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i need a few opinions on what i should use i currently have

4 wave serpents with lances
10 wraith guard
10 wraith guard with Dscythes
5 wraith blades with axes and shields
a spirit seer
2 wraith lords with glaive, flamers, lance and scatter laser
wraith knight with SC and field, 2 scatter lasers.

my main plan is to put the blades in a serpent and mash combat, have the seer in a unit of D cannon wraiths sitting on an objective, throw the lords and knight about to where the hard hitters are and use the d scythes in serpents to move up and torch elite units

Are you strict on sticking to only wraith units...because using wraith guard to sit on objectives seams a waste because they won'tbe in range to shoot anything...I would make one 10 man wraith cannon squad who foot slogs it up with spirit sear to give them a big fear unit, then take rangers for objective holders.

The problem with a wraith army is that, with the exception of the WK, theyare slow. Really slow. They get out of the Wave Serpent, then shoot something, then are in range of nothing.

Instead of taking ONLY wraithguard, I would use them to augment your troops. may be two squads of WG max. They are expensive, and you can get 6 bikes with 2 Shuriken cannons for less, and they are a lot faster.Two squads of bikes, two squads of WG in a WS, then a WK and some WW or something in the HS slot.

I would point out that if you go with the Iyanden supplement, spiritseers have a different primaris power that gives the wraith unit battle focus and furious charge. It usually means you can get the extra range to run and shoot out of vehicles or for wraithblades to get them into cover more easily. Plus furious charge makes them S7 or S8 depending on the gear.

Of course some people might not have, or want, the supplement and that's okay, but it is more focused on wraith armies and can help boost the units effectiveness.

the idea of my army is essentially based on a budget of £400 worth of birthday cash i wanted an eldar army and i have no major interest in anything other than wraiths so they are what im wanting in my army and if i do find funds for more eldar then i will pursue a bike army.

i have the iyanden codex on order and am awaiting its arrival.

i have every intention of making full use of the wraiths durability and massing my lances where i can to deal with vehicles where necessary the main struggle i have is what do i army the blades with? do i got for pure strength and defence with an axe and shield or focus on damage output with more attacks with swords? i will only be fielding 1 unit of 5 as i want a unit of 10 guard with d cannons and 2 units with scythes, or 2 units of 5 d cannons so 1 can sit on a defence line with the seer.......... i had a rummage and found my defence line so im adding it to this list of gear.