Well, if I am really going to try this Jetbike thing, then it's time to go all in and get nearly every variation I can out of the codex. Sorry, Autarch, you're sitting the bench on this one. So here's the new retooled list I am going to try running. Other than my trusty Rangers (who are ridiculously good sometimes and compliment Jetbikes very well actually) and the often late but clutch Crimson Hunter, (somebody has to pop Heldrakes with a quickness) its all bikes. Dropped the Vypers and the Fire Prisms, they just didn't add what I was looking for in the list.
Eldar 1848
Farseer (Jetbike, Singing Spear)
Farseer (Jetbike, Singing Spear)
Warlock x4 (Jetbike, Singing Spear)
Warlock x5 (Jetbike, Witchblade)
Shining Spears x8
Shining Spear Exarch x1 (Star Lance, Hit and Run, Monster Hunter)
Windrider Jetbikes x9 (3x Shuriken Cannons)
Windrider Jetbikes x9 (3x Shuriken Cannons)
Windrider Jetbikes x9 (3x Shuriken Cannons)
Rangers x6
Rangers x6
Crimson Hunter Exarch (2x Brightlances, Pulse Laser)
If nothing else, playing this list is going to get me VERY familiar with the intricacies of the Eldar Jetbike (since there will be 47 of them now) which may lead to more adept choices for list changes in the future. I'm fairly excited, because even though the bikes have been so-so in play tests thus far, these guys are blast to run on the table. And there's some assault in there too, which I think should add an extra layer of fun.
Model count comes in at an even sixty, and some of those the opponent is really going to have to earn. I think the rework really confronts some of the glaring weaknesses of the last version. Namely Daemon Princes en-mass and Wave Serpents in any large quantity. I should be alright to make Riptides cry as well.
What do you think?
Perhaps There Just Weren’t Enough Jetbikes Last Time…
by Spellduckwrong | Oct 22, 2013