It’s “Decurion” time for the Eldar. Come see their hidden secrets!
Here’s the latest pictures going around the ‘tubes (via George Smiley):
So there is three different types of Guardian Hosts (Battlehost, Windrider Host, Stormhost), and eacho ne you take unlocks 0-3 Regents of the Warhost, or MORE IMPORTANTLY 1-2 of the misc/support hosts.
As I’m sure you’ve noticed, those Guardian Hosts are fairly slim and trim with little waste – and in particular I’m looking at the Windrider Host consisting of:
- 1 Farseer (on a bike I bet)
- 1 Warlock Conclave (on bikes I bet)
- 3 units of Windriders (each of which can be 3-10 jetbikes, ALL with scatterlasers or shuriken cannons)
- 1 Vyper squadron
So aside from the single Vyper tax, not too shabby. I expect this to be the backbone of 99% of all Eldar armies you will ever see.
This of course opens up up to 12 Wraithknights…
Now if these guys have access to Destroyer weapons, and are Gargantuan creatures let’s hope they clock in in the 500-600pt range, but then again we know how GW loves to move expensive models… So I’m placing my money on then clocking in at 450-500pts. I hope I’m wrong…
However before folks start freaking out about those Wraithknights, take a careful look at the Engines of Vaul box…
- 1 unit of Night Spinners
- 1 unit of Fire Prisms OR 1 unit of Falcons
Hmm, it looks to me that the Craftworlders are about to for the first time ever have their Heavy Support tanks get upgraded to multi-vehicle squadrons, which will also open up a lot of possibilities. One or two night Spinners or Prisms may not be scary, but NINE could turn heads…
A Nod to EPIC
Finally for you old timers, these giant Eldar formation chart reminded me of something and is making me think that the designers are basically attempting to reproduce the old racial formation cards from EPIC second edition. A lot of these formations have roughly the same contents and even names of many of those. We may be seeing GW making an attempt to use these new charts/formations to take the lists of individual units from a codex and hammer them into the 40K sized 28mm (and way more expensive) versions of the giant EPIC armies of old. Which if true … IS AWESOME!
Full Eldar Roundup
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About the Author: Rob Baer
Rob Baer
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About Rob Baer: Founder, Publisher, & Managing Editor of Spikey Bits, the leading tabletop gaming news website focused on the hobby side of wargaming and miniatures.
Rob also co-founded and currently hosts the Long War Podcast, which has over 350 episodes and focuses on tabletop miniatures gaming, specializing in Warhammer 40k. and spent six years writing for Bell of Lost Souls.
Every year, along with his co-hosts, he helps host the Long War 40k Doubles Tournament at Adepticon and the Long War 40k Doubles at Las Vegas Open, which attracts over 350 players from around the world.
Rob has won many Warhammer 40k Tournaments over the years, including multiple first-place finishes in Warhammer 40k Grand Tournaments over the years and even winning 1st place at the Adepticon 40k Team Tournament.
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While he’s played every edition of Warhammer 40k and Warhammer Fantasy (since 5th Edition) and has been hobbying on miniatures since the 1980s, Titans of all sizes will always be his favorite! It’s even rumored that his hobby vault rivals the Solemnance Galleries, containing rulebooks filled with lore from editions long past, ancient packs of black-bordered Magic Cards, and models made of both pewter and resin.
