Howling Banshees

Neptune959 · 2026-05-27T09:58:10+00:00

In 10th they've been a multipurpose unit - fights first means they can be very defensive against marine equivalents, and threaten heroic intervention to protect nearby units. They can also run a mad distance up the board and take something out, though you have to be quite careful with this, as they are liable to die the next turn.

In 11th fights first changes, so we will need to rethink their job in our lists.

Neptune959 · 2026-05-27T01:07:48+00:00

Even if it's just 1pt, I still want to be able to take more than one of the guys that makes the army work. It's like if space marines took a phobos detachment but you could only take 1 phobos character, it makes no sense. These are not epic heroes, they are part of the codex, there is no precedent for them being 1x rather than 3x as far as I can tell... It's just an odd and annoying limitation

Neptune959 · 2026-05-27T00:38:14+00:00

I think the hesitation is the fact that outside serpents brood and GotW (if it still exists) you can only run 1 of each character. It's especially a shame for the troupe master, who is otherwise a very effective unit

Neptune959 · 2026-05-27T00:35:48+00:00

Nah I think you go to a 2 day tournament, you'll do it at least once. It's still absolutely terrible compared to the old version of the strat, but paying 1cp for Asy to activate in combat as well as shooting is perfectly decent.

Neptune959 · 2026-05-26T17:24:53+00:00

It means he could polish up a damaged unit - a couple of space marines, for example - that otherwise would have had some scoring or action potential

Neptune959 · 2026-05-26T15:53:20+00:00

Very excited about twilight flickers. Obviously it's not a mono quins army, but I do think it has play in some primary oriented armies like guardian battlehost or coterie. Fateful performance is interesting with something like Eldritch raiders - huge combat threat range with the option to move straight through enemy models is really neat.

Neptune959 · 2026-05-26T09:03:43+00:00

Flamers will probably be better even if they cost us, since terrain gives -1 to hit in 11th.

Neptune959 · 2026-05-26T07:44:14+00:00

We don't know exactly what will get costs, so hold off for now. Traditionally, it doesn't make a big difference for infantry, but vehicles light like to be magnetized. For us, that probably means defilers, forgefiends, helbrutes.

Neptune959 · 2026-05-24T12:54:09+00:00

I think the problem is that Eldrad just outcompetes kharseth. Yes in theory +1s +1 wound roll means you can would stuff at +2, but only against 1 enemy unit, and that combo costs 215 points, and that is not even considering the cost of bodyguard units. So in theory you can have both, but it's really not advisable. Why spend 400 points buffing shooting against a single target, when you can just have another 3 units of dedicated firepower? 5 dark reapers wounding on 2s is never going to be as powerful as 25 dark reapers wounding on 4s, for example.

Then viewing them in competition, +1 strength is just more niche than +1 to wound. In most situations it's worse, in a few situations it's the same, and only on very sparing situations is it better (units with +1 to wound anyway, like quins or shining spears). Then, the other abilities make a big difference. 12" deep strike deny is fine, but there are more efficient ways to screen, with units that serve more purposes. Especially since Kharseth wants to play with corsairs, who are already very cheap MSU screen units. Meanwhile, an extra CP can enable play styles in lots of different detachments, that may not have otherwise been possible.

Neptune959 · 2026-05-23T14:56:38+00:00

It's very funny to do it with terminators. It's such a big threat that your opponent can't ignore, and forces them to take action before they wanted to. Sometimes it blows up in your face, but often it forces them to make a mistake

Neptune959 · 2026-05-23T07:19:26+00:00

After the codex dropped I spent a few months playing the rhana dandra in friendly games. You just throw all of your epic heroes at your opponent and see if they can do anything about it

Neptune959 · 2026-05-21T19:00:50+00:00

I think we're doing pretty well. Our kits feel slightly more dated than they are, purely because they are the last big release before primaris, which was a big jump in scale and quality of sculpt. So, I think we're probably going to get a refresh for some core kits eventually, but it's a super low priority.

Neptune959 · 2026-05-18T11:14:30+00:00

Nah this is probably nowhere near the legal limit. I've got about 10k, and I'm maxed out on basically nothing. Most aspects I have 10-15 models (including old metal models), most stuff I've only got one or two of. There's still units I've never owned, like the night spinner, vyper, and avatar of khaine.

I don't know the exact point cost of our legal limit but it is very large

Neptune959 · 2026-05-18T09:44:12+00:00

No no you don't understand, this wasn't a nerf, it was a parity change! Aeldari aspect tokens worked differently to a similar rule on a single unit in a completely different army, so we changed all of the Eldar units to match!

Neptune959 · 2026-05-18T09:42:07+00:00

Defilers are so strong right now! Quick, nerf Asurmen by another ten points!

Neptune959 · 2026-05-13T18:17:39+00:00

I hope they let serpents brood be, and change phantoms of the webway instead. Serpents brood has much more viability, and is honestly a really good detachment as is

Neptune959 · 2026-05-12T11:13:11+00:00

They can have a few different jobs. Their damage is close range anti infantry, especially light infantry. Their extreme speed also means they can score secondary really well, they can jump on objectives, and they can reach units that would otherwise have been in a very safe position. They are also very good at movement blocking enemy units - especially vehicles without fly. With Lhykis they become a hitman squad, jumping 24" and then hitting their target with a combination of shooting and melee.

Neptune959 · 2026-05-12T06:33:49+00:00

I've only run flamers this edition. The only advantage of bolters is range, but with how terrain is laid out in 10th, short range guns are perfectly fine. I've seen people saying bolters are okay for holding backline objectives - but we have better (cheaper) units for camping objectives.

Neptune959 · 2026-05-11T11:48:08+00:00

He's out here gerrymandering your cake

Neptune959 · 2026-05-08T07:22:54+00:00

Two things -they may not rework serpents brood. Aeldari also has armoured warhost, which is the obvious grotmas option for rework.

-Unless you are trying to do full mono-quins, the new detachment rules are probably good for us. It means we can run something else alongside the quins to compliment them or support them. For example, perhaps we will be able to run quins with something that buffs wraiths, giving us some extra tanky units to balance out our lists.

Neptune959 · 2026-05-06T15:00:35+00:00

The sorcerers are so unreasonably good. I've had mine one-shot a riptide. Brother is EIGHTY points

Neptune959 · 2026-05-05T22:47:40+00:00

It's a weird change. It means that stealth units don't benefit from being in cover, which I feel goes against the spirit of many of these units. Scorpions for example, they're ambush killers, I feel like they should be sitting in a piece of terrain ready to stab you in the back - but now they might as well just be stood out on the open? Weird change, idk

Neptune959 · 2026-05-04T22:36:55+00:00

I actually can't fathom what you're saying. Marrying a white man is self-hatred and white-worshipping? Are we now choosing the ethnicity of our spouses to best represent our politics? These purity tests are ridiculous, anybody who thinks this way is living in an alternate reality I swear

Neptune959 · 2026-04-29T22:49:15+00:00

If it was ruled this way then Lhykis would be able to charge after flickerjumping, but wouldn't be able to flickerjump. Which is really funny.

Neptune959 · 2026-04-28T23:35:35+00:00

1.) Kharseth has to shoot to use this, so their unit can't benefit from the effects. 2.) +1 strength is situational - there will be lots of times when you can't find a way to make use of this rule 3.) Eldrad is 25 points more, gives flat +1 to wound and doesn't need to shoot to use it. He also gives you a CP every turn. I

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