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Hello all, I'm preparing for the Crucible tournament in Orlando this Spring, which will be my first major tournament. I've really been thinking about the most competitive style of Eldar list that I can possibly run and I've come across two styles that I think could work. So after exhausting my own brain for a few days I thought it was time to bring them to the internet and see if any of you had any thoughts, recommendations or criticisms about these two lists and finally which one has the best chance at High Level Competitive Feasibility. Woof, so thank you in advance.

List 1 is a pure Eldar Wave Serpent fleet utilizing Eldrad's stealth warlord trait to provide a bubble of boosted cover saves and in general hold everything together when everyone dismounts. The goal is to utilize a lot of natural cover and saturate the enemy in both anti infantry and anti tank fire in abundance so there will be no threat which I will not have a counter. It goes:

{WL} Eldrad
Spiritseer

5x Wraithguard: D-Cannons
-Wave Serpent: SL-HF (Scatter Laser & Holo Fields)
5x Wraithguard: D-Cannons
-Wave Serpent: SL-HF

5x Fire Dragons
-Wave Serpent: SL-HF
5x Fire Dragons
-Wave Serpent: SL-HF
5x Fire Dragons
-Wave Serpent: SL-HF

And the last few points goes to either
A) 10x Guardians w/Starcannon (Who the two HQs would ride with)
B) Wraithknight w/ 2x Heavy Wraithcannons
C) Jetbikes or Warpspiders to provide first turn mobile cover for the fleet and then move towards center for objectives
D) Anything else you can imagine, I have most models in the range.



Alright, after the first incredibly orderly and understood song of war, here's something a bit more chaotic and experimental.... and notable lacking in anti-air: A Webway Strike. All that starts on the board is the large unit of windriders and the seers who divine like mad money for Scrier's Gaze and accelerate forward out of line of sight if possible with conceal active. Next turn the Archon attached to the D-Scythe Wraithguard perfectly deepstrikes, the Wraithknight picks a wide open area and the warriors in raiders and the Fire Dragons in Venoms(Fast Attack, not Dedicated) all line up on their favored targets while the seers take center position wreaking as much havok on the enemy as possible from every direction, hoping the scatter gods are favorable. Seers then join up with other units, the last unit of jetbikes come on and the windriders spend the rest of the game hiding and snagging objectives. So here's that:

{WL} Farseer: RoWitnessing, Jetbike, Spear
Farseer: RoWitnessing, Jetbike, Spear
Warlock: Jetbike, Spear

5x Wraithguard: D-Scythes
5x Fire Dragons
- Venom: 2x Cannons
5x Fire Dragons
- Venom: 2x Cannons

9x Windriders: 3x Cannons
3x Windriders

Wraithknight: Suncannon, Shimmershield, Scatterlaser


Archon: Webway Portal, Shadowfield

10x Warriors
- Raider: Disintegrator, Splinter Racks
10x Warriors
- Raider: Disintegrator, Splinter Racks

Also weak against interceptor....



Alright, thank you so much for your time and consideration, what are your thoughts friends?

Are you open to critiquing on the lists?

Absolutely, rip them apart if you see fit. I'm open to all forms of expression.