One common misstake is the thought that you need to deploy the portals within your opponents deployment zone. No real reason for that. You want to have one portal close to midfield and one a little beyond. This is more then enough in range.

The reason for this is you will reach all over the table if you deploy these two portals with a good range between each other. Beastmasters are the perfect unit for this aswell. But they have proven to be more useful in the 2-4-2 setup. 4 khymeras, 2 razorwings so to speak. Main reason being they are easier to use.

No one will argue that deploying portals from a Raider or Venom lets you have a little more freedom. But this kind of list has the same benefits as a Loganwing or a Jump infantry list (got less shooting but more CC) and that is it ignores your anti tank weapons. The fun part being you just continue to run and smash things while your opponent fires that melta at you or lascannon. Of course the Talos will get hurt by this but you have enough things to stop the worst guns from hurting it until it can wreck havoc in CC.

A few cents from me.

I have been giving it some thought to start up a Elysian army myself. Only bad thing would be that i would have no one to play against, those at the gaming club refuses to play against IA :(

You are absolutely right. I would love to play against your army with my 1500 Webway portal mix,

Have a look at mine, i think its the post before this one. ITs called "Dark Footdar" or footdar or something.

I wanna give you a advice here, no idea if you want it even. Purchase 3 wracks, give them a venom and then you get 5 harlequins med 4 kisses and a troup master with power weapon. People laugh when they look at the unit, but with 21 attacks. 16 being rending and 5 power wearpon they are truly a force to recon with.

It appears that you are making sort of a shooty army list, atleast main focus on that, Dont forge to throw in 3 ravagers then. i miss playing with my ravagers, now its only talos + chronos.

Smart move to buy 3 ravagers, 5 raiders and dont use any of them huh? Gonna buy 4 venoms tom got to have it akk,

Yeah not a bad thought but no Malys for me, i'l just keep the Archon for the fluff reason insteed of a Haemonculus, with the compsystem thats being used in sweden also Archon give a bonus so.

Haywire blasters are cool, but not sure i want to drop the flickers on ravagers, you find that fighting without flicker there works well?

Hey hey. Thanks for the response on the list. Ive been toying around some more the last couple of days since i sent the list in and here is my result.

Archon 60

3 trueborns: 2 dark lances in venom with 2 x splinter cannon 151
3 trueborns: 2 dark lances in venom with 2 x splinter cannon 151
3 trueborns: 2 dark lances in venom with 2 x splinter cannon 151

5 warriors: blaster in venom with 2 x splinter cannon 125
5 warriors: blaster in venom with 1 x splinter cannon (short 10p,, i know a haemo would save 10 but i'l get to that later) 115
5 warriors: blaster in raider with dark lance 120
5 warriors: blaster in raider with dark lance 120
5 warriors: blaster in raider with dark lance 120
5 warriors: blaster in raider with dark lance 120

5 scourges: 2 dark lances 140
5 scourges: 2 dark lances 140
5 scourges: 2 dark lances 140

Ravager: 3 dark lances, flickerfield 115
Ravager: 3 dark lances, flickerfield 115
Ravager: 3 dark lances, flickerfield 115

Total: 1998

So ive took a few advices here and there. Another famous blogger vrote about using Dark Lances insteed of blasters for example, just to utilize the ability to stay back and not have to risk your troops mid field while shooting. I'm going to give it a ago atleast.

So what do you think about this one? Better Worse? I have to mention that i play in a pretty competetive surrounding. There are strong lists and good opponents. We usually use tournement scenarios from a tourny that runs twice a year in a town nearby so i am keeping that in mind aswell.

EDIT: Well there is of course a way to get that second splinter cannon on the warrior venom, i could just use a Haemonculus insteed of Archon to obtain the cheapest HQ possible but i will draw the line here. This is a cabal of warriors going to war, the least i can do is bring their archon :)

I know the post comes a bit late but just interrested. How can you advice him to drop the Archon when playing Incubis out of a portal. How on earth are these gonna survive assaulting anything that stands in cover?