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Hi Dakka, I'm trying to make my footdar work because... after 17 years I ended up owning 30 banshees! And they now move 15'' a turn (if not charging) and no overwatch so maybe it can work?
List is more for fun than competetive play, let me know what you think and how I should spend the last points/what I should change.

The plan is to use Eldrad Warlord trait + psychic power (Fortune/Invis/Conceal) to get into combat. Also some tricks with avatar & Psychic powers (move banshees in terrain, go to ground, next turn move avatar within 12 '', get up, BANZAI!.

Hoping to get invisibility on Avatar and Fortune on council. Eldrad will fish for invis. The Anath'lan seer rolling on Runes of Fate and the last seer to fill the gaps/fill the formation/give warp charges.

Footdar

Warhost

Farseer

3x guardian defenders; Bright lance platform

Vyper, 2x Shuricannon

War Walkers, 2x Bright Lance

Vaul's Wrath: Shadow Weaver

Aspect Host, 3x 10 Howling Banshees, exarch with Executioner

Avatar

Seer Council:

Eldrad, Farseer with Spirit Stones of Anath'lan, singing spear

7 Warlocks, 4 singing spear.


So I have about 105 points left, I could drop somethings to make a bit of room. I have basically everything in the Eldar collection except for Wraithkinght/guard and scatbikes.
The weakness of the list is.. anti armour. So I'm considering either a Fire Prism or a second war walker + upgrades.

What do you think? Thanks in advance!

Not really sure how many war walkers your bringing but I would max the squad out to 3.

It's an interesting list.

I've tried to bring large squads of banshees in 7th and it doesn't seem to work as well as MSU. I would split the banshees into 6 x 5 banshees with exarch and bring two aspect hosts. The executioner may not be worth the price on all 6 squads. I would also change the shadow weaver to a D-cannon and perhaps bring 2 or 3 of them in the squad. Your lacking on long range fire power for a foot list so you're going to have to rely on the heavy choices that are required in the warhost formation.

Alternative - instead of more war walkers, you could swap out the weapons on the Vyper with bright lance or scatter lasers, add a couple to the squad, and use them to hunt vulnerable rear armor.
Edit - maybe not, scatbikes can do this anyway.


Personally I'd probably go the fire prism route, though. Even if its firepower doesn't do much, it's going to be a big target for the opponent while you get into position.

You can also add Jain Zar as a warlord. her warlord trait gives an extra D3 run .. NB that this D3 STACKS with banshees normal rule.

Dark eldar can also gives you raider transports too. Lastly you can get harlequins death jesters to cause fear tests and things like warlock jet fighters to use their fear pods.. can be some chronic interesting LD "manipulation". Pretty sure if you had banshees in raiders, death jester, locks in an airplane you'd have some interesting games