survived the slaughter. The Voidraven bombers proved their pedigree throughout the battle, wheeling across the skies to deliver their devastating void mines onto their targets in spectacular fashion and even when their bombs were dropped their secondary weapons continued to wreck tanks, cut down men and batter a Valkyrie.

On the ground, the Wracks, Grotesques and Pain Engines really excelled, completely collapsing the southern flank and cutting off the Ogryn counter attack before it could gain pace. Throughout the game, Power from Pain meant the Dark Eldar got better and better as the game went on. What a bloodbath.

IMPERIAL DEBRIEF: THE EMPEROR’S MERCY

Almost everything in the Imperial force was dead or damaged, but the battle had been a close fought contest. Until the Dark Eldar smashed the Scion’s counter attack, it could have gone either way.

Over and over again in the battle the advantages of Power from Pain showed themselves – by turn 2 almost every Dark Eldar unit benefitted from Feel No Pain and when they began to get Furious Charge and then Fearless they began to be all but unstoppable. It quickly became clear for the Imperial forces that they had to neutralise the Dark Eldar as quickly as possible. By the end of the game they simply aren’t going to flee and killing them becomes very tricky indeed. The humble Guardsmen more than showed their quality too – the Haemonculi’s regeneration tanks will be full to overflowing tonight.

PAIN ENGINES

In many ways the unsung heroes of the Dark Eldar army were the Talos and Cronos whose inexorable advance spelled certain doom for the Imperial forces once they arrived.

These brutal war machines laid waste to every tank they reached and their formidable ranged weapons kept up a punishing rate of fire once they were in range, which led us to one crucial observation. Because they are slower than the units mounted in vehicles, make sure you put them right at the forefront of your attack when you play with them. They are tough enough to take the punishment this might bring, but it helps to ensure that they will arrive when you need them, rather than as a glorified cleanup crew.

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