@@oliverp3545 In the lore, they are auxiliaries usually put in low-risk positions to provide fire support. But since GW gave them 12-inch guns and only one special weapon for every 10, they have to get in close to do anything. This actually made a bit more sense in 3E when it was introduced, but it ain't 2000 anymore.
One of the most forgotten custom craftworld traits that had (has?) some success is Hunter of Ancient Relics. +1 A near objectives can be very good on Wraiths or Shining Spears!
I run a custom craftworld with expert crafters and wrath of the dead (reroll wound rolls of 1). I call them "Isha's Chosen". Their lore is they believe they have to push to Nurgles Garden to release Isha (their fertility goddess) from her prison so they will be able to have children at a normal rate again to rebuild their race. It's mostly a wraith army since obviously aton of them die trying to do this and other craftworlds wont even acknowledge them bc they hate the idea of throwing away eldar lives. The wrath of the dead is NASTY on wraithfighters. When they shoot at marines they auto hit 2d3 shots, wound on 2s (reroll failed), -4 ap so normal marines dont get a save. And any shot that goes through does 2 dmg so it kills a marine. Perfect for targeting devistator squads. Also helps with my wraithblades and wraith lords but usually once the wraithfighters kill the devistators (or equivalent) the rest can just run the table (bright Lance's on the wraithlords killing vehicle heavy weapon threats).
Iyanden Baby!!! The most ridiculous lore, basically responsible for creating the concept of modern crafteworlds (they invented the infinity circuits and were the first to use spiritstones) have been invaded by basically everybody but the Necrons and Imperium multiple times without dying (like 3 chaos invasions, wth) and are probably on the best terms with humanity of all the eldar (they have literal ambassadors from the Inquisition living with eldar families on the craftworld)
The bit about the ambassadors comes from the "last chancers" story about an imperial guardsman who got sent to a penal legion for joyriding an Eldar ambassadors personal vehicle, don't remember the exact story name. The stuff about the invasions and how they created the infinity circuit all comes from the codexes (I think 7th and 8th edition) as well as the 7th edition iyanden codex supplement
All can more easily be found on the warhammer 40k wiki page about them. Added Fun fact, they were also so effective at purging chaos from the eastern galatic rim that even the lords of Terra pondered at one point why chaos never successfully built any strongholds there as they had across the rest of space
Thanks a lot for the video! I recently started collecting and building my eldar forces and of course i went with custom craftworld (i just love to play my dudes and build my storyline). Craftworld is called Eislenn and it was a small but reliable food and supply producer for other major craftworlds such as Biel-Tan. But things get bad when an ork horde led by corsair captain Badrukk pillaged big part of the craftworld before was driven out by my main character farseer Alee Ullamar and her brother Rhidhal, soul of which was inserted in big wraithlord after his heroic death (i already played that game and it was completely AWESOME with wraithlord bashing with morkanaut and eldar protecting vital supply points with their lives). After that attack, farseer and her entourage was sent for a quest of vengeance to orcs and searching for a safe haven to repair the heavily damaged craftworld. On the tabletop that fluff was represented like that: Attributes - Wrath of the Dead and Hail of Doom. Alee is short on manpower but strong in her ability to guide wraith constructs, and with almost all aspect warriors of the craftworld destroyed she have to rely on scouts and guardians (which commonly are set in the webway to aid in crutial moments of battle with shurikens blazing). Right now i have a lot of fun with eldar, playing narrative scenarios and painting my badass wraithlord with sniper rifle and i really wanna see the new codex to play some crusade stuff and push the storyline further.
@@ruas4721 I don't understand what you don't like about the lore... Do you have something against the faction itself? Or maybe you think that the story could have been better? 🤔
@@lorenzo501stvisarch9 The story is completly "unrealistic" in the 40k universe. It cant coexist with the other lore, because the Ynnari break the "rules" of the eldar fluff.
@@ruas4721 which one? I'm curious.. Because I've read the books and stories and learned all the rules and I can say with most certanty that I found it all pretty realistic and convincing? You do not like it beacuse the Ynnari story influences the Empire story (Cadia, rebirth of Gulliman, etc..)?
@@lorenzo501stvisarch9 I dont really get what he means either i feel like although the story does change what the eldar was( a dying race with no salvation and only a pitiful way of preventing eternal suffering) , it does shake that up a little bit but imo stories without plot of evolution of core concepts are literally boring and lame...I like the changes at least now the eldar have an objective beyond SURVIVE. The only conflict I see is between the harlequins and ceogorath(or whatever the fucking laighinggod is called) as I dont see how the eldar can be serving both gods but even that is lore accurate eldsr sre just polytheistic and to me it makes sense for their gods to manifest themselves in the same way the chaos demons did , I'd love to see ynnari become a model line of corrupted elves, it would even be super interesting if they flipped the whole story on its head and ynnead turned out to be a chaos demon of sorts that tricked much of an already last stand eldar society
I've played Ulthwé when I've done Eldar since 2002. The Seer Council and Webway Strike Force from Codex Eye of Terror was amazing. Sadly we're a long way away from those great heights.
