How to Play Eldar

[MrMike85]

So I just started to play Eldar and having problems. Any helpful ideas to make a great list?

[Rookie1]

Start with units, which you like.
Go for fluff, not for being competitive. The hobby is all about fun, and when you paint models you should like them.
Play some games to get a feeling for the game.

To make great list you could start reading army analysis and discussions about them. Dakka has some hintful [URL="http://www.dakkadakka.com/wiki/en/Category:Eldar_Tactica"]articles[/URL].
Try typing eldar and some keywords in the search engine on the main BOLS site.
Try type "truth necrons" into google. The first entry is imo very useful.

[RealGenius]

So I just started to play Eldar and having problems. Any helpful ideas to make a great list?

Play more.

No one starts out as a great general with a new army. My best advice is to keep losing: when you start beating that person regularly, find someone better to play so you can start losing again.

[Brass Scorpion]

Eldar tactics are like any other army in 40K, but what makes them unique is their specialization. Unlike Space Marines of any type which can do nearly anything at least modestly well, Eldar troops are highly specialized. Assault units are only good for that, fire support is only good for that, and so on, so it is extremely important to have your specialists performing only the role they were designed for in most situations. Other than that, the same general tactics apply as to any othe army, which is to say that assault troops need to have good covering fire support from behind as they advance, use cover as they advance, shooting units should have a good field of fire and cover if possible, etc.

It's also important to take advantage of special abilities. For example, Warp Spiders can potentially jump back into cover after they shoot, so be sure to do so whenever possible.

Finally, as with any 40K army, go for the mismatch when attacking. Enemy units that are hard to deal with in assault should be blasted in the shooting phase while enemy units that can be overwhelmed by assault specialists should be assaulted at the earliest opportunity, especially if it will keep them from shooting or assaulting your weaker units.

[MrMike85]

Thanks! My one big problem right now is being outnumbered and having so few models on the board that if anyone takes out a tank my army gets crippled and cant recover.

[BuFFo]

Thanks! My one big problem right now is being outnumbered and having so few models on the board that if anyone takes out a tank my army gets crippled and cant recover.

Get used to that. You are Eldar after all

[Rookie1]

Thanks! My one big problem right now is being outnumbered and having so few models on the board that if anyone takes out a tank my army gets crippled and cant recover.

Strike first. With the high Ini value you should always attack first in CC.
Calculate in your head how many attacks you have and how many will wound, S3 is sometimes a bargain.

As mentioned before, Eldar are specialized. But you have a large amount of different weapons for killing infantry, tanks and everything.

I play Eldar and Orks. Prefer Eldar. I like the high Ini, so I hit first and can calculate.
Orks mostly have to take the first punch and it is not easy to guess how many will survive for striking back.

User cover, know your chances and you will suceed.

[DaRaKur]

I started Eldar by buying a whole lot of units and seeing how they work. End of the day you have 2 core types of army with a whole bunch of hybrids inbetween.

First is the infantry gun line. Static army on foot holding ground with some strike force added for counter attack or behind the scenes sneakiness.

Second is a fully mobile army, based on Falcons, WaveSerpents, Jetbikes etc. This is my preference. Add in Eldrad with Divination and use your speed and flexibility to concentrate on one flank of your opponent. I usually manage to work down the one flank and then roll my opponent up, using harlequins out of the Falcons as strike troops to mop up with dire avengers using Bladestorm, Doom and Guide to destroy any large infantry unit in the way.

Friend of mine uses a fully mobile army of jetbikes, warlocks, 2 farseers and 2 Falcons. I don't think its as effective as my combo, but it does well

[TheKingElessar]

Fully Mechanised lists for Eldar are great. Foot lists suck harder than most other Foot lists, because you're expensive, and T3.

Always remember, [URL="http://hobbyinfobythekingelessar.blogspot.com"]MindWar FTW[/URL]!

[keithsilva]

Get used to being wounded alot T3 doesnt stand up to much. I have been playing Eldar for a while used them the Ards boys got 6th place. I takes time to get a handle on them just perpare to lose alot of games first off, it will help u built a strong list. When u do a list picture what u want every unit to do, and go after. Eldar of really good troops. Also go with alot of S6 weapons, yeah there AP is not great but that will not matter when u are wounding on 2 most of the time. I use scatter lasers, cannons, bright lance ( for those landraiders) and missle launchers (the best when use S4 AP4 pinning aganist swarms). I have a good 1750, 2000, and 2500 list, if you want I can give you some pointers.