Killer Space Clowns!

[swarmy]

Hello, does anyone else out there play with the new harlequin stuff? I won a harlequin solitaire model from a painted army prize in a tournament fairly recently and I've had a ton of fun painting him up. I'm really tempted to take the leap into the painting madness that is harlequins but I would want to know some general first hand experience playing the army to know exactly what to go with and what to avoid like the plague. They seem to me, at first glance, to be a lot like assault heavy dark eldar with a few more psychic tricks up their sleeve.

For starters, I really want to go with some jetbikes with zephyrglaives just because of the rule of cool.

But if I'm going to paint up an army that time consuming I want to make sure I don't make any wrong steps in my purchases like I did for my nids starting out...

I'll post a pic of my first clown WIP later :-)

[mattblowers]

Zephyr glaive looks awesome, but it doesn't really work. These bikes are too pricey and too fragile to get stuck in combat. I find the regular troops with kisses do far better and actually get in combat better. The problem with the bikes is that you go at I-1 if your charge into/through cover. They do look cool though so model them however you want. My preferred method is bone stock with shuriken cannons and star bolas. The haywire cannons can work well too if you hold in reserve and bring them in to pop heavies/Imperial Knights, but that is so situational that it's not my preferred style. They are really finicky to play well and take a lot of finesse. The keys to winning is to go first so you can hit hard (or if you can't go first keep hidden as much as possible to get the alpha struck off), playing the objectives game with your superior mobility, and using the Death Jesters to run key units off the board. And the Solitaire might be the best CC single model in the game. It's just terrifying how much damage it can do. You have zero staying ability. Use the mirage launchers the first time you are targeted by a shooting attack, you won't get the chance again. They are the glassiest-glass cannon that I have played. They CAN hit really hard, but you can also be tabled and do little damage. They take a lot of patience to learn to play well but are a ton of fun. Good luck.

[Anggul]

I like the idea of squads of three with two bolas and one glaive for supporting your main assault units when they need it.