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Just starting 40K and need your help, I am trying to build up an army but i'm not sure what to get.

So far I have 1 box of eldar jet bikes, magnetized so any weapon is possible

And 3 Boxes of Dire Avengers, I have not built them yet, so one question is whats best for the exarch I will only have one for the dire avenger shrine.

I want to do the Aspect war host, and I think I want Reapers and Fire Dragons, not sure who else to put in there.

Also for HQ I was thinking Maugan Ra, or should I do warlocks and a farseer?

And last would using the extra points and getting Falcons to transport the Avengers and deep strike them with the Falcons ability worth it? or is wave serpents the way to go?

I do not know any one around my area that plays so I can't really ask any one. I would appreciate the help and I am new to the forums. Thank you!


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That makes me have 256 points if everything is pretty much stock and Avenger has nothing special on him.

So just some brief guidelines:

Warp Spiders, Windrider jetbikes with scatterlasers and Swooping Hawks are top tier units with respectable formations.

Warp spiders and Swooping hawks are great Aspect host choice.

Fire dragons have delivery issues when going for Wave serpent because there are no fire points. I usually use them with Dark Eldar Raider or transport them via Webway portal (also DE) as a suicide squad for tough-to-crack armor.

Dark reapers are OK, have some nice tools, still in my meta, when my friends know they are coming they easily focus them (or I can't play them).

I have never tried any other Eldar vehicle except Wave Serpents, and they did fine for me as weapons platform, although I use mostly Dark Eldar transport even though it is easier to be destroyed. In comparison to Wave Serpents, just because of advantage open-topped gives to shooting.

Another friend plays Eldar and he swears on Striking scorpions and Eldar fliers (Hemlock and Hunter). I have never used them, just DE Razorwing, and although it has no Vector dancer for me it works.

Farseer is by far my favorite HQ because I LOVE psychic phase and between him (or her?) and Maugan Ra, I would always go for Warlocks and Farseer depending on list. Again, my meta consist of players that hate and never use psychic phase, so I usually have no need for Warlocks.

Those are my experiences, but I believe there are people here with more knowledge, and they will give you more insight.

Eldar are a VERY strong army in 40k at the moment. Do you want to be competitive or just have a social game?

There are very few bad units in the eldar codex but people will enjoy playing you more if you get:

Vypers
War Walkers
Striking Scorpions
Banshees
Avatar
Wraith Lords
Wraith Blades
Fire Prisms
Falcons
Wave serpents
Dark Reapers
Scouts
Autarch
Storm Guardians
Guardian Defenders

These units are probably not over powered if you do not spam them and if you collect them then you can add the odd

Scatbike
WraithKnight
Hornet
Wraithguard
Warp Spiders
Swooping Hawks
Fire Dragons

And no one will hate you


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PS I omitted psychic shinangans but the Eldar can be mental good psychically but probably not OP