I really feel strength from death should work more like Order of the Martyred lady buff and their characters should get some sort of reanimation protocol thing. I mean that's the point of their lore, their soldiers can come back to life
I usually hate the "black and brooding" option but Ulthwe all the way. I love guardians and eldrad, and aspect warriors being so few makes them more special in my opinion.
I'm going to look into the Ynari. I was always a fan of Warhammer's death God, Morr, and hadn't known he had an aspect in 40k among the Eldar. Pretty cool.
Thanks for the great content. I'm a constant watcher of your videos. Would love more mathhammer videos on Aeldari even though their codex is outdated. Also, would love to see what combinations of forces can be best with Aeldari with the release of the new Drukhari codex.
Depend on the list i feel like fielding... Alaitoc was awesome for the bonus at over 12". Ulthwé for the 6+++ and Eldrad. Iyanden for wraiths. But like i seen #WaitForTheCodex #EradicatorsWayBetterThanDragons
It would be cool if there was ACTUALLY an Exodite sub-faction. Doesn't HAVE to be "Wood Elves, but in space", just like eldar version of Imperial guard, you know? Plenty of different regiments, there HAS to be enough Exodites on crone worlds to justify 4 or so different Exodite sub-factions.
i went with Ulthwe in the end, mainly base on colour scheme (went retro yellow over bone) ... so hoping they can improve some of the model line in the coming 18months
@@bryal7811 I personally think that pointing it out is not being a "that guy". The makers of WC and SC openly said that both were heavily influenced by WH, so no need to feel like we're just making accusations. And I don't really hold it against them, at least they actually put effort in to make it their own version. But it is ironic that in the WC3 remake they took precautions to prevent something like DotA hapening again, where a small group makes their own IP off of something else and becomes hugely successful, despite WC itself being, in essence, a similar case.
I was going with Alaitoc with Saim-Hamn but repainted everything to go with Yme-Loc for their colors and focus on mechs and tanks cause I love tanks and custom traits. I got 3 Falcons, Wave Serpents, Night Spinners, Fire Prisms, and Warp Hunters just because I'm obsessive like that.
If you've got an airbrush - which you should considering Craftworlds' heavy reliance on vehicles in the competitive scene, Craftworld Mymeara has got a pretty spiffy colour scheme. Neat lore too.
Hmm, not sure about that. Dire Avengers are overpriced for just 5 models and Guardians are crude sculpts from 1999. The most frustrating CW infantry, however, are also the most recent: The spectacularly designed yet crazy expensive box of Howling Banshees - units that GW somehow keeps nerfing(!) even after the dud of a highway robbery that was Blood of the Phoenix. Absolutely insane.
I was hoping Mymeara was going to be covered. I'm researching a new Eldar force and the focus on stealth and Shadow Spectres was what I'm aiming for. I'd love to see those units folded into the normal model range in the future.
I fell in love with the green and white of Biel Tan and they were my 2nd army in 40k, had to sell them 2 decades ago. Over the past few yrs ive rebuilt my force for them. While most of the models are from what, 4th edition/5th? Lets be honest they have held up well design wise. Now if we could just get updated aspect warriors. Eyes my favorite unit rules wise, warp spiders and sudders at how they look now compared to new stuff.
;-; My boys and girls got a video... My Eldar collection is a group of survivors from Malan'Tai, which got destroyed by Tyranids and their sneaky super-powerful zoanthrope. They managed to gather survivors and highly valuable gear onto the fleet that was largely intact as the space battle against Tyranids was actually won. Now they are grim and full of sorrow and their only goal is vengeance. They act as free of charge mercenaries for other Craftworlds and help them in their efforts against humans, Orks, Tyranids and Chaos. As for the rules, Expert Crafters and Masters of Concealment is just the best choice overall and the army is in a dire need of new ruleset. Our melee experts are weaker in melee than ranged troops of other factions (compare a Striking Scorpion to a Necron Immortal or a newly improved Kabalite Warrior, not to mention marines...), and while it is possible to make a fun to play and strong list, the choice just isn't there and it's quite boring to be playing exactly the same playstyle for over 4 years.
I think that improved shurikens are underrated, assuming you have enough shuriken weapons to make it worth it. Even having 16" range on things like Striking Scorpions pistols can be surprisingly useful. And the extra threat range on guardians, Dire Avengers, and Shuriken Cannons can really help you dictate the tempo of a battle. I have it paired with Master Crafters, so I have buffed both my heavy and small arms weapons.
I'm a fan of Ulthwe, and I've been having a ton of fun with Storm Guardians and Fusion Guns lately. Would love to see new Aspect Warriors or some new troop resculpts.
