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Hi, I'm looking to start a competitive Eldar army and a friend of a friend is getting rid of his, but I don't know if it's any good.

what is a competitive Eldar list?

 arinnoor wrote:
Really just about every unit can work given the right list. Despite a very vocal percentage most of the stuff isn't OP, with exception to scatbikes, but pretty much every other unit can be used competitively with varying degrees of success. Off the top of my head the only two that I struggle to figure out are wraithblades and the aforementioned storm guardians.

Scatbikes?

could not find them on GW website.

 Lukash_ wrote:
On a serious note OP, keep in mind that many people will outright refuse to play a "competitive Eldar list" in friendly games. If you want to become That Guy or only plan to play at tournaments, by all means continue. Eldar are pretty ridiculously powerful now, and many codex's "competitive lists" will struggle to deal with even a basic, non-Kraftworld Mozzarella, list.

i usually play marines or space wolves, with varied success and usually make it a close battle against any army, but have some trouble playing deamons and tau they almost always win and win big.

so i thought: Eldar.
nobody in my club plays it and heard it was a pretty good army, but i don't realy know any of the models or know where to begin making an armylist whithout already investing.

ok,

i.m going to start with this:

HQ
Farseer on a bike

troops:

windriders with scatterlasers and a warlock
windriders with scatterlasers and a warlock

Elites
Wraithguard in a wave serpent

heavy support

Wraithlord

I haven't decided on any weaponry jet except for the wraithguard, they shall be armed with D-scytes.

what about crimson hunters or hemlock wraithfighters? are they any good?

I just wanted some expert opinion on a potential competitive Eldar list, that I would rarely use in friendly games.

I know eldar can be (too) powerfull, but that's partly why want to give them a go (and I have the means to).

please don't comment how broken they are, that point has been made.

I just want to get an idea of which models are the best choice.

thanks for any input.

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