Warhammer 40k - Unit Review Library 165 - Aeldari, Dark Reapers

2 months ago

"Don't think too hard about the design!"

Hello everyone! Zak Ludick here from Cape Town, South Africa and this is a Warhammer 40k - The Great Unit Review Wheel! post!

Now known as the Unit Review Library!

What is it all about? It is not there to just give a stat. It is there to give MY review of the unit!

Also this has become quite the Challenge! With so many units to review in the game the consensus in the hobby community is that I will not have enough time to review all of the Datasheets before the new edition of Warhammer 40,000 came out.

I should have started when 10th edition launched!
492 days since the start of 10th Edition.
This is Review #165, I am 327 reviews behind! (Lowest I have been is 314 behind)

January 2025 we are expecting Astra Militarum and Aeldari codexes as explained Here, so time to focus on THOSE Datasheets!

Aeldari, Dark Reapers

10th Edition Index

Dark Reapers are an Aspect Temple of the Aeldari. They revere the War God as the Destructor.

This unit is led by an Exarch but can also be led by Maugan Ra, which you can find in the previous reviews!

As a quick recap, Maugan gives the unit a +1 to Hit!

Dark Reapers are 85pts for 5 models or 170pts for 10 models.

5 models cost you $62.50

But let's check those stats...

Stats

Movement 7"
Toughness 3
Save 3+/5++(armor/invul/Feel No Pain)
Wounds 1 (2 Wounds for the Exarch)
Ld 6+
OC 1

Weapons

Ranged:

The whole unit is armed with Reaper Launchers, the Exharch can swap that out for the Shuriken Cannon, or Aeldari Missile Launcher or Tempest Launcher.

Reaper Launcher - Starshot firing option

48" Range, 1 Shot, Hitting on 3+. S8, AP -2 and 2 Damage each.
Ignores Cover (When shot by this weapon, the enemy unit cannot claim benefit of cover)

Reaper Launcher - Starswarm firing option

48" Range, 2 Shots, Hitting on 3+. S5, AP -1 and 1 Damage each.
Ignores Cover (When shot by this weapon, the enemy unit cannot claim benefit of cover)

Shuriken Cannon

24" Range, 3 Shots, Hitting on 3+. S6, AP -1 and 2 Damage each.
Sustained Hits 1 (Hits on a 6 score an additional Hit.)
Ignores Cover (When shot by this weapon, the enemy unit cannot claim benefit of cover)

Tempest Launcher

36" Range, 62D Shots, Hitting on 3+. S4, AP -1 and 1 Damage each.
Indirect Fire (This weapon does not need line of sight to shoot the target. When it does, it can only hit on a 4+)
Blast (This Weapon gains an additional attack per 5 enemies in the target unit, rounding fractions down)

Aeldari Missile Launcher - Starshot firing option

48" Range, 1 Shot, Hitting on 3+. S10, AP -2 and D6 Damage each.
Ignores Cover (When shot by this weapon, the enemy unit cannot claim benefit of cover)

Aeldari Missile Launcher - Sunburst firing option

48" Range, D6 Shots, Hitting on 3+. S4, AP -1 and 1 Damage each.
Ignores Cover (When shot by this weapon, the enemy unit cannot claim benefit of cover)
Blast (This Weapon gains an additional attack per 5 enemies in the target unit, rounding fractions down)

Melee:

Close combat weapon

2 Attack, Hitting on 3+. S3, AP 0 and 1 Damage each.

Abilities

Inescapable Accuracy

When this unit makes Ranged attacks, you can ignore any modifications to Ballistic Skill and the To Hit Roll.

This means that Stealth and other abilities affecting the number needed on the To Hit dice are ignored!

Thoughts

Dark Reapers have always been Marine Killers with their shooting. The S8, Ap-2 and 2 Damage option on their Reaper Launchers still do that.

Now, they just have an anti-horde firing option which is perhaps not completely an answer, but gives them a bit more versatility when you come up against that sort of opponent.

Always a solid choice for 85pts.

That makes 15 Aeldari Datasheets Reviewed putting them on 20.83% Completed. The total Completed is 16.99% Complete! Can I review them all?!

Thank you for reading!

