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Ok here goes. I am looking at taking my Eldar in a slightly different direction then I currently use them. So I thought about this...

HQ- Eldrad 210 pts

Elite- Howling Banshees
9 Banshees
1 Exarch w/ Mirrorswords & War Shout
Wave Serpent Transport with Shuriken Cannon and TL Shuriken Cannon
322pts total

Elite- Striking Scorpions
7 Scorpions
1 Exarch w/ Fist MTC and Inf
180pts

Elite- Striking Scorpions
Same as above
180pts

Troop- Dire Avengers
9 Avengers
1 Exarch w/ Exarch Shuriken Catapult and Bladestorm
152pts

Troop- Dire Avengers
Same as above
152pts

Troops- Rangers
6 Rangers upgraded to Pathfinders
144pts

Troops- Rangers
Same as above
144pts

Troops- Rangers
Same as above
144pts

Heavy- Wraithlord
EML and Brightlance
155pts

Heavy- Dark Reapers
4 Reapers
1 Exarch w/ EML and Fast shot
217pts

That's 2000pts on the button. In general I play against Marines ( one is Ravenguard using SM dex traits, other is loads of dreads and RB tactical units), Chaos (Khorne army, Undivided army), DH, WH, 'Nids, and Tau. I wish there was a little more variety but I am the Guard, Ork, and Eldar player so they get variety outta me

So there's no anti-tank worth a crap then, eh? I guess if you don't face tanks you don't need it.

It's not a bad list really but it seems to have mobility issues.

If you take Eldrad, add an Avatar.
The DAs can walk in the Avatar's fearless bubble.
Add another Wraithlord with brightlance and eml to increase the anti-tank potential.
The DRs are fine.
The rest of the army should have some kind of mobility so that your walking fraction cannot be outmaneuvered.
Infiltrating Scorpions are fine, but a single Serpent asks for getting smoked.

OK, this is a rough idea of a revised list for foot sloggers. I must admit I just really wanna try something new with them, and I'd like to be less mechanized, plus with the changes to who can capture objectives up and coming, I want to be starting the changes now.... among other things.

HQ- Eldrad 210pts

HQ- Farseer 317pts
Spear, Bike, Runes of Wit, Fortune, Guide, Stones
Warlocksx3 on bike all with spears, one with embolden.

Elite- Scorpions 143pts
5x scorpions
1x exarch w/ claw and shadowstrike

Elite- Same as above 143pts

Troop- Dire Avengers 177pts
9x Avengers
1x Exarch PW/SS Defend, Bladestorm

Troop- Same as above 177pts

Troop- Dire Avengers 152pts
9x Avengers
1x Exarch w/ Exarch catapults, bladestorm

Troop- Same as above 152pts

Heavy- Wraithlord 155pts
BL/EML

Heavy- Same as above 155pts

Heavy- Dark Reapers 217pts
4x reapers
1x exarch w/ EML and fast shot

So my major concerns were tank busting as you gentlemen brought up. Now I am up to 2 lords with anti tank, and a small strike force of bike mounted spears that can pop LR's if need be and with fortune and guide every turn are rather likely to cause pain and live to tell about it. Eldrad can advance with the lords to prevent them from sleeping... and give them rerolls to hit etc, plus his redeploy is a major perk I frequently find worth the points. Dire Avengers are loaded out for getting close, putting a barrage of hell out and then charging in to finish off/ tie up whatever is left of their targets (this being the PW/SS defend squads) the cheaper avengers are for more shots not planning to assault hoping to move off towards an objective and fleet while they reload. The major problem I think I see now is a lack of real muscle to back up the avengers in CC. The scorpions are nice and have good survivability, but may not be around or currently locked up. This is an advantage because they could be tying up squads that could be shooting me. My question is would my points be better spent with say, harlies hoofing it up with my avengers and getting stuck in when my avengers storm and charge? Other things I consider are cheap bikes for objective grabbing and mobility. Tear it apart, ya know you want to.... I just hope I can learn some things to make this work at least strongly enough to be viable. Thanks in advance.
Aztral