Hi guys, please find below my proposed list for the Alaitoc all comers challenge.
I'm posting this with the caveat that I don't have my main rulebook with me, so I'll only be posting it as a single battalion, so I may not be maximising available CP.
Aeldari Battalion
Keyword: Alaitoc
Warlord: Autarch with the Seer of the Shifting Vector Warlord Trait
HQ
Autarch with Swooping Hawk Wings
- Fusion pistol
- Forceshield
- Power Sword
- Shimmerplume of Achillrial
Illic Nightspear
HQ Total 184 Pts
Troops
5 x Rangers
5 x Rangers
5 x Rangers
5 x Rangers
Troops Total 240 Pts
Elites
7 x Striking Scorpions
-Including Exarch
- Scorpion's Claw
Elites Total 110 Pts
Fast Attack
7 x Swooping Hawks
- Including Exarch
- Hawk's Talon
7 x Warp Spiders
- Including Exarch
- 2 x Death Spinners
5 x Wind Riders
- 5 Shuriken Cannons
Fast Attack Total 368 Pts
Heavy Support
2 x Fire Prism
- 2 x Shuriken Cannons
2 x War Walkers
- 2 x Bright Lance
- 2 x Star Cannon
2 x War Walker
- 2 x Bright Lance
- 2 x Star Cannon
Heavy Support Total 670 Pts
Flyers
1 x Crimson Hunter Exarch
- 2 x Bright Lance
Flyer Total 175 Pts
Total Points: 1747 Pts
CP 6
Model Count 57
This force is supposed to represent a Rapid Reaction/Ambushing Strike Force. The key elements can all deploy in slightly different ways, allowing me to deploy a minimal force onto the board. I can then place the bulk of my force having already seen the enemy's deployment or opening moves. Only the Fire Prisms, Crimson Hunter and the Wind Riders have to be placed on the board to start. Even then, I could choose to Webway Assault the Bikers or Cloudstrike either the Crimson Hunter or the Fire Prisms (Although I'd likely leave the Fire Prisms otherwise the enemy would only have to kill the bikers to table me). Against a deep striking enemy with even fewer drops than me, I'd deploy some Rangers to provide a limited protective bible to the harder hitters.
Anti tank is provided by the Hunter, War Walkers and Prisms. Those same units also cover damage against elite units. Wind Riders can chip away at both too.
Hordes are the remit of the Hawks, Spiders and Jetbikes, backed up by the rerolls the Autarch provides. Fire Prisms can assist if there are no better targets. Scorpions also fit here.
Characters? Illic and the Rangers.
Ideally, the Bikes, Spiders, Hawks ans the Autarch operate as a reactionary force, deploying together (or moving together in the case of the bikes). Meanwhile, the Prisms and a Ranger base act as back line defense. The Scorpions can then deploy where needed - either to help protect the back line, or to assist the assault.
Survivability is provided by the fact that the Rangers, Autarch and flyer are all really difficult to hit, while everything else is just difficult. The assault force will be layered so that the Spiders always provide a juicer target, therefore attracting fire. They then do their thing and become really difficult to hit.
The force is, I believe, fitting of the background too, as it features Rangers and all the Aspects incorporate an Exarch. Everything else is fast enough to be rapid reaction, or it is stealthy.
So there you are. Please leave feedback as to areas where I could improve the list. Please note, though, that 'Add Dark Reapers' will gain no traction, as I don't feel they fit the aesthetic. I know they're brilliant, but flavour is important to me.