It is clear that the best Craftworld is the one that leads to plastic Aspect warrior's. I've debated getting some Craftworlders. I'd probably go custom for Hail of doom or the one that ignores cover and Webway warrior's for a fun agressive army. Could be fun to drop 3 (via stratagem) full squads of Guardians. That could demolish about anything right?
Really hoping Biel-Tan's tan's rules change to something more interesting. Re-roll 1's with Shuriken Weapons and +1Ld for Aspect Warriors is pretty lackluster and not really fitting for a Craftworld means to specialist in the use of Aspect Warriors, most of whom don't even use Shuriken weapons..
Given how powerful other armies have really powerful choosable stuff, I'd say it wouldn't be broken to give Biel-Tan the -1 AP and extra shuriken range from the custom traits.
Agreed. I feel like rolling 2d6 or 3d6 when Advancing and picking the highest would be better. It would synergise well with Battle Focus, with Banshees' Advance and Charge, and a few Craftworld weapons are short ranged so they need it. Also it would buff transports, thus overall helping both melee and ranged units. The only units it wouldn't help are jetbikes, but that's fine cause that's Saim-Hann's thing.
Think they need something that benefits both ranged and combat Aspect Warriors, like all Aspect Warriors go from 3+ to 2+ WS and BS. Just something that will add a little extra to all of them.
@@isaachernandez3100 Charging with Banshees isn't something I've tended to have trouble with, it's surviving the return hits due to not having the necessary punch to kill what they charged followed by the inevitable fall back and by subsequent shooting in the enemy turn. I just think their Craftworld Attribute should be something that adds a little extra benefit to all of their Aspect Warriors. The units I most associate with Biel-Tan are Aspect Warriors, Autarchs and The Avatar. The generals they are best known for negate all the benefits of their Craftworld Attribute which was never that good anyway; even less so for an army built of mostly Aspect Warriors.
After getting back in to 40K with my son after a nearly 30 year gap since I last played, it’s good to see Eldar still have the same models. Proper retro! 😂
I tend to use a custom craftworld with masterful shots and expert crafters. It’s brilliant for dark reapers and fire prisms. But recently I’ve been thinking about taking at least one Ulthwe detachment - army-wide 6+++, black guardian bomb and access to Eldrad is very good IMO.
Ulthwe. Black and bone is a nice combo and their rep as mysterious saviors and merciless foes is quite nice. Also, waaaay back when Craftworlds were allowed to have lore that actually makes them sound badass, they had quite a few coups. Also, in Dawn of War: Dark Crusade, Taldeer was probably the only time a farseer did farseer stuff: making seemingly unrelated things all lead to the right goal. You know, actually acting like a powerful precog.
I have an Iybraesil army of models ready to go but not painted as going with Ultramarines (I actually like primaris, always though normal spesh marines looked terrible) and Adeptas Sororitas for models I can actually play, while I wait out for a codex refresh. Though getting piety and pain to help build a ynnari force is very tempting.
CW Altansar is my jam, Maugan-Ra & the Chaos taint being the primary draws for me to play a fast, shooty, magical army in spaaaace... (these days, I run em custom: ExpCraft & CoP -- Khairne/Tzeensha influence).
I would probably go Saim Hann. I like the idea of speeder bikes but fancy a bit more upbeat than reavers and vemons and really don't fancy all that gold of the custards.
I have been all about warding runes and expert crafters since deathguard dropped and the MW protection has onlly become better on each GW release, Warding runes , expert crafters is the new hotness.
So, the Gaelic word Saim-Hann is based on- Samhain, which is what we know in English as Halloween -is pronounced something like So-ween. Sauin is the Manx spelling, which makes more sense to English spelling.
How do you guys pronounce the "Saim" in Saim-Hann? I always thought it was similar to the word "samurAI", but everyone online seems to call it "same" hann. I just think the former sounds cooler.
I’m normally a Craftworld player but they’re just not functioning in 9th, so sitting in a box. That said there are some builds that work, it’s just very limited.
I've had some pretty solid success fielding Wraiths as a central damage sponge, Grav Tank for distraction carnifex, bright lances for Anti Armor, and webway walking loads of rangers onto objectives. I try to use Psychic Ritual secondary for the fatty 15VP for casting Doom three times center table, lol.
Don't even need to look at this. Either pick the one you like or make up your own like I did. I have a craft world name and usually a battle force name for games up to 1500 points. In an homage to Pratchet my battle force is Rince Wind. Plus, I have not seen another Eldar force using Tin Bitz as the primary colour.
Thanks for the video :) I almost beggin warhammer 40k with eldar, but maybe I will make an army of them in the futur... (after the spaces marines... and the adeptus mechanicus... and the orks, and the chaos space marines I have from I don't remember where ^^')
If only Eldar had featured in The Horus Heresy, they’d have a new model line by now. Sadly 40k (the plastic version of 30k) is not so lucky. ADB, get on it!
