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Outrider detachment #1
HQ
Farseer Skyrunner, Singing Spear, Doom, Guide
ELITE
5 Shadow Spectres
5 Shadow Spectres
FAST ATTACK
4 Windriders, Shurican Cannons
4 Windriders, Shurican Cannons
2 Hornets, H.Pulse, Crystal Matrix

Outrider detachment #2
HQ
Yncarne, Word of the Phoenix, Ancestors Grace

FAST ATTACK
2 Skyweavers, Haywire Cannons
2 Skyweavers, Haywire Cannons
3 Skyweavers, Shurican Cannons, Zephyr Glaives
3 Skyweavers, Shurican Cannons, Zephyr Glaives

FLYER
Voidraven Bomber


A quick list I put together this morning. Looking forward to testing it on the table. Idea is pretty straight forward, you are fast and adaptable. You can ball up the board shooting and charging when appropriate. Once Yncarne pops he is a beast, and can use WoP on the most appropriate unit.

My one concern is dealing with super heavies. I think i have enough AP, but it is a matter of getting the wounds on them. The VRB should help with that as well as the haywire cannons. Once the Yncarne is up and running, as long as he makes it to CC he is capable of opening most cans.

Feel free to leave some feedback. I haven't tested how skyweavers run this edition. I am hoping at least as ok as last edition in CC and with the new mirage rules, they seem like they could be resilient enough to get places.

I'd swap the Hornets for Ravagers, especially if you are worried about heavier stuff.
Ravagers are more durable, can move and shoot without penalty and have AP -4 D6 damage lances

If you don't have Ravagers, just do what I'm doing: magnetize a bright lance on top of the Hornet to have 3 Lances. Now you have 2 "counts as" Ravagers that fit your theme.

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I'm really not sold on the Haywire cannons: If you move, you deal 0.5 mortal wound per cannon.
Against light vehicles (T5/T6 with 4+ save or worse), the shuricannons are actually better. And they're also miles ahead against infantry.

So Haywires are only (slightly) better against high T vehicles, but are not able to deal enough wounds to really cause any harm.
I also think lance ravagers are the way to go, they really shine against armor.