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I finally broke down and took shining spears out of my 1500 list to try this list out, so far I like it and is seemed to be way more menacing.

HQ
Farseer-Doom, Guide, Stones, RoWit

Troops
6xpathfinders
6xpathfinders
10xDA-Exarch, bladestorm.
Put in Waveserpant TL EML, Stones.

Elites.
6x Firedragons-Exarch, Flamer, Crackshot-In the Falcon.
9xHalequines-Shadowseer, Kisses for all
9xHowling banshees-Exarch, Acrobatics, Executioner.
Put in Waveserpant TL EML, Stones.

Heavy.
Falcon-TL EML, Stones, Holo-fields.

1499pts.

The only major problems I had in the game were rolling far to many ones on my pathfinders, and playing my DA poorly but that is my fault because I am still learning the finesse of them .

Looks fairly crunchy to me. If it works then keep with it.

Looks good overall. This is what I would change

Take out Runes of Witnessing. It just increases your odds of rolling double ones and therefore getting perils. You only have a 1 in 12 chance of failing a LD10 psychic test anyway

Fire dragons are pretty much meant for one thing...killing tanks. I would take out the exarch and just run a squad of 6 vanilla fire dragons.

Those two changes will give you 22 points, just enough for an extra harly with a kiss.

Very good points. I like it.

Thanks

The only major problems I had in the game were rolling far to many ones on my pathfinders, and playing my DA poorly but that is my fault because I am still learning the finesse of them .

You could stick the Farseer to a Pathfinder unit guiding it. What happened to the DA squad?

I dropped it in front of way to many marines expecting them all to die. They didn't and I got shot up. Live and learn.

and playing my DA poorly but that is my fault because I am still learning the finesse of them .

The finesse is to leave them in the tank all the game for scoring purposes. If they get out they'll most likely die.

wuestenfux wrote:

and playing my DA poorly but that is my fault because I am still learning the finesse of them .

The finesse is to leave them in the tank all the game for scoring purposes. If they get out they'll most likely die.

Seems like a waste of 30 guided shots at a doomed target to me....call me kooky.

Seems like a waste of 30 guided shots at a doomed target to me....call me kooky.

Two units could do the trick via Serpent of Fury but one unit alone cannot.

Axyl wrote:Looks good overall. This is what I would change

Take out Runes of Witnessing. It just increases your odds of rolling double ones and therefore getting perils. You only have a 1 in 12 chance of failing a LD10 psychic test anyway

Fire dragons are pretty much meant for one thing...killing tanks. I would take out the exarch and just run a squad of 6 vanilla fire dragons.

Those two changes will give you 22 points, just enough for an extra harly with a kiss.

But what's the odds of rolling double ones? I think it's pretty low.

What happens when you fight against a Nid or Eldar player that forces you to roll 3 dice and basically shuts down all your psyic powers? IMO if you're spending 75 points on two powers and the ability to use two powers a turn, it's worth dropping the extra 10pts to make sure you'll be able to use them.

Thr33ifbyair wrote:I dropped it in front of way to many marines expecting them all to die. They didn't and I got shot up. Live and learn.

It can help if you have multiple units of DA working on a single squad. Doom of course can also help, or if you're planning on blade storming and the exarch has a power sword depending on your numbers Vs them (and if they're in terrain or not) it can be a good move to follow a bladestorm with an assault.