Dark Eldar: Codex Confirmations
The Dark Eldar codex confirmations – they just won’t stop!!! Here are the latest army rules details doing the rounds:
So I have seen the Codex and I took some notes for you guys.
-Only Venoms get Flickerfields, the rest of the vehicles only get night fields.
-Almost every unit is cheaper now. Price drops range from one to about three dozen in some cases. Most infantry units are cheaper. All Fast Attack options are cheaper, so are Kabalites. Wyches and Haemonculi Covens are the same in points.
-Succubus can get the Relic armour, which has the cost of the good ol’ times Tactical Marine, making her more viable.
-Wyches got hit a little, their weapons now give re-rolls, now specialist weapons.
-Incubi DO NOT have access to grenades.
-Trueborn no longer have access to shardcarbines, they do get 4 special weapons and two heavy weapons.
-Lelith no longer gets extra attacks.
-Artifacts are actually good. Animus Vitae has Rng 8″ S4 AP2 Assault 1, Agonising and One-use only. If it inflicts an unsaved wound, every model (friend or foe) with Power from Pain count the turn number being one bigger, stacks with other such bonuses and is permanent.
-The Bomber basically destroys everything. The missiles are actually good, for example Implosion missiles are now AP2.
-Most leaked rumours are true.
The “Relic Armour”, or The Armour of Misery, is a ghost plate (As 4+, 6++) that gives Fear and 6″ -2 Ld bubble that effects enemies.
All Wych weapons only affect the model using them.
1) Only some unit champs can get Haywire grenades. Archon and Succubus have access to them. None of the Special Characters has Haywire grenades.
2) Archon, Succubus, Wyches (and Bloodbrides), Scourges.
3) Ravager is still 11/11/10 with 3HP
4) Venom still carries only 5 models.
5) Acothyst is the only model with access to Venom Blade
1) The Voidraven was around 160+missiles. I think missile options were four shatterfield, two shatters and two implosions, or four implosions. Price range for those was 20-60. Razorwing was something like 120 or 130. Only shatter missiles had price, they were like 5pts each. Had to buy dark lances as an upgrade, price wasn’t that high.
2)Aethersails just let you move 24″ when you go Flat Out
3) Scourge now cost the same as last Codex’s Hellions. They can take 4 heavy and/or special weapons, no matter the squad size. basically the same options as before, but some price adjustments in weapon prizes. Huskblade is ten points cheaper and is AP3.
