

Starting with 7 means eventually you will perhaps sack one or have to wait for one to get injured or die. You could drop the Runner for an extra Lineman and save 10k for an apothecary, though a Dark Elf team with full positionals will only have space for 6 Lineman. The AV7 of a Runner isn’t a problem as with only one on the team it shouldn’t be too tricky to protect him as you would do with any ball carrier. The rest of the starting 11 is made up from Linemen to maximise the armour on the pitch to help negate early injuries. Also with passing skill access you can perhaps get Leader early on to get an extra Reroll.

Having a Runner from the start gives you that defensive problem (for the other team) of having to deal with Dump Off. Dark Elves are the only Elven team that can have four blitzers so make the most of it and get them in at the start. They are the key players for the team doing a lot of the heavy lifting and being flexible players. First of all you start with all four Blitzers getting some Block on the field straight away and they are also fairly fast and have AV8 rather than AV7. This is the most often recommended starting roster for Dark Elves for a number of reasons. High Armour Dark Elf Starting Roster: Quantity Now no money needs to be spent on fan factor you can get the better starting positional players from the outset. Previous editions of the rules saw Dark Elf teams starting with 11 Linemen so they could afford 3 rerolls and max out on the fan factor. Thankfully their rerolls aren’t too expensive so spending more on better players to start means you don’t have to save up much more for an extra reroll later compared to the average cost of a new player. Their players are expensive but they are also good though a couple of them are also somewhat fragile.


Overview:ĭark Elf starting teams mainly have the decision on which positions to perhaps not start the team with at all. There is now an an updated Blood Bowl 2020 Second Season Dark Elf Starting Rosters article. You might still find it contains some useful information. This article was written for a previous version of the Blood Bowl rules and has some outdated information in it.
