New Aeldari Faction Ability Revealed! (And Reviewed)

[@maxmagnus377]

Note on Opportunity Seized: The way you explain it makes it sound like you can keep an enemy in combat by "following " them in their fall back move. The ability gives you a normal move though, which cannot end within engagement range. Still a useful ability, letting you reach spaces you might normally not have if the unit falling back was moveblocking, or letting you reach relative safety after your melee unit is left in the open after the enemy disengages.

[@TheAmazingPat]

Yeah, that's my read too.

[@benkeeling8775]

I'm dying for Harlequin players to get a datacard ability that lets them end this move within engagement range of enemy units. Cegorach's Jest used to be my absolute favourite stratagem.

[@LoftOfTheUniverse]

The rule makers made sure that we couldn't do anything truly useful with these abilities

[@WBConcilio]

@@maxmagnus377 Yeah, I know. I added a correction immediately after in the video description; sorry about that

[@maxmagnus377]

@ No worries! Great video!

[@TheSentinel909]

"Symphony of power when you play things just right, tragic disaster when you make any mistake" - EXACTLY! You put it just right, it's why I loved playing Eldar since 3rd edition.

[@cole8834]

just noticed how interesting the scheme is for these Iyanden. Black undersuits with yellow armor plates gives them a stinging insect look I quite like.

[@eldardave1226]

Thanks, Brent, for posting what I think is the best explained video covering battle focus and its new implications on the Aeldari!

[@litedargon5838]

Was excited for this video all day! Really hoping this new rule will lead to fewer feels bad moments among casual friends who are sick of auto six dev wounds all the time.

[@robertk1834]

Eldar absolutely living up to their 'well that's bullshit' reputation

[@DeadFishTheKing]

As a relatively new Eldar player I'm simultaneously very excited and absolutely terrified by the new rules; loads to learn and keep in mind and I'm certain to continue losing every game for the foreseeable future.. but once I get the hang of making the opportunities to use them it's going to be such fun

[@ZarMationStudios18]

My thoughts exactly, and I’ve been playing the elves since 7th 😂 But the spirit of the Asur will live on, regardless of how many defeats it takes for us to learn our rules again

[@mrSlicenDice]

Really looking forward for the detachments and all the analysis you'll have coming our way!

[@maxmagnus377]

Gonna copy/paste my comment on Proxy's video on this over here to please the algorithm gods: This is SUCH a jewel of an army rule. Intricate, universally applicable, not a complete given in terms of result with a lot of D6+1s, but can be gamed by playing the game well and positioning for a number of different potential outcomes. The Autarch in me loves the potential set up and reward of a well played army with this. It's so fluffy, reflecting on a lore-wise agile army that operates on imperfect precognitions by their seers that can result in both greatness and disappointment. Absolute chef's kiss on this, GW, almost makes up for the lack of an army box.

[@LoftOfTheUniverse]

Depends on their stats. Only 4 units get an army rule each turn and you can't repeat abilities. Sounds meh to me

[@maxmagnus377]

@@LoftOfTheUniverse Only melta and lances truly benefitted fully from fate dice. I get your point, as some other army rules are always active, and I'm not trying to "gotcha" you by saying that, but the fact alone that multiple of these abilities have the potential to make something like oath of moment effective for precisely zero units of an opposing marine force is just one example that there are definitely some great plays possible with all these movement tricks.

[@TheLordNoodles]

Been waiting all day for you lol, good to see you so quickly

[@mikes246]

This is really cool and exciting, and I appreciate the way you explain it all. I started Eldar as my first army last August and haven't played any games yet. I am a little intimidated at the idea, with how many options there are to learn on top of all the regular play stuff.

[@albertosanchez5384]

In game desing there is a thing call the magic triangle in wich for being a good desing you have to have 2 of these 3: speed, endurance, damage. The new battle focus gives us speed. My main problem is we are gonna lose a ton of damage, and specially damage reliability, with the lost of fate dice. Unless we get a damage buff or a point reduction we are gonna be an anoying fly with out a sting. The problem with banshees in 10th (and many other aeldari units) is that their damage output is really mid and the endurance of many armys is over the top. Unless we get some of our punch back (specially in melee) we are gonna be destroyed by enemy retaliation. The leaked buff to Fuegan gives me some hope, but I will allways be exceptical with GW.

