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I wanted to make an army based around mobility as opposed to my somewhat more static army with a bastion.

Shadowsun - 175

Battlesuit Shas'el: MP, PR, MT, BSF - 90

2x Battlesuit Shas'ui: MP, PR, MT - 124

3x Stealthsuits: team leader, FB, TA - 107

3x Stealthsuits: team leader, FB, TA - 107

4x Pathfinders - 48
Devilfish: 2x seeker missiles (for fliers) - 100

9x Firewarriors: Shas'ui, BSF - 103

10x Kroot: Shaper, Armor - 100

Hammerhead: Railgun, BC, BSF, TL, MT, Seneor spines - 180

Hammerhead: Railgun, BC, BSF, TL, MT, Seneor spines - 180

Farseer: Runes of warding, Runes of witnessing, Spirit Stones, 2 cheapest powers to replace with divination - 140
(farseer goes with avengers and uses powers from inside the serpent)

5x Dire Avengers - 60
Wave Serpent: starcannons - 125

5x Rangers - 95

Fire Prism - 115


The Strategy here (assuming i deploy first) is that I deploy the main army in a castle on one flank, built around the pathfinders, hopefully making my opponent do the same. Then the stealthsuits and rangers deploy where they can do the most damage. On the first turn everyone scatters (to attack flanks) leaving behind only the pathfinders in the original castle, and the railguns and fire prism use their range while the suits pick off enemies. Eventually shadowsun deepstrikes (using the pathfinder D-fish) to cause more confusion. Also, my troops are either in transports or infiltrating, so objectives shouldn't be too much of an issue.

Is it worth taking a Shas'o instead of a Shas'el so that shadowsun isn't the warlord (due to dropping into range of the entire enemy army)?

General C&C welcome

Farseer: Runes of warding, Runes of witnessing, 2 cheapest powers to replace with divination - 140
(farseer goes with avengers and uses powers from inside the serpent)

5x Dire Avengers - 60
Wave Serpent: starcannons - 125

5x Rangers - 95

Fire Prism - 115

Runes of witnesses are not really needed. In fact, it increases slightly the probability of getting a warp attack and at the same time increases the probability of getting the power through.
The Farseer would need stones to cast two powers per turn.
I'd replace the starcannon by tl scattlerlaser and underslung shuricannon - more bang for the bucks.

Oops, i think i had those too/instead. The issue is i don't actually have an eldar codex, so i've been asking a friend
EDIT: Yes, i had the spirit stones too, ill add that in.

And ok. Do you find that the number of shots is better against things like marines too?