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	Take a good measure of Telepathy don't forget your Psychic Shriek/Horify Combo (Stack if possible)		Take a good measure of Telepathy don't forget your Psychic Shriek/Horify Combo (Stack if possible)

	Add Windriders to grab objectives and Wraithblades to soak up firepower (~~dont~~ forget 4++ shields and 5+ cover for those behind), and make sure you provide a comfy chair for your opponent to wait out your psychic phase.		Add Windriders to grab objectives and Wraithblades to soak up firepower (don't forget 4++ shields and 5+ cover for those behind), and make sure you provide a comfy chair for your opponent to wait out your psychic phase.

	it's 125% pure blue stilton and 125% the way rock out with your eldar cock out		it's 125% pure blue stilton and 125% the way rock out with your eldar cock out

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	With the Autarch your're looking to benefit specifically from her reserve rolls bonus as well as the hopeful warlord trait, with Seer of the Shifting Vector your guaranteeing the accuracy of units arriving via deepstrike. With optional wargear and remnants of glory such as Swooping hawks wings Mantle of the laughing god and Faolughu's wings she can roadrunner 60" in a single turn, gaining a likely 2+ re-rollable cover save in the terrain piece of her choice. Alternatively just stick her with a swooping hawks squad and ~~dont~~ roll a 1 with her reserve roll. Either method gets her perfectly into position for your ambush force from on high, speaking of...		With the Autarch your're looking to benefit specifically from her reserve rolls bonus as well as the hopeful warlord trait, with Seer of the Shifting Vector your guaranteeing the accuracy of units arriving via deepstrike. With optional wargear and remnants of glory such as Swooping hawks wings Mantle of the laughing god and Faolughu's wings she can roadrunner 60" in a single turn, gaining a likely 2+ re-rollable cover save in the terrain piece of her choice. Alternatively just stick her with a swooping hawks squad and don't roll a 1 with her reserve roll. Either method gets her perfectly into position for your ambush force from on high, speaking of...

	Swooping hawks are a unit worth actually paying attention to and with their new codex are a fucking schizophrenic unit as well. They land where they fucking want, drop a big cover ignoring pie, then proceed to shoot up your chosen infantry unit, with Battle focus they can run and gun even during the turn they arrived from reserves and they will NEVER scatter if the unit is all hawks. Land them close to a unit (if you have Baharroth try for his blind burst) you want dead, throw down that pie, shoot them up either up close or from afar. If you get close don’t forget a single hawk can toss a grenade at the foes for fun. Two pies and an ass ton of laser fire should down your foes. After that flit away with Battle focus. They have haywires as well they can chuck at range for a single shot or can run into melee and give a whole basket of haywire goodness to the hull of well…anything.		Swooping hawks are a unit worth actually paying attention to and with their new codex are a fucking schizophrenic unit as well. They land where they fucking want, drop a big cover ignoring pie, then proceed to shoot up your chosen infantry unit, with Battle focus they can run and gun even during the turn they arrived from reserves and they will NEVER scatter if the unit is all hawks. Land them close to a unit (if you have Baharroth try for his blind burst) you want dead, throw down that pie, shoot them up either up close or from afar. If you get close don’t forget a single hawk can toss a grenade at the foes for fun. Two pies and an ass ton of laser fire should down your foes. After that flit away with Battle focus. They have haywires as well they can chuck at range for a single shot or can run into melee and give a whole basket of haywire goodness to the hull of well…anything.

