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Just want your opinion on this...mother of god

HQ:

150: Autarch w/ Eldar jetbike, reaper launcher and Mantle of the Laughing God

Troops:

183: 9 Windriders w/ 3 shuriken cannons
183: 9 Windriders w/ 3 shuriken cannons
183: 9 Windriders w/ 3 shuriken cannons
183: 9 Windriders w/ 3 shuriken cannons
183: 9 Windriders w/ 3 shuriken cannons
183: 9 Windriders w/ 3 shuriken cannons

Fast Attack:

180: Crimson Hunter w/ Exarch

Heavy Support:

140: 2 War Walkers w/ 2 bright lances
140: 2 War Walkers w/ 2 bright lances
140: 2 War Walkers w/ 2 bright lances

= 1848

I am concerned with the lack of S6-7. Is that a problem? 54 jetbikes on the field, wow!

It could do with more variety (and maneuvering that number of jetbikes would be a nightmare)

My Saim Hann list at that kind of point level is the following:

2 Farseers (both on jetbikes)

2 9 man Jetbike squads with 3 SC
2 6 man Jetbike Squad with 2 SC

10 man Swooping Hawks
10 man Warp Spiders
10 man Warp Spiders

2 Fire Prisms
3 War Walkers with dual Bright Lances

Or something along those lines.

54 jetbikes wont work. It sounds great, but the problem is footprint. Put 9 jetbikes down next to each other. You will see they take up a lot of room. Now multiply that by 6. The next thing you know you won't have room to shoot, especially with only 12" shuriken cats.

Back in 5th edition, I tried something similar with marine bikes. I quickly ran into the same problem. The solution was to diversify and take longer range units. The suggestion about taking hawks is an excellent one. The hawks can also address some of the problems your army otherwise has (haywire)

Space isn't the only problem though; in some match-ups you just can't go out to meet your enemy, and so mid-long range firepower is a must.

Ahhhh Ok I get you! Thank you, now I know the strengths and weaknesses of too many jetbikes...I wasn't gonna actually buy that many x) So I'll make my jetbike army a reasonable size. Thanks you guys were really helpful!

I love the idea of this list, but a helldrake wing would have a field day with it!

Keen to see how you're getting on with the list, I'm looking for a competitive 1650 eldar list and would love to do a ton of jet bikes

If you are running a lot of bikes, which I agree with the previous posts by the way, I usually try to put Warlocks in them.. I like the chance of the protect +1 to armor which will save you from helldrakes. I agree having some other units like warp spiders or hawks - though I prefer spiders in this edition. Yeah haywire is nice but honestly with fire prisms and war walker lances do you need the haywire? Also since you are not running War Walkers with scatter lasers I think a crimson hunter would be good for anti-air. I think serpents can sometimes do this role too, but as you don't have any of these it will be harder for you. Yeah Warp Spiders can do this too, my problem is with them is the range and they are usually doing something else important...
Cheers and good luck

I agree....There IS a limit (noooo) to how many jetbikes you can field. Still waiting for a better model though...

Yea, shame that they didn't re-vamp the jetbike kits

I'd love to run an all bike Army myself, but its just not competitive enough to make it worth the investment in time and money

It's almost like it's "overcompetitive". But for 30$/20 quid for 3 jetbikes? Screw you GW!