I envision my spirit host as having two halves in balance, composed of close combat Wraithblades and ranged Wraithguard, each led by a Spiritseer and supported by a Wraithlord. The Spiritseers are themselves proteges of the famed Iyanna Arienal, seen in Gav Thorpe’s Rise of the Ynnari: Ghost Warrior.

Now that we’ve got through all the pre-amble of covering units and special abilities, we’re ready to go through the units in the Eldar army. As with pretty much all earlier codexes, the units are a distinctly mixed bag, and we’re not going to dwell for too long on the ones that don’t quite get there. HQ Farseer To round it all off, most of the green gems on the weapons were done by painting two coats of Ork Flesh straight out of the pot. Boon Note: Do not forget that Fire & Fade counts as a Normal Move and will allow you to embark following a prior movement phase disembarkation. Very good. A+ Warlord Trait – Natural Leader: Give a BIEL TAN unit within 3″ at the start of the shooting phase re-rolls of failed hitsBoon Note: I loved Avenging Strikes on Falcon or Wave Serpent mounted Avengers as I’d get one or two to die if the vehicle went down – but that’s kind of fallen away now that 8th ended and 9th has rolled on. But I still dream of the days my Dire Avengers just chunked out T8 units in their vengeance. Rangers Eldar have a very good set of stratagems that has held up surprisingly well considering how old they are. While there are some things that have become “standard” over time that they’re conspicuously missing, there’s some extremely strong stuff here and you’ll want to be familiar with them. Restrain (Malediction): Select one enemy unit within 18" of this PSYKER. Until the start of your next Psychic phase: Masterful Shots: Ignore Light and Heavy cover. Deceptively powerful, and a common partner to Expert Crafters. B+

Wake The Dead isn’t just a great deal, or a campaign in a box – it’s also your chance to grab two beautiful new plastic Characters for your army. That conclave (plus a farseer?) that you just webwayed out in someone’s face are going to die really easily to small arms fire and/or assault. And that’s a lot of points to suicide. The Spiritseer from Wake the Dead was designed to upgrade the classic resin Spiritseer using cutting-edge technology as well as new design elements to properly reflect their rank and role in the Aeldari army.Stalker: Your opponent is at -1 to hit this unit with ranged weapons while they’re wholly on or within a terrain feature. Hit modifiers ain’t what they used to be, but if you’re planning to keep Falcon’s Swiftness: +2 Move. Honestly kind of fine, and flips over to being actively good if you’re bringing the Avatar, as almost none of the other mobility options in the book work with him. C+ Ultimately – you have tools you can build lists around, but if you’re planning to play Craftworld, be aware that you’re on hard mode right now. The absolute best way to use the faction right now is as a partner for the vastly superior Harlequins, adding some ranged firepower to help them control the flow of the game. We’ll touch on that briefly where relevant, but most of this guide will focus on pure Craftworld lists. Shredding Fire: The Exarch’s shuriken shots are always AP-3. Cute but swingy, and you probably still just want Bladestorm to boost things up. C You’ve also got some alternate options for the Exarch. There’s a free melee build you probably shouldn’t bother with, but what some people are trying out is the shimmershield/glaive option. This trades the Exarch’s guns for a shield that gives the whole unit a 5++, handy for holding positions if you want to take 10-model squads without Asurmen.