Editing Warhammer 40,000/8th Edition Tactics/Dark Eldar (section)

====Special Characters====	
=====Cult of Strife=====
*'''Lelith Hesperax:''' The Queen of the Arena came out of the codex much closer to her classic form. Instead of doing drugs, she simply chooses a stat each turn and gains that bonus. 3++ special Dodge now works outside of combat, and she still has bucketloads of attacks that will never miss. She re-rolls failed hits and wounds against other Characters, meaning she does an average of about 3 wounds on T4-T5 characters at AP-4 D1 each. Then her hair gets 2 more attacks (yep!) to put maybe another wound plus another from her obsession. Even things with Storm Shields might not be able to count on their invulnerable saves protecting them from all of her attacks. She can swap out one of her knives for an impaler, but the extra point of damage from the impaler isn't worth the reduced AP or the loss of the other extra attack for having two of the knives(unless your going up against characters with an invuln save 1 higher than their armor save, of which their are plenty).
** The Cult of Strife WT is what really makes her shine. On a charge, she'll make 6 attacks with her two blades (and that's ''without'' choosing +1A) and 2 with her hair, which will translate to ''more than 6.8 blade hits'' and ''more than 2.7 hair hits''. [[Rape|With the Strength boost you are looking at 3.86 dead Marines or 5.75 dead Guardsmen per charge before Turn 3]], and [[Rip and Tear| 4.96 dead Marines or 7.39 dead Guardsmen as of Turn 3]]. The Attacks boost will get you substantially fewer kills against these targets - with the sheer number of swings Lelith gets, you want to only choose +1A when +1S won't help, such as if you find yourself stabbing a T8+ target. And we haven't even started with [[Anal_Circumference |what she can do to characters]] (even [[Chapter Master Smashfucker | SMASHFUCKER]] needs to be wary of her due to Re-rolls to Wound and boatloads of AP-4 attacks). Very solid choice and probably our best HQ choice now. [[Rage| Vect must be furious]]. She can also bully Monsters, TEQs, and Bikes with the sheer number of S4, AP-4 attacks she can put out (Exploding Flavour or Soulburst Flavour), and the Cruel Deception Stratagem will let her keep getting those bonus attacks from her Obsession again and again while keeping her safe from anything that a 3++ alone might not protect her from.

=====Prophets of Flesh=====
*'''Urien Rakarth:''' Dead hard, and awesome in all the ways a Haemy is awesome. T6 due to his own buff, and halves damage; this dude will take a lot of firepower to bring down. However, being equipped with only a meh Ichor Injector and some bog-standard Haemonculus Tools, he is none too scary in melee. He does have an aura that inflicts mortal wounds on enemies within 3" of him on a 6+, though, which can act as a deterrent against enemy charges.  
** He now buffs {{W40Kkeyword|Prophets of Flesh}} Strength and Leadership too. Wracks won't notice much, but your Grotesques and Pain Engines will. See your opponents' faces as your menagerie drills a hole through their army.
** Remember thanks to the FAQ everyone is equipped with a regular close combat weapon.  If Wracks are fighting T3 GEQ forgo the Haemonculus tools and enjoy wounding on 3s next to Urien.
=====Unaffiliated=====
*'''Drazhar:''' The baddest motherfucker in an army of bad motherfuckers gained an additional wound and a 5+ invulnerable save! He still has his amazing Phoenix Lord tier stat line and his buff now gives +1 to wound for all Incubi units within 6 inches. Shit just got real and heads will roll. He also packs a tormentor just to make sure whatever survives his charge decides to book it. Drazhar now sports the Executioner's Demiklaives which offers the same single/double version but with D2 on each profile. Furthermore, he now rightfully has Lethal Precision so he's D4 on any 6s to wound. If you make him your warlord then he gets to re-roll all failed wound rolls!
** Dual-Blades offer 6/12 S4 AP-2 D2 (D4 on 6s) attacks for hacking down hordes and 2W primaris marines. Sheer number of attacks suggests this will likely be your go-to mode.
** Single-Blade gives you 4/8 S5 AP-3 D2 (D4 on 6s) attacks for hacking down anything T5 or higher.
** Probably best to take this guy in a transport with his incubi friends as they all lack ranged weapons, try out a raider or if you're feeling spicy, a Tantalus. Just keep in mind that he will always will be a big and scary target and needs support to get him in the front line where he is best. Watch out for units with good charge distances as he is massively hamstrung when he can't get that meaty charge.