I’ve always been one for making out of the ordinary lists ( Deathwing, Sanguinary Guard etc) and I still haven’t got it into my head that I can take allies for tactical benefits…. So I’ve written a full Harlequin army list using the Cegorach’s Revenge Formation which gives the army the ability to run and charge and also re-roll 1’s on invulnerable saves – both fantastic benefits.

Now the formation is very restricted on what you have to take which a lot of people dislike. For me however I was planning a very similar force anyway so the benefits are just added bonuses!

I found it pretty difficult to add everything I wanted into the list, the squads of Troupes become expensive very quickly! Originally I wanted each squad in a star weaver but could only fit in one in the end. Besides they’re pretty fast on foot so the transport is just a little lost fire power.

Tactics wise I plan to run a Shadow Seer in each squad whilst the Death Jesters sit in cover at the back making use of their main weapon. Hopefully they’ll be enough Harlequin units in the opponents face to worry about single Death Jesters – alternatively I could put them together as a squad but the chance to cause three morale checks rather than one is to tempting.

The level 2 Shadow Seer joins the Troupe in the Starweaver which also contains the Warlord Troupe Master. This squad has three Harlequin Embrace (D3 S6 Hammer of Wrath each) – hopefully jumping out of their transport, running ( with a re-roll from fleet) and then charging ( with a re-roll from fleet) meaning they should be in assault turn 2.

The other two squads run across the board on foot, making use of cover. Even on turn two they should be in assault with the re-rolls.

The jetbikes I originally had with just the Haywire weapons – however they have a lot of attacks each and seemed a waste to not use them and I needed to have some ap2 weapons in the army without relying on good rolls for the troupe units. So their initial role is anti-tank (haywire rocks and they’re s5 ap2 on charge) with terminator killing as a secondary role. They’ll not do much on their own but teamed with a troupe unit there should be enough attacks to take on the hardest units.

The Void Weavers will just shoot tanks, simples!

The Soliatiare will do what he does best and charge things, making himself look scary and hopefully taking attention away from the rest of the army. He has a 3+ Invulnerable save re-rolling 1’s. Even though he’s T3 he’s still pretty resilient!

Now the one big main weakness of the army… Fliers. There is nothing in the list to take on fliers reliably. You either need to hope you roll sixes with Shrieker/Shuriken cannons or get a good roll on the Mystery Objecives (using the Death Jesters to capture them).

Overall the army relies on quite a few different tactics compared to oher armies. Multiple LD tests from Death Jesters and Shadow Seers play an important role and used correctly (and with some luck) the army can do pretty well… especialy for dancing elves!