Eldar Review…Fire Prism

New Eldar Codex Unit Review: Fire Prism

 
 
I was always a big fan of the fire prism in the previous codex so how does it stack up these days?
 
Does it still have  a place in the warhost?
 
The prism cannon got an upgrade with the ability to fire three different blasts- big, medium and single shot 5/3, 7/2, and 9/1 which could actually be a big deal. Of course it still suffers from the problem of any single big gun model, in that just like the vindicator, once the gun is gone then what? Although this is a rarer occurrence in 6th edition it can happen- but don’t let that take away from the tank and how good it can be.
 
Emphasis on can be.
 
With a 60” range on the prism cannon this tank likes to sit back and shoot, focusing on killing large blobs of troops- which only really works if we can get them out of cover and a reason to bunch up- which ones does through placing objectives out in the open among other things- have  a plan to get the most out of those blasts.
 
Upgrades?
 
As always the shuriken cannon is well worth the points- 24” range which will get you to mid field, and at least some sort of option if the prism cannon is destroyed.
 
Holofields are back to keep it alive and are actually useful, and spirit stones are a must to keep it moving and shooting as much as possible. I’ll miss the old holo-fields which still worked on the 3 HP vehicles, but a bonus to the cover save is still good, and I’ll get over it…
 
All in all, pretty much same as before, so how has the tank gotten better?
 
Grav tank mobility + the lance shot = potential IC or model sniper. Yes, there is look out sir, but fails happen…
 
Crystal targeting matrix could be a help with this, but I’m still on the fence with taking it.
 
Thoughts?
Posted by Fritz