Warhammer Review Library

Army Rule and Detachment Rule Reviews

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Agents of the Imperium		Army Rule #2
Astra Militarum		Army Rule #1
Astra Militarum	Combined Regiment	Detachment Rule #1
Space Marines		Army Rule #3

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Adeptus Custodes	Trajann Valoris	#40
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Adeptus Mechanicus	Archaeopter Stratoraptor	#14
Adeptus Mechanicus	Archaeopter Transvector	#15
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Adeptus Mechanicus	Onager Dunecrawler	#110
Adeptus Mechanicus	Serberys Raiders	#55
Adeptus Mechanicus	Serberys Sulphurhounds	#56
Adeptus Mechanicus	Technoarcheologist	#104
Aeldari	Asurmen	#155
Aeldari	Guardian Defenders	#64
Aeldari	Hemlock Wraithfighter	#161
Aeldari	Karandras	#153
Aeldari	Maugan Ra	#87
Aeldari	Night Spinner	#65
Aeldari	Rangers	#149
Aeldari	Shadowseer	#80
Aeldari	Shining Spears	#147
Aeldari	Shroud Runners	#151
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Aeldari	The Visarch	#159
Aeldari	Prince Yriel	#92
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Astra Militarum	Armoured Sentinels	#148
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Astra Militarum	Banehammer	#160
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Astra Militarum	Field Ordnance Battery	#162
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Astra Militarum	Ogryn Squad	#152
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Astra Militarum	Tank Commander	#90
Astra Militarum	Wyvern	#81
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Black Templars	Marshall	#46
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Blood Angels	Captain Tycho	#133
Blood Angels	Chief Librarian Mephiston	#134
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Blood Angels	Lemartes	#32
Blood Angels	Librarian Dreadnought	#141
Blood Angels	Sanguinary Guard	#93
Blood Angels	Sanguinary Priest	#142
Blood Angels	Sanguinary Priest with Jump	#143
Blood Angels	The Sanguinor	#144
Blood Angels	Tycho the Lost	#145
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Chaos Daemons	Daemonettes	#29
Chaos Daemons	Lord of Change	#75
Chaos Daemons	Nurglings	#82
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Chaos Knights	War Dog Executioners	#31
Chaos Knights	War Dog Huntsman	#77
Chaos Space Marines	Abbadon the Despoiler	#50
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Chaos Space Marines	Khorne Lord of Skulls	#37
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Dark Angels	Azrael	#17
Dark Angels	Belial	#4
Dark Angels	Deathwing Knights	#20
Dark Angels	Deathwing Terminator Squad	#99
Dark Angels	Lazarus	#62
Dark Angels	Land Speeder Vengeance	#101
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Death Guard	Blightlord Terminators	#10
Death Guard	Chaos Lord	#36
Death Guard	Lord of Contagion	#52
Death Guard	Tallyman	#39
Death Guard	Malignant Plaguecaster	#71
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Deathwatch	Deathwatch Terminator Squad	#112
Deathwatch	Deathwatch Veterans	#114
Deathwatch	Fortis Kill Team	#116
Deathwatch	Indomitor Kill Team	#118
Deathwatch	Kill Team Cassius	#120
Deathwatch	Proteus Killteam	#57
Deathwatch	Spectrus Kill Team	#73
Deathwatch	Veteran Bike Squad	#84
Deathwatch	Watch Captain Artemis	#122
Deathwatch	Watch Master	#124
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Drukhari	Haemonculus	#8
Drukhari	Raider	#35
Drukhari	Scourges	#7
Genestealer Cults	Aberants	#47
Genestealer Cults	Hybrid Metamorphs	#58
Genestealer Cults	Reductus Saboteur	#33
Grey Knights	Brother Captain	#25
Grey Knights	Grand Master	#48
Grey Knights	Strike Squad	#51
Imperial Agents	Callidus Assassin	#9
Imperial Agents	Culexus Assassin	#69
Imperial Agents	Eversor Assassin	#105
Imperial Agents	Exaction Squad	#111
Imperial Agents	Imperial Navy Breachers	#113
Imperial Agents	Inquisitor	#115
Imperial Agents	Inquisitor Coteaz	#117
Imperial Agents	Inquisitor Eisenhorn	#119
Imperial Agents	Inquisitor Greyfax	#121
Imperial Agents	Inquisitorial Henchmen	#123
Imperial Agents	Inquisitor Karamazov	#125
Imperial Agents	Lord Inquisitor Kyria Draxus	#126
Imperial Agents	Rogue Trader Entourage	#127
Imperial Agents	Subductor Squad	#128
Imperial Agents	Vigilant Squad	#26
Imperial Agents	Vindicare Assassin	#129
Imperial Agents	Voidsmen-at-Arms	#130
Imperial Knights	Canis Rex	#76
Imperial Knights	Armiger Helverin	#22
Imperial Knights	Armiger Warglaive	#43
Imperial Knights	Knight Castellan	#83
Leagues of Votann	Brôkhyr Iron-master	#27
Leagues of Votann	Brôkhyr Thunderkyn	#78
Leagues of Votann	Cthonian Beserks	#86
Leagues of Votann	Sagitaur	#3
Leagues of Votann	Ûthar the Destined	#44
Necrons	Obelisk	#11
Orks	Battlewagon	#34
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Orks	Zodgrod Wortsnagga	#89
Space Marines	Kayvaan Shrike	#23
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Space Marines	Razorback	#21
Space Marines	Vanguard Veteran Squad with Jump Packs	#103
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