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So running a Beta Strike Eldar/Dark Eldar army using a combination of a Comms relay bunker and autarch. The autarch is amazing for reserve manipulation but I'm trying to figure the best possible way to make use of the autarch within the army. At the moment I have given him a death spinner and warp jump generator and stuck him in a unit of warp spiders, but he can't use the flicker jump rule (and may even stop the unit from benefitting from it). He could take a fusion gun, a set of swooping hawk wings and drop in with the d-scythe Wraithguard, then go solo after the drop (if still alive) but I'm not sure how much he can realistically achieve (a lot vs mech armies - bugger all vs everything else?).

He is not my warlord - that's the exarch with the dark reapers in the bunker backfield sitting away from the objectives - so I don't mind him dying. I just want to kill the most stuff possible with him first.... Opinions gratefully received.

Jet bike.
It lets him tank the plasma shots hitting the wraithguard, using their majority T6 and his 4+ invul.
With a laser lance he can threaten smaller units all on his own.

-Matt

could always just stick him with the DRs and give him another reaper gun

I think the flicker jump says the unit itself can flicker jump, doesnt't even say that every model in the unit needs the warp jump generator to use it. So I have been thinking that he is better with wings and a fusion gun. That way he can keep up with the spiders, he should still be able to flicker jump with the unit, but he can also leave the unit, fly 18" and melta/haywire a tank. Banshees mask can also be worth it with the spiders, as spiders like to hit and run to lock themselves in close combat during opponents shooting phase. That way you won't lose any models to overwatch. I haven't played enough with autarch + spiders to be sure though, last game they never used hit and run at all.