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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OlaaamRehQ

I took on my buddy's new 7th edition 15 D-weapon Eldar Spirithost army in a rematch of a game with his 6th edition version.

I see you went from winning your old eldar game to practically being tabled by the new eldar. I kinda find it funny how the video says the wraith worked well but is overrated because they didnt really make thier points back but by the end of the game there really wasn't much left for them to kill.

Wow what a butchering. So broken.

Thanks for posting the video. The WG were great high threat units. They pop out, get one shot and then get shot off the table. Psychic Shriek was awesome as was the Harlequin power.

The Wraithknight with the Suncannon looks to have good utility if other aspects of the army can make up for the lack of Heavy D Shooting.

 Dozer Blades wrote:
Wow what a butchering. So broken.

what was so broken about it? No scat bikes. wraithguard died after not really wiping out that much. Wraithknight didn't have ranged D. Many casualties were caused by level 1 psychic shriek power (which when combined with mask of secrets can dish out a lot of wounds). Are you saying that telepathy is broken now? Or Harlequins? Seems that no matter what Eldar do...they are broken. Silliness.

bullyboy wrote:

 Dozer Blades wrote:
Wow what a butchering. So broken.

what was so broken about it? No scat bikes. wraithguard died after not really wiping out that much. Wraithknight didn't have ranged D. Many casualties were caused by level 1 psychic shriek power (which when combined with mask of secrets can dish out a lot of wounds). Are you saying that telepathy is broken now? Or Harlequins? Seems that no matter what Eldar do...they are broken. Silliness.

Yeah the game really was decided by the turn 3 psychic phase which deleted a healthy Riptide and a full unit of Broadsides. Still, the new Eldar are tough for sure and I'm not sure what I would have done differently except put additional units in reserve to limit the damage from his scout moving Wave Serpent+Wraithguard. Also, we did get the rule wrong about FNP rolls against D-weapons. Losing the Yvahra early would have made that game very lopsided as it was reliably taking out the units of wraithguard.

Thanks for the batrep. Very interesting.

The best advise I can give about wraithguard is to treat them like you would a GMC.
1) Limit their mobility. Shoot out their serpent early. If you cannot do it before they get close then ignore the serpent.
2) Don't get within threat range (so for the spirit host 12+6+4= 22") unless you can average a deleted unit. This isn't so bad for Tau as you can assault move back out of range but it requires some clever positioning of non vital units. This is where MSU 1 suite units, kroot infiltrators, and markerlight teams can come in handy. Use these units to control the opponent's threat range.
3) IMO you should kill the wraithguard before even considering the wraithknight. They are vastly more damaging and not nearly as tough.

The psychic phase is really starting to dominate. Inquisitor will null rod is a wise investment nowadays.

 Dozer Blades wrote:
The psychic phase is really starting to dominate. Inquisitor will null rod is a wise investment nowadays.

I need to look at the rules for Culexus assassin too, see if that can shake things up.