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	*'''Rangers:''' When an Eldar finds no path that suits them they often turn to the path of the ranger, venturing from the craftworld to see new sights and places. Their pathless existence goes against the grain of Eldar society but lends them unique viewpoints and skills many Eldar never find themselves possessing. The ranger long rifle is core of the unit and as such has a few aspect that need discussing. As written the weapon is a heavy 1 sniper with long range, its AP6 is undesirable but rangers fire it at their BS4. Sniper weapons means they precision shot on hits of 6 and rend on wounds of 6, forcing a pinning test and possibly force a unit to go to ground under their attacks. The basic formula of the ranger goes something like this: 66% chance to hit, 50% chance to wound, 60%ish chance to damage MEQ armor. The special rules of the rangers is their classic infiltrate, fleet, stealth and move through cover. This makes them a theoretically maneuverable but realistically immobile. You see being a heavy weapon the squad cannot fire after travelling during the move phase, battle focus also specifies they cannot fire either before or after they take that run action. Flamers and various other cover ignoring weapons like barrage and noise marine blasts ruin your rangers every day. Ultimately the rangers will end the game exactly where they started, moving only to shuffle towards an objective or away from an approaching melee unit. Rangers can infiltrate either to an advantageous position or on top of a cover providing objective, then they will sit there for as long as they can laying down a few suppressing shots into choice targets. Their cost was significantly reduce from previous editions but the unit will still need to work hard to make its points back.		*'''Rangers:''' When an Eldar finds no path that suits them they often turn to the path of the ranger, venturing from the craftworld to see new sights and places. Their pathless existence goes against the grain of Eldar society but lends them unique viewpoints and skills many Eldar never find themselves possessing. The ranger long rifle is core of the unit and as such has a few aspect that need discussing. As written the weapon is a heavy 1 sniper with long range, its AP6 is undesirable but rangers fire it at their BS4. Sniper weapons means they precision shot on hits of 6 and rend on wounds of 6, forcing a pinning test and possibly force a unit to go to ground under their attacks. The basic formula of the ranger goes something like this: 66% chance to hit, 50% chance to wound, 60%ish chance to damage MEQ armor. The special rules of the rangers is their classic infiltrate, fleet, stealth and move through cover. This makes them a theoretically maneuverable but realistically immobile. You see being a heavy weapon the squad cannot fire after travelling during the move phase, battle focus also specifies they cannot fire either before or after they take that run action. Flamers and various other cover ignoring weapons like barrage and noise marine blasts ruin your rangers every day. Ultimately the rangers will end the game exactly where they started, moving only to shuffle towards an objective or away from an approaching melee unit. Rangers can infiltrate either to an advantageous position or on top of a cover providing objective, then they will sit there for as long as they can laying down a few suppressing shots into choice targets. Their cost was significantly reduce from previous editions but the unit will still need to work hard to make its points back.
	'''Alternate View'''.Never forget ~~there~~ Shuriken Pistols, Blade Storm still applies, also move them they still get Snap Shots (while not great a larger unit will still hit something and kill it). a nearby Warlock or Farseer will add to this with guide. also with Illic if CC happens they can still hold out (sort of).		'''Alternate View'''.Never forget their Shuriken Pistols, Blade Storm still applies, also move them they still get Snap Shots (while not great a larger unit will still hit something and kill it). a nearby Warlock or Farseer will add to this with guide. also with Illic if CC happens they can still hold out (sort of).
	**'''Master of pathfinders''' granted by the HQ Illic Nightspear allows you to more than double the cost of each model (bad) but grant them shrouded (good) and 100% precision shots (good good) thus making them do what they do normally, but better.		**'''Master of pathfinders''' granted by the HQ Illic Nightspear allows you to more than double the cost of each model (bad) but grant them shrouded (good) and 100% precision shots (good good) thus making them do what they do normally, but better.
	**'''Modeling Tips''' Hate the hoodless rangers but you don't want them with helmets or applying green stuff because you suck at making anything with green stuff? Fear not, because there is a solution. If you have the money, grab a box of wood elf archers, or something with elf hoods, and smash a new head on them. You might need to fill in some spaces with green stuff though, but it was very minimal for me.		**'''Modeling Tips''' Hate the hoodless rangers but you don't want them with helmets or applying green stuff because you suck at making anything with green stuff? Fear not, because there is a solution. If you have the money, grab a box of wood elf archers, or something with elf hoods, and smash a new head on them. You might need to fill in some spaces with green stuff though, but it was very minimal for me.

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1d4chan>FlintTD at 01:15, 8 September 2017

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	This is ~~the previous~~ Edition's tactics. [[Warhammer_40,000/~~Tactics~~/Eldar~~(7E)~~\|~~Newer tactics~~ are here]] ~~While~~ [[Warhammer_40,000/5th_Edition_Tactics/Eldar\|5th Edition Tactics are here.]]		This is an [[Warhammer_40,000/6th_Edition_Tactics\|old Edition's]] Eldar tactics. The [[Warhammer_40,000/7th_Edition_Tactics/Eldar\|7th Edition Tactics are here]] while the [[Warhammer_40,000/5th_Edition_Tactics/Eldar\|the 5th Edition Tactics are here.]]

