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Drukhari, Lelith Hesperax

10th Edition Index

Lelith has been an absolutely deadly Dark Eldar warrior since the earliest days of me playing Warhammer 40,000. The above is her second incarnation. While the first was not nearly as dynamic, it was a lot darker...

Source

Lelith is the ultra version of the Wych Cults. This means they are melee gladiators and they take combat (and other) drugs.

She is an absolute whirlwind in melee! And she is 95pts.

Let's check her stats!

Stats

Movement 8"
Toughness 3
Save 6+/4++(armor/invul/Feel No Pain)
Wounds 4
Ld 6+
OC 1

Weapons

Weapon Loadout: Lelith’s Blades

Ranged Weapons

None

Melee Weapons

Lelith’s Blades

8 Attacks, Hitting on 2+, S3, AP-2 and 1 Damage each.
Anti-Infantry 2+ (This weapon wounds Infantry models on a 2+ regardless of the target's toughness)
Sustained Hits 2 (Rolls of 6 to Hit cause another 2 hits!)

On an average roll, 8 dice, one 1 and one 6 would mean 9 hits scored and 2+ to wound infantry so around 8 Wounds scored. Sometimes more misses and more hits and more Crits... could vary between 6 and 10 Wounds scored on any infantry.

Abilities

Fights First - this model has the Fights First ability.

Brides of Death

While leading a unit, the whole unit has Fights First and get +1 Strength and +1 AP to Melee Weapons (Pushes herself to S4 and AP-3!)

Thrilling Spectacle

Once per game, Lelith can use this ability at the start of a Fight Phase. Her attacks become 12 and she has a 3+ Invul save!

Thoughts

I have not done the review for Wyches which she leads yet but the whol squad get 3 attacks, S3, AP-1 and 1 Damage. Thus Lelith pushes this to S4 and AP-2. They fight first so even when you charge them, they hit you first. If they charge, they hit first unless YOUR unit has fights first as a defender.

So... in a Raider or a Venom... they shall always hit first and it WILL hurt. They would be useless in a fight against a Dreadnought... But the Drukhari have the weapons in their army to kill those easily... just not in this squad.

Lelith can go to 12 attacks. On average 10 hits and 2 crits putting another 4 hits on, thus 14 hits and then 2+ to wound make for a MINIMUM statistical 12 Wounds scored against all infantry in the game. Very cool against high toughness! A nightmare for Space Marine Gravis Armor units with no Invuls!

Thank you for reading!

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I shall leave all Army and Detachment rules here and the few Chaos Daemon datasheets I have done already:

Army Rule and Detachment Rule Reviews

Faction	Detachment	Review Number
Agents of the Imperium		Army Rule #2
Aeldari		Army Rule #4
Astra Militarum		Army Rule #1
Astra Militarum	Combined Regiment	Detachment Rule #1
Astra Militarum	Bridgehead Strike	Detachment Rule #2
Chaos Daemons		Army Rule #10
Chaos Daemons	Daemonic Incursion	Detachment Review 15
Chaos Daemons	Blood Legion	Detachment Review 16
Chaos Daemons	Legion of Excess	Detachment Review 17
Chaos Daemons	Scintillating Legion	Detachment Review 18
Chaos Daemons	Plague Legion	Detachment Review 19
Chaos Daemons	Shadow Legion	Detachment Review 20
Chaos Knights		Army Rule #8
Chaos Knights	Tratoris Lance	Detachment Review #11
Chaos Knights	Iconoclast Fiefdom	Detachment Review #12
Death Guard		Army Rule Review #6
Death Guard	Plague Company	Detachment Review #4
Death Guard	Flyblown Host	Detachment Review #7
Imperial Knights		Army Rule #9
Imperial Knights	Noble Lance	Detachment Review #13
Imperial Knights	Questor Forgepact	Detachment Review #14
Space Marines		Army Rule #3
Space Wolves	Champions of Russ	Detachment Review #9
Space Wolves	Champions of Fenris	Detachment Review #10
Thousand Sons		Army Rule #7
Thousand Sons	Cult of Magic	Detachment Review #5
Thousand Sons	Hexwarp Thrallband	Detachment Review #8
World Eaters		Army Rule #5
World Eaters	Berzerker Warband	Detachment Review #3
World Eaters	Vessels of Wrath	Detachment Review #6

Datasheet Review list (Alphabetical)

Faction	Unit	Review Number
Drukhari	Archon	#419
Drukhari	Beastmaster	#420
Drukhari	Court of the Archon	#421
Drukhari	Cronos	#422
Drukhari	Drazhar	#423
Drukhari	Grotesques	#45
Drukhari	Haemonculus	#8
Drukhari	Hellions	#424
Drukhari	Incubi	#425
Drukhari	Kabalite Warriors	#426
Drukhari	Raider	#35
Drukhari	Scourges	#7