[@peters6345]

Yeah i hope wraithlords at least get WS and BS 3+ I feel like old rerolls + fatedice kept them somewhat afloat. But now a walker that hits on 4+ is one of the worse in game

[@albertosanchez5384]

@peters6345 all wraith should have bs and ws 3+, spirit seers must be a suport not a mandatory adition.

[@iamfilam2513]

Saw a leak- banshee blades get anti infantry 3+. They’ll be good infantry killers. Put the agile maneuver to deny overwatch and they are hunting

[@peters6345]

@iamfilam2513 that sounds good, hope is true

[@cylondorado4582]

I’m excited, I think it’s thematically fitting and more things will be useable. I love the image of a bunch of harlequin or banshees slipping past gunfire and closing in with some Tau or something. It kind of fixes something I’ve thought in the back of my mind, that Eldar on the tabletop kind of seem dumb compared to the lore. Their Elf agility just seems so much less effective then being a big tough guy like a Space Marine, and their guns aren’t usually that impressive compared to the Tau, the Necrons, or even the Imperium a lot of the time. These rules make it seem like their agile nature actually has combat advantages that keep them relevant on the battlefield. And it makes them seem smart at the same time, since they’re like a scalpel going for just the right spots.

[@bobfrancis123]

I'm really excited about Battle Focus. I hadn't thought about Star Engines with the Vyper, but I did think about using it to get Support Platforms into a better firing solution. I have a whole shelf of Banshees and a fist full of Shining Spears that will LOVE Flitting Shadows.

[@wtfisthisnonsense]

It's got the right feel to it. Can't wait to see how it plays out!

[@juiciestknives4992]

I am beyond excited about this. New into the hobby and just thought space elves were cool and ynnari had the most beautiful models ever:) now they're about to rock the tabletop too??? 🎉

[@FacelessCorp]

Just became a patron and am super excited to dive in to that. Great breakdown, and Im looking forward to more as more spoilers happen and then we all get our hands on the Codex!

[@ElGordoBandito]

I am so excited for something different, and it just so happens that it also seems really good!

[@ympactrueno]

I'm so excited for the new eldar codex and all the new detachment rules! I like this battle focus mechanics. Thanks for the vid!

[@chrisgoddard7981]

I love how fluffy this feels while still being a tactical edge if used correctly. The only thing that worries slightly as someone who the dice gods regularly forsake is how swingy some of these moves are. I think I’d have rather seen D3+3 inch moves rather than D6+1. Small gripe though and it should be fun regardless. 🤞👍🤘

[@eldenwarden9673]

What a time to be a space elf.

[@WBConcilio]

That comment was unbelievably quick on the draw. eldenwarden "Doc Holiday: 9273 over here is scary fast

[@eldenwarden9673]

@WBConcilio there's big hype on my Craftworld right now, cheers Brent 🍻

[@ProxyHammer1]

@@WBConcilio I'll be your huckleberry ;)

[@WBConcilio]

@@ProxyHammer1 great reference! Weird fun fact: in the original script it was apparently, 'hucklebearer" which was apparently 19th century slang for a pallbearer

[@ProxyHammer1]

@ Haha I didn’t know that! I guess that must have been a Val Kilmer improv!

[@oodlesofnoodles4660]

Excellent. More movement shenanigans to go with all my deployment shenanigans. And more War Walkers. Yay!

[@cruelmole]

Worth noting with the consolidation plays that the option to consolidate onto an objective is only available if it isnt possible to consolidate into an enemy unit. If you can get to a unit you cant choose the objective.

[@LoftOfTheUniverse]

Yeah these rules are overly situational. Lots of thinking for little reward. Custodes can just stand there and kill everything. Eldar bounce around and die anyway after achieving nothing. The data sheets need to be A LOT better which lets be honest... Each codex drop has been a nerf.

