"There is only so much excess you can put into pottery making" ** Morkon furled his brow, it was his 72nd attempt, or was it his 73rd. He could see it in his head, like it was taunting him. Such an exquisite piece. He could do it. He knew he could. He had to. He NEEDED to. His hands had long lost their feeling somewhere in the 40s. The blood mixing with the clay had troubled him, until he saw how the metallic, rusted color added to the finished product. It hadn't been perfect. But it had been close. Had he eaten today? No. He hadn't eaten since he last slept. Which was... perhaps... 12? days ago? No matter. He was close. This time. tHiS TimE THIS TIME. The kiln flared as he waited. His anticipation burning like the flames around his work. it was done. He pulled it out, hearing the sizzling of melting flesh as waiting a second longer was too much to bare. He gazed at it. It was perfect... it was PERFECT... it was... chipped... ever so slightly. It could be fixed. Sanded. touched up... But no. Morkon sighed, letting the failure shatter across a floor littered with shards of past failure. He steeled his resolve. One more... Just one more... **
The Gav Thorpe book "Path of the Warrior" is about an Eldar who becomes a Striking Scorpion, so they get at least some love. I enjoyed that book and the entire series it is part of.
@@povilzem still adore the moment after they clear that hanger of all guard forces and are preparing to defend the area when they get the order to retreat instead; but just then, doing their very best coolaid man impression the space marines enter the battle with shock and awe
I always thought the Striking Scorpions were a bit underrated, being space elves with a bit of staying power and great character design they almost remind me of my beloved White Lions. But Howling Banshees get the waifu audience I guess.
Now dis 'ere be right 'n proper Eldar! all green 'n choppy 'n....Oi! whys me body over there? I'm guessing something like that may go trough the mind of an Ork when he meets the striking scorpions for the first and only time.
@@varelmarais2222 yea na just because something came first does not mean they did something better than what came after, the eldar wouldn’t survive 1/10th of what bird boys angriest sons have had to deal with. Eldar heavy infantry are like tau heavy infantry . . . A bad joke to space marines and a sad joke compared to heavy infantry like the flesh tearers
@@RomanvonUngernSternbergnrmfvus Yeah it would be if the Eldar weren’t way faster Space marines are definitely tougher but the problem is whether you can hit an elder at all
@@RomanvonUngernSternbergnrmfvus Yeah nah, actually spesh mahrine fanboy. You cannot put eldar in with the tau when it comes to melee. Howling banshees, striking scorpions and dark eldar incubi are all elite of the elite when it comes to melee combat, they would all 100% go toe to toe against any regular assault marine, unless he's named and in a book of course because god forbid. That is not just me reaching that is what they are designed to be, elite 5 man close combat squads. And yeah blood/angels flesh tearers are a bit of a special case but I think their rage would actually make them a bad match-up against Eldar who are very elusive and skillful
@@joesheridan9451 the eldar are very good at doing a funny dance but have no blunt striking ability or durability, I can name off a half dozen other space marine chapters that hit as hard or even harder than flesh tearers. I’ll give it to you that the eldar can hit A LITTLE harder than tau in melee but will never be as interesting but that’s most gw and the writers faults The black rage is funny btw, it triggers a biological effect in the space marines that makes their system dump beyond lethal amounts of chemicals into the system of the marine in question, it also removes any limits the marines in questions physically have, the fact that the sons of the angel can survive this is a real testament to the meme “they just built different”
I would love to see a video on the Fire Dragons, they have some of the same darkness about their aspect, with the lesson of the path about mastering their rage vs the exarchs who have fallen to their near suicidal hatred. Also it's Melta gun, the aspect.
I thought the same thing lol! Like when I used to watch the old Battlestar Galactica series, the symbol for the Honored Colonial Warriors was the army’s Military Intelligence emblem.
@@TheSniperGTO im gonna have to look out for that in 40k! I stumbled across Leutin a few months ago and started watching lore videos; love the community, know nothing of the game or books. -Alpharius
I am now imagining an FPS/3rd person shooter where you play as a striking scorpion; it'd basically be Dishonored style stealth interspersed with short moments of ultra-violence brutal enough to make the Doomslayer approve.
Striking Scorpions are literally WW1 Sturmtruppen, night raiders with melee weapons, though of course I doubt a chainsword would be as quiet as a dagger or entrenching tool.
