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Made a list for some gaming with my friends. Wanted to avoid the jet bike spam so decided to try this out.

HQ- Asurmen
Farseer w/ spear and spirit stone of anath'lan

Troops- 10 guardians w/ bright lance
10 guardians w/ bright lance

LOW- wraith knight sword and shield 2x shuriken cannon

Aspect Host (+1 BS) 10 dire avengers w/ exarch (power weapon and shimmer shield) in a wave serpent
5 dire avengers w/ exarch (power weapon and shimmer shield)
10 warp spiders w/ exarch (spinneret rifle and two power blades)

Asurmen joins the avengers in the wave serpent. Warp spiders harass enemy infantry and light vehicle units. Farseer joins one guardian squad and provides support for other troops. Guardians try to pop enemy vehicles from afar. Wraith knight does wraith knight things. The main plan for is army is to hug cover and try to avoid close combat if possible as Asurmen is my only effective melee fighter.

Critiques welcome, but I want to avoid making this list too strong as I prefer to play narrative games and don't want a power list. Wraith knight is certainly cheesy but my opponents know this and I have given them recommendations to help deal with it in order to tone down the cheese.

Thanks!

I'd probably divide up the warp spiders, throw 5 dire avengers out of the aspect host into the normal force org, then do 2 squads of warp spiders.

I feel like having the shimmershield on a unit of 5 avengers isn't worth the cost. The spinneret rifle on the warp spider exarch can also be cut but it's fluffy for them to have cooler weapons so it's your call. And I second dropping the 5 avengers into the cad and splitting the warp spiders into 2 units.

I disagree that asurmen is your only effective melee fighter - you have a D sword wraithknight. I love your inclusion of asurmen though, the Phoenix lords don't get enough love nowadays.

Lastly - what models do you have at your disposal? I feel like your list could benefit from some long ranged firepower, particularly some anti-AV. Perhaps some war walkers? A falcon? Reapers with starshot missiles?

Dividing up the Warp Spiders is a great idea. I will certainly do that. Forgot to mention the Wraithknight as another melee fighter haha. Probably will drop the upgrade on the smaller Dire Avenger squad.

Thanks guys!


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I mainly have bikes and some other psychic elements but I want to avoid using the bikes. I do have some harlequins that I can possibly slot in in the future for some added threats. Anti-vehicle is the main issue I need to solve now.

As others mentioned, split the spiders. Never take power blades on the exarch; 20 points for 3 strength 3 attacks on one of the most mobile units in the game that excels at shooting is bad form.

If you've got the models, I suggest an asepect host of 2x5 spiders with naked exarchs and a unit of reapers. Keep the 15 avengers, but put them in a dire avenger shrine instead. That's a fun formation that also can get decent mileage with their rules. You might have to drop Asurman or the farseer, but more units could make a more interesting game.

Sounds like a good idea.

Thanks Rypher. Didn't realize the power blades were strength=user.

yea they have it right on dire avengers for maximum reliability but as you seemed interested in less power went with it. honestly I never go with squads of 10 DA or pay for an exarch. 5 DA on foot do fairly well, just use the shoot then run to keep out of LOSand/or charge range.

as for not using bikes.... I love them just to depower you can run 1 scatter laser/shuri cannon per 3. they are fast, objective secured and jet bike move means usually kept out of line of sight.

Very true. Good point.