	==Why Play Eldar==		==Why Play Eldar==

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	Swooping hawks enter the battlefield absolutely loaded to the teeth: aspect armor, jump infantry wings, no less than three different kinds of grenades, and their (thankfully improved) lasblaster weapon. The Lasblaster is the first important pieces of tech they bring with them. Increased from assault 2 to 3 they now throw out an almost unmatched number of shots as a squad. Even though they are [[Lasgun\|S3 laser pointers]], the sheer volume of shots is pretty threatening now, being equal to any [[Bolter\|standard]] [[Ork_Gunz#Shootas\|basic]] [[Gauss\|40k]] [[Shuriken Catapult\|gun]] in firepower, while boasting much more comfortable range. Against hordes this is solid gold; against anything else it’s just a tidal wave of firepower that you get to drop on the table with a mighty clatter of dice. Haywire grenades are good as an anti-armor weapon and lend the hawks some versatility with their targets, allowing them to tear apart vehicles easily with the haywire rule. Plasma grenades can be used in perfectly placed blasts by one dude after the hawks have landed, an easy task as described below.		Swooping hawks enter the battlefield absolutely loaded to the teeth: aspect armor, jump infantry wings, no less than three different kinds of grenades, and their (thankfully improved) lasblaster weapon. The Lasblaster is the first important pieces of tech they bring with them. Increased from assault 2 to 3 they now throw out an almost unmatched number of shots as a squad. Even though they are [[Lasgun\|S3 laser pointers]], the sheer volume of shots is pretty threatening now, being equal to any [[Bolter\|standard]] [[Ork_Gunz#Shootas\|basic]] [[Gauss\|40k]] [[Shuriken Catapult\|gun]] in firepower, while boasting much more comfortable range. Against hordes this is solid gold; against anything else it’s just a tidal wave of firepower that you get to drop on the table with a mighty clatter of dice. Haywire grenades are good as an anti-armor weapon and lend the hawks some versatility with their targets, allowing them to tear apart vehicles easily with the haywire rule. Plasma grenades can be used in perfectly placed blasts by one dude after the hawks have landed, an easy task as described below.

	Swooping hawks have some very cool special rules to make use of now. First and foremost is their Herald of Victory, deep striking in the hawks ~~(and only if the squad is ONLY hawks or Baharroth)~~ perfectly on the board with no scatter to speak of, like a scalpel this can be placed with utter precision for tactical advantages. After they have accomplished their goal hawks can then return to the air and skyleap up up and away, leaving the battlefield at the start of the movement phase as long as they are not restricted in any way. They go into reserve to land again another turn, counting as a kill if the game ends with them up there. Finally, the grenade pack: a cover ignoring S4 AP4 sky burst blast made at the move phase every time the hawks enter from deep strike. If you have 6 models in the squad this is a large blast (pro tip: have 6 models).		Swooping hawks have some very cool special rules to make use of now. First and foremost is their Herald of Victory, deep striking in the hawks, perfectly on the board with no scatter to speak of, like a scalpel this can be placed with utter precision for tactical advantages. After they have accomplished their goal hawks can then return to the air and skyleap up up and away, leaving the battlefield at the start of the movement phase as long as they are not restricted in any way. They go into reserve to land again another turn, counting as a kill if the game ends with them up there. Finally, the grenade pack: a cover ignoring S4 AP4 sky burst blast made at the move phase every time the hawks enter from deep strike. If you have 6 models in the squad this is a large blast (pro tip: have 6 models).

	Tactics are the hawk’s friend: deep strike in the right place, laying your sky burst on the right foes and maybe gunning survivors down, or just pounding a different target with their plethora of attacks. Sky leap up the next turn to do it all over again. Drastically lowered price and versatile skill and target set gives them a tactical flexibility unlike previous editions.		Tactics are the hawk’s friend: deep strike in the right place, laying your sky burst on the right foes and maybe gunning survivors down, or just pounding a different target with their plethora of attacks. Sky leap up the next turn to do it all over again. Drastically lowered price and versatile skill and target set gives them a tactical flexibility unlike previous editions.

