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Weirdboyz said:

Regarding Eldrad:
I love this guy, but judging from your tactics, you can go with a cheaper Farseer. Grab one with Guide, Doom, Runes of Witnessing & Runes of Warding, and you have a guy that will do the exact same thing at about 1/2 the price of the big E. Sure, you lose some of Eldrad's utility, but you save some points that can be used to buy more goodies.

Reguarding Asurmen:
I can see why you have him, for the free Exarch powers and the CC beast he can be. However, if you are doing the 'hop out and bladestorm' tactic, maybe look at just springing for the squad Exarch and Blade-storm power. If you had more units of troops, I would say leave him. However, to get the most out of him, you need to get his squad into CC. That means feeding one of your 2 scoring units into the proverbial blender just to get the benefit of his awesomeness. A tactically sound decision that is not. Maybe looks at doping him for a second Farseer (maybe one with guide to sit with your Reapers).


Regarding your Fire Dragons:
Split the squad into 2, and make your serpents as bare-bones as you can get (i.e., Stock w/ Spirit-stones and Shuri-cannons). I personally keep Exarchs with Tank Hunters, but many here will advise against it (I tend to roll on the south side of average, so like the extra security).
The problem with a big blob of melta death is that it is a mega priority target. I like the idea that you have of 'star engine' in some cover for them, but trust me when I say that a wave serpent will not keep them from getting assaulted by what falls out of 'big scary tank'. Most times, these will be things like TH/SS terminators and the like. Targets that a bladestorm of DA's still won't likely remove in one go. If you split your squad, you can pick two mega-tank targets, and get more mileage from them (all for about an extra 120 points).

Regarding your Troops:
I would still spring for a ten-man squad of DA's with a dual-catapult Exarch. It will give you more blade-storm shots, which makes the blade-storm that much more devastating.

Regarding the storm guardians....really? Why not just get 5 rangers and walk them into cover. Guardians are just too flimsy in my books, and storm guardians don't even have the long-range capability of a weapons platform. I would say drop and grab some Rangers. If you can find the point, upgrade them into pathfinders. Or consider dropping them for a 5man bare squad of Da's to sit in one of your Falcon's to make it scoring.

Regarding the Spears:
......I just wouldn't. Even at T4 with a 3+ cover, they will get shredded by anything that shoots at them, and they don't have the bodies to take casualties and remain effective. If you want something to shred in assault, consider a re-vamp to include a Banshee squad in your other empty Falcon (or a bigger squad in its own Serpent).

Regarding your Heavy Support:

I always find empty falcons to be something of a shame. See my above comments regarding that. Not sold on the starcannon idea, but I can see it's merit.

With regards to your Reaper load-out, I would go with a tempest launcher and crack shot myself. Seeing as how your target is MEQ., you will get more mileage from the tempest launchers shots that from a EML. Yes, I know the range is shorter. However, good positioning can over-come that liability, and you will kill more MEQ with a TL than an EML any day.

Pardon the wall of text. I just see lots of holes in your list, and I think it would crack against many different opponents. Consider this constructive criticism.

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