Editing Eldar Space Fleet (section)

==In Battlefleet Gothic==

Featuring fast and fragile ships that had oddly short ranges, an Eldar player has to pretty much master the art of Hit and Run. To really make the most of their ship weapons a player ''has'' to master the Eldar's unique movement mechanics.

Firstly Eldar ships have ''three'' movement speeds, with the lowest listed when a ship is moving sunward, while its fastest listed speed only available while moving abeam of a star. Secondly, Eldar had a ''second'' turn or move after all Ordinance had been used. These two combined make for a very mobile force in the right conditions, and an extremely vulnerable fleet in others, so an Eldar player ''needs'' to be mobile.

Speaking of defenses, Eldar ships... don't have a lot, actually. Holofields can defend against long-ranged snipes by Lances, but there's a hilariously long list of stuff that ''ignore'' Holofields entirely (Weapons Batteries, Bombardment Cannons, [[Gauss]] Whips...). They don't have turrets either, so good luck shooting down Ordinance!

The Eldar initially had a limited number of ships during the first release of the game, but subsequent waves mitigated that somewhat. Min-maxers will probably just bring Aconites and Hellebores anyway,but at least it has more variety now.