I'm new to 40k and would like to maybe one day make an Exodite army. Since there are no rules for them, could I just use the alternate rules for craftworld eldar?
I own over 14000 points of CWE not including my forge world units. I have all Craftworlds or rather some battalions to them. Most of my eldari are in Purple/white/bone colours for my Custom craftworld. One day we shall get new models!!! GLORY TO THE ELDARI
Hail of Doom and Warding Runes are also really deadly as they allow for AP -1 and a wound role that would result in a mortal would can be nullified with a role of 5+ This makes the Guardian Bomb extremely deadly as 40 shots of S4, that can have reroles due to Psychic spells, is not only deadly but due to their rather weak armour save and no invulnerable save means that alot of killing potential against them will be hampered. Their recent points drop makes this a rather deadly strategy since for just 320 points you can have 2 Guardian Bombs.
I really miss the special rules for black guardians. It was one of the main reason for choosing Ulthwe back in the day. As it is, Guardians are just cannon fodder. Which makes no sense, lore wise.
Pick the craft world that magically forces GW to care about space elves again
Ulthwe got them to make a plastic Eldrad, can't say that about the rest.
So paint them blue and draw a white horse shoe on their shoulders?
@@oliverp3545 Not to make guardians that are more than suicide squads, sadly.
@@boyanpenev9822 unfortunately it works so well because otherwise its dumb based purely on the lore.
@@oliverp3545 In the lore, they are auxiliaries usually put in low-risk positions to provide fire support. But since GW gave them 12-inch guns and only one special weapon for every 10, they have to get in close to do anything.
This actually made a bit more sense in 3E when it was introduced, but it ain't 2000 anymore.
Don't worry guys. Come 10th edition, Eldar will be the second half of the starter box set containing Super Primaris Marines.
Still with the same guardian models probably....
No sorry that space is reserved for nids
Super primaris marines roster:
A new captain in gravisator armature
10 man interdritatorers that are armed with ap 2 range 45 bolt railguns.
Super Primaris... Hmmm... Ultramaris
Dark Eldar, maybe. It should be very clear to Little Timmy that Spess Mehreens are the good guys.
One of the most forgotten custom craftworld traits that had (has?) some success is Hunter of Ancient Relics. +1 A near objectives can be very good on Wraiths or Shining Spears!
One of the traits I take for my Crone World-exploring Iybraesil! Along with Children Of Morai Heg to be extra fluffy.
I dunno, Webway warriors and Warding runes for my homebrew craftworld with Harlequin support, cause having CP at the start of the game is overrated
Only one choice for me because of Ulthwe's sexy black scheme and magic voodoo powers.
I run a custom craftworld with expert crafters and wrath of the dead (reroll wound rolls of 1). I call them "Isha's Chosen". Their lore is they believe they have to push to Nurgles Garden to release Isha (their fertility goddess) from her prison so they will be able to have children at a normal rate again to rebuild their race. It's mostly a wraith army since obviously aton of them die trying to do this and other craftworlds wont even acknowledge them bc they hate the idea of throwing away eldar lives. The wrath of the dead is NASTY on wraithfighters. When they shoot at marines they auto hit 2d3 shots, wound on 2s (reroll failed), -4 ap so normal marines dont get a save. And any shot that goes through does 2 dmg so it kills a marine. Perfect for targeting devistator squads. Also helps with my wraithblades and wraith lords but usually once the wraithfighters kill the devistators (or equivalent) the rest can just run the table (bright Lance's on the wraithlords killing vehicle heavy weapon threats).
Damn that is actually really cool.
Iyanden Baby!!! The most ridiculous lore, basically responsible for creating the concept of modern crafteworlds (they invented the infinity circuits and were the first to use spiritstones) have been invaded by basically everybody but the Necrons and Imperium multiple times without dying (like 3 chaos invasions, wth) and are probably on the best terms with humanity of all the eldar (they have literal ambassadors from the Inquisition living with eldar families on the craftworld)
I need sources for that lore. I'm curious.
@@Cipri001 me too
The bit about the ambassadors comes from the "last chancers" story about an imperial guardsman who got sent to a penal legion for joyriding an Eldar ambassadors personal vehicle, don't remember the exact story name. The stuff about the invasions and how they created the infinity circuit all comes from the codexes (I think 7th and 8th edition) as well as the 7th edition iyanden codex supplement
All can more easily be found on the warhammer 40k wiki page about them. Added Fun fact, they were also so effective at purging chaos from the eastern galatic rim that even the lords of Terra pondered at one point why chaos never successfully built any strongholds there as they had across the rest of space
@@Some_Cool_Dude Exactly Ultramar only exists because of Iyanden's hard work ;)
Clearly the superior Craftworld are the ones that left for the harlequins
Well the Black Library is a Craftworld.
