I'm taking Dark Elves to a resurrection tournament next month and am keen to hear people's thoughts on my list ideas. This is only my second major tournament ever so if I seem a bit over enthused, it's probably because I'm getting ever so very excited about it!
I've posted this on a couple other forums to try and get lots of ideas.Here are the lists I’m thinking about.
Requirements: 1250k, non-doubles skills only for 20k and max 1 per player, 0-2 star players
After previous discussion and my own thoughts, I’ve all but ruled out a 12 elf roster in favour of 11 players, an apoth and an extra skill. I’d be interested in hearing thoughts on a better roster with 12 players!
1 Witch Elf, 4 Blitzers, 1 Runner, 5 Line-elves, 2 rerolls, 1 apoth, 8 skills
Leader would be a given on the runner as 2 rerolls is too few in my opinion for Dark Elves. Most likely Wrestle on the Witch for the best chance at knocking down ball carriers. This leaves 6 skills. I could give each Blitzer a skill and two line-elves. This leaves 3 unskilled for the line of scrimmage to start. Top Blitzer skill thoughts would be between Dodge, Tackle, Leap, Sidestep, Strip Ball and Dauntless. Should any of these be auto includes? Top skills for the line-elves would be Dodge, Block, Kick, Wrestle, Sidestep and Fend ... and on the outside sneaky git or dirty player. I’ve never, ever liked fouling with Dark Elves and an 11 player line up though. I’m not sure the bonus of being more likely to get opponents off the pitch outweighs the likelihood of losing your own guy. I’d be very keen to hear thoughts on this!
2 Witch Elves, 4 Blitzers, 1 Runner, 4 Line-elves, 2 rerolls, 1 apoth, 6 skills
This list exchanges a Line-Elf and 2 skills for a Witch Elf. As well, I couldn’t conceive of taking a Witch Elf without a skill-up. This means Wrestle on one, most likely Block on the other, and Leader once again on the Runner. This means only 3 skills to spread to the rest of the team (most likely blitzers, or do these need to be spread out?) Pros: This makes it less painful if a Witch Elf goes down and makes the sidelines even more dangerous. As well, it’s arguably the best player on the squad; why not go 2 if you can? Cons: This is another expensive AV7 player to protect (albeit a blodger). There is only 1 blitz a turn so often this extra player will be assisting or just positioning. Getting the Witch Elf loses some diversity on the team with only the 3 skills left to pass around.
2 Witch Elves, 4 Blitzers, 1 Runner, 4 Line-elves, 3 rerolls, 6 skills
Giving up the apoth for a reroll means the runner can take Nerves of Steel, but the team becomes slightly more fragile with no one on the bench and no apoth for a badly hurt or 50% chance to recover a worse result.
1 Witch Elf, 4 Blitzers, 2 Runners, 4 Line-elves, 2 rerolls, 1 apoth, 7 skills, 1 FF (or coach or cheerleader)
The purpose of this roster would be to still be able to take a NoS Runner, but have the Leader as well (or conceivably 2 NoS runners and risk 2 rerolls for the game) This would leave 4 skills to distribute between Blitzers and Line-Elves (3/1 in my opinion). This list to me seems quite weak compared to the others. There’s potential in the 2 NoS runners, but it just seems like too much of a 1 trick pony. I’d even consider dropping a Witch Elf or a Blitzer to make this a bit stronger ... and that already has me cringing!
4 Blitzers, 2 Runners, 5 Line-elves, 3 rerolls, 1 apoth, 7 skills
All out offense, no Witch Elf in the safety roll. *cringe*
The first 3 lists seem the strongest to me. I’d love to hear people’s thoughts and opinions, and responses to the in-line questions above!
Thanks!
Joel
