Every commander has his own battle plan and his army organization but if you are a new Eldar commander maybe you need some good advices !!!
So I wrote this page as a guideline showing my own detachments.
Usually I play 1500 points battles, some time 2.000 points, so I use small detachments.
However it is a double edged structure... Eldar armies suffer a 1d3 morale loss if the entire detachment is destroyed so be cautious using small detachments !!
Another base idea is the need of flak detachments... Eldar army list doesn't allow plain flak detachments like Space Marines or Imperial Guards. So I developed a mixed jetbike and flak detachments. These are very small detachments I use in anti-aircraft mission. Remind that a detachment on Special Order-Flak cannot move in the movement phase, so if you include your flak unit(s) into a multi purpose detachment you'll stop that detachment for every turn you'll need flak activity.
Let me know what do you think about this detachments, e-mail me !!
A note: we play with a house
rule that enables us to field a support unit as Detachment's hq without
the needed main force unit. If you disagree with this rule simply add a
Jet bike unit, and 15 points, to every detachments.
| HQ: Night Spinner (41+25) | 66 | ||
| Main Force | Support | ||
| Jet Bike unit | 15 | Fire Prism | 35 |
| Jet Bike unit | 15 | Fire Prism | 35 |
| HQ: Night Spinner (41+25) | 66 | ||
| Main Force | Support | ||
| Jet Bike unit | 15 | Night Spinner | 41 |
| Jet Bike unit | 15 | Night Spinner | 41 |
| HQ: any unit (25) | 25 | ||
| Main Force | Support | ||
| Guardian Squad (2 units) | 16 | Wave Serpent | 28 |
| Guardian Squad (2 units) | 16 | Wave Serpent | 28 |
| Guardian Squad (2 units) | 16 | Wave Serpent | 28 |
| Guardian Squad (2 units) | 16 | Wave Serpent | 28 |
| HQ: Swooping Hawk with Exarch and Warlock (25+25) |
| Main Force | Support | ||
| Swooping Hawk | 14 | Wraithguard | 19 |
| Swooping Hawk + Exarch | 15 | Wraithguard | 19 |
| Swooping Hawk + Exarch | 15 | Wave Serpent | 28 |
| Swooping Hawk + Exarch | 15 | Wave Serpent | 28 |
| Swooping Hawk + Exarch + Warlock | 25 | Swooping Hawk + Exarch | 15 |
| HQ: any unit | 25 | ||
| Main Force | Support | ||
| Guardian Squad (2 units) | 16 | Dreadnought | 28 |
| Guardian Squad (2 units) | 16 | Dreadnought | 28 |
| Guardian Squad (2 units) | 16 | Dreadnought | 28 |
| Guardian Squad (2 units) | 16 | Dreadnought | 28 |
| Guardian Squad (2 units) | 16 | Dreadnought | 28 |
| HQ: any unit (25) | 25 | ||
| Main Force | Support | ||
| Falcon | 29 | Platform Waepon | 15 |
| Falcon | 29 | Platform Waepon | 15 |
| Falcon | 29 | Platform Waepon | 15 |
| Falcon | 29 | Platform Waepon | 15 |