Editing Warhammer 40,000/8th Edition Tactics/Eldar (section)

===Fortifications===

*'''Webway Portal''':  For 120 points you can finally pick this giant arc. Fluffwise, it is the very reason of Eldar trollobility to suddenly appear and disappear without a trace. Crunchwise, it's a massive arc with T8, 14 wounds, 3+ and 5++ which lets you deepstrike one unit a turn. It can be set up anywhere on the battlefield more than 12" from enemy deployment zone and their units during your deployment (and like all scenery must be 3" away from any other scenery - which makes it VERY difficult to place)(remember, hills[i.e. simple LOS blocking terrain] are not considered to be terrain features) and, like any other structure, is completely immobile. During deployment, the owning player may set up any of their {{W40kKeyword|AELDARI}} units in the Webway (aka Necron style Tomb World), where-upon they may be set up 9" away from enemy units and completely within 3" of the gate in a fashion very much like standard deep-striking. Of course, if the gate is destroyed, all units that were in the gate's Webway (This doesn't affect units using the '''Webway Strike''' stratagem ) are slain. On the one hand, it does let you save some CP for not using aforementioned '''Webway Strike''' Strat and allows you to deep strike units the stratagems do not cover, like Wraithlords and Support Weapons. You can also use this in tandem with said stratagems; if you utilize the '''Cloud Strike''' Stratagem for fliers or grav-tanks, you can use the Portal to Deep Strike a squad of Howling Banshees or Wraithguard, as an example. Still, the restriction for model placement (9" away from the enemy and within 3" of the gate itself) can be problematic against horde-based opponents, [[Not as Planned | who can clog up the gate and keep anything from actually leaving it]]. Even though it is impressively durable, without built-in weapons to defend itself with, a canny opponent can shut down hundreds of points worth of your army without even firing a shot. The model itself is still very nice though, so don't restrain yourself from using it as a piece of terrain for Aeldari-themed battlefields if you don't actually want to use it.
** Keep in mind, that to use Webway Gate specific Stratagems from Harlequins Codex you need to have a small detachment of this nice and deadly murderclowns (and pray to any god of your choice for this to be FAQed and '''Labyrinth Laughs''' and '''Webway Ambush''' to be accessible to all {{W40kKeyword|AELDARI}}, as it actually affects all of them).  You also need a Fortification Detachment just to field the Portal, so to effectively use this piece you need to chew up 2 detachments.
** Also remember that it actually isn't a bad way to make sure that your Vehicles survive if you aren't going first, as the gate has high toughness and has a 5++. Something to consider for that Fire Prism of yours.
** Deploying this thing is difficult, due to it's massive footprint and that it can't be within 3" of any other scenery.  Just hope that  your table has a 12" x 8" area of totally clear terrain otherwise you can't place it. (remember, hills[i.e. simple LOS blocking terrain] are not considered to be terrain features)
** RAW all models must be set up "Wholly" within 3" of the portal.  Since the struts are so small, RAW you can't deploy anything larger than a Wraithlord because anything bigger wont' fit completely within 3" - meaning even the photo on the box of the WraithKnight is illegal.  Look for an FAQ or just play RAI.   Or just model your Phantom Titan to be balancing on one tiptoe, ballerina style, on a 3" base.
***Or just put it between the arcs, which, considering their size, won't be a problem.
**** The arcs must be set up with the bases 5" apart (the tips would be about half an inch apart), the overlap between the 3" from either leg (since you must measure to the nearest part of the webway portal) is too skinny to fit anything between them while being within 3" of either leg.  RAW you don't measure from the arch, you measure to the nearest part of the arch... which is the base.[[File:geometry3.jpg]]
***** To be honest, it may simply be more practical to upgrade to the Skathach Wraithknight if deepstriking Wraithknights are such a priority. It'd be roughly the same cost as a Webway Portal + Wraithknight combo anyways, though it comes with an arguably more flexible weapon loadout and the ability to leave the battlefield and re-deepstrike at will; an ability the one-and-done Webway Portal doesn't confer. Additionally, the Skathach is only limited by the standard Deepstriking rules when it comes to deployment where as the Standard WK would be forced to come out of the extremely visible and extremely present Webway Portal, making it harder to predict and prevent deployment. Finally, you'd only be utilizing just the one extra detachment for the Superheavy as opposed to two for the Superheavy and Fortification detachments.