Forum adverts like this one are shown to any user who is not logged in. Join us by filling out a tiny 3 field form and you will get your own, free, dakka user account which gives a good range of benefits to you: No adverts like this in the forums anymore. Times and dates in your local timezone. Full tracking of what you have read so you can skip to your first unread post, easily see what has changed since you last logged in, and easily see what is new at a glance. Email notifications for threads you want to watch closely. Being a part of the oldest wargaming community on the net. If you are already a member then feel free to login now.

As has been said, 6 BS4 Meltagun shots on a Fast Skimmer is about as close to certainty as you can come. It's not really even a survivability issue when it comes to the Falcon, as it doesn't even need to get shot at. The bottom line is that you can go 12", disembark 2", shoot 6". That's 20" range on an attack that will kill pretty much everything, pretty much automatically. That's also 26" range on an attack that has a very good chance of killing pretty much everything (Melta shots are still S8AP1, even when they don't get 2D6 Pen). This is also not at all expensive. Fire Dragons are a major steal for what they can do, and you're probably going to be taking Falcons anyway, since they're so great.

The Falcon itself is also a major threat to a lot of the armor you'll face through sheer volume of fire, mobility, and the impunity with which it can prance around, Holo-Fields all aglitter. BS3 sucks, sure... The Pulse Laser isn't anything to write home about... But Predator side armor is crap. Russ side armor is pretty crap too. If you get 2 S8 shots, and 7 S6 shots on AV11 or 12... You're probably going to get a result that at least protects you from return fire. If not, so be it. He's not going to kill the Falcon anyway, it's built from magic fairy wings and dreams.

That said, yes, Bright Lances are silly expensive in the Eldar list. No matter where you take them, they're expensive, and often in the hands of BS3 troops. Nothing like the 15 point Lascannons that BS4 Marines get. My preference is twin Bright Lance War Walkers. At 90 points you get two move-and-shoot BS3 Bright Lance shots. Nothing to write home about, but it'll do. A Bright Lance on a Wraithlord can work too, but then you'll need to work Seers into the list to help him keep from getting distracted.

Being carried overhead by grots, like a great wraithbone canoe.