500pts - craftworlds or Drukhari for a fun game

[DarkPhoenix]

Getting back into playing games After missing most of 8th and 7th, starting with a small force and building on it.

 

Do you have a recommendation between these two lists and/or how to improve them? Not looking for total optimization but don’t want to get tabled, either. Usually playing against Nids and Marines.

 

Thanks!

 

 

++ Patrol Detachment (Aeldari - Craftworlds) [32 PL, 500pts, 3CP] ++

 

+ Configuration +

 

Battle-forged CP [3CP]

 

Craftworld Attribute: Ulthwé: Foresight of the Damned

 

+ HQ +

 

Farseer [6 PL, 115pts]: 0. Smite, 1. Guide, 2. Doom, Craftworlds Warlord, Shuriken Pistol, Singing Spear, Ulthwé: Fate Reader

. Ghosthelm of Alishazier

 

+ Troops +

 

Dire Avengers [3 PL, 58pts]

. 4x Dire Avenger: 4x Avenger Shuriken Catapult, 4x Plasma Grenades

. Dire Avenger Exarch: Two Avenger Shuriken Catapults

. . Exarch Power: Battle Fortune

 

Dire Avengers [3 PL, 58pts]

. 4x Dire Avenger: 4x Avenger Shuriken Catapult, 4x Plasma Grenades

. Dire Avenger Exarch: Two Avenger Shuriken Catapults

. . Exarch Power: Battle Fortune

 

+ Fast Attack +

 

Vypers [8 PL, 110pts]

. Vyper: Shuriken Cannon, Shuriken Cannon

. Vyper: Shuriken Cannon, Shuriken Cannon

 

+ Heavy Support +

 

War Walkers [4 PL, 49pts]

. War Walker: Scatter Laser, Scatter Laser

 

War Walkers [8 PL, 110pts]

. War Walker: Shuriken Cannon, Shuriken Cannon

. War Walker: Shuriken Cannon, Shuriken Cannon

 

++ Total: [32 PL, 3CP, 500pts] ++

 

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++ Patrol Detachment (Aeldari - Drukhari) [30 PL, 500pts, 3CP] ++

 

+ Configuration +

 

Battle-forged CP [3CP]

 

Detachment Type: Cult of the Red Grief

 

Raiding Force

 

+ HQ +

 

Succubus [4 PL, 60pts]: Archite Glaive, Blast Pistol, Hyper-swift Reflexes, The Blood Glaive, Warlord

 

+ Troops +

 

Wyches [2 PL, 40pts]

. Hekatrix: Hekatarii blade, Splinter pistol

. 4x Wych: 4x Hekatarii blade, 4x Splinter Pistol

 

Wyches [2 PL, 40pts]

. Hekatrix: Hekatarii blade, Splinter pistol

. 4x Wych: 4x Hekatarii blade, 4x Splinter Pistol

 

Wyches [2 PL, 40pts]

. Hekatrix: Hekatarii blade, Splinter pistol

. 4x Wych: 4x Hekatarii blade, 4x Splinter Pistol

 

+ Dedicated Transport +

 

Raider [5 PL, 80pts]: Disintegrator cannon

 

Raider [5 PL, 80pts]: Disintegrator cannon

 

Raider [5 PL, 80pts]: Disintegrator cannon

 

Raider [5 PL, 80pts]: Disintegrator cannon

 

++ Total: [30 PL, 3CP, 500pts] ++

 

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[DarkPhoenix]

I decided to play a solo game between the two lists. Rolled for mission and got Sabotage. Craftworlders were attacker, Drukhari defenders. As an aside, remember when the Deldar had a special rule that they were always the attacker in any mission?

 

Anyways, set up the Raiders around the objective with the Wyches mounted inside. Everything but the Dire Avengers on the board for the CWE and opened fire.

 

Over the next several turns I saw the shuriken cannons rip apart the Raiders and the Wyches annihilate the Dire Avengers.

 

In the end, the Drukhari had almost nothing facing the full vehicular might of the Craftwolders. An army that had no infantry left with which to sabotage the objective and thus lost the mission.

 

Winner: DRUKHARI

[DarkPhoenix]

I played the the Craftworlders against Tyranids this past weekend.

 

Tyranids

Hive tyrant

Genestealers

Hormagants

Carnifex

 

Mission: Blitz

Attacker: Tyranids

Defender: Craftworld Aeldari

 

Dire Avengers and Farseer were set up in the front line deployment zone while the Vypers and War Walkers were in the second line deployment zone. The Tyranids were set up in their zone, big bugs behind the littles.

 

The early game went to the Aeldari with quick victory points given up by the units of genestealers and hormagants. After that, I focused fire on the hive tyrant. Got him down to one wound before the game ended in turn seven. All surviving Tyranid units were in the front line deployment zone.

 

Lost the Dire Avengers, Farseer, and scatter laser War Walker.

 

RESULT: 4vp to 3vp for the Tyranids.