Equipping Your Heavy Weapons

"Their Arrogance is only matched by their firepower"

We're not as arrogant as they think...peons. The Eldar army hosts the most impressive array of heavy weapons in Warhammer 40k, but we are not able to field them in such large numbers as the Imperial Guard and Space Marines. They are capable of doing this because they must compensate for poor ballistic skill and some inadequacies in the platforms on which they may field their heavies. The Eldar use their grace, intelligence, technology, and mobility to lay down what is a much more concise withering hail of fire.

What I speak of here is how to place your weapons so that you may take advantage of the excellent vehicles and units that may take these highly advanced Eldar weapons and use them well against your numerically 'superior' opponent. I will first list the various weapons we have available, go unit by unit on the equipping of these weapons, and then finally give some general tips on utilizing your firepower. The weapon descriptions are overly lengthy, so if you feel you know the Eldar heavy weapons well, feel free to skip to the next section.

One note to mention is that I am listing the use of ranged and heavy weapons, which are definitely not the only means of doing the jobs they fill. Fish of Fury style Fire Dragons, close combat aspects, Warp Spiders, and many more units and strategies are possible that can do these jobs as the very embodiment of the Eldar style. But here I speak of heavy weapons, though I will mention alternative units time to time to show that ranged fire is not the only option.

The Weapons:

The Shuriken Cannon: The fluffiest heavy in the whole Eldar arsenal, but not one that is prolifically expressed in most armies. This is a good anti-personnel weapon for light infantry, and with many other weapons I will list, is ideal for attacking transports, speeders, and other light vehicles because of its medium strength and multi-shot status.