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So Eldar have been kicking ass since the new Dex has come out and I couldnt be happier. But what i have noticed is that almost everytime i see a Daemon vs Eldar matchup the Daemons come out on top. i have personally had 3 games against Daemons and all of them losses. Its usually a Slaanesh, or Tzeentch list, or some mashup of the 2. So is this the case in your local meta? What can Eldar do to combat the D bags? Should we start freaking the hell out? Tell me Dakka.

I agree with the flyer, reaper, Wraith whatever, both in that they are good vs Daemons, and that folks i know dont use them. Spiders do ok, but you never have more than 2 units of them.

Lots of valid statements and ideas here. But What the meat of the whole dilemma is: is mass Slaanesh units Daemonnettes, seekers, fiends, supported by Tzeentch Shenanigans. LOC + screamers, and a gak ton of Heralds with all the trickery make our potent short range weapons ineffective, and our long range stuff just doesn't have enough shots.. By the time we can do significant damage they are already upon us. There are of course builds to counter this, but what we need is a TAC list that is effective against such a threat. I do agree that D Scythes and Spiders are good against this type of thing, but not enough to counter wholly.

I am Mechdar, I have seen footdar have the same problems though.

I will reiterate. Mass Cheap Daemon units with all sorts of psychic buffs. Jakl you have a couple of decent ideas but I think you are jumping the gun on how many Daemons we can kill a turn Especially when there are 10+ psychic abilities being cast from the Daemon army. A lot of time those screamers are shrouded, and killing 20 Daemonettes makes little difference as they are dirt cheap. You can unload a squad of 10 guardians shoot a squad of 10 screamers/Seekers, get a few kills, then get that same squad wrecked by the remaining few Daemons. Or, Flat out to (maybe) safety in you vehicle only to prolong the pain one more turn. And if you aren't in transports your short range weapons will make little difference once they are up your ass


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Also I agree with just about everything ansacs said. I just don't think it has much to do with the list we are talking about specifically.