Games Workshop Warhammer 40k - Eldar Farseer Skyrunner

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Awesome looking, high detail models by a russian group. I heard only good things about the quality of their models. Only disadvantage: Delivery can take 6 weeks. Stand Firm : 10pt upgrade on Dire Avengers for ObSec. Makes a six model Avenger squad a super flexible utility unit, since they also get native Action + Shoot. Mentioning other units in the context of synergies and army building is of course permitted (even encouraged). This week's entry are: Mighty heroes fight at the forefront of battle.Some CHARACTER units have ‘Leader’ listed on their datasheets. Such CHARACTER units are known as Leaders, and the units they can lead – known as their Bodyguard units – are listed on their datasheet.

Hail of Doom – automatic wounds on 6s to hit with Shurikens, which count as 6s to wound as well (so trigger extra Shuriken AP). Using a small brush, paint the eyes of the Farseer with Baharroth Blue, adding a vibrant blue color to bring them to life. Take care to make the eyes symmetrical and neat. Making good Battalions has always been a challenge for the Asuryani, and this book is no different. Guardians and Storm Guardians both go up to 4+ saves, get AP on their weapons, and conditional re-roll 1s to hit (Defenders if they’re holding an objective, Storm Guardians if their target is), and that’s all neat, but a starting price tag of 90pts for ten Defenders, going up by at least 20 if you bring a platform, makes them pretty pricey for what you’re likely to get out of them. Storm Guardians are slightly cheaper, and bringing their fancy new Serpentscale Shield gives them some good anti-shooting defences, but that’s also 20pts meaning a squad jumps to 100. It feels like filling out armies with these is going to need you to take a Webway Gate, and at least there being able to reliably dump ten Storm Guardians onto an objective on turns two and three might be worthwhile, but it feels like in both cases the platforms could maybe have borne starting at a lower price.Eldar Jetbike (Farseer Skyrunner only) - Aeldari Jetbikes are swift, graceful mounts that enable their riders to soar across the battlefield raining death upon their foes. I’m still not sold on Fire Dragons. I love that unit and they got some badly needed boosts in their damage output and interactions with other units (Falcons, Webway Gate), but they’re still handicapped by a high potential to do nothing. Many of their primary targets in the meta carry a decent invulnerable save and their true enemy, variance, is real. An opponent spiking on 4+ invulnerable saves then immediately wiping your Fire Dragons that had been its main threat will never feel good, and in the typical six GT tournament will happen more likely than not. Perhaps most limiting is their Exarch abilities, which are good but expensive, and aren’t particularly impactful coming out of reserves or a Falcon. if she dies first, due to being required to take wounds because she was the first damaged, then when she dies she is tethered to the location of the surviving geminae and can’t just set up freely elsewhere. The other big (literally) splashy toy here is the Avatar, who certainly looks at least interesting thanks to the Webway gate existing. He’s expensive, but hugely resilient to big shots, and can be buffed to the gills with Farseer powers. Being able to place a Webway gate and then pull the Avatar with Phantasm when needed (i.e. against Tau) puts him in an interesting spot where it’s probably overpriced, but lists that can work with him might exist. Real nice mob you have here, sure would be a shame if some kind of Blast were to come along and ruin it. Credit:Boon

Farseer Runes of Fate Powers rule harder than ever, with Guide now working on melee, and Will of Asuryan now being an exceptionally potent tool.

Putting It All Together

Hunters of Ancient Relics – Action and Shoot army-wide, good in a Windrider-heavy list with the above.