Dark Eldar: Help me

[Chase]

So I've got to order DE stuff today and due to many things, I haven't been able to research the models much.

Warriors - these are the basic troopers, right? Do all armies take / need these?

Radier - these seem popular.  Does every DE army use these?

Reavers - either Riley or Alan use these.  Are they any good?  Are they a niche unit or an army staple?

Wyches - I know nothing about these.

Incubi - The models are sick but are they of any use?

Archon - I know nothing about this dude.

Hesperax - I know nothing about this chick.


Basically, I'm going to have 50+ 4ok players in the store the day all of this stuff goes on sale.  Some of them will have tons of store credit to blow.  What DE stuff can I expect to see in peoples armies and what stuff is low-priority?

Thanks guys.

[DWalker]

Warriors-basic troops, but might be outshadowed by wyches in the new codex...

Raiders-get many of these. Huge staple.

Reavers-almost as crucial as raiders, and the new models are awesome. Keep in mind they are expensive though.

Wyches- were elites, now are troops. Expect to sell lots of these.

Incubi-used to be an archon retinue, now are an elite choice. And the models are sick.

Hq's- not quite sure...

[Chase]

Thanks Doug.  Exactly what I was looking for!

See you on Saturday.

[jhobin]

Archon's are the basic vanilla DE HQ. Hesperax is the wych special character. I wouldn't put a high priority on Hesperax the Archon probably want a couple of.

[DWalker]

No problem chase.

Keep in mind almost evrything on a bike can (and most likely will) go in a raider. This is where the DE speed comes from. Light, fast, and popular.

[DWalker]

Edit* anything NOT on a bike*

[Lykosan]

Raiders - A must have for DE armies. These and Venoms are the only transports the army have.

Warriors - Have a couple boxes of these on hand, they are one of the two Troop choices for the army and also are what is used to make the Elite Choice of Kabalite Trueborn.

Reavers - Staples of most DE armies, one of the (if not THE) best Fast Attack Choice the DE have. People that have the Bikers allready are wanting the new models (myself included) or are wanting more of them now.

Wyches - Depending on styles of play people either have one unit of these or an entire army of these. They are close combat specialists that do not die easily even to Terminators. Once again people want the new models a lot and also just are wanting more, I would suggest not going overboard with these but have a few boxes on hand.

Incubi - These guys are of extremly good use, I have 11 Incubi and now that I can field them as squads of Elites by themselves I am wanting more, besdies the fact the models look sick. I have also heard of people wanting the Incubi models for Conversions for Tzeentch models and other Chaos Champions.

Archon - Basic and most common HQ choice. Can be equipped various ways and most DE Players use the Archons. Now though since they are more HQ options available this may change, I would agree with Jeff and have a couple on hand.

Hesperax - Special Character, I would relagate her status to however much you sell special characters.

Hope this helps out.

[Chase]

Definitely helpful guys, I appreciate it greatly.

Plainville is getting a ton of stuff to have on hand due to the Doubles Tourn going down the day it all goes on sale.  Abington is getting considerably less at first and will take half of what I have left in Plainville at the end of the day on the 6th.

I'm interested to see how it all sells.  I/m expecting it to do well, especially at first.

[Logan007]

You should have a lot of Death Korps of Krieg to sell: Dark Eldar are really good at killing Kriegsman and blowing up tanks, therefore people will need to buy more of them...

[Khornagaunt]

Lemme chip in my two cents here...
As a brand-new (but long-time admirer) Dark Eldar player, the units I will be prioritizing are warriors, wyches, raiders, and the archon. It's your basic 1 HQ and 2 Troops slots, with a transport or three thrown in. After that core group, I'm going for Incubi (f-ing bad ass), reavers, and hellions. The ravager is a bit too expensive for just starting out, and the mandrakes are sweet models, but a little underwhelming game-wise. They're a latter purchase. The special characters I'll have to wait and see on. They look AMAZING, but the Urien guy benefits units that don't have models yet, so, ehhhh... and Lilith, she, uh, ..., damn, I think I'll buy her too. Shhh, my darling bank account, shhh. It'll be okay.
Also, if you could restock some of the older models, like the scourges, talos, and haemoculi, and any other special characters that don't have new sculpts, that'd be cool too.
Oh, and codexes. Lotsa codexes.

[MM3791]

Warriors, Wyches, Raiders, Archon, and Incubi are absolutely going to be the fastest selling and most popular models.