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This is my first attempt at an eldar list, I know harlequins aren't that great the problem is I have the models sitting around and am a bit low on cash for now so I am just going to tuff it out for a while with them. However, I will be replacing them with a unit of Howling banshees when finances permit. So for now what do you all think? General plan is to have the pathfinders sit in cover with 2+ saves, the DA's ride around in the wave serpents to mop up what Striking Scoprion and Harlies leave behind. While my fire prisms drop pie plates of doom on horde or tankkiller small blasts on mechanized. The farseer will sit with whichever squad I need him to for the largest impact porbably one of the DA squads but if I need to hold a particular point he will sit with one of the units of Pathfinders.


Eldar 1750

HQ:

Farseer with Doom 80 points

Troops:

10x Dire Avengers, Exarch with pw and Bladestorm 157 points

Wave Serpent with star engines spirit stones twinlinked starcannon and shuriken cannon 160

10x Dire Avengers, Exarch with pw and Bladestorm 157 points

Wave Serpent with star engines spirit stones twinlinked bright lance and shuriken cannon 170

5x Pathfinders 120 points

5x Pathfinders 120 points

Elite:

10x Striking Scorpions, Exarch with Scorpions Claw 177

10x Harlequins 6 harlies kisses, 2 fusion blasters, Shadowseer 254

Heavy Support:

Fire Prism with star engines, holofields, spirit stones, and twinlinked shuriken catapult 175 points

Fire Prism with star engines, holofields, spirit stones, and shuriken cannon 185 points

TOTAL: 1750

11 Kill points

4 scoring units

55 models

Pretty good list; I just have three suggestions.

1. Doom is probably better for your farseer. Both DAs and pathfinders need the most help with wounding, not with hitting, as both will probably be wounding 50 percent of the time (at least against MEQs), so will get the most benefit. Also with the pathfinders and harlies it allows them to reroll into rending, which is always fun, and multiple units can benefit from doom.

2. No bladestorm on the DAs? It sounds like you want to drop and quickly wipe out squads before jumping back in the serpent, which bladestorm is built for. I would personally use it over defend, but it might be a personal preference.

3. Shadowseer over troupe master for the harlies. Makes them much easier to get into range as people will not be able to reliably hit them until it is too late. As they are they will be shot to shreds before getting in cc with the enemy.

Other than that, nice job.

Maxtermynd wrote:Pretty good list; I just have three suggestions.

1. Doom is probably better for your farseer. Both DAs and pathfinders need the most help with wounding, not with hitting, as both will probably be wounding 50 percent of the time (at least against MEQs), so will get the most benefit. Also with the pathfinders and harlies it allows them to reroll into rending, which is always fun, and multiple units can benefit from doom.

2. No bladestorm on the DAs? It sounds like you want to drop and quickly wipe out squads before jumping back in the serpent, which bladestorm is built for. I would personally use it over defend, but it might be a personal preference.

3. Shadowseer over troupe master for the harlies. Makes them much easier to get into range as people will not be able to reliably hit them until it is too late. As they are they will be shot to shreds before getting in cc with the enemy.

Other than that, nice job.

I am not sure why I choose guide acually lol will change that promptly.

I took defend for a couple reasons but like you said it is probly just personal preference, i took defend so that if I need to contest an objective and hopefully stay alive it is really handy being able to reduce my opponents attacks.

I ment shadowseer lol that was a typo will be fixed promptly as well.

Not sure if that defend strategy will work out... I think ten more shots will more likely kill the enemy unit than charging, since yout get more "attacks" and a better chance to wound...
Everything else looks nice and should work out well imo.