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I have built quite an all round eldar army, however I want some advice on a simple decision.

Do I a) take marksmans eye for my dark reaper exarch with his eldar missile launcher and smash characters, or ,

b) take crushing blow for the striking scorpion making him strength 4, and therefor strength 8 with a scorpions claw and issue out some serious challenges!

The Dark Reaper has better options then marksmens eye. For example fast shot is a great ability and it even works on weapon emplacements ( 2 shot Bs 5 jink ignoring Icarus las cannon, eat your heart out!) and Night Vision is a must take for 5 points to negate something that would potentially neuter their first turn of shooting. I'm a firm believer he should get an Eldar missile launcher with Starshot missiles, as I think the tempest launcher makes the squad want to shoot at marines, while the missile keeps versatility.

On the Scorpion I don't think you need strength 8 *Unless* you are gunning for Vehicles and if you are counting on these for your AV the rest of your army is lacking. Its an expensive upgrade when you already wound most infantry on 2's and ignore all armour. If you are hunting IC's that are insta deathable then it would be a good purchase, but in a take all comers list I would leave him bare with the just the claw, or with monster hunter because it effects the squad. Crushing blow is nice if you have the points, but it shouldn't be your go to upgrade, its a luxury, not necessity.

The reaper has an EML with flakk missiles and already has fast shot. I did consider night vision.

The scorpion was going to be used to hunt multiple wound instant deathable IC's or characters, leaping out the shadows, challenging and striking before he has chance to poop his pants!

Basically I have 13 points left and not sure what to go for!


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It's ok, I dropped the glaive off of the wraith lord, and took crushing blow AND night vision!

Khaine's Wrath wrote:
b) take crushing blow for the striking scorpion making him strength 4, and therefor strength 8 with a scorpions claw and issue out some serious challenges!

Crushing Blow + Scorpions Claw = S7 (BRB Page 2 - Multiple Modifiers).

Oh yeah, silly me. I did that exact math lesson today on BIDMAS and it simply came out the other end. If that's the case, then I would leave it at strength 6. I know this isn't a list building thread but I would highly suggest getting a ADL with Las cannon because its MUCH better and more reliable AA (2 flak hits only causes 0.7ish hull points to AV 12, while 2 las cannon hits causes 1.4 and has a better chance of an explosion) and can be used to intercept so he can still shoot missile launcher effectively giving you 2 'Free' las cannon shots. The cover save is also a nice bonus.