Blackmoor’s Harlequin Army

There has been a lot of talk about the Harlequins on the blogs these days and they are an army I have been thinking about playing for a while now. I like the look and the fluff (Yeah, I said it!) of the army.

 

What re-ignited my interest in them was that I found 10 harlequin jetbike face plates at a reasonable price over on E-bay. Normally they sell for around $10 each and I picked them up for around $3.50 each.

 

Since I am a big fan of Fritz over at The Way of Saim Hann and on his blog he has been running a Harlequin based army and I took a look at what he has been doing. He runs an army based around Harlequins, with Pathfinders as troops, and Wraithlords as heavy support. This army would have been great in 4^th edition as a point denial army, but in 5^th edition it is a bit fragile and lacks some punch. I would like to see some more batreps to see what this army can do. Horde armies seem like it is a big weakness as well as mech armies.

 

My Harlequin army will try to stay true to the 3^rd edition Harlequin army that was in the Citadel Journal issue #39. It was a trial list so that is why no one ever real saw it in action. Another of the reasons why you never saw it was that it was not a really good army.

 

Here are the units that were in it, and how I will try to adapt them to the new elder codex:

 

HQ

The Great Harlequin

This guy was the head of the Masque and he can could kick some rear.

4^th Edition equivalent: Autarch, Phoenix Lord

 

Shadowseer

This is the psycher of the masque

4^th Edition equivalent: Farseer

 

Elites

Solitaire

This guy is an army of one. Use to be able to take a unit on by himself.

4^th Edition equivalent: Phoenix Lord (Karendras), Autarch

 

Death Jesters

1-3 guys that are like a heavy support option and are armed with Missile Launchers and Brightlances

4^th Edition equivalent: Dark Reapers

 

Troupes

Harlequin Troupe

They don't need an explanation

4^th Edition equivalent: Harlequins of course!

 

Fast Attack

Harlequin Jetbike Squad

Harlequins on bikes!

4^th Edition equivalent: Jetbikes, Shining Spears

 

Heavy Support

Venom

A Venom was a modified Vyper that was able to navigate the webway. In the game it was able to carry 6 passengers, and had a Vyper's stats.

4^th Edition equivalent: Falcon (Up gunned, and up armored version)

 

So to sum it up these are the units I can use:

HQ

Aurtarch + (Yriel)

Farseer + (Eldrad)

Seer Council

Phoenix Lord

 

Elite

Harlequins

 

Troops

Guardian Jetbikes

 

Fast Attack

Shining Spears

 

Heavy Support

Falcons

Dark Reapers

 

That is not much to go on.

 

So in our next chapter I will come up with some lists based on those units, and how in the heck am I going to win with a small expensive army against the heavy hitters of 5^th edition.