[@michaelestopinal]

I am very excited. My brother plays Space Wolves. I'm a novice Elf, and with chance being a factor, I lose a lot, or more commonly, my grand schemes are left to deflate like a sad fart when he just armor of contempts my big attacks, or just out shoots and out saves me. Having some more sauce to work with may help in the very specific situations I kept getting stuck into!

[@seedon5231]

14:31 The avatar of gains, the swole handed god of the gym

[@grahamclark8995]

I’m hoping Harlequins get a Flip Belt, Agile Manoeuvre so they can move through terrain and enemy models like they aren’t there.

[@samhunter1205]

I really hate how they have stripped Harlequins of basically all their special rules and equipment. Flip belts, Harlequin masks, all the special weapons . . . 10th really is a sterile garbage fire.

[@des-trina]

I would like to point out that the rule says, if your faction is Asuryani. That leaves the possibility of Harlequins and Ynnari getting their own army rule.

[@Goober2289]

I also noticed this, I reckon you may be right

[@danielpedersensevaride5928]

Finally a return to our high skill cap play style!

[@Trumentality]

Opportunity seized says make a normal move, so you wouldn't be able to end in engagement range. ^_^

[@tomashogberg8514]

Regarding opportunity sized, I don’t think you’re allowed to “catch up” with the unit falling back from you, as it only allows you to make a normal move, which you can’t end within engagement range of an enemy unit. But certainly useful to get onto objectives, out of LoS, hide behind a wall etc:)

[@gidierecklusiak4550]

The thumbnail would be a great combat patrol.

[@Weeklong_Seagull]

I am very lucky that I invested in the space elves when I did. I collected chaos Marines because I liked iron warriors but never played 40K and right when I started to play 40K I got elder

[@kennethlindsay3303]

I’m so excited for battle focus! I do worry that without fate dice (or rerolls, detachment depending?) we will end up moving really quickly and weakly noodling at our opponents who will just clean us up next turn.

[@salmanhamid9911]

This is very similar to how the Blades of Khaine kill team operates! Except for the resource requirement. In Blades of Khaine, your team has access to 'Aspect Techniques' which is a list of fifteen special abilities that any of your operatives can perform, but only once per Turning Point.

[@poetrollem326]

Fading back into a falcon to get rerolls for my fire dragons/scorpions AGAIN? Yes please

[@joshy7759]

22:30 -1 ap on storm guardians?

[@Colin-e2w]

Fade Back: "just after an enemy unit has shot" is presumably intended to imply after that unit has finished shooting, like in the Rangers reactive move, but in it's current wording, Could this trigger between shots? i.e. A Leman Russ fires it's battle cannon at an Aeldari unit & hits. Can I trigger Fade Back then, before I recieve a load of HB fire?

[@jessepunch8945]

Great thoughts, seems like a fun army rule!

[@MAVRICKCOMICS]

THE AVATAR OF GAIN! When he's not crushing our enemies, he's pumping iron. XD I'm gonna draw that!

[@matthewbeale5083]

As a Reaper fan, I'm excited for Fade Back. They have good firepower but are expensive for models that die with comparative ease. The idea of backing them out of LOS or into an APC when they get shot to protect them from follow-on attacks gives me a warm & fuzzy.

[@ryanlayfield4822]

Looking forward to your takes on the new codex when it drops! Any new units you’re planning to get? As there’s no box think I’m just going to limit mine to warp spiders and their new PL

[@philippsyoutube]

As Phantasm is a normal move we could add D6+1 with star engines to that right?

[@zephyrus513]

hope it stays fluffy, just sucks with no launch box

[@jacksonmcmillen3209]

Opportunity seized will be great when a unit falls back from yours exposing you to fire but you can dive into cover before they ever have a chance to shoot. It encourages more strategic melee engagements and could really improve survivability on your melee units

[@chocolatebutter192]

I like them way more than strands of fate. Would be super cool if this change makes the seer council playable as well

[@ForbiddenRazor]

I’m excited for War Walkers to benefit from Star Engines! And technically Support Weapons too if your opponent stays 27” inches away from your D-cannon lol. Avatar 6” consolidation move is going to be wicked good.

