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Hey guys,

So I've wanted to build a native american themed Eldar/Dark Eldar force for awhile (full of beasts, "spirit" tokens, drugs, great eagles as jet bikes, etc.) I mainly want to do it for hobby fun, but I would also like to have a decently competitive list as well. I'm writing out two potential lists because I don't play these armies (yet) and don't play much against them (at least not against the units I'm including). Tell me what you think of the lists and if you think one is better than the other.

List 1 (More Dark Eldar and Pain Tokens)

HQ
170 Baharroth (joins scourges and autarch)
120 Farseer (jetbike, spear)
165 Warlocks (jetbikes, spears, go with farseer)
130 Autarch (banshee mask, swooping hawk wings, shuriken pistol, shard of anaris)

Elites
115 5 Trueborn (4 blasters, go in venom)
115 5 Trueborn (4 blasters, go in venom)

Troops
95 Kabalites (10, splinter cannon, go in raider)
95 Kabalites (10, splinter cannon, go in raider)

Fast Attack
240 Scourges (10, solarite w. blast pistol and agonizer)
140 Beastmasters (6 razorwing flocks, 2 beastmasters)
156 Reavers (6, 2 heat lances/blasters, 2 cluster caltrops, arena champion)

Transports
90 Raider (night shields, splinter racks, enhanced aethersails)
90 Raider (night shields, splinter racks, enhanced aethersails)
65 Venom (splinter cannon)
65 Venom (splinter cannon)


List 2 (Aspect Host)

HQ
170 Baharroth (joins hawks and autarch)
135 Farseer (jetbike, spear, spirit stone of anath'lan)
165 Warlocks (jetbikes, spears, go with farseer)
120 Autarch (banshee mask, swooping hawk wings, shuriken pistol, firesabre)

Elites
110 5 Fire Dragons (go in venom)
110 5 Fire Dragons (go in venom)

Troops
95 Kabalites (10, splinter cannon, go in raider)
95 Kabalites (10, splinter cannon, go in raider)

Fast Attack
195 Swooping Hawks (10, exarch w. sunrifle and power lance)
190 Beastmasters (9 razorwing flocks, 1 beastmaster)
156 Reavers (6, 2 heat lances/blasters, 2 cluster caltrops, arena champion)

Transports
90 Raider (night shields, splinter racks, enhanced aethersails)
90 Raider (night shields, splinter racks, enhanced aethersails)
65 Venom (splinter cannon)
65 Venom (splinter cannon)

The second list seems like it would be better all around. Everything does its part.

The big difference between the lists is how Baharroth's squad would be used. In the first list, the squad would be getting PFP, have a lot more AP1 and 2, poison weapons, and the shard of anaris, meaning it could shoot at and charge pretty much whatever it wanted. (along with blowing up that Landraider after you deep strike) The second list makes the squad more of a utility unit. It can skyleap, battle focus all over the place and be wherever it needs to be. It can intercept flyers and bring them down. It can also haywire things to death, but I see it mainly focusing on light infantry (potentially MEQs), with grenade packs, lasblasters at BS5, and wildfire.

Let me know what you think.

Any ideas on this?