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Like all Eldar vehicles there is not much difference between it and say the [[Falcon]] or the [[Fire Prism]] besides some variation in weapons. This is basically the Eldar are shameless cut-corner-ers who won't fix what ain't broken. That Or [[Games Workshop]] can't be bothered to produce multiple different molds and uses the same one as the staple Eldar one. | Like all Eldar vehicles there is not much difference between it and say the [[Falcon]] or the [[Fire Prism]] besides some variation in weapons. This is basically the Eldar are shameless cut-corner-ers who won't fix what ain't broken. That Or [[Games Workshop]] can't be bothered to produce multiple different molds and uses the same one as the staple Eldar one. | ||
==On The Tabletop== | |||
Thanks to the 6th Edition Eldar Codex, the Wave Serpent is currently regarded as a massive chunk of cheese on the tabletop thanks to three factors: A massive amount of accurate long ranged mid-strength shots, being incredibly hard to kill, and extremely spammable. | |||
*How much firepower? The basic Wave Serpent has a twin-linked shuriken catapult, a twin-linked shuriken cannon, and the Serpent Shield, which wouldn't be so bad if it couldn't upgrade the twin-linked shuriken catapult to a shuriken cannon and the twin-linked shuriken cannon into a twin-linked scatter laser. What'll happen is it fires the scatter laser, it hits, and now the shuriken cannon and serpent shield are both twin-linked, meaning in total you are now firing four twin-linked S6 AP6 shots, followed by three twin-linked S6 AP5 shots (where 6's wound automatically and are AP2) followed by D6+1 twin-linked S7 shots that ignore cover and are pinning (the Serpent Shield itself also has 60" range). Now while the AP values of the shots are nothing special, regular GEQ's will still be ID'd by every weapon (and the Shield ignores the walls they're hiding behind), TEQ's will still be wounded on 2's and will take so many wounds you can count on them failing armour saves, so only MEQ's can afford to ignore it. | |||
*How hard are they to kill? For starters the Wave Serpent's front and side armours are AV12, which doesn't look that bad until you see the Serpent Shield, every penetrating hit gets downgraded to a glancing hit on a 2+ (provided it hasn't fired its shield yet). Those lascannons you brought along? They're not going to do anything except chip off one or two hull points IF they get past the 4+ Jink save (or 3+ if your opponent bought holo-fields for it. | |||
*How spammable are they? Everyone on foot excluding Harlequins and Rangers may take them as a Dedicated Transport. They cost 115 points base and with the above gun upgrades cost 130 points. Seeing as how they are the Eldar's ONLY dedicated transport, and seeing as how there's no reason to not take Dedicated Transports you'll typically be facing 3-6 of them on the field. | |||
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Revision as of 22:34, 2 April 2015
The Wave Serpent is the Eldar's dedicated troop transport, an anti-grav skimmer that flies through the battlefield, blasting away with a twin linked turret weapon while rushing to get your troops right into the heart of the army.
Like all Eldar vehicles there is not much difference between it and say the Falcon or the Fire Prism besides some variation in weapons. This is basically the Eldar are shameless cut-corner-ers who won't fix what ain't broken. That Or Games Workshop can't be bothered to produce multiple different molds and uses the same one as the staple Eldar one.
On The Tabletop
Thanks to the 6th Edition Eldar Codex, the Wave Serpent is currently regarded as a massive chunk of cheese on the tabletop thanks to three factors: A massive amount of accurate long ranged mid-strength shots, being incredibly hard to kill, and extremely spammable.
- How much firepower? The basic Wave Serpent has a twin-linked shuriken catapult, a twin-linked shuriken cannon, and the Serpent Shield, which wouldn't be so bad if it couldn't upgrade the twin-linked shuriken catapult to a shuriken cannon and the twin-linked shuriken cannon into a twin-linked scatter laser. What'll happen is it fires the scatter laser, it hits, and now the shuriken cannon and serpent shield are both twin-linked, meaning in total you are now firing four twin-linked S6 AP6 shots, followed by three twin-linked S6 AP5 shots (where 6's wound automatically and are AP2) followed by D6+1 twin-linked S7 shots that ignore cover and are pinning (the Serpent Shield itself also has 60" range). Now while the AP values of the shots are nothing special, regular GEQ's will still be ID'd by every weapon (and the Shield ignores the walls they're hiding behind), TEQ's will still be wounded on 2's and will take so many wounds you can count on them failing armour saves, so only MEQ's can afford to ignore it.
- How hard are they to kill? For starters the Wave Serpent's front and side armours are AV12, which doesn't look that bad until you see the Serpent Shield, every penetrating hit gets downgraded to a glancing hit on a 2+ (provided it hasn't fired its shield yet). Those lascannons you brought along? They're not going to do anything except chip off one or two hull points IF they get past the 4+ Jink save (or 3+ if your opponent bought holo-fields for it.
- How spammable are they? Everyone on foot excluding Harlequins and Rangers may take them as a Dedicated Transport. They cost 115 points base and with the above gun upgrades cost 130 points. Seeing as how they are the Eldar's ONLY dedicated transport, and seeing as how there's no reason to not take Dedicated Transports you'll typically be facing 3-6 of them on the field.