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Hey so I just got the start collecting box for Eldar, and I feel like I can finally start playing them again.
I'm not exactly sure what loadouts I'm going to use in the long run, so I'm just going to list the basics here. Any suggestions on specific loadouts/ relics would be great. And any advice on how to use them tactically would be awesome. (I typically play a gunline of space marines so I'm kind of out of my element here with the eldar.)

Anyway here's what I have:

-Autarch skyrunner
-Farseer
-Farseer
-warlock conclave (x3)

-Dire avengers (x5)
-Dire avengers (x5)
-Guardian defenders (x12) with a weapons platform

-Howling banshees with an exarch (x6)
-Wraithguard (x5)

-Windriders (x7)

-Falcon
-Falcon
-War walker
-Wraithlord

-Wave serpent

My vehicle loadouts can be changed around since I'm not done with them yet, same for the wraithlord. And I could probably give any loadout I want to my Autarch at this point.
Should I run a warlock conclave or just use 3 warlocks? I feel like I would get more out of 3 separate warlocks. Anyway any advice would be great.

dvod23 wrote:
(I typically play a gunline of space marines so I'm kind of out of my element here with the eldar.)

Beating marines will require some h2h fun, and depending on the missions you play, 'eldar gun line' is not likely to be a thing. Not when you don't have Dark Reapers in your list.

dvod23 wrote:
-Autarch skyrunner

Have your model be a farseer on a bike, which is far better than moving an autarch up the field.

dvod23 wrote:
-Farseer
-Farseer
-warlock conclave (x3)

A conclave is not worth several little individuals running around. Take a Supreme Command detachment and exploit all those little buffs, Protect, Horrify, etc.

dvod23 wrote:
-Windriders (x7)

Those warlocks that you'll individualize will help the Shining Spears a lot. Quicken, Protect, Enhance and maybe Empower if the target is really high in Toughness, like an Imperial Knight!

dvod23 wrote:
-Wraithlord

Upgrade to the glaive, at least. Over all, W-lords are a weak unit in the otherwise, vast field of great units, in this codex. Their guns are short ranged, unless you pay for heavy weapons, and the W-lord is just too soft a target in the current meta. If you must, run him with just a glaive upgrade, maybe from the Webway. He has a small foot print and can likely Deep Strike easily for back field disruption, but it's situational.

dvod23 wrote:
-Wave serpent

Shuriken Cannons. Done.

dvod23 wrote:
My vehicle loadouts can be changed around since I'm not done with them yet, same for the wraithlord. And I could probably give any loadout I want to my Autarch at this point.

Try for RareEarthMagnets in your construction to switch guns. It helps immensely.

dvod23 wrote:
Should I run a warlock conclave or just use 3 warlocks? I feel like I would get more out of 3 separate warlocks. Anyway any advice would be great.

Yes, 3 little ones are better than one troupe holding hands. Name them after flowers and assign powers. I found it psychologically helpful in defeating opponents when I ran many warlocks a few additions back, with models named "agapanthus" and "leonora" beating a bloodthirster ... yummy and satisfying to slake one's thirst on a blood thirster ... dying to flower named models.