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Notice almost no shroud runners in any list, though there are 1-2 squads of rangers in most.

Do y’all think you could make a competitive list around nightspear, shroud runners and rangers? Or are they more of a 1-2 squads to plink that one model off.
Personally I’d be trying to tie it in with the wraith, warp spiders, and support batteries also but not sure if it is Killy enough…

If I tried to do Ynneed for some reaver or hellion backup or maybe some harlies?

Regular Windriders with Shuriken catapults are cheap and do plenty of damage. I run two squads of 9 and with guide and doom they will absolutely annihilate screening troops or really anything walking on two feet. why pay more points for scatter lasers that don’t have the AP of Shurikens? The sniper rifle thing is a gimmick and almost never works.

Rangers are not in lists as damage dealers. They fill patrol and battalion troop requirements, and score points.
Maaaaybe you line up some shots with rangers once a game against something in your backfield, but its more of a maybe they'll do a wound on a target that needs to die more than something to rely on.
Rangers have however gained extra utility since both hidden path and scout the enemy benefit from having them, but you have to build around those secondaries to make them ANY good. (Hidden Path is actually good)