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What if I went with something along the following:

HQ:
Avatar

Farseer

Elites:
3x6 Harlequins with Shadowseer

Troops:
3x10 Guardians with Scatterlasers

Heavy Support:
3xWraithlords with Sword, EML (maybe just one will be with sword while the others have Brightlance/EML??)

Thoughts??

Sadly that list is about as optimised a Footdar list as you can make (you can tweak the Wraithlord weapon options and then scale up or down with more Troops etc) but is still pretty much going to get taken apart by anything resembling a competitive list. You have 1 average MC and 3 sub par MCs (which are mostly limited to being used as gun platforms), 3 decent but very squishy assault units, maybe 6 S8 shots and 12 (BS3) S6 shots as your long ranged shooting, 3 sub par melta units up close and only 3 very vulnerable scoring units.

You should lose at least 1 of those MCs per turn, probably starting with the Wraithlords because finding cover for them is next to impossible (and the Farseer probably Fortunes the Avatar because if it dies the army falls apart). The Farseer has to go with a unit of Harlies (as its not hard to torrent an entire squad of Guardians off the board even with cover) which limits their mobility and usefulness.

In short feel free to use it, but don't expect too much from it.

Too less shooting in the first rounds, just 3 eml's and 3 scatter lasers.
One Harlie unit generally suffices. Sometimes it can be good to throw an expendible squad in front of them, like Jetbikes, or even a Serpent.

@Wuestenflux: Would I be better off Making 2 of the wraithlords armed with Bright lance and EML's? I think I am ok to do that...though I love the way the sword looks...

So I only need 1 unit of Harlequins? If I dropped 2 units, what should I pick up instead?

Thanks.

Chaplain Pallantide wrote:@Wuestenflux: Would I be better off Making 2 of the wraithlords armed with Bright lance and EML's? I think I am ok to do that...though I love the way the sword looks...

So I only need 1 unit of Harlequins? If I dropped 2 units, what should I pick up instead?

Thanks.

2x (5x Fire dragons in a wave serpent w/ TL Shuriken Cannon)

It's Eldars best anti tank unit really.