@@oliverp3545 true let's make those models
The Primaris Craftworld is pretty good from what I hear.
Thanks a lot for the video! I recently started collecting and building my eldar forces and of course i went with custom craftworld (i just love to play my dudes and build my storyline). Craftworld is called Eislenn and it was a small but reliable food and supply producer for other major craftworlds such as Biel-Tan. But things get bad when an ork horde led by corsair captain Badrukk pillaged big part of the craftworld before was driven out by my main character farseer Alee Ullamar and her brother Rhidhal, soul of which was inserted in big wraithlord after his heroic death (i already played that game and it was completely AWESOME with wraithlord bashing with morkanaut and eldar protecting vital supply points with their lives). After that attack, farseer and her entourage was sent for a quest of vengeance to orcs and searching for a safe haven to repair the heavily damaged craftworld. On the tabletop that fluff was represented like that:
Attributes - Wrath of the Dead and Hail of Doom. Alee is short on manpower but strong in her ability to guide wraith constructs, and with almost all aspect warriors of the craftworld destroyed she have to rely on scouts and guardians (which commonly are set in the webway to aid in crutial moments of battle with shurikens blazing).
Right now i have a lot of fun with eldar, playing narrative scenarios and painting my badass wraithlord with sniper rifle and i really wanna see the new codex to play some crusade stuff and push the storyline further.
here's hoping for a complete rework for the craftworlds
Aren't we all?
Craftworld Waitforthenewcodex.
I'm planning on starting an Eldar army, but I'll wait for the next codex before I commit
surprised you didn't mention ywe-loc. my favorite color scheme.
More eldar videos please!
I really hope that the YNNARI one day will get their own codex and units!!
It is a very fascinating faction, both in gameplay as in the lore
The lore isnt fascinating, its stupid and against the former lore, like braindead primaris marines. Ynnead was never supposed to be a god like this.
@@ruas4721 I don't understand what you don't like about the lore... Do you have something against the faction itself?
Or maybe you think that the story could have been better? 🤔
@@lorenzo501stvisarch9 The story is completly "unrealistic" in the 40k universe. It cant coexist with the other lore, because the Ynnari break the "rules" of the eldar fluff.
@@ruas4721 which one? I'm curious..
Because I've read the books and stories and learned all the rules and I can say with most certanty that I found it all pretty realistic and convincing?
You do not like it beacuse the Ynnari story influences the Empire story (Cadia, rebirth of Gulliman, etc..)?
@@lorenzo501stvisarch9 I dont really get what he means either i feel like although the story does change what the eldar was( a dying race with no salvation and only a pitiful way of preventing eternal suffering) , it does shake that up a little bit but imo stories without plot of evolution of core concepts are literally boring and lame...I like the changes at least now the eldar have an objective beyond SURVIVE. The only conflict I see is between the harlequins and ceogorath(or whatever the fucking laighinggod is called) as I dont see how the eldar can be serving both gods but even that is lore accurate eldsr sre just polytheistic and to me it makes sense for their gods to manifest themselves in the same way the chaos demons did , I'd love to see ynnari become a model line of corrupted elves, it would even be super interesting if they flipped the whole story on its head and ynnead turned out to be a chaos demon of sorts that tricked much of an already last stand eldar society
I've played Ulthwé when I've done Eldar since 2002. The Seer Council and Webway Strike Force from Codex Eye of Terror was amazing.
Sadly we're a long way away from those great heights.
My favorite craft world is Up'Date Range.
It's a craft world that's no longer GW canon.
Also, Biel Tan 4 life.
I really feel strength from death should work more like Order of the Martyred lady buff and their characters should get some sort of reanimation protocol thing. I mean that's the point of their lore, their soldiers can come back to life
I usually hate the "black and brooding" option but Ulthwe all the way. I love guardians and eldrad, and aspect warriors being so few makes them more special in my opinion.
For the SWORDWIND!
Man i wish biel tan was good. They were my first army as a youngin. I always loved their look
Making an exodite eldar army, it's a dream come true & love listening to your videos as I paint! Your heart is as true as your craft!
I'm going to look into the Ynari. I was always a fan of Warhammer's death God, Morr, and hadn't known he had an aspect in 40k among the Eldar. Pretty cool.
Thanks for the great content. I'm a constant watcher of your videos. Would love more mathhammer videos on Aeldari even though their codex is outdated. Also, would love to see what combinations of forces can be best with Aeldari with the release of the new Drukhari codex.
Auspex's timing is suspiciously good, as I'm just getting into Eldar.
Depend on the list i feel like fielding...
Alaitoc was awesome for the bonus at over 12".
Ulthwé for the 6+++ and Eldrad.
Iyanden for wraiths.
