Greetings fellow Captains!
I am running a list for a casual tournament series. It is similar to the Tale of Four Gamers in that after each battle our list points increase by 500. My potential opponents include Space Wolves, Khorne themed daemons, necrons, deathwing, or CWE. I am having difficulty deciding how to spec out my list for the upcoming 1250 point battle. My current list is as follows:
Eldar Corsairs of the Void Serpent
List Total: 750
HQ:
Eldar Corsair Prince Lithe of the Void Serpents 155 pts
Wargear:
-Shuriken Pistol
-Power Weapon
-Corsair Jetpack
-Force Shield
-Melta Bombs
Troops:
Corsair Squad Serpent's Fang 205 pts
Composition: 5 Corsairs
Wargear:
-Lasblasters
-Close Combat Weapons
-Plasma Grenades
Dedicated Transport: Corsair Falcon
Wargear:
-Pulse Laser
-Eldar Missile Launcher
-Shruiken Cannon
Corsair Squad Adder's Bite 155 pts
Composition: 9 Corsairs, 1 Felarch
Wargear:
-Lasblasters
-Close Combat Weapons
-Plasma Grenades
-2x Eldar Missile Launchers
-Corsair Jetpacks
Corsair Jetbike Flight Sidewinder 95 pts
Composition: 2 Corsair Jetbikers, 1 Felarch
Wargear:
-Twin-linked Shuriken Catapults
-Shuriken Pistols
-Close Combat Weapons
-1x Shuriken Cannon
Heavy Support:
Warp Hunter Python 135 pts
Wargear:
-Shuriken Cannon
-D-cannon
My Prince has proven worse than useless in previous 750 point battles. My current thoughts involve cutting his wargear back to a shadowfield and a power weapon and hiding him in with a mech squad after he's dropped his nuke.
The two units that are more or less guaranteed for the next expansion are a Nightwing and to add three more members and a second shuriken cannon to Sidewinder.
That leaves me exactly 270 points, or 280 if my Prince is re-specced.
This leaves me several options to round out my force.
The first and most obvious is a pair of Hornets with Pulse Lasers to wreck TEQs and vehicular rear armor. I also need to find some way to burn the left over 20 points but that shouldn't be hard. (1230)
The second option is a second nightwing and warp hunter as those are generally fairly potent units and work well in pairs, though they reduce my shot count overall. (1250)
The third option is a fully kitted out team of Harlequins, eight members, troupe master, shadowseer, everybody gets mono-filament blenders. My Prince will then join them and will use the left over points to upgrade to a Voidsabre. Footslogging since nothing corsair carries ten. (1246)
The fourth option is a Phoenix bomber to mess up MEQs and replacing my jetpack team with a 5 man team in another falcon. (1245)
The fifth option would be to run a team of Outcast Fire Dragons and Exarch with Firepike and power set in a TW Scatterlaser/SC wave serpent, also replacing the jetpack team with a mech team in a falcon. (1250)
The final thought is some combination of the above.
Your input is appreciated.