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Howdy y'all!

After lots of dabbling and leering and some forays into Kill Team, I am finally starting to play 40k, with Harlequins being my first army. I recently drew up the following 1000 point list using 9th edition points. I'd love to get some feedback!

Shadowseer (115)

Troupe Master (65)
- Embrace (5)

Troupe x 5 (70)
- Caress x 4 (24)
- Fusion Pistol x 4 (20)

Troupe x 5 (70)
- Caress x 4 (24)
- Fusion Pistol x 4 (20)

Starweaver (60)
- Shuriken cannon x 2 (20)

Starweaver (60)
- Shuriken cannon x 2 (20)

Skyweavers x 5 (175)
- Haywire Canon x 4 (75)
- Zephyrglaive x 4 (25)

Solitaire (102 w/ weapons)
- Cegorach’s Rose

Death Jester (50)
- Cegorach’s Lament (1 CP)
- Harvester of Torment

Total: 1000

Some notes / questions:

I'm sort of split in going Frozen Stars for the +1 attack on a charge, or Soaring Spite for the Pistol-as-Assault. The former strikes me as easier to use based on my limited play experience thus far. Thoughts on how these two masques compare? Are Fusion pistols still usable / worth it without Soaring Spite?

Any thoughts on taking a Pivotal Role for the Solitaire, either replacing Blitz (which seems a tough tradeoff) or spending the CP to add one? The -1 to hit from Unnatural Acrobatics seems really nice...

I have one naked Troupe in each unit for a throwaway if/when a Starweaver is killed while transporting.

I'm one point shy of fitting another bike, so I may drop a weapon somewhere to make that happen.

Thoughts on Harvester of Torment versus The Jest Inescapable? Either seem great; I'm not sure how necessary the extra range is with Cegorach's Lament (although the sheer thought of such projection is pretty absurd, especially for sniping characters unexpectedly).

Open to other thoughts, although radical changes to the list may be tough to accommodate. In general I want to try something with a diversity of models and am pretty insistent about running a Solitaire even at this lower point level.

Thanks!

I kinda feel like Soaring Spite works out better. If you are charging you normally would want to be within 6 anyway, so the choice is between an extra caress attack in combat or a fusion pistol shot before.

Since you have the fusion pistols anyway I think the better option is Soaring Spite.

I really like Harvester of Torment with Lament. It gives our faction the ability to do real damage to hordes. However if you end up facing only squads of 5 or less, I think there's a good case to be made for Humbling Cruelty to turn off overwatch (although a second Death Jester would be points well spent!).

The naked Troupe idea is smart.

Blitz on the Solitaire is too good to lose, I would spend an extra CP for the -1 to hit if you think you need the extra protection.

Since you have a Shadowseer, putting a Mythic Role on your Death Jester often works out pretty well.

Twilight Fang and Darkness Bite on the Troupe Master are beyond amazing. If you go Soaring Spite you can also give him Skystrider and basically assassinate anything on the board.

Anyways, have fun! Harlys are a brilliant army.