Thread: Eldar, cutting down to 1850

Originally Posted by RealGenius

Why not just shrink all the squads by 1? There's no "need 10 to get the special weapon" requirement like Marines. Granted some are at the minimum already, but 1 Reaper plus 1 Warp Spider plus Avenger plus 1 Wraithguard plus 1 Banshee should get you close.

Maybe change the Reaper Exarch over to a EML to get another S8?

Dropping the reaper/warp spider squad sizes were something I'd considered, but there's such a huge amount of points on the spiders that's sunk into the one exarch to keep them functional (withdraw) that the other spiders are relatively cheap. Dropping a reaper or two might make sense. I can't pull anyone from the wraithguard - they have to be 10+spiritseer to count as scoring. If I were to downsize them at all, I'd just drop to 5-6, take them as elite, and call it a day with points to spare. Swapping the reaper exarch over to a EML I don't think makes sense; if I'm going to shoot at tanks, I'd be better off just dropping the squad and grabbing a third WL - that way, the weapon platform is more mobile, and more intimidating to charge.

Swapping the reapers for a pair of scatter laser warwalkers is an option though... S6 is enough to pop open rhinos, especially early game. It'd save me 97 points. If I pull the exarch from the DA squad, that's another 32. The spiritseer with the WG only has embolden because I had no other use for those 5 points, so that's an easy target. There were 4 points unspent (total was 1996 before). That's all but 12 points... so I can drop one DA and that should add up to 1850. I'd lose out on the long range anti-marine firepower, but I'd gain some long-range bulk shooting (enough to compensate the loss in the DA's. I keep the core block of stuff going up the middle though, and my long-range weaponry becomes entirely move-and-shoot, which is nice. That may be what I end up doing.

Modified list:
HQ:
(210) Eldrad
(155) Avatar
Elite:
(192) 10 Howling Banshees: Exarch w/ Executioner, Acrobatic, War Shout
Troops:
(381) 10 Wraithguard: Warlock w/ Spiritseer upgrade
(100) 10 Guardians w/ Eldar Missile Launcher
(100) 10 Guardians w/ Eldar Missile Launcher
(108) 9 Dire Avengers
FA:
(174) 6 Warp Spiders: Exarch w/ Dual Deathspinners, Powerblades, Withdraw
HS:
(120) 2 War Walkers: 4x Scatter Lasers
(155) Wraithlord: 2x Flamers, Eldar Missile Launcher, Bright Lance
(155) Wraithlord: 2x Flamers, Eldar Missile Launcher, Bright Lance