Having tested my Vyper idea, I've decided to stick with the Warp Spiders. Horrible deaths aside, they usually throw a wrench somewhere in my opponent's strategy. It's something I didn't notice until they were gone, but they are good disruptors, mobile and with high-strength weaponry. It's worth going down a few points to make sure my adversary's plan doesn't survive contact with the enemy. The Warp Spiders stay.
I downgraded the transport weapons to add more Fire Dragons. Although I'll need to pick up a blister or two to do this, I've found these units to be invaluable in my battles. Assuming they survive to attack more than one target, they do good work.
Army List: Mobile Eldar140p - Autarch w/ Jetbike, Laser Lance, Mandiblasters, Fusion Gun
108p - Farseer w/ Doom, RoWit, RoWard, Singing Spear
212p - 10 Striking Scorpions, one is Exarch w/ Claw, Stalker, Shadowstrike
145p - 8 Fire Dragons, one is Exarch w/ DB Flamer, Crack Shot
+ 110p - Wave Serpent w/ Shuricannons, Spirit Stones
129p - 7 Fire Dragons, one is Exarch w/ DB Flamer, Crack Shot
+ 110p - Wave Serpent w/ Shuricannons, Spirit Stones
130p - 10 Storm Guardians w/ 2 Flamers + Warlock w/ Destructor + Singing Spear
+ 110p - Wave Serpent w/ Shuricannons, Spirit Stones
205p - 6 Guardian Jetbikes w/ 2 Shuricannons + Jetbike Warlock w/ Embolden, Singing Spear
205p - 6 Guardian Jetbikes w/ 2 Shuricannons + Jetbike Warlock w/ Embolden, Singing Spear
149p - 6 Warp Spiders, one is Exarch w/ x2 Deathspinner
237p - 5 Shining Spears, one is Exarch with Star Lance, Skillful Rider, Withdraw
Total Points: 2000
Force Composition: 36 Infantry, 26 Mounted/Jump Infantry, 3 Armor
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Tactics and Strategies:This is an army list that relies on mobility to win.
The Farseer goes with the Storm Guardians in a Wave Serpent. He Dooms stuff. The Autarch goes with the Shining Spears. He's basically a huge baller, and every day he's hustlin hustlin hustlin hustlin
The Fire Dragons are for Anti-Tank, but also find themselves fighting Marines, Terminators, MCs and Hordes. The Storm Guardians are for laying down templates and attacking troops, especially lightly armored ones, though anything clustered without a 2+ save will be hurting pretty bad after 3 templates to the face.
Depending on my opponent and the game type, I outflank my Striking Scorpions or Infiltrate them. They usually assault in conjunction with the Shining Spears. Sometimes they'll charge one turn beforehand so that the Shining Spears can charge a previously-engaged-in-CC unit, meaning that the lack of grenades doesn't hurt them.
The Guardian Jetbikes have a decent amount of firepower and can pop light vehicles with their Shuriken Cannons and Spear.
The beauty/power of this army isn't in the individual units, but the ability to focus fire and have them support each other. Probably the most tactically important squad in the battle is the Striking Scorpions because they're the least mobile. My favorite thing is to converge multiple units onto one squad and wipe the floor with it. The Warp Spiders aren't actually that cool. They're whole "deal" is getting all up in the opponents plan and messing things up. They die a lot, but usually take out a vital squad in a vital place at a vital time. Sometimes, though, they just die
List Type: The point of this army is to hit the opponent VERY hard on one flank. Consider it a Hammer & Anvil list with no Anvil. This is all Hammer. The usual deal is to cripple my opponent's best artillery or fastest assault unit-- basically anything that can catch me. If the Scorpions go down, I'll sometimes burn a turn changing flanks if the situation allows.
Hammer & Hammer.Theme: Saim-Hann meets Biel-Tan? This is Aspect Warriors + Grav Tech (and some units that use both). Mobile Eldar.
Environment/Adversaries: Termie-Heavy and Mech Marines, non-Mech Tau, Swarmy Tyranids, and Gunny Imperial Guard.
I consider this list to be basically "done." Painting wise, I still have a ways to go. If anyone has any thoughts, please let me know. I'm always looking to improve my list. I'm probably going to make a 1000 point list as well at some point since some of my gaming friends don't have 2000 points worth of models.