Sunday, June 14, 2009

Elfzilla v2

I've been pondering the whole Elfzilla thing: which is to bring three Wraithlords and an Avatar; it's the Eldar version of an MC list. The previous list looks something like this, and it's got a big issue with mobility. One of the initial thoughts was to split the Rangers in two, but that's that.

So, here's a secondary thought; it guts the immobile core for a slightly more mobile core, and has a better shot of actually killing armor.

HQ
Avatar of Khaine
155

Farseer
Runes of Warding, Runes of Witnessing, Spirit Stones, Guide, Doom
145

Elites
6 Fire Dragons
96
Wave Serpent w/ twin Bright Lance, Shuriken Cannon
135

6 Fire Dragons
96
Wave Serpent w/ twin Bright Lance, Shuriken Cannon
135

Troops
10 Dire Avengers
120
Wave Serpent w/ twin Bright Lance, Shuriken Cannon
135

10 Dire Avengers
120
Wave Serpent w/ twin Bright Lance, Shuriken Cannon
135

8 Dire Avengers
152

Heavy Support
Wraithlord w/ Bright Lance, Missile Launcher, 2 Flamers
155

Wraithlord w/ Scatter Laser, Missile Launcher, 2 flamers
135

Wraithlord w/ Scatter Laser, Missile Launcher, 2 flamers

Total: 1849

Ideally, this keeps us on the theme of 'durable,' and we are by nature shooty. We've 4 twin bright lances, a BS4 bright lance, and a trio of EML at BS4 to hack at armor. For maiming infantry, we have Dire Avengers, Scatter Lasers, and the like. We've also got Fire Dragons for the 'kill it now' button.

If you're looking at it at the get-go, it's AV12 with an energy field, or T8, or sitting in cover with a 3+ (and can go to ground for a 2+).

We take Guide and Doom, as there's not really anything to Fortune explicitly.

The Avatar provides melee support, but I yet wonder if a Seer Council would likely help me out more in that regard.

I admit I'm worried about running up against Psychic Hoods with the council, but it might also be a matter of learning to run the council properly.

2 comments:

Faolain said...

I've wanted to try a list with three wraithlords and two 10-man Wraithguard units true Iyanden style. Expense is rather prohibitive though.

Seems like this list gives a solid core and mobility as well. Give us some battle reports on how it performs.

Raptor1313 said...

Yeah, 20 Wraithguard is quite a chunk of change, especially since the best I've been able to get 'em for on e-bay is like $10 a head prior to shipping.

I've found that my biggest problem is killing stuff with 'em, since the damn things are 400 points of 'taking up space.'

This list, though...I want to use my Wraithlords; they were fun to build, though I'm going to go back and mod 'em some. I want to get 'em some use, and I think this list will do that a bit more competitively.

Should havea test against Marines tomorrow.