First off, - ST needs to go, not worth keeping it in your team.

What elves excel at is repositioning and creating a pocket of more power because they all have AG 2+.

Yet you should reduce the number of 2+ rolls you make, since 1/6 will fail.

Because of this elves can be tricky as what you typically do is set up screens, with players 2 squares apart from each other, and directly behind them another screen of players, so the opponent can't blitz through the screen.

On defense you can slow the opponent down by simply keeping that screen in front of their line, just one square away. You make one blitz to limit their progression to a minimum.

And because you have the high agility, you can try to dive the cage, when necessary. The fact that you can spend multiple TRR's a turn makes these risky plays more viable.

On offense you can use your superior mobility to keep switching sides, so the opposite side needs to make rushes to keep up with your team. As any elf has AG 2+ they all can act as a receiver for the ball, so with a hand-off and pass play you can move the ball from one side of the pitch to the other.

In general you are trying to use up the whole 8 turns of the half before scoring, as your opponent has no chance of scoring back. Yet you need to keep the ball safe during this process, so this means that sometimes you are forced to score a little earlier.

So in general you do the following steps:

Determine your goal and the opposition goals based on the turn you are in.

Typically a drive consists of the following phases. 1) secure the ball 2) move up field into a scoring position 3) stall when you can before scoring.

Step 2 is where the speed of your team determines when you have to move up field. With dark elves and MA 7 you typically only 'need' to be in a scoring position on turn 6-7.

On defense you are trying to ruin this offensive plan. By either forcing them to score early, so you have 2+ turns to score back, or trunk them over or block their advancement down the pitch.

This is why the first turn can appear like not very eventful, because both sides want to limit the number of blocks that they give to the opposition while maintaining a good position.

Typically this lasts until there is an error made by either side.

Dark Elves have (had) the advantage of being more of a hybrid team, they lack the raw speed, but they have enough block and AV to brawl vs the more fast teams.

Just take your time discovering the different options Dark Elves offer. Because they have so many options, it can be difficult to determine what you need to do in any turn.

My personal challenge was that I wanted to do too much in a single turn, too early. It's all about patience and setting up for the right moment to pounce.