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HQ

Farseer
Singing Spear
105pts

ELITE

5x Striking Scorpions
inc Exarch with Powerclaw
125pts

TROOP

3x Windriders
1x Shuriken Cannon
61pts

3x Windriders
1x Shuriken Cannon
61pts

3x Windriders
1x Shuriken Cannon
61pts

3x Windriders
1x Shuriken Cannon
61pts

10 Rangers
120pts

FAST ATTACK

Crimson Hunter Exarch
180pts

10x Warp Spiders
inc Exarch with Double Spinner
205pts

HEAVY SUPPORT

2x War Walker
4x Bright Lance
140pts

2x War Walker
4x Bright Lance
140pts

2x War Walker
4x Bright Lance
140pts

FORTIFICATION

Aegus Defence Line with Quad Gun
100pts

1499pts

Where do you plan on leaving that farseer? with the rangers to man the quad?

also, be careful with large ranger squads, 1 Ignores cover weapon and that's 120 points gone


As for the rest:
Jetbikes: Yes, arguably the best troop choice in the game atm
Warp Spiders: Gotta lova the new rules for these guys, they became insanely good, and can also down flyers pretty reliably with guide/prescience(if you can get into it's rear armor)
War Walkers: Love it

Yeah, the plan was to leave the seer with the rangers manning the quad gun. Would you suggest making it 2 squads of 5 ?

I would suggest avoiding MSU largely this edition. Troops are too important and you only have 12 models (more importantly, 12 wounds) of Troops outside of the Rangers. You probably won't be capturing much of anything. I'd want to make them 5 man units minimally, though 6 man for double Shruiken Cannons would be a safer bet. 122 points for a 6 man Jetbike unit like that is not a bad deal by any means.

I'd also suggest mixing Scatter Lasers and Bright Lances on the War Walkers; one of each on each. 2 Bright Lances is about equal to a single Twin-Linked Bright Lance. If you are Snap Firing we're talking 33% chance to hit with 2 Bright Lances vs a 31% chance to hit with 1 Twin-Linked Bright Lance. That 2% difference is worth sacrificing since you get 4 S6 shots with the Scatter Laser.

Why is this worth it?

1) Swooping FMCs have to take a Grounding Test every time you hit them.
2) Most Flyers are AV 10 or AV 11. S6 is going to be able to affect them, and the volume of fire means you have a better chance of actually hitting them.
3) Many vehicles qualify as "light" armor and are AV 10/11 and can be hurt by the S6 shots.
4) Most Infantry won't like getting hit by several S6 shots

And statistically you are getting 2 Snap Fire hits with 12 Scatter Laser shots. So if you have to Overwatch, your War Walkers will actually hit and wound some things and if you are shooting at FMCs or Flyers you will actually score hits usually.

IIRC, its the same point cost so I'd really, really recommend it.

So how does this look in comparison ?

HQ

Farseer
Singing Spear
105pts

ELITE

5x Striking Scorpions
inc Exarch with Powerclaw
125pts

TROOP

6x Windriders
2x Shuriken Cannon
122pts

6x Windriders
2x Shuriken Cannon
122pts

10 Rangers
120pts

FAST ATTACK

Crimson Hunter Exarch
180pts

10x Warp Spiders
inc Exarch with Double Spinner
205pts

HEAVY SUPPORT

2x War Walker
2x Bright Lance
2x Scatter Laser
140pts

2x War Walker
2x Bright Lance
2x Scatter Laser
140pts

2x War Walker
2x Bright Lance
2x Scatter Laser
140pts

FORTIFICATION

Aegus Defence Line with Quad Gun
100pts

1499pts

Or this:

HQ

Farseer
Singing Spear
105pts

Autarch
Jetbike, Fusion Gun
95pts

ELITE

5x Striking Scorpions
inc Exarch with Powerclaw
125pts

TROOP

6x Windriders
2x Shuriken Cannon
122pts

6x Windriders
2x Shuriken Cannon
122pts

6x Windriders
2x Shuriken Cannon
122pts

FAST ATTACK

Crimson Hunter Exarch
180pts

10x Warp Spiders
inc Exarch with Double Spinner
205pts

HEAVY SUPPORT

2x War Walker
2x Bright Lance
2x Scatter Laser
140pts

2x War Walker
4x Bright Lance
140pts

FORTIFICATION

Aegus Defence Line with Quad Gun
100pts

1456pts