Triple WraithKnight and a Riptide (Eldar 1850)

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**xlEternitylx**

HQ
Eldrad
Farseer, RoWarding
Spiritseer
Spiritseer

Troops
5x Rangers
5x Rangers
3x Windriders
3x Windriders

Heavy
WraithKnight
WraithKnight
WraithKnight

Ally
Commander, 2x Marker Drones, Drone Controller, C&C Node, Iridium Suit
6x Fire Warriors
4x Marker Drone Squad
Riptide, IA

Total: 1849

Plan: Eldrad and Spiritseer #1 in one set of rangers, Farseer and Spiritseer #2 in the other. Guide/Prescience the Knights, and buff them with whatever else I can. Shroud the ranger squad for 2+ save. Marker Drones and Commander light up a target, Riptide blows it away.

Initial thoughts include the fact that the Riptide's IA is the only real anti-infantry I have. Anything heavy armor or MC will die fast, but I don't really have anything to deal with something like a 10x Horrors or 10x Tac Squad. Thoughts?

**wuestenfux**

Well, scary army with four MCs at first sight.
But Wraithknights do too less damage.

**xlEternitylx**

WraithKnights in general, or the unupgraded knights I have in the list? E.g. would upgrading two of them to having suncannons/Scatter Lasers increase the fire power?

**Arbiter**

Yes it would, but WK are best in CC versus most things.

Though I love eldrad a lot, I would drop him for a normal farseer and with the extra 100pts take 2 suncannon upgrades costing 80pts and and drop RoW from the last seer and take wraithforge stone on 1 spiritseer for a 3+ heal a wound.

Best of luck as this army has many hard counters.

**ninjafiredragon**

Well the list is good. As in the 3 wraith knights and the rip tide. You could drop everything else and still do about as well. Luckily, the other half of the list isnt net-listy, so youve got that going for you

**xlEternitylx**

Arbiter wrote:Yes it would, but WK are best in CC versus most things.

With or without the ghostglaive? It seems the Master-Crafting would be useful, but Prescience would be more versatile (applicable to both the Suncannon and the CC attacks). Is there any benefit to the glaive? Or even spiritmarking the target units?

Arbiter wrote:Though I love eldrad a lot, I would drop him for a normal farseer and with the extra 100pts take 2 suncannon upgrades costing 80pts and and drop RoW from the last seer and take wraithforge stone on 1 spiritseer for a 3+ heal a wound.

What is a wraithforge stone?

Arbiter wrote:Best of luck as this army has many hard counters.

Obviously poison is one of them. What would be some of the others? How could I mitigate them?

ninjafiredragon wrote:Well the list is good. As in the 3 wraith knights and the rip tide. You could drop everything else and still do about as well. Luckily, the other half of the list isnt net-listy, so youve got that going for you

Curiosity demands, what other things would make it net-listy?

**HawaiiMatt**

At this point, you might as well go unbound, and do something like:
3x Wraith Knights (one is warlord)
3x Riptides IA (one with skyfire)
Imperial Knight Paladin
3x4 Pathfinders

**xlEternitylx**

HawaiiMatt wrote:
At this point, you might as well go unbound, and do something like:
3x Wraith Knights (one is warlord)
3x Riptides IA (one with skyfire)
Imperial Knight Paladin
3x4 Pathfinders

Besides breaking the bank, I think I would get shunned if I brought this. I'd like to keep it battle-forged, if nothing else.

**ninjafiredragon**

xlEternitylx wrote:
ninjafiredragon wrote:Well the list is good. As in the 3 wraith knights and the rip tide. You could drop everything else and still do about as well. Luckily, the other half of the list isnt net-listy, so youve got that going for you
Curiosity demands, what other things would make it net-listy?

Dropping all of your Eldar hqs, dropping rangers for more jet bikes. Buying 3 far seers on jet bikes. one of them with mantle of the laughing god. Joining all Eldar hqs together.
Not totally sure on tau but I think 10 kroot are better than 6 fire warriors.