Dire Avengers are aspect warriors troops for the Eldar in the 4th Edition Eldar Codex for Warhammer 40,000.

Background and Description

Dire Avengers defend their craftworld

Dire Avengers are supposed to be the most common Aspect Warrior among the Craftworlds.

Note: These rules and descriptions are necessarily truncated. Please refer to your 4th Edition Eldar Codex for specific model statistics, rules and points costs

Special Rules and Wargear

1. Fleet of Foot
2. Avenger Shuriken Catapult: Extended range beyond those of the Guardians'.

Upgrades

1. Exarch:
   1. Diresword: Power weapon with a chance to kill outright.
   2. Twin Shuriken Catapults: doubles the ranged attacks for the Exarch.
   3. Shimmershield: Exarch and unit gain an invulnerable save.
   4. Bladestorm: Add an additional ranged attack for each member of the squad, but may not fire the following turn.
   5. Defend: Models attacking the Exarch and his squad in close combat lose an attack per turn (minimum 1)
2. Transport: Dire Avengers can be mounted in a Wave Serpent

Strengths

The Exarch power Bladestorm is a great way to destroy an enemy unit in one shooting phase, (especially in a unit of 10 Avengers and a Farseer with guide and doom to re-roll all failed hits and wounds). Dire Avengers have a good armor save of a 4+ which is nice for absorbing incoming fire.

Weaknesses

After using a bladestorm the Dire Avengers are unable to shoot for the next turn, leaving them vulnerable,(though this is easily fixed with a Waveserpent transport).

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