Harlequins game

[mattblowers]

Took my harlies out for a spin last night with DE allies. What a blast they were to play. They are an extremely fun army to use. I'm not sure how competitive they are, but they are quite good. They hit like an absolute ton of bricks. They are fairly resilient. They are lightning fast. They are few models. The army really fits my playstyle and most people aren't going to be prepared to deal with them. Even so, I am a huge fan of what they can do. They will take a lot of practice to play efficiently or effectively. I nearly tabled my opponent, but I lost on objectives.

On a side note, I recommend doing this as much as possible. Nids are my main squeeze and my favorite army, but playing other armies always makes me a better nids player. It feels completely different playing with an army than it does playing against it. You learn the weaknesses much better than you do trying to beat the army. You also learn the nuances of the rules better so you know what to question when you play against the list with your 'nids. Even if it's just asking a friend to borrow an army to give it a go, it will really improve your game and helps to evaluate possibilities in our codex.

[FTGT-BeeCee]

Harlies do look like a blast. I'm pumped to try my (don't) Fear the Reaver DE list out too!

[mattblowers]

Ironically I haven't found the reavers to pair well with Harlies. I thought it would be great. It wasn't. I do love a reavers list, but I prefer 3 units of 9+, they do some work.

[acehilator]

mattblowers: Harlies sure seem nice for a secondary army. Only 36 guys to paint, plus 8 Starweavers/Voidweavers. Obviously you should put some effort into the models, but still... and nice high risk/high reward playstyle I suppose?

[mattblowers]

They aren't that much risk in my experience. Play the counter attack and you can annihilate stuff. Take dark Eldar or Eldar for cheap bodies to screen and more CP.

[nidzy]

I had a pretty fun game against harlies this week. I am glad you are having fun with them, they look like a blast to play. His list was around 10 of the bikes, a big troupe unit on foot and then 5 min squads in transports with several troupe masters and a shadowseer as HQ's along with the solitaire. The 3++ stratagem coupled with flip belts and getting off the double move psychic power (along with an advance roll of 6") got him OVER my screen and into my big unit of hive guard early with his infantry unit, but the game turned when I killed 6 bikes and a couple of transports in turn 2 with HVC and remaining hive guard. I also rolled like a boss with damage on hive guard, getting something like 9/10 3 damage rolls for wounds that went through.

I was playing my jorg battalion with 2 flyrants and 6 fex(hvc/dev) plus screen and rippers along with a kronos 12 hive guard vanguard.

The army had a great push but his list could have definitely used some guardians or something staying at home as I was able to land rippers behind him on turn 2 and had killed a good chunk of his mobility by the time he turned around in turn 3 to try and harass them.

I toyed with starting harlies awhile back and bought a solitaire. I am going to paint that model after I finish my latest round of carnifex and an imperial knight or two to see if I can actually carry out the harley scheme. They are my favorite aeldari faction for sure.

[mattblowers]

Jun 16, 2018 1:09:49 GMT nidzy said:

I had a pretty fun game against harlies this week. I am glad you are having fun with them, they look like a blast to play. His list was around 10 of the bikes, a big troupe unit on foot and then 5 min squads in transports with several troupe masters and a shadowseer as HQ's along with the solitaire. The 3++ stratagem coupled with flip belts and getting off the double move psychic power (along with an advance roll of 6") got him OVER my screen and into my big unit of hive guard early with his infantry unit, but the game turned when I killed 6 bikes and a couple of transports in turn 2 with HVC and remaining hive guard. I also rolled like a boss with damage on hive guard, getting something like 9/10 3 damage rolls for wounds that went through.

I was playing my jorg battalion with 2 flyrants and 6 fex(hvc/dev) plus screen and rippers along with a kronos 12 hive guard vanguard.

The army had a great push but his list could have definitely used some guardians or something staying at home as I was able to land rippers behind him on turn 2 and had killed a good chunk of his mobility by the time he turned around in turn 3 to try and harass them.

I toyed with starting harlies awhile back and bought a solitaire. I am going to paint that model after I finish my latest round of carnifex and an imperial knight or two to see if I can actually carry out the harley scheme. They are my favorite aeldari faction for sure.

They are certainly good, but 'nids are the best counter to them IMO.

[tomb]

Jun 15, 2018 14:54:58 GMT mattblowers said:

Took my harlies out for a spin last night with DE allies. What a blast they were to play. They are an extremely fun army to use. I'm not sure how competitive they are, but they are quite good. They hit like an absolute ton of bricks. They are fairly resilient. They are lightning fast. They are few models. The army really fits my playstyle and most people aren't going to be prepared to deal with them. Even so, I am a huge fan of what they can do. They will take a lot of practice to play efficiently or effectively. I nearly tabled my opponent, but I lost on objectives.

On a side note, I recommend doing this as much as possible. Nids are my main squeeze and my favorite army, but playing other armies always makes me a better nids player. It feels completely different playing with an army than it does playing against it. You learn the weaknesses much better than you do trying to beat the army. You also learn the nuances of the rules better so you know what to question when you play against the list with your 'nids. Even if it's just asking a friend to borrow an army to give it a go, it will really improve your game and helps to evaluate possibilities in our codex.

So true, playing other armies is the best way to learn.
Glad to hear your having fun with the Quinns. I've played a lot of my Dark eldar recently almost too much, I'm needing a change. 

What are you taking in your Harliquins detachments and which stratagems do you prefer? Cheers.

[mattblowers]

Jun 16, 2018 6:29:07 GMT tomb said:

What are you taking in your Harliquins detachments and which stratagems do you prefer? Cheers.

My favorite build right now is Soaring Spite with fusion pistols all around. I'm really split between the caress and kiss for CC weapon. The D3 damage is really good. Advance and still shoot normally pairs so well with fusion pistols.

[tomb]

Cheers, I'll give that a try.

How are you finding the Death Jesters now?

[mattblowers]

Jun 16, 2018 18:27:47 GMT tomb said:

Cheers, I'll give that a try.

How are you finding the Death Jesters now?

Still can't make up my mind. They are cheap, but haven't done that much. Against T3 characters I think they could rock.

[burd]

Jun 15, 2018 14:54:58 GMT mattblowers said:

Took my harlies out for a spin last night with DE allies. What a blast they were to play. They are an extremely fun army to use. I'm not sure how competitive they are, but they are quite good. They hit like an absolute ton of bricks. They are fairly resilient. They are lightning fast. They are few models. The army really fits my playstyle and most people aren't going to be prepared to deal with them. Even so, I am a huge fan of what they can do. They will take a lot of practice to play efficiently or effectively. I nearly tabled my opponent, but I lost on objectives.

On a side note, I recommend doing this as much as possible. Nids are my main squeeze and my favorite army, but playing other armies always makes me a better nids player. It feels completely different playing with an army than it does playing against it. You learn the weaknesses much better than you do trying to beat the army. You also learn the nuances of the rules better so you know what to question when you play against the list with your 'nids. Even if it's just asking a friend to borrow an army to give it a go, it will really improve your game and helps to evaluate possibilities in our codex.

I also partook in a game Friday with my beloved killer clowns from outer space. Played against ksons with Magnus one of the worst matchups possible for me I believe . went 6 turns ending in a draw. 4Th 2k game with then 2nd against ksons. The thing that hurts clowns the most is mortal wounds and ksons and greybknightq will have a field day ignoring the -s to hit and the multiple 3++ strats we can dish out. like you were saying Lack of bodies or high impact shooting over the top going to try 9 dark reapers in a spearhead with a farseer or ulthren