Editing Warhammer 40,000/9th Edition Tactics/Eldar (section)

===Fortifications===

*'''Webway Portal''':  This massive gate, should you choose to actually use it instead of just setting it up as battlefield decor, is a pair of T8 14 wound arcs with a 3+/5++ save that lets you set up units from combat reserves and counts as Light+Heavy Cover as well as being Inspiring to ALL Aeldari units, giving even allied Dark Eldar and Harlies a +1 to Leadership. Also helpful is that units that emerge from here can be set up within 9" of an enemy unit - including into engagement range so they can count as having charged without worrying about overwatch, which helps a lot for Wraithblades and Wyches, and it halves the CP cost of throwing units into combat reserves. While this sounds fairly handy, since it allows you to effectively deep-strike units that normally cannot do so, whether big guns like Support Platforms or ambushers like Scorpions, a lot of the appeal dies down when Combat Reserves already has them come in from the table edge. You might assume that there's a bit more tactical wiggle-room by having them come out of the middle of the table as opposed to the edge. But then you'll realize that with the ''massive'' footprint this thing requires to be set up (12" from your opponent's deployment zone and any units they have outside of that DZ), finding the ideal place to set up the portal in the first place will be borderline impossible. You're also sacrificing the modicum of flexibility the whole of the table edge affords for setting up units for the ''very'' obvious and limited Webway gate that towers over the battlefield for all to see, several tables away. If that wasn't bad enough, the few stratagems that exist to supplement the Webway Portal are Harlequin exclusive. You can use them, but you ''must'' bring a supplementary detachment of Harlequins to use them.
**TL;DR - A fantastic looking centerpiece that looks really good for aeldari-themed terrain... and that's it. Precious few units in your roster lack the ability to deep-strike (either natively or through a stratagem), especially with the changes to reserves granting those select few units who can't deep-strike a means to do so.