The way my friend put it is, Striking Scorpions are the Eldar's anti-horde unit. He also confirmed that he will definitely donate when they're in game

They don't add anything though. If your Banshees are down to half HP charging at Shootas, you're playing the game wrong, and you need to re-evaluate you stratergy. If Heretics doomblast is causing you problems, shoot the Heretics first. It sounds more like your stratergy that is in need of buffs an...

Well, I wouldn't call banshees a linebreaker by any means, however they're not meant to be because as you say Swift they are opportunists. Eldar don't need nor should they have a line-breaker. They get other things to compensate such as their speed, their high damage, their grenades and so on. I am...

Swiftsabre thank you for the thoughtful (and scathing) reply! First off, how will you balance their damage? More armor, no power weapon = better against cultists, better against hormagaunts, better against light infantry in general. Youw ant them to act like ASM, yet they can't jump, so is it anothe...

Doing a search for "striking scorpions" on the forums, I find a chorus of people saying they are not necessary and serve the same purpose as banshees. I just want to nip that argument in the bud, by saying that banshees' fragility makes them a terrible line-breaker unit that can lose over ...

My friend, a long-time Eldar player in tabletop 40k, is just getting into Elite Mod and is shocked to find there are STILL no Striking Scorpions. Equipped with 3+ armor (equivalent to Space Marines), the ability to infiltrate and potentially emp grenades, striking scorpions fill a completely differe...