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Okay not like im going to entering tournaments with this... but I definitely want to hold my own against tougher foes.

HQ:
Avatar with Fast shot 205

Troops

x5 dire avengers Wave serpent Scatter lasers 185


x5 dire avengers Wave serpent Scatter lasers 185


x5 dire avengers Wave serpent Scatter lasers 185


x5 dire avengers Wave serpent Scatter lasers 185

Elites

x5 fire dragons wave serpent cannon 225

Fast attack

x5 warp spiders 95

x5 warp spiders 95

Heavy attack

Wraith knight 240

Fire prism 125

Fire prism 125

Thoughts??

I'd look to drop the wraith knight (despite being a cool looking model) and do one of the following.

1) drop 210 points on 3 war walkers and give the fire prisms Holo fields.

2) take a spirit seer and upgrade the fire dragons and one set of DA to wraithguard.

From what ive seen wraithknight is a great use of points 240 roughly same as a landraider but has better guns (imo) just as fast (not to mention unles your rolling is the worst its ever been that tank wont have a chance) Nothing to scoff at in CC Lots of other MC fail to hurt it very well Easy enough to get cover and if your wasting lots of anti tank to try and kill him... i also have the avatar... and 7 Skimmers.

Agreed on dropping the WK... he really doesn't fit your list imho.
I would remove the WK to put another 5-man Fire Dragons squad in Wave Serpent.

I will also remove the Avatar (who, just like the WK, doesn't fit in there) and put some boosting HQ (Dual Spiritseers if you love the Runes) or a Farseer to give your spiders or dragons a better chance to get their target down. The points remaining would be spent for Holofields for the FirePrisms.

Cheers

Yeah... besides the WK, that list looks straight out of the old codex. Since this is a 'fun' list, critique of it or attempts to make it better are subjective and means very little, even though your title is 'competitive list'. Your goal apparently is just Wave Serpent spam, so if your going to do it, do it right and go all of the way.

Cut out the Fire Dragons, the Avatar, the WK, and the Spiders. Get one more throw away DA squad and Serpent, then use your last Troop slot on a 10 man Guardian squad with a BL. Get a Farseer as your HQ choice and a ADL with a Quad and camp them on an objective. This gives you some AA you really need and if you want the best gunner, you want a DR Exarch with Fast-Shot (Icarus is /really/ nasty with Fast-Shot), but your Farseer can man it, or even a Guardian if you roll a better shooting power. After this I would look at a DR squad with a Exarch and Fast-Shot for 110pts for your 3rd Heavy or another Prism. I feel 3x 60pt Bright Lance Vypers make better use of your Fast slots and save you points. Pretty much see below...

Farseer-115pts
Rune of Witnessing

1x Warlock- 35pts

5x DA- 185pts
Wave Serpent, Scatter Lasers

5x DA- 185pts
Wave Serpent, Scatter Lasers

5x DA- 185pts
Wave Serpent, Scatter Lasers

5x DA- 185pts
Wave Serpent, Scatter Lasers

5x DA- 185pts
Wave Serpent, Scatter Lasers

10x Guardians- 110pts
Bright Lance

1x Vyper- 60pts
Bright Lance

1x Vyper- 60pts
Bright Lance

1x Vyper- 60pts
Bright Lance

Fire Prism - 140pts
Holo Fields

Fire Prism - 140pts
Holo Fields

3x Dark Reapers- 120pts
Exarch, Fast Shot, Marksman's Eye

ADL - 85pts
Icarus Lascannon

1850pts

If you are going to Scatter Laser the Wave Serpents, not spending the money on the underslung Cannon seems like a dramatic opportunity wasted.

I would try to find points to Holofield and Cannon the Serpents. Dropping the WK to do this, and add a War Walker or two would give you better TAC ability.