Favorite Eldar unit part III, ELITE

[Anggul]

Style-wise my favourites are Harlequins and Striking Scorpions.

In-game... well I think you can probably guess which of the two.

[JMichael]

Tactically I use Fire Dragons a lot. But my fav is the Scorpions back when you could assault from Reserves (outlflank assault in your side!).
Though now I look forward to busting out my Banshees again as they are some of my favorite models. They will go in a Raider that will be escorted by Wave Serpents up a vulnerable flank.
I do really like all of our Elites! I think they all have their place and I really dig all of the sculpts.

[Finnegan]

Striking Scorpions if I take any Elites
I run Wraithguards as troops so they fill the AT role pretty nice, but I still field the Fire Dragons occasionally (especially in "no pain no gain" deepstrike option from Corsair Prince ally)

[Sainhann]

Well I will have to go with Banshee's as well but there real heyday was back in 2nd/3rd Edition.

[Shaun]

Gotta go with the Wraithscythes I dont ever run them as elites though I run them with a Spiritseer and often a Wraithseer. In seven Games of 7th Ed and maybe 20 in 6th they have turned the game. The unit forces bikers back, threaten anything, are never charged and clear objectives. They are the most hated unit in my group and generally a pain to take out with that Spiritseer there. T6 makes them a better terminator even on a 3+ save, weight of fire from S4/S5 shooting just bounces off them. If anything Wraithscythes became even more favourite today. Wraiths will ruin the dreams of our dreaded enemies the Orcs, no race has the D-Scythe and the green hooligans will learn to fear the D-Scythe again. Orcs will be out there with trucks everywhere next week. Wraithscythes love open topped and will treat the Orcs the same as Necrons in Annibarges.... combustible targets.

What I like and makes them my favourites is they actually finish more games than they start, somehow they get there. Now I find I go out of my way to keep them alive, just because I can.

The fluff for the wraithconstructs is excellent and the models awesome. If the there were no Wraithguard I would be saying Scorpions I just like the models but sadly they are eclipsed by the Wraithscythes

[Ang56]

Scorpions are by far my favorite, 3+ armor, Good statline and good USR's was enough for me really. An at initiative order power fist tho kinda seals the deal. One of the better generic characters for challenges. Tough, with a I6 Fist attacks.

I don't really run enough assault units to play them aggressively but they are great for bailing my shooting units out of trouble before they take too many losses.

I really wish I liked banshees still, they are very fragile for their points. Even 1 round of shooting after disembark + overwatch tends to cut down their threat a lot.

The changes allowing them to be fielded in raiders makes them more viable again but I'm not really sure I want to be 'that guy'. Eldar and dark eldar really don't like one another in the lore. I would have to convert out the eldar grav tank frame to look like a less armored open topped assault vehicle to be able to live with myself. That's a lot of work when I really love scorpions as they are.

Although as I am typing this 2 ideas just popped into my head for making dark eldar allies using eldar based conversions.... Sometimes I hate my brain.

The wraith units are good, they just never really spoke to me. I've always liked eldar aspect warriors quite a bit.