The first none aspect warrior unit I am reviewing is the Eldar Avatar.
Anyone familiar with Avatars knows it traditionally comes with certain rules. You know, Molten Body, Wailing Doom, Daemon etc.
Predictably, it still comes with these. No sign of the "Court of the Young king" unit that I saw posted on various rumours websites. Perhaps these will come out with a Biel Tan expansion.
So what changes does it have over a 4th edition Avatar. I am sure this is why you are all here.
Well it has a good stat line. Four stats hit 10, and I bet you can guess which ones they are! It lost a point of invulnerable save and gained a wound, which is exactly in line with what Chaos Greater Daemons have in terms of protection.
It is very similar to a Bloodthirster, but considerably cheaper. However it can't fly. It does however have Battle Focus and a fearless bubble making it an ideal focal point for assault based armies.
You can interestingly buy it Exarch powers. I think Fast Shot is a good buy here to fire Wailing Doom twice. For the second power you will maybe find a few different combinations working. Monster Hunter and Disarming Strike could be plain nasty! Crushing Blow looks fairly pointless on an Avatar to me.
The only real kicker with the Avatar is it seems to have gone up in points by around 33% for a base model. When you start factoring in upgrades in Exarch Powers it is approaching Land Raider and Bloodthirster costs.
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