Warhammer 40k - Unit Review Library 167 - Aeldari, Solitaire
Not a team player and tends to run around the battlefield like a crazy person.
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!
494 days since the start of 10th Edition.
This is Review #167, 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, Solitaire
10th Edition Index
The Harlequins faction of the Aeldari travel from place to place re-enacting the Aeldari legends. Each Troupe member has a part to play and the Solitaire plays the part of Slaanesh. So dedicated they are to this role that it is both a blessing and a curse, with this induvidual's doom being that they will be consumed by the Chaos God(dess).
On the battlefield the Solitaire is like an assassin. Super fast and capable of killing whole squads of Space Marines on its own.
The Solitaire is 115pts and costs $32.75 to buy.
Let's check those stats...
Stats
Movement 12"
Toughness 3
Save 6+/3++(armor/invul/Feel No Pain)
Wounds 3
Ld 6+
OC 1
Weapons
No ranged weapon...
Melee:
Solitaire weapons
9 Attacks, Hitting on 2+. S6, AP -2 and 2 Damage each.
Precision (Wounds caused can be allocated to Leaders ahead of the Bodyguard unit)
Abilities
Lone Operative - Cannot be shot at unless the shooter is within 12"
Fights First - Always hits first
Blur of Movement
Can Charge in a turn that it Advances.
Blitz
Once per game add 2D6" to its Movement value and 3 to its Attacks profile.
Thoughts
This is all about threat range. The Solitaire moves 12" which is the same speed as Jump pack infantry.
12" plus an Advance of D6" and then Charge 2D6", on average a 15" move and a 7" charge means that 22" is usually a very feasible threat range. At maximum it is 12+6+12 for 30" of threat.
On the Blitz, this goes up by 2D6", the average being 7. So 29" on a moderate guess and at maximum it is 42" threat range.
This same turn, the Solitaire's attacks goes up to 12! Again, most characters and even whole squads go down to this thing.
I have, however, learned to deal with it.
The Solitaire only has 3 Wounds but a 3+ Invul save. So the idea is to just pepper the Solitaire with lots of bolter shots or even flame it. This tends to take it down.
The thing about a Solitaire is that many Aeldari players often only think of it as an assassin. For 115pts you better make sure that you kill more than he is worth. If you don't, then it is a waste.
But you CAN actually use the Solitaire to win the game if you focus on Secondaries.
That makes 16 Aeldari Datasheets Reviewed putting them on 22.22% Completed. The total Completed is 15.87% Complete! Can I review them all?!
Thank you for reading!
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Army Rule and Detachment Rule Reviews
| Faction | Detachment | Review Number |
|---|---|---|
| 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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| Faction | Unit | Review Number |
|---|---|---|
| Adeptus Custodes | Prosecutors | #1 |
| Adeptus Custodes | Knight-Centura | #54 |
| Adeptus Custodes | Shield-Captain | #61 |
| Adeptus Custodes | Shield-Captain in Allarus Terminator Armor | #70 |
| Adeptus Custodes | Trajann Valoris | #40 |
| Adeptus Mechanicus | Archaeopter Fusilave | #13 |
| Adeptus Mechanicus | Archaeopter Stratoraptor | #14 |
| Adeptus Mechanicus | Archaeopter Transvector | #15 |
| Adeptus Mechanicus | Belisarius Cawl | #53 |
| Adeptus Mechanicus | Corpuscarii Electro-Priests | #97 |
| Adeptus Mechanicus | Onager Dunecrawler | #110 |
| Adeptus Mechanicus | Serberys Raiders | #55 |
| Adeptus Mechanicus | Serberys Sulphurhounds | #56 |
| Adeptus Mechanicus | Technoarcheologist | #104 |
| Aeldari | Asurmen | #155 |
| Aeldari | Dark Reapers | #165 |
| 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 |
| Aeldari | Skyweavers | #157 |
| Aeldari | The Visarch | #159 |
| Aeldari | Prince Yriel | #92 |
| Astra Militarum | Aegis Defence Line | #146 |
| Astra Militarum | Armoured Sentinels | #148 |
| Astra Militarum | Attilan Rough Riders | #154 |
| Astra Militarum | Baneblade | #156 |
| Astra Militarum | Banehammer | #160 |
| Astra Militarum | Banesword | #166 |
| Astra Militarum | Cadian Castellan | #158 |
| Astra Militarum | Field Ordnance Battery | #162 |
| Astra Militarum | Kasrkin | #60 |
| Astra Militarum | Ogryn Bodyguard | #150 |
| Astra Militarum | Ogryn Squad | #152 |
| Astra Militarum | Ratling Snipers | #164 |
| Astra Militarum | Tank Commander | #90 |
| Astra Militarum | Wyvern | #81 |
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| Black Templars | Marshall | #46 |
| Black Templars | The Emperor's Champion | #63 |
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| Blood Angels | Brother Corbulo | #132 |
| Blood Angels | Captain Tycho | #133 |
| Blood Angels | Chief Librarian Mephiston | #134 |
| Blood Angels | Commander Dante | #135 |
| Blood Angels | Death Company Dreadnought | #136 |
| Blood Angels | Death Company Intercessors | #137 |
| Blood Angels | Death Company Marines | #138 |
| Blood Angels | Death Company Marines with Jump Packs | #139 |
| Blood Angels | Furioso Dreadnought | #140 |
| Blood Angels | Gabriel Seth | #66 |
| 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 |
| Chaos Daemons | Beasts of Nurgle | #98 |
| Chaos Daemons | Daemonettes | #29 |
| Chaos Daemons | Lord of Change | #75 |
| Chaos Daemons | Nurglings | #82 |
| Chaos Knights | Knight Abominant | #94 |
| Chaos Knights | War Dog Brigands | #30 |
| Chaos Knights | War Dog Executioners | #31 |
| Chaos Knights | War Dog Huntsman | #77 |
| Chaos Space Marines | Abbadon the Despoiler | #50 |
| Chaos Space Marines | Haarken Worldclaimer | #41 |
| Chaos Space Marines | Khorne Lord of Skulls | #37 |
| Dark Angels | Asmodai | #16 |
| 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 |
| Death Guard | Biologus Putrifier | #5 |
| 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 |
| Deathwatch | Corvus Blackstar | #72 |
| Deathwatch | Deathwatch Veterans | #114 |
| Deathwatch | Watch Captain Artemis | #122 |
| Deathwatch | Watch Master | #124 |
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| Grey Knights | Strike Squad | #51 |
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| 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 Greyfax | #121 |
| Imperial Agents | Inquisitorial Henchmen | #123 |
| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Orks | Zodgrod Wortsnagga | #89 |
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| T'au Empire | Kroot Carnivore Squad | #19 |
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| World Eaters | Lord Invocatus | #100 |
| World Eaters | World Eaters Chaos Spawn | #18 |
| World Eaters | World Eaters Daemon Prince | #85 |
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|---|---|---|
| Deathwatch | Deathwatch Terminator Squad | #112 |
| 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 |
| Imperial Agents | Inquisitor Eisenhorn | #119 |
| Imperial Agents | Inquisitor Karamazov | #125 |
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@zakludick
When you say focus on secondaries... does that mean this character can capture points? Or is it about using the Solitaire to deny the opponent their secondaries? Or mainly because it's just super flexible with such a huge movement range?
So Secondary missions might be things like Sabotage on a Ruin, or Cleanse on an objective or to Engage on All Fronts where you need to have units in all table quarters.
That way, this Solitaire can both claim or deny Secondaries.
I need a Solitaire.
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He is pretty scary, but you just need to learn how to deal with him.
Bolters are better than Lascannons against this fool!
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