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this is my first post here, and i thought i should get some feedback on the army im starting, im still proxying models untill i can figure out what i like or not, but this is what ive decided thus far, please help me out, as this is my first xeno's race becides the marine like necrons

 

Farseer                                          173 pts
singing spear, runes of warding, runes of witnessing, spirit stone
powers: fortune, eldritch storm, guide

warlocks(hqbodyguard)              113
one singing spear
powers: conceal, embolden, enhance

6 striking scorpions-exarch        148
scorpions claw, stalker and shadowstrike

10 dire avengers-exarch               177
shimmershield/power weapon-blade storm-defend

20 guardians- warlock                   215
conceal- scatter lazer

20 guardians- warlock                   215
conceal- scatter lazer

10 path finders                                240

wraithlord
2x scatter lazers

fire prisim                                         180
vectored engines holofield, spiritstones

 

this list is roughly 1600 pts   i tried a 1k list last night and did fairly good against necrons and dark eldar. But please comment on this list, make suggestions

With the cost of that Farseer, you'd be better off getting Eldrad.

Warlocks aren't likely to accomplish jack.

Why field units of 20 Guardians when you could have units of 10 and twice as many heavy weapons? Plus, with this many Guardians, it's worth investing in an Avatar to keep them brave. He's a good unit in himself, too.

The Pathfinders are too unwieldy. Stick to 6 in a unit. Use the extra points elsewhere, or find some extra points to field two units of 6. I suggest the former; you really don't need that many Pathfinders except against 'nidzilla.

If you take two of the same heavy weapon on a WL, it becomes a single twin-linked weapon. That's a massive waste of points. I would go for the EML + BL combo, as your list is frighteningly short of AT weaponry.

Strange point set. Most of the time it goes 1500,1750,1850, and 2000. Personally I think scorps are a wash with the exarch fist dropping to S6. Your list looks like it's designed to shoot so go with more shooting instead. Maybe one more wraithlord for shooty/counter assault. That way you have to W-lords to counter assault anything that makes it to your gunline. Matter of fact it looks like your list would do well with three W-lord and drop the prism because you are probably vulnerable to assault with out them. As suggested go with more gaurdians with scat lasers and equip your W-lords to deal with heavy armor/troops.(EM+BL)

i dont like to use special characters even if im able to do so, so eldrad isnt going to be used, the warlock bodyguard is more fluff porposes that and i invested the money into the models, so why not play them.

i like 20 man units for sheer numbers, i want to make this army BIG, when compaired to my other armies, that and my dice are cursed so 20 man units help balance my dice out..

ill end up getting 10 pathfinders but ill take your advise on using 6, and i plan on magnetizing the weapons for the wraithlord so if i need the twin link it will be available.

this list was ment to be shooty but my friends who play this usually mooch my armies, except for one who's making dark eldar so shooting worked out. although future lists will be more 50/50 shooting and assult

Even so, you could get two cheap, purpose-built Farseers instead of a single hellishly expensive one who can still be instakilled by Perils.

The thing is, fielding 20-man units doesn't actually make your army any bigger. I'm proposing 10-man units, but twice as many of them (without the 'locks if need be).

Magnets are always nice, but trust me, twin-linked is never a good idea. You're still paying the full price for the "second weapon" (in reality, TLing), and the 'lord already has a good BS!