But like i seen
#WaitForTheCodex
#EradicatorsWayBetterThanDragons
Exodites: Are we a joke to you? Oh wait, we are. 😔
It would be cool if there was ACTUALLY an Exodite sub-faction. Doesn't HAVE to be "Wood Elves, but in space", just like eldar version of Imperial guard, you know? Plenty of different regiments, there HAS to be enough Exodites on crone worlds to justify 4 or so different Exodite sub-factions.
@@magnum32b Plus, you could stick them on beasts. Beast cavalry. No sense letting the Orks have all the fun.
Its like you read my search history I was just looking for a video on this yesterday(preferably your videos) as they are very helpful
Craftworld mymeara and the shadow spectres.
i went with Ulthwe in the end, mainly base on colour scheme (went retro yellow over bone) ... so hoping they can improve some of the model line in the coming 18months
Speculation but Iyanden seem like perfect fits to what the protoss and their story in SC1 was modeled after.
Sc1 was epic. Many good memories
I wouldn't even call it speculation, the Protoss are almost comically close to the Eldar in so many aspects.
@@GumshoeClassic I just don't want to be that guy! Iyanden especially because of their colors and backstory about running from the Ze̶r̶g̶ Tyranids
@@bryal7811 I personally think that pointing it out is not being a "that guy". The makers of WC and SC openly said that both were heavily influenced by WH, so no need to feel like we're just making accusations. And I don't really hold it against them, at least they actually put effort in to make it their own version.
But it is ironic that in the WC3 remake they took precautions to prevent something like DotA hapening again, where a small group makes their own IP off of something else and becomes hugely successful, despite WC itself being, in essence, a similar case.
Love to see what you think the new Drukhari codex signals for the Craftworld Eldar. 2cp fire and fade for 1cp lighting fast seems a good trade.
I was going with Alaitoc with Saim-Hamn but repainted everything to go with Yme-Loc for their colors and focus on mechs and tanks cause I love tanks and custom traits. I got 3 Falcons, Wave Serpents, Night Spinners, Fire Prisms, and Warp Hunters just because I'm obsessive like that.
Yea!!!! Hopefully they get buffed in the new edition
If you've got an airbrush - which you should considering Craftworlds' heavy reliance on vehicles in the competitive scene, Craftworld Mymeara has got a pretty spiffy colour scheme. Neat lore too.
It's a shame aswell because we have all these really interesting infantry but yet we probably use half of it at best.
Hmm, not sure about that. Dire Avengers are overpriced for just 5 models and Guardians are crude sculpts from 1999.
The most frustrating CW infantry, however, are also the most recent: The spectacularly designed yet crazy expensive box of Howling Banshees - units that GW somehow keeps nerfing(!) even after the dud of a highway robbery that was Blood of the Phoenix. Absolutely insane.
@@pancakemogul don't forget they removed one to make it just 5.
I was hoping Mymeara was going to be covered. I'm researching a new Eldar force and the focus on stealth and Shadow Spectres was what I'm aiming for. I'd love to see those units folded into the normal model range in the future.
Only played it on tabletop simulator but I always play Iyanden cause I love wraith constructs
I’ve always liked how their names come from Welsh Pagan origins
Yes finally Eldar content thank you!
Was just thinking about this question , spooky
I fell in love with the green and white of Biel Tan and they were my 2nd army in 40k, had to sell them 2 decades ago. Over the past few yrs ive rebuilt my force for them. While most of the models are from what, 4th edition/5th? Lets be honest they have held up well design wise. Now if we could just get updated aspect warriors. Eyes my favorite unit rules wise, warp spiders and sudders at how they look now compared to new stuff.
Biel-Tan. I just like the army style and fluff.
Expert Crafters is pretty good for many units since alot of your heavy weapons are going to be Bright Lances and being able to rerole them is great.
Hey AT, I hope to see some Deldar unit breakdowns or tier lists from you soon with the new codex dropping. Keep up the great work!
;-; My boys and girls got a video...
My Eldar collection is a group of survivors from Malan'Tai, which got destroyed by Tyranids and their sneaky super-powerful zoanthrope. They managed to gather survivors and highly valuable gear onto the fleet that was largely intact as the space battle against Tyranids was actually won. Now they are grim and full of sorrow and their only goal is vengeance. They act as free of charge mercenaries for other Craftworlds and help them in their efforts against humans, Orks, Tyranids and Chaos.
As for the rules, Expert Crafters and Masters of Concealment is just the best choice overall and the army is in a dire need of new ruleset. Our melee experts are weaker in melee than ranged troops of other factions (compare a Striking Scorpion to a Necron Immortal or a newly improved Kabalite Warrior, not to mention marines...), and while it is possible to make a fun to play and strong list, the choice just isn't there and it's quite boring to be playing exactly the same playstyle for over 4 years.
