Hey guys/gals. I am working towards building a list up to 2000 points for across a 12 weeek escalation league at the nearest GW store to me. This is my planned total list, as I have it already broken down into a grow into force for each points level.
I am looking at taking Craftworld Iyanden for the stoic endurance, since I am building my list around the wraithguard start collecting box set(s). In the end it will be two detachments for maximizing my CP. After some consideration I have decided to go with Ulthwe, their trait is better suited all around instead of just wraith lords really getting the major benefit.
Spearhead Detachment:
Farseer w/singing spear, guide and doom, Ulthwe warlord trait.
Wraith lord w/ghostglaive, 2 shuriken catapults, and 2 shuriken cannons
Wraith Lord w/ fists, 2 shuriken catapults, and 2 Aeldari Missle launchers
War walkers x2, each with 2 Aeldari Missle Launchers
Nightspinner w/ spirit stones
Warp Spiders x8, exarch with two death spinners
Vanguard Detachment:
Spiritseer w/enhance/drain
Bonesinger
Wraithblades x5, w/ ghost axes and force shields
Wave serpent w/ shuriken cannon, twin linked shuriken cannons, and spirit stones
Wraithguard x5, w/ D-scythes
Wraithguard x5, w/ wraithcannons
Hemlock Wraithfighter w/Jinx
Total points comes up to 1997(based on my calculations, if I am wrong someone please correct me). Anyways I just wanted to get your opinion on how balanced this army seems. I am allowed to take a Lord of war in the last 3 weeks, but I just can't justify the points for a wraith knight. I feel I need the extra transports to get my guard across the table and feel the wraith knight is just too much of a fire magnet with no built in invunerable save, and to costly to have to pay for it, especially when compared to similar options for other armies.
best part is this takes advantage of 2 start collecting boxes and allows me to be battle forged the entire way through. Granted the first 500 points is difficult since I have to go with 2 wraith lords and a warwalker to fill 3 compulsory units and fit in a detachment still as wraith guard/blades are to pricy to start and I can't get 3 of them in at 500 points. After that, we have 2 week brackets and it goes up 250 every two weeks till the last two week jump which is 500.
I forgot to mention I do have to keep my army battle forged throughout the event which is why I am starting with a spearhead detachment then going to multiple detachments towards later weeks. I also can not field more than 3 of the same units during the event, so this is why I am partially looking at taking the wraithblades over 3 units of wraithguards. While I would still be considered legal, I am trying to not take more than 2 to be safe, plus those axes and force shields look cool. I also must keep the same chapter tactic/army trait, in this case craftworld trait through out the event.
I have made some changes to the list, I dropped a second wave serpent and going for that strategem that was recommended, and going with the warlord trait that was recommended as well. I also added a unit of warp spiders in place of the wave serpent, it gives me another unit for them to worry about and some added mobility in that unit, and adds something to the army that isn't a spirit host.