Antioch said:
Alright, let's take a look.
Maugan Ra
A bit on the expensive side for an HQ choice, but the Maugetar is downright nasty now.
Yeah, it is and he's my craftworld benefactor and very fun
Autarch
Warp pack
Scorpion Chainsword
Fusion Gun
Save five points and give him the Hawk wings. He can deepstrike then and use his Fusion gun better. Also, using the second assault jump with a model like this is a terrible idea. Chainsword is good. Fusion gun is a good choice as well.
Actually I attach him to the other Spiders and they are devastating. Easily my MVP unit from yesterdays tourney. Jump in with 2 high AP weapons and loads of S6 shots and then jump out of rapid fire range, I did that all day with them yesterday, much fun.
6 Fire Dragons
Exarch
Dragons Breath Flamer
Crack Shot
Considering the role of Fire Dragons, the Flamer is meh. Sure, it's a free Heavy Flamer, but with Crack Shot, it's pretty nasty, I guess.
I've found the 5 meltaguns are awesome enough and as you stated the heavy flamer with Crack Shot is beautiful

They ride in the Falcon in most scenarios
6 Howling Banshees
Exarch
Executioner
War Shout
Fine. Beef up to 8 if you can.
Tough to beef up with the way they package them now... I pretty much run them as distraction
3 X 10 Dire Avengers
Exarch
Dire Sword/SP
Bladestorm
Defend
Pretty good. Kind of mixed on their role. Bladestorming then charging in with nasties is pretty effective, though.
After 6 games with them, i'll never take them with any less. I neutralized hormigaunts with Defend and Bladestorming Kroot or other infantry squads are so wonderful. Bladestorm I feel is a must with this unit now as it helps you either on the charge or as a "stand and shoot" before your charged.
12 Guardians
Scatter Laser Platform
Warlock
Witch Blade
Conceal
Honestly? Unnecessary. For about 20 more points, you could field another Dire Avenger squad, which in all cases, is far better. Scatter Lasers got screwed over in the update. Over a Shuriken Cannon, it's got longer range, same strength, worse AP, one more shot, and you can't move and shoot it. For more points. I'm not sold.
Unnecessary yeah, but they came in the box set and this army basically expanded on what came in it. I'm still in love with Scatter Lasers even in the new rules.
10 Warp Spiders
Exarch
Power Blades
Spinneret Rifle
Take Withdraw and maybe, if you want, drop the Spinneret Rifle and take the Exarch Deathspinner. Volume of fire is in almost all cases far superior to low AP weapons. But, the Spinneret Rifle is an almost assured wound. Your call.
Spinneret is awesome for pinning and the guaranteed wound as you stated. Withdraw, I've never in a game thought, "Man, I wish i had used Withdraw." With thier jump in/jump out they rarely see combat and usually only have to mop up.
5 Dark Reapers
Exarch
Tempest Launcher
Crack Shot
Fast Shot
I find a squad of 4 Dark Reapers and no Exarch is enough. You're kind of wasting points there.
This was setup mostly as a full compliment to Maugan Ra being thier Phoenix Lord. The Tempest Launcher really came in handy against the bugs yesterday also, especially when you get 3 blast shots with Fast Shot and can ignore cover or reroll on a single target with Crack Shot
Wraithlord
Sword
Brightlance
Sword isn't really all that good. My Lord is kitted out with a brightlance and a missile launcher. Take advantage of Eldar Plasma missiles being far, far better than Frag missiles.
Ok, you can't tell me the sword doesn't look bada$$ on the new Wraithlord

Plus against a Carnifex, it was invaluable to get the last 3 wounds before he got a chance to get pummelled.
Falcon
Scatter Laser/Pulse Laser
Holofield
Spirit Stones
I find the Falcon incredibly unfluffy, but this looks good. The low BS of the Falcon works well with the Scatter Laser, I guess. I still don't like them very much.
The Falcon came in the box, so it's getting used. Plus it's great transport for the Dragons and takes out big critters decently.
Overall, I can see why it's won you 6 games. I'd consider throwing the Banshees and Dragons in Serpents, since they tend to get mauled when they just hoof it across the table.
Thanks very much for the feedback, it's been such a fun list so far. Good gaming!!