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So I've just started playing eldar and I'm trying to make a list for playing against a nid friend. Should be around 1000, 1100 or 1200 pts so I still have some room to get more of these space elves.

HQ

autarch w/ mandiblasters, scorpion chainsword, avenger catapult

Elite

striking scorpions x10, exarch w/ shadowstrike, chainsabres

Troops

dire avengers x10, exarch w/ bladestorm, dual avenger catapults

dire avengers x10, exarch w/ bladestorm, defend, powersword and shimmershield
WS w/ spirit stones, vectored engines, EML

Heavy support

war walkers x3 w/ all EML

958 pts


I'm planning on blasting out the big bugs (he likes to bring a lot of those) with all the EML krak shots. The striking scorpions and bladestorming DAs are there for the smaller ones. I'll put the autarch to the second DA squad which then should be fairly well protected against any assault they may have to face and can be quickly (re)deployed with the WS. That and the scorpions should then be enough to keep the swarming nids away from the last, more fragile, DA squad.

I'm not sure what to take for the remaining points. I thought of swooping hawks and their deep strike grenades but they're so darn expensive with 21 pts for one. Also I'm not convinced I should take fire dragons or banshees or dark reapers to a low point game against tyranids. So maybe a nightspinner? They certainly sound nice but I'm not sure one would be worth the points.

Any thoughts on the list?

My brother plays Nids against my Eldar, so I approve of this thread xD

Try 3 War Walkers with 2 Scatter Lasers each, that's 24 S6 shots a turn, just about the best anti-horde we have! Coupled with a Farseer + guide and it's even better. Fire Prisms are good too as they drop large templates and have a higher strength small template option which is great against MCs

You've got the right idea with the DA and SS squads, though I'd put them in Wave Serpents if you can find the points, they'll give more protection and maneuverability.

Good luck

Woulden't it be smarter to have the bladestorm avengers in the serpent, soo you Can jump out. Bladestorm something. Jump in again and have them inside a armored transport the round they reload?

Vectored engines are abit to expensive for my taste. But it's rly up to you.

The autarch you har seem abit unessesary according to Me, why not use a farseer with guide, guiding the walkers? Warwalkers puny BS 3 make them risky to have 1 shot weps like EML. With guide that wont be such a risk anymore

Scatterlaser is a rly Good wep against nids

Uhm, don't use hawks, their not worth their points. NO FIREDRAGONS! They are anti tank. No banshes. they are against powerarmor.

A nightspinner is a great choise. Take that!

Okay so I made a few changes based on your advice: added the nightspinner, replaced the autarch with the seer council and took scatterlasers in place of EMLs (+ some other tweaks here and there). The list now looks like this:

HQ

Farseer w/ runes of witnessing, spirit stones, fortune and guide
warlock x3 w/ destructor x2, enhance x1

Elite

striking scorpions x10, exarch w/ chainsabres

Troops

dire avengers x10, exarch w/ bladestorm, dual avenger catapults
WS w/ spirit stones, scatterlasers

dire avengers x10, exarch w/ bladestorm, defend, powersword and shimmershield

Heavy support

war walkers x3 w/ all scatterlasers

nightspinner

1161 pts


It got more expensive in points due to the seer council taking the autarch's place and the nightspinner being added, even though I tried to reduce the effect by dropping some upgrades and switching to scatterlasers. I'd like to put both of the DAs to WSs but I just can't seem to find the points.. Anyway, does it seem like a more viable list to you now (or more likely, what other tweaks and changes would you recommend)?

Thanks for the advice so far and looking forward to hearing more