Harlies with rangers or wraithguard?
Hi, my first army in 40k was Harlequins (2nd ed?) but the game has changed a lot since then. After playing 'Guard & Sisters for so long the opportunity to play my original army again has me 'giggling like a school girl' but given the amount of options and the fact that i haven't played Eldar in a very long time... i'm a little stumped on some stuff (mainly meta).
My idea is simple; i want to run a Harlequin army with Craftworld Eldar as allies as a all-comers type list for tournament play.
-The large Harlequin infantry squads making up the bulk of the army will be on foot (using Formations/ Detachment with the 'Rising Crescendo' special rule), with every unit having Haywire grenades. I was looking at using the Harlequin 'Light' Warlord table with a squads Troupe Master as my Warlord (aiming for 4+ results on the table).
With the Craftworld Eldar Allied detachment force my thoughts are either:
-Illic Nightspear with Pathfinders and Warwalkers (Scatter laser & Flakk missiles)
-or a Spiritseer with Wraithblades (Ghost axe/ Forceshields) and a Wraithknight.
The Warwalkers (theoretically) can deal with any flyer problem, and as they're each armed with a scatter laser and a variety of missiles they can have a go at almost anything. If they have the Ghostwalk matrix as well then the whole army with this build has Move through Cover, allowing me to camp in cover where available. Illic & Pathfinders gives me options to cause some ranged shenanigans such as removing special weapons & leadership boosting characters, granting Area denial, forcing moral checks when combining fire with Death jesters etc. The advantage of this force is that i have ranged units to off-set my melee Harlequins, the problem is that the whole army is fragile with a vulnerability to knights and psykers.
The idea of using the Wraithblades was to have them converted as 'creepy dolls' and used as a mobile wall to cover my Harlequins advance where needed. The Wraithknight (giant 'creepy doll') would be to deal with other knights or equivalent as well as being a great big distraction. A Spirtseer also grants more Warp Charge points for Deny the Witch tests when combined with Shadowseers. The problem with this build is that my army becomes even more melee based than Harlequins alone are with no way of dealing with flyers or fast armies, however it does give me access to tougher units to tie things up with.
Note; The Pathfinders and Wraithblades are both troops choices granting the option for Objective Secured if i choose and by allying with Craftworld Eldar i can possibly add another squad of Harlequins as well (though at reduced ability).
So what do people think and which do people think would be better; using snipers or 'creepy dolls' as allies?