Allied Units to help Astartes versus Elder

[L30n1d4s]

Until they get level out with the upcoming Balance Dataslate, it looks like Eldar are head and shoulders above everyone else as the most difficult army to beat.

 

 

With that in mind, I was looking at what Imperium allies Space Marine players (like myself) can take that can help counter the Space Elf threat. Here are some of the top ideas I have had so far:

 

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1 - Vindicare Assassin -- Bottom line, a Farseer/Spiritseer killer. Using his once per battle "Shieldbreaker" ability to ignore all saving throws, as long as he hits (BS2+) and wounds (S7 vs T3 Eldar = 2+ to wound), then he automatically kills a Farseer, since the minimum damage he can do is 4W (which is what a Foot Farseer has). Great unit for defanging a lot of the Eldar capabilities that are character dependent, or at least forcing them to keep their characters hidden and in a place where they can't be nearly as useful to their units (i.e. they are not close enough to convert Fate dice to 6s, for example).

 

2 - Cereastus Knight Atropos -- This guy is he ultimate "titan killer" Knight, which means he is especially good at dealing with Wraith Knights. His built-in ability gives him +1 to hit and +1 to wound against all Titanic/Towering units that are Monsters or Vehicles (this affects both shooting and melee), which in turn gives it the ability to reliably bring down a Wraith Knight (even with its -1 Dmg) in a single turn if it is able to attack it with both shooting and melee. 

 

3 - Lord Inquisitor Draxus -- For only 75 points, she can attach to an Astartes Battleline unit (so, Intercessors, Assault Intercessors, Heavy Intercessors, Tactical Marines, Deathwatch Veterans, Grey Hunters, Blood Claws, Strike Squads, and GK Terminators) and gives them +1 to hit all the against Xenos units (which, of course, includes Eldar), she has solid shooting in her own right (a 4-shot Combi-Weapon with Dmg2 and a 6-shot S6 Dmg2 Psychic weapon, so she has the potential to do up to 8 MWs and another 12 regular wounds to an infantry unit, just by herself), and she can make her unit untargetable outside of 18", so great for holding objectives against all the Elder firepower.

 

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Just wanted to share this here, in the meantime, anyone else have success using Allied Units to help them hold the line against Eldar?

Edited July 4, 2023 by L30n1d4s

[Tokugawa]

GW already promised to fix fate dices in "early July" patch.

[MegaVolt87]

Armigers will be a power multiplier for marines in general. Same with wardogs for CSM.