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Have been looking at the new eldar codex and want to build this army.

Farseer.
Jetbike, singing spear, spirit stone, runes of warding, runes of witnessing, guide and mind war. 173

troops.

guardian jetbikes 4 with warlock with singing spear and conseal. 129

guardian jetbikes 4 with warlock with singing spear and conseal. 129

fast attack

8 warp spiders. 176

8 warp spiders. 176

8 warp spiders. 176

heavy

fire prism with holo field, vectored engiens and spirit stone. 180

fire prism with holo field, vectored engiens and spirit stone. 180

fire prism with holo field, vectored engiens and spirit stone. 180

 

1500 point army, any advise on this army list?

It's dull? Try out a couple of other units?

The Farseer could really use Fortune, then he could survive longer and attach to another unit and make them much more durable. Either Harlequins on foot maybe, or a small unit of Banshees in a Falcon, or a unit of Shining Spears if he keeps the bike. 173 points is a lot to pay for a guy with T3 and a 3+/4+ save with no re-roll.

I think that 6 bikes with 2 cannons is a better unit than 4 with warlock.

Warp Spiders are cool, but three units is overkill. Get something else. Something which can assault. Maybe Harlequins.

Fire Prisms are neat, but I don't know if I can really see taking three. Shaken and Weapon Destroyed results suck a lot more for them than they do for Falcons; Falcons have more guns and can transport a valuable unit (Fire Dragons are obvious), thus still accomplishing something even if they can't shoot for a turn.

The farseer dont need a reroll, he is on a bike and an independent character so he cant be targeted, and should never be assaulted. his role is just to minde war and cast guide

The falcons are more expensive then prims and less effective overall. fire prisms are good against everyting.
I really like the warp spiders in fluff so really want to ceep them, at least 2 units.
Have been thinking of one unit of harlequins and put the farseer with them, but feel that would ruin the theme.
I know 6 bikes with 2 cannons are better, but more expensive and I dident have the points.

If he's going to get close enough to use Mindwar and that Spear, he's probably going to want the re-roll at some point.

I disagree on the Falcons. Prisms are very much at the mercy of your opponent when it comes to how many hits they get. If your opponent bunches his stuff you're golden, but it's pretty easy to spread them out and force you to only get 1-2 hits.

Two units of Spiders may work, but I definitely think you need SOME assault. An easy swap could be one unit for 6 Harlies, and one Prism for a Falcon. Any leftover points could go towards the bikes. Another option would be to swap them out for a Wave Serpent with Banshees or Scorpions, which would definitely leave you enough points to buff up the bikes. These guys work great with a Farseer with Fortune. Doom would make them especially deadly as well. Wave Serpents obviously aren?t as durable, but with only one and decent terrain you should be able to keep it alive long enough to deliver the troops pretty often.

Falcons can hold dudes. Combine that with holofields and spirit stones and it's enormous.

Falcons are still a way, way better choice than fire prisms.

You are way, way short on antitank guns that are going to get to shoot, and some fire dragons in falcons is the best way to get it.

You're also way short on assault but I think you're fast enough you can hang without assault. But antitank you're WAY light on. Three singing spears and some tanks that will never get to shoot does not make an army able to hang with a monolith or a couple leman russes or a few possessed predators.