Eldar "Jerk Bikes"

I bought two Windrider Host boxes when they came out like almost two years ago now (right?). I've never put them to any use really. My gaming group in Kings Point had fallen apart by then so I never really got around to fielding them at any time. We've recently started an escalation league here at Ravenblood Games so I finally had a reason to break out the bikes and start putting them together.

I debuted the bikes in regular circulation in a small 2v2 skirmish at one of our usual "Wednesday Night Warhammer" games. The response from the Marines was pretty immediate and pretty nasty.

It was 2 v 3, my Eldar and Kris' Guard against 3 Ultramarines players. It was supposed to be 'bring 1,000pt lists, 2v2 random teams' to keep things interesting, but we picked up a 5th player without realizing it so the 'random teams' quickly devolved into 'Marines vs all'.

At the urging of Brother Captain Tom (Who thinks I play too "nicely") I brought the most brutal list I could think of for the game.

HQ - (615)
Farseer on Jetbike w/ Runes of Warding, Runes of Witnessing, Spirit Stones, Fortune, Doom (185)
5 Warlocks on Jetbikes w/ Destructor (275)
Avatar of Khaine (155)

Troops- (132)
3 Guardian Jetbikes (66)
3 Guardian Jetbikes (66)

Heavy Support- (250)
Wraith Lord w/ Wraithsword, Scatter Laser (120)
Wraith Lord w/ Bright Lance (130)

I figured that if I got stuck in with any of the other players they would be troops heavy and I would keep a handle on things with my monstrous creatures and bike-council and let them worry about taking objectives.

With a Guard army on my side it REALLY worked out well for me in that case. We had more troops then we knew what to do with.

I kept the regular bikes in reserve and dropped my council, Wraithlords and Avatar onto the table. Behind me was nothing buard Guard mechanized units and in front of me was nothing but an army of Mon-Keigh scum...

We ended up winning so badly that we controled all 5 objectives and had killed all but 2 of the other teams models. I had lost... an Avatar. On the last turn I lost my bike council because I failed to cast Fortune and they spent an entire shooting phase hammering away at them with everything from a Demolisher to a full squad of terminators.

The forums were on fire the next day with some very colorful comments being leveled at my bike-council unit...

My vindy did ok during the end, he got that second half of that mega-douche-jetbike squad.

Roi Kuro's Space Elf army is full of douchebaggery and unkillable units. How do you win against an army that can re-roll pretty much anything thanks to their Space Elf sorcery?

I'd almost want to call the way he plays "cheating" except that everything he does no matter how power-gaming it is, is 100% legal according to the rules.

I guess I should be honored that people are thinking of me this way?

Since Roi Kuro is now some sort of powerhouse, (apparently)...

Apparently? He kicked ass and took names in the escalation league and did almost all the damage to both me and the other Dan's marines yesterday!

The funny thing about it is that I haven't even won a game until the 500pt Escalation League game. At the 250pt game I watched as two Marine players with a squad of Devastators with Missile Launchers waltzed through the brackets to meet each other in the final round. I figured I should probably stop being "nice" and go all in to murder some people. Now it is all 'Eldar Douchbaggery" and "Jerk Bikes" that are winning the day.