The Great Enemy- Reroll Hits and Wounds vs SLAANESH units in the Fight Phase. One of those “fluffy and super limited but also ludicrous against the one army” Stratagems, for 1CP this all but deletes any Slaanesh unit you touch when used on a melee geared unit. Will very rarely come up, but I guess enjoy it when it does…just not too much. Cos Slaanesh. Sunstorm- A Relic BIKE , giving the bearer a 20″ Mv and Objective Secured. Good to act as a support element, helping to offset ObSec units or steal an Objective with help from your own units, and the speed boost helps you get to where you need to be. Well, from how this works, you might as well keep re-rolling until you get as many 6’s as possible, considering you want to roll high for everything now. It might be an annoying mechanic for your opponent, as before the game starts, you could technically have 12 dice rolls. The Avatars: Obvious includes here as they’re the coolest models in the army and no one will convince me otherwise. Both come with a 2+ armor save and 4+ invulnerable while halving all incoming damage which makes them exceptionally durable when you factor in the Strands of Fate dice. Wings: I look forward to using this as effectively a scout move I get to do at the end of my opponent’s first turn, assuming I go second. Seems fantastic for shifting up a Serpent loaded with goodies.

TheChirurgeon: It seems like they’re valuing the Imperial Knights’ re-rolls ability at around 5-10 points per model, which seems low to me. I’d have rather seen a fix to Towering than these point hikes for non-FW stuff but it’s ultimately whatever since Chaos Knights will just run a bunch of War Dogs. The Desecrator might still be playable. A Farseer’s ability to parse Branching Fates allows them to make your Fate dice go even further, changing the result of a roll to a 6, so you might want to hold onto those low rolls. Fortune allows them to bless a unit, worsening incoming Wound rolls by 1. Handy when your Guardian Defenders are sitting at Toughness 3.* And unlike their psychic peers from the other, lesser races, Aeldari do not suffer damage if their powers fail. Any of the rules discussed below apply only to ASURYANI models with the same Keyword , so no overlapping or crossing of Auras (no BIEL-TAN Auras or powers affecting YNNARI units, for example), outside of explicitly noted abilities. Some might say that invading the Chaos-infected world of a sadistic Warpsmith is bad for your health. Now, let’s jump into the new rules! New Aeldari Strands of Fate, Farseer, & More Warhammer 40k 10th Edition Rules for EldarEnhancements: The fabled Phoenix Gem makes an appearance again, and it is just as effective as ever. I’m sure we’ll explore the full implications of this over the next few weeks – suffice it to say that no power on earth is going to stop me running a hilarious mixed Aeldari/Drukhari combined arms list with Yvraine and Scourges in it. My power level is rising by the moment. Wrap Up Enhance gives a CORE unit +1 to Hit in Melee, great for your powerful melee units to really ensure an enemy is carved to pieces, or just to offset a minus that might be prevalent. TheChirurgeon: In the change that’s going to make me absolutely crazy, Lords of Skulls go up in points: +60pts in CSM and a staggering +105pts in World Eaters. What in the actual hell led to that decision I will never understand.

It’s pretty clear some kind of balance pass was necessary after the first round of events and so it’s good to see Games Workshop taking this much-needed step. Whether it’s enough is going to be an interesting question, but we’re mostly of the mind that 10th is a pretty fun edition when you move away from some of the listbuilding extremes we’ve seen early on and anything that takes us closer to that environment is a plus. Plus, if you do manage to roll twelve 5’s and 6’s, this will be pretty strong. Even some 4’s thrown in there wouldn’t be too bad. The results are pretty consistent; if the difference between the sample average and the population average is -4 or worse then it’s better to re-roll. The Fire Prism is all about the Prism Cannon, which is absolutely devastating in both Focused and Dispersed modes of fire. The chassis itself is tough enough and fast enough to make that weapon a considerable threat. Combine with Strands of Fate to make it’s shots REALLY hurt. Corsair Voidscarred No surprises here – everything that fires good Indirect (fires Indirect good?) gets a modest point change, though honestly modest is the correct term here. The first seriously successful Guard list we’ve seen was maxed out on Basilisks and Manticores, so they clearly did need a hike, but honestly having less brutal counterfire to deal with from big Knights might smooth that out quite a bit.Aegis of Eldanesh- AUTARCH only, granting them a 2+ Sv and -1Dmg. A nice defensive boost to keep their useful abilities around, or just help them tank more damage.

Asuryani, or Craftworld Aeldari, fled from their soon to be destroyed homeworlds on continent sized space vessels, known as Craftworlds. These remnants of the Empire have scattered across the galaxy. Connected to each other through the webway these Aeldari seek to protect themselves from Slaanesh by adhering to the rigid behaviour standards of the Asuryani Path. On death they transfer their spirits to soul stones to protect them. The five most politically significant Craftworlds are the Alaitoc, Biel-Tan, Iyanden, Saim-Hann and Ulthwé. Drukhari Opponents of the Aeldari find them mercurial and elusive, and plans are sure to fail as these unpredictable skirmishers feign retreats and mask their presence. Embolden grants a CORE or CHARACTER +2 Ld and Fight First. The Ld buff is neat, but the Fight First is the key part here, helping you in ongoing combats, or to offset a Fight Last debuff placed on them by the enemy.The Eldar are going to be a ton of fun for those who enjoy the richness and depth of movement, positioning, and overlapping supporting abilities of the different units to create an army that is far greater than the sum of its individual parts. In tenth edition, they are bringing an even deeper bench of options than before that will enable you to build out a fun, effective, and unique force that best suits your sense of narrative or style of play. Whether you are new to the game, an experienced veteran, or an avid hobbyist they are the type of faction that rewards a thoughtful approach in list construction, tabletop play, and theme. And who knows, maybe they’ll even get some rad new plastic Aspects Warriors and Phoenix Lords soon! The Wings Ynnari Corner

There’s a rich vein of fiction to explain the Aeldari in more detail. Gav Thorpe’s landmark omnibus, Path of the Eldar , covers many aspects of the Aeldari, while Ghost Warrior explores the newly formed Ynnari faction, and The Masque of Vyle focuses on the Harlequins. Ynnari look like they rule this time around, both because their marquee units are great, and because the cross-faction interactions are more permissive than they’ve been since early 8th Edition. As anyone who was playing around that time can attest, this can only end extremely well. The Farseer seems like a unit which will be staple for most of the Aeldari armies, as it can further manipulate dice, and the extra toughness given to units is also a plus – just don’t forget to hide it behind troops or cover. Chaos Space Marines, Knights, Daemons, Death Guard, World Eaters, and Thousand Sons 10th Edition Warhammer 40k Rules: Datasheets & Index Cards From there we can look at the chart below to see the probability that a re-roll will be better. To make this chart I compared the result of the original die roll to the mean and standard deviation of the distribution for one fewer die roll. From our previous example, -2 translates to a sum of 40. The probability that a result of 11 dice will sum up to 40 or better is 40%, which is the value seen in the chart. In other words for the distribution rolled you have a better than average chance of averaging less on the re-roll.You still count as an ASURYANI Detachment, even if including non- ASURYANI units. This means you get all the same rules described above.