We settled on 1500 pets rather than 2000, I went with farseer, warlock, 2 Dire Avengers in a wave serpent, guardians, spears, reapers, crimson hunter, hemlock.
Here is what I am thinking for my 2000 list, it will require me to build and paint unit 3 and 4 of the fire avengers and the second wave serpent, but I have 4 weeks so I think I can get it done l(3 kids).
++ Battalion Detachment +5CP (Aeldari - Craftworlds) [70 PL, 1440pts] +++ No Force Org Slot +Craftworld Attribute: Alaitoc: Fieldcraft
Gametype: Matched
The Path of WarTreasures of the Craftworld (1 Relic)+ HQ +Farseer [6 PL, 110pts]: 1. Guide, 3. Fortune, 6: Seer of the Shifting Vector, Craftworlds Warlord, Shuriken Pistol, Witchblade
Warlock [2 PL, 55pts]: 1. Conceal/Reveal, Shuriken Pistol, Witchblade
+ Troops +Dire Avengers [3 PL, 64pts]. 4x Dire Avenger: 4x Avenger Shuriken Catapult
. Dire Avenger Exarch: Two Avenger Shuriken Catapults
Dire Avengers [3 PL, 64pts]. 4x Dire Avenger: 4x Avenger Shuriken Catapult
. Dire Avenger Exarch: Two Avenger Shuriken Catapults
Guardian Defenders [5 PL, 95pts]: 10x Guardian Defender
. Guardian Heavy Weapons Platform: Shuriken Cannon
+ Fast Attack +Shining Spears [10 PL, 188pts]. 5x Shining Spear: 5x Laser Lance, 5x Twin Shuriken Catapult
. Shining Spear Exarch: Star Lance, Twin Shuriken Catapult
+ Heavy Support +Dark Reapers [13 PL, 345pts]. 9x Dark Reaper: 9x Reaper Launcher
. Dark Reaper Exarch: Tempest Launcher
+ Flyer +Crimson Hunter Exarch [9 PL, 165pts]: Two Starcannons
Hemlock Wraithfighter [10 PL, 210pts]: 4. Protect/Jinx, Spirit Stones
+ Dedicated Transport +Wave Serpent [9 PL, 144pts]: Shuriken Cannon, Spirit Stones, Twin Shuriken Cannon
++ Battalion Detachment +5CP (Aeldari - Craftworlds) [29 PL, 557pts] +++ No Force Org Slot +Craftworld Attribute: Alaitoc: Fieldcraft
+ HQ +Farseer Skyrunner [7 PL, 135pts]: 2. Doom, 4. Executioner, Shuriken Pistol, Twin Shuriken Catapult, Witchblade
Warlock [2 PL, 55pts]: 4. Protect/Jinx, Faolchu's Wing, Shuriken Pistol, Witchblade
+ Troops +Dire Avengers [3 PL, 64pts]. 4x Dire Avenger: 4x Avenger Shuriken Catapult
. Dire Avenger Exarch: Two Avenger Shuriken Catapults
Dire Avengers [3 PL, 64pts]. 4x Dire Avenger: 4x Avenger Shuriken Catapult
. Dire Avenger Exarch: Two Avenger Shuriken Catapults
Guardian Defenders [5 PL, 95pts]: 10x Guardian Defender
. Guardian Heavy Weapons Platform: Shuriken Cannon
+ Dedicated Transport +Wave Serpent [9 PL, 144pts]: Shuriken Cannon, Spirit Stones, Twin Shuriken Cannon
++ Total: [99 PL, 1997pts] ++Focus is on having protection for the reapers for 2 turns (conceal and fortune), and the mobility to get around the Knights and into the squishies with the wave serpents. I have 2 sources of jinx for redundancy but likely to protect the spears in turn 1 to help the survive. Guided reapers on a doomed and jinxed knight with the flyers weighing in should net me a knight in the first turn with a little luck.
I have a 5 man unit of fire dragons, but from what I have seen in bat reps they don’t hit hard enough in 1 turn of shooting to make their points back, especially when they are very likely to be toast in my opponents turn of shooting.
I will definitely add either another crimson hunter or Hemlock as members have suggested, eventually. I just need to save more hobby $
Like with the tau, my focus on the list is mobility with reliable long range firepower and harassment. I think this list as it is is ok vs Tau, but I am worried about the Knights.
Considering what I do have, I would like to evolve this into a core of a list I will be playing in a local tournament in November and would love your feedback.