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I don't like how elder are meant to strike hard and fast while one of there best units *Eldrad* is stuck being so slow. So here is my fixture, the Eldradcycle Anaris.

Eldrad my take Anaris for 50pts.

Anaris is an Eldar Jetbike with gives +1 toughness and a 3+ armour save. Anaris replaces its shurican catapults with a Wraithcannon. During the shooting phase if Eldrad has not fired any weapon or psychic shooting attack then he may expend a warp charge to 'Charge' the Wraithcannon after passing a psychic test. This gives the wraithcannon the blast profile. Eldrad will suffer perils of the warp if any of the dice are doubles as well as normal perils.

What do you think? I made it expensive at 50pts because I realize that being slow is a weakness of Eldrad and the Wraithcannon is a great gun. The ability to turn it into a short range d-cannon is risky, but less so with embolden. The only thing I'm worried about is a toughness 5 elder with a 3+ re-roll/2+ cover save, now that is nasty!

I just think it's pointless. Eldrad is one of the most potent psykers in the game. I wouldn't waste a turn of his psychic abilities and increased chance of Perils just to give the Wraithcannon a blast profile.

He can still cast, but he just can't use the wraithcannon and mindwar or eldritch storm, which I think you can't do anyway. The chance of periling is not as big as it looks thanks to Runes of witnessing and emboldening. I think there should be some downside to a d-cannon which then assaults with a jetseer council!

Well it just seems like a pointless endevour fluff-wise as well. All the SCs have to have some sort of downside, Eldrad's lack of speed is his particular disadvantage.