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Hello denizens of dakka! It's been awhile since I've been on but it's good to be back. I'm participating in a tournament this weekend and am debating between two lists: one BA, the other Eldar. I have a lot of experience with both lists but allow me to explain my local meta quickly.

We have no daemon players, and I'm fairly certain no one I'm concerned with is going to bring Tau or even Eldar. The players I am most concerned with (ie- most skill, experience with competitive play) are bringing the following kinds of list: Venomspam with Eldar allies, hoard Space Wolves, Necrons w/ Grey Knight allies, Mega-armored battle wagon orks, and a balanced but nasty IG list.

The two I'm most fearful of are venomspam w/ eldar and IG. The missions are going to be old-school recon with spearhead deployment, kill points on diagonal deployment, and d3+1 objectives on standard 12" deployment.

So here are my lists, Eldar and Blood Angels respectively (both 2k):

The Blood Angels force starts out behind an aegis line with the pods in reserve. On the first turn I cast my div powers on the devs and fly the assault marines out while 1 tac marine squad and the Death company hit the opponents backline. Somewhere juicy but not too suicidal. The trick here is using divination to enhance my shooting and close combat, and using Corbulo as an insane bullet magnet (using look outs to avoid instadeath by AP2 stuff).

HQ

Librarian…115
-Infernus pistol, divination powers

Librarian…125
-Jump pack, divination powers

ELITES

Sanguinary priest w/ jump pack & Corbulo…180

TROOPS

10-man Assault squad… 200
-Flamer x2

10-man Assault squad… 210
-Meltagun x2

10-man Death Company … 260
-Boltguns, power fists x2
-Drop pod

10-man tactical squad…220
-Meltagun, sergeant w/ combi-melta, missile launcher
-Drop pod

10-man tactical squad…220
-Meltagun, sergeant w/ combi-melta, heavy bolter
-Drop pod

HEAVY SUPPORT

7 Devastators… 162
-Missile launchers x4

7 Devastators… 222
-Lascannons x4

FORTIFICATIONS

Aegis Defense Line w/ Icarus lascannon…85



The Eldar list is a mix of things I like in the book and have had good experiences with. I mostly hang around 24" and strike weak points when I can, in typical Eldar fashion. Lots of guerilla warfare tactics here, some sit back and shoot with the prisms. I like to play serpents aggressively.

HQ

Farseer…100

Spiritseer…70

TROOPS

20 guardian defenders…220
-Scatter laser, starcannon

5 Dire Avengers…210
-Wave serpent w/ twin-linked scatter laser, underslung shuriken cannon, and holo-fields

5 Dire Avengers…200
-Wave serpent w/ twin-linked bright lance and holo-fields

5 Wraithguard…295
-Armed with D-cannons
-Wave serpent w/ twin-linked bright lance, and holo-fields

FAST ATTACK

7 Warp Spiders…133

Crimson Hunter…160

6 Swooping Hawks…121
-Exarch w/ sunrifle

HEAVY SUPPORT

Fire Prism…140
-Holo-fields

Fire Prism…140
-Holo-fields

3 War Walkers…210
-Each w/ scatter laser, starcannon




So there you have it. I'll take comments and criticism on either list, my playstyle, any feedback you'd like to give ;D


Automatically Appended Next Post:
I did a little update on the Eldar list. Threw some wraithguard troops in in favor of the rangers, traded some points around.