Lord Perversor wrote:
Solitarie also own a 3++ save so it just straight better than Culexus most of the time.

Also Solitaries DO have souls, in fact they are the closest to a *pure Eldar* pre fall (Dark eldar may be somewhat affected due their regenerative process as it's been proven it affects them somewhat) they are just not willing to go down without making their enemies pay the biggest price possible...

fluff wise i see the Eversor assasina closer match to the Solitarie than the Culexus.

 Wolfblade wrote:
Doesn't the culexus only get hit as if the enemy had WS/BS1? Meaning that out of the solitaire's 6 attacks, only 2 can be expected to hit, and is only wounded on 5s, with a 4++ save?

Obviously blitz gives a decent advantage though, with 4 of the 12 attacks hitting on the charge with blitz, and then wounding on 4s to get 2 wounds, saving 1 for 1 wound to go through.

Compared to the culexus who gets D6 overwatch (from warp charges), which is an average of 3.5, which gives 3 shots (the max allowed from the D6 warp charges) as snap shots for .5 hits, then a 3++ for .138 wounds, then 4 attacks hitting on 4s to get 2 hits, then wounding on 3s for 1.33 wounds, then a 3++ which allows for a total of 0.578 wounds to go through. If the culexus survives the first round though, he deals the same 0.578 wounds a turn if the solitaire HnRs and charges, 0.44 if if he doesn't HnR in the same phase (to stop the shooting attack), while the solitaire would deal 0.66 on each turn assuming he's HnR and getting the charge, 0.39 if not charging.

That means the solitaire dies in 6 assault phases assuming the solitaire HnRs each time to prevent the culexus getting full BS shooting (0.76 wounds vs 0.138), and the culexus dies in 5 assault phases too, but solitaire gets the advantage with a possible instant death, but the solitaire deals his damage first, giving him the victory, even if it was close.

Solitaire wins on average, especially if they get blitz (keep in miond average of a D6 is 3.5, so on turn 3 the average movement with it is 10.5", slower than they normally move), and not counting any other possible source of warp charges/full BS shooting, and I THINK the culexus is the best choice of the assassins. Vindi might be able to get a lucky turbo in, or a bunch of shield breakers, and every other assassin pretty much just melts because of the solitaire hitting them on 3s. (solitaire also only deals 0.032 wounds more than the culexus each round of non blitz combat, but gets their damage in first)

Obviously correct me if I'm wrong in the math anywhere.

 Wolfblade wrote:
Ah ok, yeah even more so in favor of the solitaire then.

pm713 wrote:
You can still pick a Solitaire for whatever you like.