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Exarch Thomo · March 4th, 2008, 04:01

First off, welcome to the Eldar. That's not a bad list at all to start with. Here are my suggestions:
Farseer: 3 powers is too many - you can only use 2 a turn with the stones and the cost for the power (and the size of the game) means that you are sacrificing models/upgrades elsewhere that are vital for a power that will be redundant at least 1/3 of the time. I would even go so far as to suggest dropping him back to one power - either guide or doom. I would probably recommend doom as it will be more useful for the majority of your army, but if you wanted to you could guide the D cannons or something, but I would go for doom over guide with this army set-up.
Warlocks: Cool idea, but personally I don't like running the bodyguard at this level - although with fortune they can be a veritable tar pit for any unit in close combat and should have tank commanders giving them a wide berth. However, I suggest dropping them entirely - too many points for too few models at this level.
Scorpions: Good size - handy unit to have. I would consider swapping the biting blade for the claw - sure you strike last but you also get an extra attack and ignore armour saves - and seeing as the rest of your army doesn't contain anything with a power weapon, this could be vital.
Pathfinders: Great unit, I use them in everygame and they haven't let me down yet. Great psychological weapon too.
Dire Avengers: These really need more bodies. Bump the size up to 10 (or a minimum of

. Nice load on the exarch too.
Guardians: Personally I don't use them (I play a Biel Tan list) but looks like a good set up. Use one of the warlocks from the discarded retinue here to boost them with conceal - a 5+ cover save will practically double their survivability.
Falcon: As MadCat said, this needs holofields and spirit stones. Also drop the bright lance in favour of a scatter laser or star cannon - you cannot fire both the lance and pulse laser in the same turn. Keep the shuriken cannon upgrade.
D-Cannons: Can be very destructive but their range can be a little prohibitive. Still, the look ok - try them out and see.

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Exarch Thomo Sparta! Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Rockhampton, Queensland Posts: 1,165 Blog Entries: 3 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Rep Power: 55	First off, welcome to the Eldar. That's not a bad list at all to start with. Here are my suggestions: Farseer: 3 powers is too many - you can only use 2 a turn with the stones and the cost for the power (and the size of the game) means that you are sacrificing models/upgrades elsewhere that are vital for a power that will be redundant at least 1/3 of the time. I would even go so far as to suggest dropping him back to one power - either guide or doom. I would probably recommend doom as it will be more useful for the majority of your army, but if you wanted to you could guide the D cannons or something, but I would go for doom over guide with this army set-up. Warlocks: Cool idea, but personally I don't like running the bodyguard at this level - although with fortune they can be a veritable tar pit for any unit in close combat and should have tank commanders giving them a wide berth. However, I suggest dropping them entirely - too many points for too few models at this level. Scorpions: Good size - handy unit to have. I would consider swapping the biting blade for the claw - sure you strike last but you also get an extra attack and ignore armour saves - and seeing as the rest of your army doesn't contain anything with a power weapon, this could be vital. Pathfinders: Great unit, I use them in everygame and they haven't let me down yet. Great psychological weapon too. Dire Avengers: These really need more bodies. Bump the size up to 10 (or a minimum of . Nice load on the exarch too. Guardians: Personally I don't use them (I play a Biel Tan list) but looks like a good set up. Use one of the warlocks from the discarded retinue here to boost them with conceal - a 5+ cover save will practically double their survivability. Falcon: As MadCat said, this needs holofields and spirit stones. Also drop the bright lance in favour of a scatter laser or star cannon - you cannot fire both the lance and pulse laser in the same turn. Keep the shuriken cannon upgrade. D-Cannons: Can be very destructive but their range can be a little prohibitive. Still, the look ok - try them out and see. __________________ Dovie'andi se tovya sagain (It's time to roll the dice)- Mattrim Cauthon Off Seasonal AoD 2! Off Seasonal AoD 3!