Don’t miss the latest Eldar Codex rules rumors and previews from GW for the new mixed faction lists including Harlequins!
Even by looking at the spine of the book, we can tell that this codex is going to be a big one! Plus it looks like the Eldar sub-factions won’t get separate books/supplements? Honestly, that might not be a bad thing having all the rules in one place!
Warhammer Community just put out an article with the new Eldar mixed faction support, but first, let’s recap what we’ve seen so far rules and rumors wise for the Harlequins inside the new book!
So what’s waiting for you in the pages of this massive new 200-page codex? Let’s start with new ways to build the mixed-faction Aeldari armies of your dreams. Their race may be in decline, but they’re full of vibrant factions who can be called on for aid.
As well as rules for Asuryani Aeldari (that’s craftworlds to me and you), this new codex also has rules for fielding Harlequins – we’ll have more info on adding these deadly clowns to your armies later in the week. We saw the first Corsairs miniature at LVO, and you can also include them in an army. You can even dedicate yourself to the Aeldari god of death and take a Ynnari army – all using the same codex!
Now that we know Harlequins will be in the book for sure, let’s check out the rumors and rules we’ve seen so far for them and the Corsairs!
RUMORS: 40k Eldar Corsairs Rules
The corsairs can take their version of a DE blaster (same profile) a DE Shredder and a ton of weapons. However, it looks like they removed Brace of Pistols, but they may be able to take and shoot two pistols? We don’t know quite yet. Other than that it looks like a 4+ Invuln and just a lot of cool weapon options.
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Harlequins Troupe & Master
- Troupe Master eldar datasheets revealed showing huge amounts of weapon info (see above)
- Choreographer of war gives reroll 1 on wound aura
- Different harlequin weapons now give special keywords to the model/unit
- Three abilities with info on another page (core abilities?) Harlequins Panoply, Luck of the Laughing God, Rising
- Crescendo
- Luck gives free rerolls
Troupes:
- Still 4++
- Fusion pistol new D6+2, no limit on taking them
- All melee +1S AP2 D2
- Each of their weapons have a related stratagem
- One will give mortal wounds on 6s (likely kiss)
- One of the other two will ignore invulns
- New Masque system complete with WL trait, relic and Strat
- Can give advance and shoot, as well as attack before removing model in melee
- Shuriken Cannon shown on starweaver datasheet (only shown weapon profile)
GW Previews New Mixed Eldar & Harlequin Faction Rules
Neatly sidestepping the constraints of mission packs, this rule allows you to add a Detachment of Harlequins to any Aeldari army, as if a poised Patrol of perilous pierrots had put in an unexpected appearance on the battlefield.
Importantly, including a band of Harlequins in a Travelling Players Detachment will not prevent you from using Battle-forged rules, such as Power From Pain for Drukhari, special secondary objectives, or the new army-wide Asuryani special rules.
GW may have put the squash on mixed-faction lists, however, Eldar is a clear example of a faction where the lore really does support mixed lists. This new rule helps to make the faction a ridiculously diverse and fine-tuned roster that anyone can play with a huge variety in play style. It will be interesting if there’s still an incentive for running old-fashioned “mono-faction” lists or if Eldar soup is the future, picking and choosing the best parts of each sub-faction to make one Voltron super-list.
Overall these reveals and rumors stack up and seem to be making for a very inclusive new Eldar codex… Click the links below to check out our other coverage for all things Aeldari
- 2021 ‘Eldar & Chaos Advent Calendar’ Previews From GW
- RUMORS: Huge List of New ‘Christmas’ Eldar Models & Rules
- More Eldar Rules & Model Rumors for 2022
All the Newest GW Model & Rules Previews
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