by TastyTaste
With the Eldar codex fast approaching, people are starting to wonder exactly what will be inside this highly anticipated codex.
With the rumor lock down and blogs being x'ed out out by Games Workshop, rumors have been hard to come by.
All we currently have is model releases, which seem very plausible (minus new Jetbikes me feels) considering the recent GW track record.
What about the rules and codex itself?
Well I have bunch of hunches on what you can expect to see from the new Eldar codex...
- Universal Fleet including the Avatar. The Wraith stuff though won't have fleet.
- Old independent character special rules moved to Warlord Traits
- Jet Bikes moved back to Fast Attack (IC to unlock to troops)
- Eldar psychic powers nerfed: some powers disappearing, random table, focus on witchfire
- Warlocks can only use Eldar specific psychic powers
- Runes of Warding Nerfed: No longer board wide
- Farseer 2 wounds
- Eldrad Mastery Level 4, Staff of Ulthamar similar to Ahirman staff
- Almost all Phoenix Lords lose Eternal Warrior have cost reductions
- Exarch's must be included in all Aspects units. (Sergeant Character)
- Don't expect many changes with the Aspect warriors just cleaning up old rules and such
- Dark Reapers, Swooping Hawks, and Banshees see the biggest cost drops and anti-flyer additions
- Guardians 7 points a piece
- Vehicles will have either no cost reduction of very minor reduction (5pts) with Vypers benefiting the most
- Vehicles come stock with shuriken cannons vehicle savings come with cheaper weapon upgrades and wargear
- Eldar Flyers first to get Vector Dancer (minus Forge World of course)
- Don't be surprised to see Giant Wraithlord with T8 and Will not Die
The Eldar codex in essences won't reinvent the wheel this is update to bring them in line with 6th edition units costs and such and with Phil Kelly supposedly once again at the helm expect the changes to be more like Chaos Space Marine codex and less like the Chaos Daemons codex.
Don't expect to see any new Aspect molds with
maybe Swooping Hawks getting an update.
