1250pt Eldar Team Tourney List

[Grentain]

40K Army: Eldar

So, I learned of a tournament that's gonna' be coming up next month, and I figured that I may as well throw my lot into it and give it a shot. My teammate will likely be playing Tau, and spamming broadsides. I don't have any extra vehicles, so suggesting me running 5x DAVU is going to be completely unproductive. :c

HQs:
Eldrad Ulthran (210)
Farseer (140)
-Singing Spear, Runes of Warding, Spirit Stones
-Fortune, Guide
5x Warlocks
-Enhance, Embolden, 3x Destructor

Troops:
5x Rangers (120)
-Pathfinders
10x Dire Avengers (167)
-Dual Shuriken Catapult, Defend, Bladestorm

Heavy Support:
Wraithlord (125)
-2x Flamers, Eldar Missile Launcher, Wraithsword
Wraithlord (125)
-2x Flamers, Eldar Missile Launcher, Wraithsword
Falcon (185)
-Shuriken Cannon, Scatter Laser, Spirit Stones, Holo-Fields

The idea is to have a Farseer and Warlock council inside of the Falcon, Guide twin-linking all of the shots as it moves up. Three flamers in the unit make it effective at taking down infantry, and the swords make 'em good at taking down vehicles. Not sure if the Wraithlords are kitted out like I'd like them to be - I don't really like taking the Wraithsword, but missing in CC is such a pain with only two attacks.

[bobafett_h]

I can see a problem with Wraithsight in this list as you will need to keep your Falcon within 12" of both Wraithlords for the entire game until the Seer Council gets out. Then your Farseer will need to keep within 12" and this could easily be disturbed by things like assaults while limiting how far you can move. Not ideal...

[Grentain]

I have both Eldrad and a second Farseer. Eldrad will be marching up along with the Dire Avengers and Wraithlords, so Wraithsight shouldn't be an issue. I'm debating between Dire Avengers and Guardians, too.

[bobafett_h]

Oh, I didn't see Eldrad there. It makes sense now, but you don't need Runes on the Farseer since Eldrad comes with them already. Dire Avengers are just about always better than Guardians, except when you need more heavy weapons than Catapults. If you are going for an Ulthwe themed list though, then take Guardians...

[Grentain]

Whether or not runes stack has been an ongoing discussion in the rules forum, since the wording on them was errata'd. To my understanding, by RAW they stack. Nobody's been able to present me with anything to the contrary with the exception of "That's too good, so that can't be right."

[bobafett_h]

That is true.

However, Runes of Witnessing were given an almost identical change in the same FAQ even though a Farseer can only take one set of them meaning they can't stack either. My understanding is that the reason for the FAQ change is due to other powers and abilities in the game such as Shadow in the Warp which also alter psychic tests...

Regardless though, one set of Runes is good enough in most cases and the points could be spent on something more useful...

[Grentain]

Yeah, I understand that, and I could pose more arguments for why I believe Warding stack, but that's not what this thread is for! If I dropped the runes, where would you suggest that those 15 points go?

[bountylord]

Upgrade the SL on the falcon to an EML. they synergize a lot better with range and target prioritization. And you can fire it as a defensive weapon if you use it as a blast. I love my EMLS...

[Grentain]

Holy crap. I never considered that you could shoot it as a defensive weapon. Woaaaaaaah. I may not bother upgrading the Shuriken Catapults, then, either. 12", still shoot all my weapons? Yes, please.