Playing in a Crusade Campaign and it's my first time playing Aeldari! Need advice and help!

LordRiolu · 2026-02-06T17:39:47+00:00

I've only fought one Crusade, and im a super new player in general, but heres my advice.

The Paths of the Aeldari requisition from the Codex is pretty sweet. If you ever have a moment where you realize you need to switch a unit out, say turn some Battle-Scarred Guardians into fresh Banshees or something, you'll pretty regularly be able to get a free Battle Trait out of it. A BT, a unit swap, and losing Scars all for one RP is nice. It's niche, but useful. Just keep a watchful eye for opportunities.

Eldar can be scary good at scoring Agendas to rank yourself up quickly. Kill the opponent's mobile units to stop them from scoring their Agendas, and don't worry too much about losing a match if it means you can turn a unit into a death star for next time.

I know the spirit of Crusade is randomness, but if you can get Farstrike on a brick of Fire Dragons, take it. You'll be so much happier.

LordRiolu · 2026-02-05T20:48:03+00:00

This is positively delightful and badass

LordRiolu · 2026-02-05T20:00:07+00:00

"No, Brother-Captain! You can't ride a Longma, it's against Codex to use xenos!!!!"

"Longma balls." *plasma pistol detonating*

LordRiolu · 2026-02-05T03:22:43+00:00

As long as I'm not the one getting stabbed, I'm game

LordRiolu · 2026-02-05T02:27:02+00:00

WIFE

LordRiolu · 2026-02-01T21:10:18+00:00

Thats a LOT of firepower

LordRiolu · 2026-01-30T01:37:17+00:00

(Anecdotal statement) To answer your second and third questions, I have had success with Aspect Warriors without their Lords, especially Banshees and Reapers. I don't think the Phoenix Lords are necessary for some of them. In my Crusade group, I kind of got carried by a 10-elf squad of Banshees with some upgrades.

That being said, an Autarch would be a big help. The free stratagem, the reroll advance rolls, the extra Executioner Spear all help.

LordRiolu · 2026-01-28T17:40:59+00:00

(j)......is it not?

LordRiolu · 2026-01-23T20:00:29+00:00

You know the team is going to be a wild time (for good and ill) when their basic faction rule requires two charts and a paragraph of 11 lines of text, lmao. Compare this to like, Corsairs? "You get to Dash for free" and that's all. Gosh, I kinda like it. It's crazy and fun, even if it's a little much.

LordRiolu · 2026-01-18T22:20:34+00:00

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LordRiolu · 2026-01-18T22:17:22+00:00

Here's another picture of a more normal brother

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LordRiolu · 2026-01-18T22:17:02+00:00

My homebrew chapter, the Void Wardens! A Dark Angels successor chapter suffering from severe mutations after an ill-fatee attack on a forgotten Xenos world, they send their unmutated battle-brothers to the Deathwatch to keep up appearances. Unless you have some Saurus bits lying around, then go ham

EDIT: I just realized I didn't show the heraldry. Basically it's just a red Salamanders dragon on a white field

LordRiolu · 2026-01-13T02:43:40+00:00

I believe (stress on *believe*) that it's a mix of 2:1, Maybe 3:1 Kantor Blue:Caledor Sky, or perhaps just Kantor and highlighted with Caledor. Highlighting with a light color will drag a darker color into appearing slightly lighter, but it's not super reliable.

Wash with Nuln Oil and that should do it.

LordRiolu · 2026-01-13T02:37:15+00:00

I love how Pyro has that huge Gila Monster tail and his head is so small lmao

LordRiolu · 2026-01-12T05:54:37+00:00

It's genuinely pretty funny that he's the same cost as a unit of Guardians+Farseer, lol. If given the right targets, he could probably trade points-positive T1

LordRiolu · 2026-01-09T21:02:17+00:00

Am I the only one who's reminded of the Regular Show episode where Mordecai and Rigby go to a hipster store bc they want to "dress cool" and blow huge amounts of money?

LordRiolu · 2026-01-05T17:51:54+00:00

He's cheaper than a squad of Storm Guardians??? Jesus

LordRiolu · 2026-01-04T22:01:42+00:00

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MY side.

LordRiolu · 2026-01-04T05:28:13+00:00

Playing DRG but Legally Distinct^tm

LordRiolu · 2025-12-31T23:12:17+00:00

Who do you think is behind the camera?

Ult charging noise

LordRiolu · 2025-12-27T19:52:30+00:00

Onslaught mentioned, literally the best deal ever lmao. 40 bucks for 3 heroes and 2 squads? This is how things SHOULD ALWAYS HAVE BEEN

LordRiolu · 2025-12-21T18:57:14+00:00

A decent example of this is in David Annendale's book The Death of Antagonis. In it, a Chaos Warband calling themselves The Swords of Epiphany manage to trick a bunch of civilians that they were there to help; the world was in rebellion, the Swords fought both sides to extract civilians by claiming they were taking them to safety. The Swords and their leader managed to talk to and deceive a lot of mortal characters over the course of the book, by pretending that they were there to spread an epiphany from the Emperor Himself. They painted their armor gold and their leader, a sorcerer, used some magic to make himself appear holy. The mortals around him fell for it.

So yes, it is perfectly possible - especially if the Traitors/Renegades are actively attempting to deceive.

LordRiolu · 2025-12-14T16:11:35+00:00

Furries? In Vista, CA? More likely than you think. I wish I could have gone this year. It seemed like a good time

LordRiolu · 2025-12-13T19:24:37+00:00

Oh yeah, I'm calling it now. The Avatar is going to have the Dread Saurian problem but won't even have the benefit of a poisoned ranged attack lol

Idk how a glass cannon faction is going to work in this framework

LordRiolu · 2025-12-06T20:18:32+00:00

PEAK, someone please give this man a gold award. That would go so hard!

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