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Dark Elves Legacy Army List
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This section details the Grand Army composition list for the Dark Elves. This is the default army composition list for this faction. Using this army composition list to write your muster list will give you the widest variety of units to choose from and create a broad and balanced force.

This army list is intended for use alongside the Forming Units and Warhammer Armies sections of the Warhammer: the Old World rulebook.

Grand Army Composition List

Characters

Up to 50% of your army's points value may be spent on:

  • 0-1 Dark Elf Dreadlord or Supreme Sorceress per 1,000 points

  • Dark Elf Masters, Sorceresses, High Beastmasters, Death Hags and Khainite Assassins

  • 0-1 Cauldron of Blood per 1,000 points (taken as a mount for a Death Hag)

Core

At least 25% of your army's points value must be spent on:

  • Dark Elf Warriors, Repeater Crossbowmen, Black Ark Corsairs and Dark Riders

  • If your army includes one or more Death Hags, 0-1 unit of Witch Elves may be taken as a Core choice

Special

Up to 50% of your army's points value may be spent on:

  • Har Ganeth Executioners, Witch Elves, Dark Elf Shades and Harpies

  • 0-1 unit of Black Guard of Naggarond per Dark Elf Noble taken

  • 0-1 unit of Cold One Knights per 1,000 points

  • 0-2 Scourgerunner Chariots or Cold One Chariots per 1,000 points

  • If your General is a High Beastmaster, 0-1 War Hydra or Kharibdyss may be taken as a Special choice

Rare

Up to 25% of your army's points value may be spent on:

  • Sisters of Slaughter, Bloodwrack Shrines, War Hydras, Kharibdyss and Bloodwrack Medusas

  • 0-1 unit of Doomfire Warlocks per 1,000 points

  • 0-2 Reaper Bolt Throwers per 1,000 points

Mercenaries

Up to 20% of your army's points value may be spent on mercenaries, including:

  • Badlands Ogre Bulls (see the Arcane Journal: Orc & Goblin Tribes army list)

Note that mercenary units drawn from another army list gain the Mercenaries special rule and become subject to the Misbehaving Mercenaries rules.

Allies

Up to 25% of your army's points value may be spent on a single allied contingent drawn from one of the following Grand Army composition lists:

Battle Standard Bearer

A single Dark Elf Master in your army may be upgraded to be your Battle Standard Bearer for +25 points. In addition to their usual allowance of points to spend on magic items, a Battle Standard Bearer can purchase a single magic standard with no points limit.