I think that improved shurikens are underrated, assuming you have enough shuriken weapons to make it worth it. Even having 16" range on things like Striking Scorpions pistols can be surprisingly useful. And the extra threat range on guardians, Dire Avengers, and Shuriken Cannons can really help you dictate the tempo of a battle. I have it paired with Master Crafters, so I have buffed both my heavy and small arms weapons.
I'm a fan of Ulthwe, and I've been having a ton of fun with Storm Guardians and Fusion Guns lately. Would love to see new Aspect Warriors or some new troop resculpts.
You got your wish, mate. :)
It is clear that the best Craftworld is the one that leads to plastic Aspect warrior's.
I've debated getting some Craftworlders. I'd probably go custom for Hail of doom or the one that ignores cover and Webway warrior's for a fun agressive army.
Could be fun to drop 3 (via stratagem) full squads of Guardians. That could demolish about anything right?
Really hoping Biel-Tan's tan's rules change to something more interesting. Re-roll 1's with Shuriken Weapons and +1Ld for Aspect Warriors is pretty lackluster and not really fitting for a Craftworld means to specialist in the use of Aspect Warriors, most of whom don't even use Shuriken weapons..
Given how powerful other armies have really powerful choosable stuff, I'd say it wouldn't be broken to give Biel-Tan the -1 AP and extra shuriken range from the custom traits.
Agreed. I feel like rolling 2d6 or 3d6 when Advancing and picking the highest would be better. It would synergise well with Battle Focus, with Banshees' Advance and Charge, and a few Craftworld weapons are short ranged so they need it. Also it would buff transports, thus overall helping both melee and ranged units. The only units it wouldn't help are jetbikes, but that's fine cause that's Saim-Hann's thing.
Think they need something that benefits both ranged and combat Aspect Warriors, like all Aspect Warriors go from 3+ to 2+ WS and BS. Just something that will add a little extra to all of them.
I am sorry but they have one of the best stratagems in the entire codex. Basically making banshees to never fail a charge.
@@isaachernandez3100 Charging with Banshees isn't something I've tended to have trouble with, it's surviving the return hits due to not having the necessary punch to kill what they charged followed by the inevitable fall back and by subsequent shooting in the enemy turn.
I just think their Craftworld Attribute should be something that adds a little extra benefit to all of their Aspect Warriors. The units I most associate with Biel-Tan are Aspect Warriors, Autarchs and The Avatar. The generals they are best known for negate all the benefits of their Craftworld Attribute which was never that good anyway; even less so for an army built of mostly Aspect Warriors.
I usually go Biel Tan for aspect warriors or Ulthwé for Eldrad and good rule.
After getting back in to 40K with my son after a nearly 30 year gap since I last played, it’s good to see Eldar still have the same models. Proper retro! 😂
I know, same here. I played in the late nineties and feel very at home with most of the models!
Yeah honestly the only way to get updated guys is 3rd party.
Please do Tau septs next. My blue bios need some love as well :'(
I tend to use a custom craftworld with masterful shots and expert crafters. It’s brilliant for dark reapers and fire prisms. But recently I’ve been thinking about taking at least one Ulthwe detachment - army-wide 6+++, black guardian bomb and access to Eldrad is very good IMO.
Custom craft world. masterful shots and hail of doom no cover saves and -1 in 12 inch. Lots of spears and dire avengers
As a guard player... You're a monster.
Don't forge the Guardian Bomb.
Ulthwe. Black and bone is a nice combo and their rep as mysterious saviors and merciless foes is quite nice. Also, waaaay back when Craftworlds were allowed to have lore that actually makes them sound badass, they had quite a few coups.
Also, in Dawn of War: Dark Crusade, Taldeer was probably the only time a farseer did farseer stuff: making seemingly unrelated things all lead to the right goal. You know, actually acting like a powerful precog.
Always expert crafters and depending on what I play, masterful shots/ hunter of ancients relics/ masters of concealment
Hot take: the only reason craftworlds haven't gone the way of the Squats is because GW wants money from the old molds and new (low effort) codexes
Will be this a series?
I have an Iybraesil army of models ready to go but not painted as going with Ultramarines (I actually like primaris, always though normal spesh marines looked terrible) and Adeptas Sororitas for models I can actually play, while I wait out for a codex refresh. Though getting piety and pain to help build a ynnari force is very tempting.
"they aren't the strongest craftworlds"
me:......there's a strong one in TT?
what does TT stand for?
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@@darko-man8549 thank you
@@alexchatter692 no worries.
CW Altansar is my jam, Maugan-Ra & the Chaos taint being the primary draws for me to play a fast, shooty, magical army in spaaaace... (these days, I run em custom: ExpCraft & CoP -- Khairne/Tzeensha influence).
I would probably go Saim Hann. I like the idea of speeder bikes but fancy a bit more upbeat than reavers and vemons and really don't fancy all that gold of the custards.
