Windriders

Model NameMTSvWLdOC
Windriders
32mm flying base
14"44+ 6++27+2
Keywords:
Asuryani, , Windriders, Fly, Aeldari, Mounted
Ranged WeaponsRangeABSSAPD
Scatter laser
sustained hits 1
36"63501
Shuriken cannon
lethal hits
24"336-12
Twin shuriken catapult
assault, twin-linked
18"234-11
Melee WeaponsRangeABSSAPD
Close combat weapon
Melee33301

Abilities

Swift Demise:Each time a model in this unit makes a ranged attack, re-roll a Hit roll of 1. If the target of that attack is the closest eligible target, you can re-roll the Hit roll instead.

Wargear Options

Any number of models can each have their twin shuriken catapult replaced with one of the following:
  • 1 scatter laser
  • 1 shuriken cannon

Wargear Abilities

Unit Composition

3-6 Windriders
Every model is equipped with: twin shuriken catapult; close combat weapon.

Costs

3 models - 80pts
6 models - 160pts

Leader

Stratagems

NameDescription
1CP COMMAND RE-ROLL
Detachment: Core
WHEN: Any phase, just after you make an Advance roll, a Charge roll, a Desperate Escape test or a Hazardous test for a unit from your army, or a Hit roll, a Wound roll, a Damage roll or a saving throw for a model in that unit, or a roll to determine the number of attacks made with a weapon equipped by a model in that unit. If you are using fast dice rolling, this Stratagem can still be used after rolling multiple rolls or saving throws at once.

TARGET: That unit or model from your army.

EFFECT: You re-roll that roll, test or saving throw. If you are using fast dice rolling, select one of those rolls or saving throws to re-roll.
2CP COUNTER-OFFENSIVE
Detachment: Core
WHEN: Fight phase, just after an enemy unit has fought.

TARGET: One unit from your army that is within Engagement Range of one or more enemy units and that has not already been selected to fight this phase.

EFFECT: Your unit fights next.
1CP INSANE BRAVERY
Detachment: Core
WHEN: Battle-shock step of your Command phase, just before you take a Battle-shock test for a unit from your army.

TARGET: That unit from your army.

EFFECT: Your unit automatically passes that Battle-shock test.

RESTRICTIONS: You cannot use this Stratagem more than once per battle.
1CP RAPID INGRESS
Detachment: Core
WHEN: End of your opponent’s Movement phase.

TARGET: One unit from your army that is in Reserves.

EFFECT: Your unit can arrive on the battlefield as if it were the Reinforcements step of your Movement phase, and if every model in that unit has the Deep Strike ability, you can set that unit up as described in the Deep Strike ability (even though it is not your Movement phase).

RESTRICTIONS: You cannot use this Stratagem to enable a unit to arrive on the battlefield during a battle round it would not normally be able to do so in.
1CP FIRE OVERWATCH
Detachment: Core
WHEN: Your opponent’s Movement or Charge phase, just after an enemy unit is set up or when an enemy unit starts or ends a Normal, Advance or Fall Back move, or declares a charge.

TARGET: One unit from your army that is within 24" of that enemy unit and that would be eligible to shoot if it were your Shooting phase.

EFFECT: If that enemy unit is visible to your unit, your unit can shoot that enemy unit as if it were your Shooting phase.

RESTRICTIONS: You cannot target a TITANIC unit with this Stratagem. Until the end of the phase, each time a model in your unit makes a ranged attack, an unmodified Hit roll of 6 is required to score a hit, irrespective of the attacking weapon’s Ballistic Skill or any modifiers. You can only use this Stratagem once per turn.
1CP HEROIC INTERVENTION
Detachment: Core
WHEN: Your opponent’s Charge phase, just after an enemy unit ends a Charge move.

TARGET: One unit from your army that is within 6" of that enemy unit and would be eligible to declare a charge against that enemy unit if it were your Charge phase.

EFFECT: Your unit now declares a charge that targets only that enemy unit, and you resolve that charge as if it were your Charge phase.

RESTRICTIONS: You can only select a VEHICLE unit from your army if it is a WALKER. Note that even if this charge is successful, your unit does not receive any Charge bonus this turn.
1CP LIGHTNING-FAST REACTIONS
Detachment: Warhost
WHEN: Your opponent’s Shooting phase or the Fight phase, just after an enemy unit has selected its targets.

TARGET: One Asuryani unit from your army (excluding Wraith Construct units) that was selected as the target of one or more of the attacking unit’s attacks.

EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, each time an attack targets your unit, subtract 1 from the Hit roll.
1CP BLITZING FIREPOWER
Detachment: Warhost
WHEN: Your Shooting phase.

TARGET: One Asuryani unit from your army that has not been selected to shoot this phase.

EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, ranged weapons equipped by models in your unit have the [SUSTAINED HITS 1] ability while targeting an enemy unit within 12". If such a weapon already has that ability, until the end of the phase, each time an attack is made with that weapon, an unmodified Hit roll of 5+ scores a Critical Hit.
1CP FEIGNED RETREAT
Detachment: Warhost
WHEN: Your Movement phase, just after an Asuryani unit from your army Falls Back.

TARGET: That ASURYANI unit.

EFFECT: Until the end of the turn, your unit is eligible to shoot and declare a charge in a turn in which it Fell Back.
1CP WIND OF BLADES
Detachment: Windrider Host
WHEN: Your Movement phase.

TARGET: One Asuryani Mounted or Vyper unit from your army that has not been selected to move this phase.

EFFECT: Until the end of the turn, your unit is eligible to shoot and declare a charge in a turn in which it Advanced or Fell Back.
1CP SPIRALLING EVASION
Detachment: Windrider Host
WHEN: Your opponent’s Shooting phase, just after an enemy unit has selected its targets.

TARGET: One Asuryani Mounted or VYPER unit from your army that was selected as the target of one or more of the attacking unit’s attacks.

EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, models in your unit have a 4+ invulnerable save.
1CP OVERFLIGHT
Detachment: Windrider Host
WHEN: End of your Shooting phase or the end of the Fight phase.

TARGET: One Asuryani Mounted unit from your army that destroyed one or more enemy units this phase.

EFFECT: Your unit can make a Normal move of up to 7".
1CP DEATH FROM ON HIGH
Detachment: Windrider Host
WHEN: Your Shooting phase or the Fight phase.

TARGET: One Asuryani Mounted or VYPER unit from your army that was set upon the battlefield from Reserves this turn and has not been selected to shoot or fight this phase.

EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, each time a model in your unit makes an attack, you can re-roll the Wound roll.
1CP FOCUSED FIREPOWER
Detachment: Windrider Host
WHEN: Your Shooting phase.

TARGET: One Asuryani Mounted or VYPER unit from your army that has not been selected to shoot this phase.

EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, each time a model in your unit makes an attack, improve the Armour Penetration characteristic of that attack by 1.
1CP DARING RIDERS
Detachment: Windrider Host
WHEN: The Reinforcements step of your Movement phase.

TARGET: One Asuryani Mounted or VYPER unit from your army in Reserves.

EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, when setting up your unit on the battlefield from Reserves, it can be set up anywhere on the battlefield that is more than 6" horizontally away from all enemy units. When doing so, if your unit is set up within 9" horizontally of one or more enemy units, until the end of the turn, it is not eligible to declare a charge.