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Hi all with the faq about to drop and death of the reaper about to happen I have decided to build eldar for my next event there is a couple of bomb units here and also a lot of versatility to what the list can do

General tactics

Webway strike guardians and shining spears will prob come down in a different turn to the warp spiders so they drop down kill infantry or light vehicles and then proceed to do crazy moves

Deepstrike the warp spiders and cast quicken on them and then soul burst them with the extra 4d6 movement while guardians can shoot twice with word of the phoenix

Aurtoch deepstrike in between all flyers and spears to give reroll ones

Farseer to cast guide on vypers and doom on any annoying super heavys or harder to wound things

Wind riders will zip round get objectives

Main change was dropping a shining spear from the previous list and cutting shuriken cannons from vypers and also one warp spider to get in a farseer and also moving vypers from the ynnari battalion to the outrider but I am still experimenting with the warp spiders in the out rider and soul bursting the vypers to shoot missle launchers twice


++ Battalion Detachment +3CP (Aeldari - Ynnari) [32 PL, 639pts] ++

+ HQ +

Warlock [2 PL, 35pts]: 5. Quicken/Restrain, Witchblade

Yvraine [7 PL, 132pts]: Ancestors' Grace, Word of the Phoenix

+ Troops +

Guardian Defenders [8 PL, 190pts]: 20x Guardian Defender
. Guardian Heavy Weapons Platform: Shuriken Cannon
. Guardian Heavy Weapons Platform: Shuriken Cannon

Rangers [3 PL, 60pts]: 5x Ranger

Rangers [3 PL, 60pts]: 5x Ranger

+ Fast Attack +

Warp Spiders [9 PL, 162pts]
. 8x Warp Spider: 8x Death Spinner
. Warp Spider Exarch: Death Spinner

++ Air Wing Detachment +1CP (Aeldari - allitoc) [36 PL, 696pts] ++

+ Flyer +

Hemlock Wraithfighter [10 PL, 210pts]: 1. Conceal/Reveal, Spirit Stones

Hemlock Wraithfighter [10 PL, 210pts]: 4. Protect/Jinx, Spirit Stones

Nightwing [8 PL, 138pts]: Crystal Targeting Matrix, Twin Bright Lance, Twin Shuriken Cannon

Nightwing [8 PL, 138pts]: Crystal Targeting Matrix, Twin Bright Lance, Twin Shuriken Cannon

++ Outrider Detachment +1CP (Aeldari - allitoc) [37 PL, 665pts] ++

+ HQ +

Autarch with Warp Jump Generator [5 PL, 79pts]: Banshee Mask, Forceshield, Shuriken Pistol

Farseer [6 PL, 105pts]: 1. Guide, 2. Doom, Shuriken Pistol, Singing Spear

+ Fast Attack +

Shining Spears [10 PL, 157pts]
. 4x Shining Spear: 4x Laser Lance, 4x Twin Shuriken Catapult
. Shining Spear Exarch: Star Lance, Twin Shuriken Catapult

Vypers [12 PL, 240pts]
. Vyper: Aeldari Missile Launcher, Twin Shuriken Catapult
. Vyper: Aeldari Missile Launcher, Twin Shuriken Catapult
. Vyper: Aeldari Missile Launcher, Twin Shuriken Catapult

Windriders [4 PL, 84pts]
. 3x Windrider - Shuriken Cannon: 3x Shuriken Cannon

++ Total: [105 PL, 2000pts] ++

Drop the extra squad of 5 rangers for 2 more shining spears.

Switch the warp spiders and vypers placement in your detachments.

Make the vanguard detachment Saim-hann to buff all of your bikers (vypers included).

Looks pretty solid, the vypers may be your weak link though.

It's nice to see Nightwings getting used. I love the models, and in 8e they're really cheap and tough. I've never seen them in play though. How well do they work?

 Helvost wrote:
Drop the extra squad of 5 rangers for 2 more shining spears.

Switch the warp spiders and vypers placement in your detachments.

Make the vanguard detachment Saim-hann to buff all of your bikers (vypers included).

Looks pretty solid, the vypers may be your weak link though.

I will try out dropping one unit of rangers for 2 more shining spears

I'm still gonna keep the vypers in the battalion the reason being is I still want the ability to shoot something anti tank twice hence vypers being in the battalion etc

I can see why your saying saim hann over ulthwe but I don't benefit from saim hann unless I switch those vypers over etc so I will be keeping it the same as it is or changing otentially to alitoc etc

Also for note tried the list out now my opponent struggled with the vypers shooting twice as the spiders and guardians killed all the screen units and spears charged what needed to be charged all went well


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Atlatl Jones wrote:
It's nice to see Nightwings getting used. I love the models, and in 8e they're really cheap and tough. I've never seen them in play though. How well do they work?

They are amazing combined obviously with alitoc and an aurtoch to give them reroll ones it insanely good and there super cheaper they put out alot of hurt as just one yet alone 2

List updated

If you don't want the Vypers to be a part of an Ynarri detachment, wouldn't Saim Hann be more beneficial than Alaitoc? Same with Shining Spears as the Saim Hann stratagem seems useful.

 Sarigar wrote:
If you don't want the Vypers to be a part of an Ynarri detachment, wouldn't Saim Hann be more beneficial than Alaitoc? Same with Shining Spears as the Saim Hann stratagem seems useful.

I had already thought about this however the spears will get quicken so shouldn't need the reroll charge and the vypers I'm intending to stay more then 24 inchs away so would rather have the minus one to hit also if I take saim hann I don't get reroll ones for my flyers as my aurtoch would have to be same as the detachment etc