[@LeoxandarMagnus]

Good rules aside, I need to model my wraithlord in a cool pose like that Iyanden army in the article.

[@Praetor_Encarmine]

I like a lot the new faction rule. I see fade Back used to step on objectives and being indirectly a defensive rule even without using it, putting the dilemma on your opponent of shoot at your unit allowing it to step in a objective or don't shoot a it at all.

[@LoftOfTheUniverse]

They can just shoot it again or put enough firepower to wipe it

[@CurtisPrentice]

Great video. Thanks.

[@tikiwiki7428]

these remind me a lot of techniques for the blades of khane kill team, very excited as despite that teams power always feeling low to me i really like it

[@michalanz2612]

Star engines "normal move" is cool for wave serpents dropping troops after pretty much advancing. I hope WS get cheap enough to be good!

[@BentJacket]

Im just hoping this is how they treat cabal points. This set currency format lets them control the intended impact without ruining list building. Smart. I also like the mirror to the drukari who are generating tokens. Token use is a elf feature now.

[@aerodave1]

Fate dice is still better to me than these new rules. I don't want to lose my ability to inflict more damage. We are already fast enough. We need to be hard hitting as well.

[@theTemplar08]

Swift move warp, spiders Into a target. Have that spider sergeant with the multi Mili attack choice, then Paul back into cover?

[@Abhothra]

Is this part of the “phasing out wargear” plan? (And not sure what to make of it until I see a few games tbh) Since if Flittering something is a “special move” for 1 eligible unit per phase I can’t equip a Autarch with a Banshee mask anymore? But he’s so squishy!!!!

[@mangomaster4425]

The using it for free and not preventing other units from using it reminds me of Custodes, where some of them can use the heroic intervention after another custodes unit has used it for 0cp

[@jonbauml225]

Good stuff!

[@kubaradycz5604]

I've been wondering, would it be possible to use wraithguard's fire back after being shot ability (if they keep it) and afterwards move with "Fade back" or is it only possible to do one of these?

[@eldurwargames]

Opportunity seized doesn't allow getting into combat again... But it allows getting into transports🎉

[@LoftOfTheUniverse]

... For now

[@perishark234]

cant wait to use opportunity seized on my ynnari melee units rofl. Wyches and Lillith, yvraine quinn unkillaball is gonna be so fun!

[@LoftOfTheUniverse]

Feels like 8th edition battle focus: useless except for a handful of moments aka the army rule isn't really an army rule it's an exception rule.

[@TenebrousFilms]

Starting to think I should give all my RimWorld Eldar Jogger instead of just Fast Walker... this sounds awesome. Get the bans and scorps back into the game!

[@kalmarnagyandras]

Wraiths could gain so much out of this, scary fast wraithbricks would be op

[@twitchy85]

So much shenanigans

[@crangon78]

Battle Focus is linked to the Asuryani keyword. Harlequins won't have this keyword

[@nickenajs]

Good video

[@theresawalsh3825]

Wraithguard and wraithblades seem like they will be cracked if the data sheets stay the same, so many more movement tricks

[@GeneralJerrard101]

Only with a spirit seer apparently?

[@eldurwargames]

No one was running them before without one anyway.

[@polstierna4251]

This also answered my concern about swooping hawks loosing their skyleap ability for dropping grenades on units they fly over. That's just a obvious overwatch target and such a downtrade for the hawks. So many flyers in Aeldari have 14" move and can deal more damage. So what are we going to use the hawks for now? Well flittering shadows certaintly solves the problem. But still. I'm concerned about the hawks. Also, fade back could catapult wraithblades or the avatar across the midboard! Make an advance with the avatar into open terrain, get shot with fortune on him, and then move another D6+1" and the move again and then charge. He's pretty much sprinting across the battlefield. Secondly NERFS. All these abilities will probably go on a nerf-rollercoaster for months. Which just makes me tired.

[@LoftOfTheUniverse]

Avatar is a monster does he get these?