1d4chan>Asorel at 02:01, 13 October 2015

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Building your Army

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	*'''The Yme-Loc mech:''' Remember the good old times when our Falcon-chassis didn't get glanced to death or Grav-gunned instantly due to bad wording? Yes, you do. You take up lots and lots of Serpents with basic Scatter lasers, support it with a couple of Dragon-serpents or Wraith-serpents.		*'''The Yme-Loc mech:''' Remember the good old times when our Falcon-chassis didn't get glanced to death or Grav-gunned instantly due to bad wording? Yes, you do. You take up lots and lots of Serpents with basic Scatter lasers, support it with a couple of Dragon-serpents or Wraith-serpents.
	**What's good is that you basically have up to 8 AV12 serpents with two of them being Dragon-pents to kill those things that can't be gunned down with SHITTONS of S7 shots. And yeah, you have 6 scoring units.		**What's good is that you basically have up to 8 AV12 serpents with two of them being Dragon-pents to kill those things that can't be gunned down with SHITTONS of S7 shots. And yeah, you have 6 scoring units.

			*'''Ulthwe Shock and Awe:''' A big, kitted out, wave serpent riding Seer Council, with Eldrad if possible, is pretty much your entire army. Get some Fire Prisms to nuke whatever they can't fry with their brains or stab with singing spears, and some Guardian Jetbikes to grab objectives. This build swings a heavy psychic beatstick that can still work in assault because of fleshbane and 4+ invul, but if the enemy isn't crippled after two or three turns you probably will be.

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	In Summary		In Summary
	*They have one of the strongest and newest ~~codexes~~.		*They have one of the strongest and newest codices.
	*Specialist warriors with specialist guns		*Specialist warriors with specialist guns
	*Psyker access is great with vast power options and Kelly-style D6 table awesauce		*Psyker access is great with vast power options and Kelly-style D6 table awesauce
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	'''Ancient Doom:''' Pretty much every unit in the book has this rule. On the one hand, you get Hatred against anything Slaaneshi. On the other hand, you take Fear tests at -1 Ld against Slaaneshi units. This more or less evens out; the average Leadership of the Eldar is high enough that the -1 won't usually matter, although it does mean that Fear might actually matter for the first time this edition. Hatred is nice, but it will only affect the first turn of combat, and most Eldar units don't want to be in close combat anyway. So, all in all, a fluffy but largely pointless addition to the army.		'''Ancient Doom:''' Pretty much every unit in the book has this rule. On the one hand, you get Hatred against anything Slaaneshi. On the other hand, you take Fear tests at -1 Ld against Slaaneshi units. This more or less evens out; the average Leadership of the Eldar is high enough that the -1 won't usually matter, although it does mean that Fear might actually matter for the first time this edition. Hatred is nice, but it will only affect the first turn of combat, and most Eldar units don't want to be in close combat anyway. So, all in all, a fluffy but largely pointless addition to the army.

	'''Battle Focus:''' One of the most interesting changes to the new book (and one that Kelly himself admits was [[Matt Ward]]'s idea), Battle Focus is a special rule that essentially all non-Wraith units have save harlequins (clowns) because they have to stay the same in both the eldar and dark eldar ~~codexes~~. It allows Eldar units to run and shoot (in either order) in the same phase. This means that the threat range of an Eldar unit is raised by d6", and it also allows Eldar to pull off the "jump-shoot-jump" shenanigans enjoyed by Jet Pack units. Also remember that Eldar units with this rule also have Fleet, so the d6 for running can be re-rolled. It isn't a ''huge'' change, but it does allow Eldar units on foot to remain more mobile while shooting. And no, it does not affect assaulting; sadly, Banshees still get no love.		'''Battle Focus:''' One of the most interesting changes to the new book (and one that Kelly himself admits was [[Matt Ward]]'s idea), Battle Focus is a special rule that essentially all non-Wraith units have save harlequins (clowns) because they have to stay the same in both the eldar and dark eldar codices. It allows Eldar units to run and shoot (in either order) in the same phase. This means that the threat range of an Eldar unit is raised by d6", and it also allows Eldar to pull off the "jump-shoot-jump" shenanigans enjoyed by Jet Pack units. Also remember that Eldar units with this rule also have Fleet, so the d6 for running can be re-rolled. It isn't a ''huge'' change, but it does allow Eldar units on foot to remain more mobile while shooting. And no, it does not affect assaulting; sadly, Banshees still get no love.
	*On a side note, units riding jetbikes have this as well, but they can't actually Run (only Turbo Boost), so the only use of this is if you want to stick some independent character on foot into a unit of jetbikes. Since all models in a unit need to have battle focus for the rule to work, your character can join the unit and still run and shoot. Not that this will happen a lot though.		*On a side note, units riding jetbikes have this as well, but they can't actually Run (only Turbo Boost), so the only use of this is if you want to stick some independent character on foot into a unit of jetbikes. Since all models in a unit need to have battle focus for the rule to work, your character can join the unit and still run and shoot. Not that this will happen a lot though.

