Shhhhhh, we finally have an army that works. Don’t let GW know Drukhari are worth taking now

We got the cannon back in glass cannon, drinking up everyone else's tears atm like any Drukhari player should.

xD The Blast Pistol not having Blast makes me chuckle a bit.

It's also nice that you get a good portion of the Combo a starter box like the combat patrol.

we're starting to regain a fraction of our old power. nature is healing.

This happened to my Screamer Killer - almost lost complete control of the centre of the board if it wasn't for a Deadly Demise that destroyed almost the entire squad of Incubii

I had this combo one shot my monolith in a game. Really scary unit

3 days late Auspex. I got my taste of Drukari 24" wipe charge. Lost 6 Aggressors and a Gravis Captain in turn 1. Like, wth man

I just used this tactic today. Took 10 Incubi with Drahar. Charged Kaldor Draigo and 10 Termins. Used Drahar's precision to kill Kaldor, then killed 8 of the Termins. It was brutal.

Oh, what have I just assembled? Is it 5 more incubi, bringing me up to 10?

Another minor drawback of this combo is that it’s kinda redundant. The amount of damage done by 5 is more than enough to kill more or less anything, especially combine with some scourge shooting.

As a drukhari player I love that we are no longer one dimensional Lance spam. However I found units of 5 incubi in venoms better than a unit of 10 in a raider. Mainly because raiders can be clunky to hide at times. Venoms also have the added bonus that a unit can embark into them at the end of the fight phase. Which could help bring those incubi back to safety for a pounce the next turn.

Seems pretty strong, but if you factor in the cost of the raider and Archon it does get a bit pricy. Worthwhile trading targets would be very limited. Plus paper boat goes pop.

I’ve been abusing this since the dataslate and I’ve won 2 tournaments with dark eldar so far but don’t forget about wraithlike retreat you can use it to get back in the transport right after you fight to make them harder to kill or the venoms ability of you can stay wholly within 6 of it

It was a little obvious to do this with the new detachment rules but seeing the numbers behind it really makes my day. Playing an army with artillery however, this is somewhat less threatening. Pretty hard to hide Raiders from an Exorcist. Overwatch heavy flamers can also take a bite out of it if you don't take the enhancement. Drukhari were always my second faction, I'll take a closer look at them when the codex comes out.

Really glad i picked this as my first faction, everyone was saying they were terrible when i started painting a couple months ago, and now they're OP!

One counter could be to screen your expensive shit with some cheap fodder? Like minimum squad sub 50 point units that would normally be your objective monkeys.

I like how ad-mech got a codex and still suck while Drukhari got a new detachment and went from 2nd-worst to top 3/5

Blood angels in sons of sanguineous have been this blendy since the beginning of tenth edition and are still slept on.

Theres obvious solutions to this: Kill transport on overwatch (unit disembarks and is battleshocked so cant charge via strat and dies to shooting easy next turn) Kill transport with no los (they lose +1 to wound dropping their dmg substantially Fight first (lol) Fight on death (at least they will get wiped back) They unit costs 150+20+75+80= 325 with the relic char and transport. Requires 1 cp to threat range (potencially another to secure the charge or a pain token) as well as a pain token in an army with access to only 3 starting tokens. Lastly in needs good position for the raider and another cp in order for them to reembark... Now if the enmy does simple goes forward against this well he gets the pain...

As a Templar player I’m glad a new challenger has arrived

This video is perfect motivation while I paint 5 incubi currently.

I think this setup if played smart basically lets you take over 1/3 the board. delete the big threat or clear the large horde thats supposed to hold that side objective then even if it gets wiped your opponent has to either give up that zone to 250-345 points. i think this gets even stronger going second as you can either get this off turn one if they move into the midboard or you can pull the trigger on turn 2 after you know where they deepstrike.

Neat!

drukhari completely anahilated my tyranid monster last week, killed 3 monsters per turn with just incubi alone, let alone the 1-2 kills from all the dark lances. I did not stand a chance. luckily both drukhari and tyranids which were both 45% winrate armies were treated equally in the balance dataslate.. :) ... oh wait..

Just tried them out in the new detachment. Even with death guard debuffs they were quite good. Not sure Draz is worth it compared to archon now though

It's strong 😮

buddy charged 10 incubi into grimaldus with the 5+ fnp and armor of contempt. he killed 8. he still won the game but, we were both mind blown

Good thing I turned my Chosen from Undivided to Khorne. Still a bad trade, but with the Khorne strat, I can at least wipe the Incubi squad back.

Well, guess my 60 or so cultists and renegades guardsmen will be once again sent at the forefront of the assault, right for the meat grinder 3:

10th had not been doing too badly but now we are starting to see it commonplace to have insane abilities or mix of abilities that the opposing player just cannot do anything (Nightmare Shroud when a unit can make a reliable 24" charge for eg) and it just makes for a terrible game.

