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Hey guys,
Bear with me, this isn't your standard Jetbike spam list.

My local scene has a tournament in a couple of months. I'm looking at taking something fluffy and fun, i'm not overly concerned about power. That said, I wanted to post my proposed list, so anyone could point out any flaws or areas in which I am lacking. I recently painted up some reavers that I ally into my Eldar, and the fun i've had using them had me interested in adding some more jetbikes.

Eldar Combined Arms

Farseer w/ Jetbike, Spear
Autarch w/ Jetbike, Shard of Anaris, Fusion Gun, Banshee Mask
8 Skyrunners w/ 6 Scatter Lasers, Warlock w/ Spear
6 Skyrunners w/ 3 Scatter Lasers
6 Skyrunners w/ 3 Scatter Lasers
6 Shining Spears w/ Exarch, Star Lance

Dark Eldar Allied Detachment
Archon w/ Venom, two cannons, Blaster, Haywire Grenades
5 Warriors w/ Venom, two cannons
9 Reavers w/ 3 Heat Lance, 3 Cluster Caltrops

Faolchu's Blade Formation (Harlequins)
2 Skyweavers w/ Haywire Cannons, Zephryglaives
2 Skyweavers w/ Haywire Cannons, Zephryglaives
Voidweaver w/ Prismatic Cannon

So there it is, 42 jetbikes of 4 different flavours. Possibly the fastest army around. I've got a good selection of ranged weapons, and some nice combat elements.

The autarch can go with the Spears or the Reavers, preferably the Reavers to deny overwatch. The Farseer looks for Shrouding, and with some good placement he can grant shrouding to 3-4+ units for some solid jink saves. I've got no idea what to do with the Archon, so I figured i'd just tool him up to strip remaining hullpoints off things. I could have given him a shadowfield and have him tank some shooting on turn 1, but I don't like putting him on foot. Doesn't fit the theme i'm looking for.

Any thoughts?

I absolutely love this idea. If the Harlie bikes weren't so expensive and confused in their role, I would do this too.

I am not sure how competitive you what your bike, but I highly recommend smaller units of Windriders. If an enemy has the firepower to kill 1 bike per squad, they can easily kill 2, meaning bigger units will run just as easily as MSU bikes. 1 big unit of Windrider to protect your Farseer is ok

It looks like you have enough scatter lasers to do 4 units of 3 min squads. If you absolutely need non-scatter laser models in the units as extra wounds, I'd do the following

8x Windriders w/ 4 Scatters and a Warlock
3x Windriders w/ 2 Scatters
3x Windriders w/ 2 Scatters
3x Windriders w/ 2 Scatters
3x Windriders w/ 2 Scatters

Or:
8x Windriders and a Warlock
3x Scatter bikes
3x Scatter bikes
3x Scatter bikes
3x Scatter bikes

In either case, you provide the opponent with tough choices, since the other varieties of bike can be more dangerous up close and are in larger units. Do they waste more fire the MSU bikes, or try to take out you meatier units?

As for the Archon, the Blaster and Haywire grenades can be a bit redundant since Haywire can be thrown. I would put the blaster on the 5 Warriors instead. this gives you the option of targeting an additional vehicle.

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I might swap out a squad of the CWE bikes for some vypers. Because why stop at 4 kinds of bikes?