Rationale

l play DE, for it's my dark side
i can be cold and domineering and machiavellian

Skill Choices

Guard - You can't have enough.

Mighty Blow - Good on your killers. You can live without it.

Juggernaut - Good on witches. If your killer can take it, go for it and turn him into a witch.

Wrestle - Very useful on linos. I like to have one wrestling witch. Synergizes with Jump Up.

Sidestep - At high TV, preferable to Dodge. SS spam is a good build. Makes all players one-man armies.

Diving Tackle - Completes SS well. Not a fan.

Kick - Wins games.

Tackle - I like to have 3. It covers the whole field.

Dauntless Surprisingly good. Mandatory against tough matchups.

Build Questions

Runner? - I like them. They have 7MA. They have Dump-Off, which kills many builds.

Assassin? - I don't like them. Fragile, slow. Good against the bad teams.

How many witches? - Depends. Starting with four blitzers can work. I like to get at least one witch early, as its Frenzy changes the game. The 12th player should be a 7th lino if you play bash teams. The 13th could be a runner or a witch.

Bench? - I like 15 menz. It works OK. They can take hits. Star players are awesome.

Re-Rolls - I like re-rolls. They save more Elves than apos. So I try to get a 3rd early. I get a 4th one early for GFIs, POWs, or SPPs. I tried a 5th one and am not convinced. It helped me vs heavy teams, but had better successes with a leaner team.

Favorite Favorite Dark Elf Teams

Ranked - Ranked is for pickers. Nevertheless, here are some good teams:

Harad's Archetheron - start: 3B, 1W, 2RR
Pickers United (kingvan) - start: 4B, 1W, 1RR
Malmir's Hubble Bubble
happygrue's They Mostly Come Out at Night
Pirigin's Teachers of the True Teaching.

League

ex-con's Oakland Elf Raiders

Box

KFoged's QuickNDirty- start: 3B, 1W, 2RR
smallnight (smallman) - start: 1W, 3RR, 4FF
bghandras' Drow brew - start: 4B, 1R,
Reisender's El Drizzto and the Gang - start, 1B, 1W, 3RR
Jimjo's Dungeon Drillers
Hovring's Dark City Steelers.


Before

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