[@Gramsci]

Likes for the likes god. Comments for the comments throne!!!!

[@peters6345]

Eldar were bit boring for me in 10th. But this new rule looks really fun. I hope wraithlords get ws and bs 3+ now that fate dice are gone

[@LordAchaeron]

The nerf is coming sooner than you all think

[@BGWLgaming]

Here comes the brain fog! 😅

[@mattdrahos2662]

I think this is a pretty cool set of rules. It going to be challenge to handle all the implications for newer players, but wow is this a tool set. Fate dice are kind of boring and deterministic by comparison.

[@LoftOfTheUniverse]

Not being able to use the same ability more than once per phase (even though we only get 2 or 4 tokens) is lame and once again our army rule is a "single squad" rule

[@ZarMationStudios18]

Thank god my poor Guardians can Fade Back for free. So far this whole edition they keep getting wiped first turn because my players hate my Fate Dice that much 😂

[@PyromancerRift]

Stop talking about eldar, i will not resist any longer to buy more !

[@xero0083]

All of this is amazingly good, but like the last time, just wait to the all mighty complaints start, then GW will brake out the nurf 🔨 and nurf the hell out of this new codex and make it pointless to even buy the codex in the 1st place it's a scam 🤔

[@eldurwargames]

Please please GW give me good Warlocks

[@Trumentality]

Just saying this cuz i figure it will eventually be argued about. Fade back does not say after a unit has wounded, or has finished or completed shooting at your unit. It uses lower case "shot." It can be interpreted as once the opponent has rolled the dice to hit, or "shot" at your unit. This begs the question in that in super rare occurrences could the wounds be no longer applicable as the targets are out of range??? Or most likely get into cover to get +1 to your save.

[@pkslade5276]

All "shots" happen simultaneously from a unit. So you can't pull this on someone. At the moment you declare which guns from your unit are being shot where, everything is locked in. E.g. you can't pull out of line of sight mid way through a units shooting etc.

[@Goober2289]

Nope. Because when a unit shoots it is considered to make all the shots at the same time.

[@LoftOfTheUniverse]

It says hit. So literally you have to let yourself die before moving. Lame ability for anything that isn't a tank.

[@Trumentality]

@@pkslade5276 haha i just wanna say once again i am not this player, but.... Haha what if someone were to say it means that after a target has been declared? Basically you chose a target to shoot. Would that make a difference? I think making it a capital S might make it more like completed the whole shooting process.

[@LoftOfTheUniverse]

These rules are boring and I'm pretty sure most of the time they're going to suck... Fleet of foot is so good. I can't wait for 2 guardians to move off home base primary after being shot. Much usage. Or 2 in movementnis going to help my already fast army so much.

[@ryanbarry5320]

This game is fucking stupid man. If you think they getting bonus movement just to pump into something is going to give you some fucking advantage strategic in the game. Then the game is fucking dumb. There’s none of these battle focus things that help increase the damage output or increase survival ability. This rules are dumb.

[@eldurwargames]

If you're not there, they can't shoot you. If you outmaneuver them, you can isolate them and kill them bit by bit.

[@Goober2289]

Ask anyone who is actually good at Warhammer, Movement wins games.

[@albertoweinrichter5441]

You win by objectives. Objectives are sometimes far. Movement wins games. You are dumb. A haiku, for you

[@LoftOfTheUniverse]

​@@Goober2289if you're dead you aren't moving.

[@saturnianlotus8343]

@@albertoweinrichter5441 The phrase "movement wins games" just means the player that positions their units more skillfully usually wins. It doesn't mean the fastest army always wins. Without reasonable offense OR defense, it's bad design. Good design philosophy states that a game piece should include exactly 2 out of 3 qualities between power, speed, and endurance. Eldar typically are fast and hard hitting, they're already fast af, so if you take away hard hitting then it's fundamentally bad design no matter what game it's applied to.

[@jamescococokelet6668]

it is always fun to hear players talk about the game, course he does have more experience than me. But a deathstar unit that is on you in one round, and then you die. 10th is not a good edition.