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	'''Destructor/Renewer'''		'''Destructor/Renewer'''
	*Destructor is the Kamehameha of warlocks, their direct fire power from ~~codexes~~ of old, a psychic heavy flamer the destructor is an iconic power that now features the soul blaze special rule. As a power and not an actual weapon the warlock cannot fire this in overwatch.		*Destructor is the Kamehameha of warlocks, their direct fire power from codices of old, a psychic heavy flamer the destructor is an iconic power that now features the soul blaze special rule. As a power and not an actual weapon the warlock cannot fire this in overwatch.
	*Renewer is a big tool for the right units, a nearly unheard of targeted healing power that restores a single allied model in range for a single lost wound. Most models only have one wound to begin with so this power doesn't affect them (and cannot be cast as a phoenix down) but instead serves a fantastic purpose when targeting most HQ units or durable multiwound models in the army such as Wraithlords and Wraithknights, as well as the potent Avatar of Khaine. HEALMEHAMEHAAA!		*Renewer is a big tool for the right units, a nearly unheard of targeted healing power that restores a single allied model in range for a single lost wound. Most models only have one wound to begin with so this power doesn't affect them (and cannot be cast as a phoenix down) but instead serves a fantastic purpose when targeting most HQ units or durable multiwound models in the army such as Wraithlords and Wraithknights, as well as the potent Avatar of Khaine. HEALMEHAMEHAAA!

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	Does this even need explaining? It's like playing Eldar but without any of this low durability T3 bullshit we’ve always put up with, NOW THE ELDAR ARE THE BIG BOYS ON CAMPUS. March up like a T6+ boss and start gutting some fucking douchemarines, now it’s YOUR turn to wound with everything against lower toughness fools. Everything carried by wraith units.		Does this even need explaining? It's like playing Eldar but without any of this low durability T3 bullshit we’ve always put up with, NOW THE ELDAR ARE THE BIG BOYS ON CAMPUS. March up like a T6+ boss and start gutting some fucking douchemarines, now it’s YOUR turn to wound with everything against lower toughness fools. Everything carried by wraith units.

	P.s. Use the Iyanden supplement for extra Spiritseers (5 to one HQ slot) and the ability to swap for a more epic primaris psychic power. (It requires using a book written by Matt Ward, but victory requires sacrifice and at least crunch-wise it's not as cheesy like as the Grey Knights or Blood Angels ~~codexes~~).		P.s. Use the Iyanden supplement for extra Spiritseers (5 to one HQ slot) and the ability to swap for a more epic primaris psychic power. (It requires using a book written by Matt Ward, but victory requires sacrifice and at least crunch-wise it's not as cheesy like as the Grey Knights or Blood Angels codices).

	P.P.S In case of kinstrife, a warning. DON'T USE THIS AGAINST THE DARK ELDAR. With all their poison and darklight weapons going FUCK YOU! to your high toughness, your wraiths will go from mostly dead to fully dead.		P.P.S In case of kinstrife, a warning. DON'T USE THIS AGAINST THE DARK ELDAR. With all their poison and darklight weapons going FUCK YOU! to your high toughness, your wraiths will go from mostly dead to fully dead.