I feel like this video wanted to wait for a 9th craftworld codex.
I have been all about warding runes and expert crafters since deathguard dropped and the MW protection has onlly become better on each GW release, Warding runes , expert crafters is the new hotness.
As a Based-Tan player, I appreciate this video.
Ulthwe
So, the Gaelic word Saim-Hann is based on- Samhain, which is what we know in English as Halloween -is pronounced something like So-ween. Sauin is the Manx spelling, which makes more sense to English spelling.
Started out using Iyanden back in 4th edition (because wraithguard were so tough. Now I'm using Lugganath because Harlequin allies in the fluff!
I play Yme-Loc, and it's the best because it's a legit excuse to use Expert Crafters :D
How do you guys pronounce the "Saim" in Saim-Hann? I always thought it was similar to the word "samurAI", but everyone online seems to call it "same" hann. I just think the former sounds cooler.
More Xenos vidz plz, especially CW and Nids for me.
Poor Kaelor, gets a whole book and a bunch of short stories to itself and doesn't even get a mention in the codex.
I’m normally a Craftworld player but they’re just not functioning in 9th, so sitting in a box.
That said there are some builds that work, it’s just very limited.
I've had some pretty solid success fielding Wraiths as a central damage sponge, Grav Tank for distraction carnifex, bright lances for Anti Armor, and webway walking loads of rangers onto objectives.
I try to use Psychic Ritual secondary for the fatty 15VP for casting Doom three times center table, lol.
Don't even need to look at this. Either pick the one you like or make up your own like I did. I have a craft world name and usually a battle force name for games up to 1500 points. In an homage to Pratchet my battle force is Rince Wind. Plus, I have not seen another Eldar force using Tin Bitz as the primary colour.
Expert crafters + wrath of the dead (and spiritseer), rerolls for days. Beat blood angels first time out with them in a 1k point game
Iyandon have suffered far too much for me not to support them, but still new to the hobby(I run Blood Angels) and I'm SO scared of yellow
I love this channel.
Thanks for the video :)
I almost beggin warhammer 40k with eldar, but maybe I will make an army of them in the futur... (after the spaces marines... and the adeptus mechanicus... and the orks, and the chaos space marines I have from I don't remember where ^^')
I play Biel Tan as it gives me more flexibility army wide and makes my normal shuriken better.
There is a rumor I read recently eldar are about to get new figurines and new rules :O
More Eldar vids please
Guys the trick is to expert crafters and masterful shots and pray GW doesnt change it in the next codex
Saim-Hann ❤️
Iyanden 💛
Alaitoc 🖤
Ulthwe 🖤
If only Eldar had featured in The Horus Heresy, they’d have a new model line by now. Sadly 40k (the plastic version of 30k) is not so lucky.
ADB, get on it!
I'm new to 40k and would like to maybe one day make an Exodite army. Since there are no rules for them, could I just use the alternate rules for craftworld eldar?
Exodites got rid of all technology and are not spacefaring. They ride dinosaurs into inter tribal battle. Basically armish of the space elves
The Eldar players in this comment section are literally every single person who still plays them. There are dozens of you. Dozens!
Almost like a dying race.
Are there any rules for corsairs or would you have to run them as a custom craftworld?
A non Imperial video? You feeling alright mate?
How about the one that will Eldritch blast GW to make some more craftworld models
A sicaran tanks video?
Ulthwe because Eldrad. Enough said.
When each craftworld gets its own codex...
When this will happen, all Space marine Homebrew chapters will have their own codexes)
This will happen when each space marine successor chapter has their own codex
Is Master Crafters still reroles on shoot and fight? I read somewhere its was just shoot or over watch
where i can find detailed ynnari rules?
I use custom craftworld traits for my imaginary exodite army.
I own over 14000 points of CWE not including my forge world units. I have all Craftworlds or rather some battalions to them. Most of my eldari are in Purple/white/bone colours for my Custom craftworld. One day we shall get new models!!! GLORY TO THE ELDARI
ahhhh! Eldar Content!
remebmber the Iyanden hardbaCK? still on my shelf...
Hail of Doom and Warding Runes are also really deadly as they allow for AP -1 and a wound role that would result in a mortal would can be nullified with a role of 5+
This makes the Guardian Bomb extremely deadly as 40 shots of S4, that can have reroles due to Psychic spells, is not only deadly but due to their rather weak armour save and no invulnerable save means that alot of killing potential against them will be hampered.
Their recent points drop makes this a rather deadly strategy since for just 320 points you can have 2 Guardian Bombs.
I really miss the special rules for black guardians. It was one of the main reason for choosing Ulthwe back in the day. As it is, Guardians are just cannon fodder. Which makes no sense, lore wise.
Iyanden all day!! A character with a negative special rule...now that ahem...shows character ;).