I run a custome chapter with BT rules. If I see a list of lots of broken stuff I move some stuff around in my list a bring the helbrecht one shot army. If someone is gonna fuck about with a casual game, I am gonna make em regret it

so you just put a chaff unit to screen? you lose a 65 point unit of scouts but then murder with aggressors or helbrick?

I've done a bunch of practice rolls against standard terminators without buffs, and this combo wipes out a 10 man squad of them with damage left over for a character that's attached. Insane how cheap they are for how effective they can be.

I thought 15 incubi would be enough. Guess I gotta grab another 5 for 2 full squads now

Hi so for Dimensional Corridor does the monolith need to be already on the battlefield to use this stratagem or deep striking it still allow you to use?

Hoping my LR Redeemer just over watches them! Oh crap…nightmare shroud!

Don’t actually have them break things I don’t think you opponent would be happy

It just occurred to me that the damage output of the Archon is not insubstantial in this detachment. Giving him lance means that he hits AND wounds infantry on 2+ with a re-roll on the wounds. Ap 3 (4 when boosted) makes sure they stick against most non-invulnerable armour.

Huh. I guess…congrats to Drukhari players for finally having a combo that lets them punch after spending all edition at the bottom of the rankings? lol

GW will fix this by lowering the points of units in other armies in the next update to sell more models.

This is where instead of overwatching the unit getting out, I overwatch the vehicle and kill it with my land raider redeemer before anyone gets out of it. ngl super interesting to see drukhari have options

please make a video about CSM - they got a big nerf, but how to play them now? I'm a new player in 40k, I don't know how to make an army or what to buy. From what I see after the tournaments, CSM doesn't exist?

Can Drazhar stack his +1 to wound w lance?

Pretty crazy for 150 points killing a land raider in one turn

ok im a complete noob and wont act like i know anything.. ok if they do this charge could the custodes fight first after the drukari's charge? idk how that works

If I kill the transporter in overwatch, are they then still allowed to charge?

Put archon with incubi, put incubi in transport, max move said transport, spend cp, charge incubi out of transport, spend 1 pain token on said incubi, kill stuff……thought this was basic common sense.

Custodes kill them quite easily

The real power is in the stratagem to reembark in the transport after a move for a CP when you wipe the target. Smart positioning can make the unit safer for another turn. However, Raiders are very difficult to hide and very easy to kill. And Incubi cannot jump screens. Screening + overwatch threats to the Raider etc make it hard to trade up against a good opponent who has positioned well. In true Drukhari fashion, this wombo combo will absolutely punish someone out of position but be overly exposed if the opponent plays smart. Personally: I think this brick is too fragile at too high of a price. I am much more scared of 3x5 in Venoms with characters (super easy to hide) as they get free reembark if the venom is near at the end of fight phase or with the strat + access to a reactive move stratagem in the opponent's turn to play keep away from counter charges etc. And they are a less devastating loss if a trade must be made.

Gladius Black Templar player here. Come get me Knife Ears :)

and never count cost transport? because for win +1 wound need transport...its strong sure but not low cost

Noice

It is sad how Bashee are weak in comparision to Incubi

Custodes: oh they are getting closer! nice! we won’t have to move😊(spends 0cp for -1 damage)

wtf is "pounce on the prey" ???

They are so glass cannony... Even the tiniest bit of overwatch will seriously fuck up your day and bring your combo from godlike to toothpicks scratching at steel. Not to mention if your enemy has a character that resurrects and or fights before death

Hmm wonder if they’ll adjust nightmare shroud to end of phase instead of turn. Kind of strong to essentially shut off all overwatch. Just like the dev wound bomb from necron immortals.

Remember when you needed actual anti-tank weapons to hurt a tank? Pepperidge Farm remembers.

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Well. They are broken, again.

So they took the Chosen away from CSM because it was too good And gave it to the Eldar, because they just couldn't stay nerfed.

I don’t know where Drukhari stands now in the meta but I really hope they aren’t too strong. Going from being one of the weakest armies in the game to one of the strongest would NOT be good. It would highlight how laughably bad GW is at balancing and play testing.

Yeah but a decent flamer can ruin this combo overwatching these weak bodies.

These guys have clearly been subject to overcompensation rules wise cause they sucked for ages… but that’s a long bomb charge that probably claims its points back turn one and anything they do after that is a bonus right… probably undercosted… good news is they will almost 100% of the time get to pick their fight… and that is its own value

Feels shtty when your 600pts is being clowned like that for 185pts..To kill LR for 260 pts SM need to pay 380pts in dedicated anti tank. Wtf is this bullshit, 9ed again? Similar to 12' nurgle immunity to 500pts shadowsword for a single CP.. luckly they will still get deleted on top table by necrons.

The Nightmare shroud enhancement is honestly just pure bullshit from a lore perspective as well as a game design mechanic. For everything there needs to be a counter, and the counter to melee rush is overwatch.