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Brief Army Overview
If
you are thinking of making an Eldar army out of only plastic
kits, a good Craftworld to choose is Ulthwé. The core
of an Ulthwé army are Black Guardians and psykers.
Ulthwé also characteristically has very few Aspect
Warriors. If you do opt to build a plastic Ulthwé army,
you might want to have it led by a powerful Farseer instead
of Autarch Ygrim.
For
a versatile force, a unit of Storm Guardians (with Fusion
Guns no less) can be added to the two units of standard Guardians.
If you are interested in fielding a Warlock for your Guardian
unit with the Scatter Laser, you can likely skim a few points
here and there to make it work. The team of Guardians with
the Bright Lance gives you a unit that can shoot straight
with a weapon that can take out enemy heavy vehicles. Meanwhile,
the Storm Guardians offer you an inexpensive hand-to-hand
unit. When commanded by a Warlock with Enhance, the unit has
a mighty Weapon Skill of 4 and an Initiative of 5!
Rounding
out the Troops are the two units of Dire Avengers. With higher
Weapon Skill, Ballistic Skill, Initiative, and Leadership
along with better armour (4+ save) and weapons than the Guardians,
the Dire Avengers are a great Troops choice for only 12 points
per model. A unit of Dire Avengers accompanied by an Exarch
with a Shimmershield and the Defend Exarch Power is quite
durable in combat. The Shimmershield gives the Exarch and
his unit a 5+ invulnerable save in close combat, and the
Defend
Exarch Power causes enemy models to lose an Attack (down
to a minimum of 1) in each Assault Phase.
The
Heavy Support units of this army contain two new plastic
kits and a Falcon. If you are excited about the deadly
Wraithlord, you can substitute in a second one in place of
the Falcon.
Heck, you can sub in a third for the War Walker Squadron
if
you really wanted to cause your opponent to tremble before
your mighty Wraithlords. As it is, use the Falcon as bait
to draw lots of fire while the rest of the army sweeps
across the battlefield.
With so many plastic kits, there are a ridiculous
number of ways to design a plastic Eldar army. Regardless
of how you build yours, have fun grinding your upstart opponents
into the dirt like every good Autarch and Farseer should.
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