Eldar chain swords are utterly silent, all electromagnetically driven and with perfectly precise machining, so much as eldar do 'machining' with mono-molecular edged chain teeth.
I don't think shock assault is the right description, ambush hunters are a better description. Like Navy Seals in Vietnam, wait for the enemy to approach and then drop lots of grenades and full auto fire on them.
These guys are probably my favorite aspect warriors too. They aren't shy about getting into battle, not that the other ones aren't but these guys seem to have less qualms about it.
Remember everyone, the eldar think their paths are gateways to discipline, focus, restraint and a more balanced spiritual state. So when you see one commiting war crimes with a flamethrower, being a Texas chainsaw assassin, cosplaying as a spider with a soul gambling addiction, running at you with a sword while emitting a screech that could gag a yak or using a rocket launcher while dressed as a skull, its what they consider part of being a well rounded person. Eldar logic is questionable at the best of times.
Mmmhh I don't know arch, they could use the Lictor style of Ambush in 9e. Give them a bonus attack with the mandible blasters (make it an assault weapon with blast perhaps?) Basically use the following ruling for Striking Scorpions: During deployment, you can set up this model in hiding instead of setting it up on the battlefield. If you do so, then in the Reinforcements step of one of your Movement phases you can set up this model wholly within 6" of any battlefield edge or any terrain features and more than 9" away from any enemy models (or more then 6" away from enemy models if this model is set up wholly within your deployment zone), and, until the end of the turn, you can re-roll charge rolls made for this model.
Thanks Arc, I love your lore vids and hope you continue. Elder drew me onto this hobby but my young mind neglected the value in close combat so I never paid much attention to these awesome units.
Sorry but you misunderstood what a mandiblaster does. The needles are made of a conductive material and the laser fires at the same time flash burning the needles into plasma causing a mini plasma explosion. It's enough to blow an arm off or rip a hole in the chest. It's not a distraction it's a power weapon all in it's own. I suggest you read path of the warrior.
Ah, more elite knife-ears...we don't talk about Dawn of War 3... | 4:04 - So they're closer to the Raven Guard way of doing things? | 11:02 - He went native... | We can only hope.
And there's the strange question of whether the legendary genocidal organ that is Drazar is in fact the Fallen Phoenix. There is a fair degree of doubt regarding this matter but given the fear that even Drazar puts into Archons makes me wonder...
Arhra was the first major conversion I ever attempted. I took the body of a metal incubus, clipped its empty hand and head, added the power claw and hand from Karandras and added the tormentor pistol thing from the incubus where his head-gem was. I recently re-made him using the arms of the old Drazahr, new the body and mask of new drazahr and another karandras head. I run him as either karandras, drazahr, an archon or exarch depending on model and army needs
*Puts a hand on Arch's Shoulder* "Take as much time as you need." *gives a comforting squeeze* "They'll make DoW 3 someday." *Puts a hand on Arch's shoulder* "And it'll have right proper striking scorpions and they'll be treated well by GW" *Suddenly Snaps Arch's Neck* "No more pain, arch... no more pain."
Thank you man for posting this video, I Watched the video about the dire Avengers and Howling Banshees at least 3 times each, and it is my favorite series of your channel
Have you done the fire dragons & Pheonix Lord Fuegan? They are one of my favorite aspects & Fuegan is probably my favorite Pheonix Lord. The burning lance, bearer of the serpents of wisdom & entropy & it is he who will gather together the others of his kind for the final battle, and it is he who shall die last of all, burning brightly until the final moment.
Have you done the warp spiders? Id be interested in learning about them in comparison. A quick youtube search doesnt show anything... but its youtube aand arch isnt well liked.
There really isn't much on warp spiders. The most you see them do in the books is during a raid on a planetary governor corrupted by slaanesh. All they do is use thier death spinners against pdf forces. It's described as a white mist that shreads apart flesh into a cloud of gore. Plus we don't even know who thier phoenix lord is so lore is pretty limited.
I ways ask myself the if the races uses to animal names staff with ever came in contact with them (sharks, ravens wolfs scorpions and hammerheads.) did some elder lady (in anime style) one day walk around the ship in space and "Eeekkk a Scorpion!"? (not the power armored ones) how does animals even survived the the dark period or the heresy
Okay, so from what I know the xenos races that have units named after earth animals don't call them by those names. Those names are given to them by the humans. As for how animals survived into 40k. They didn't, all the earth animals died and all of their "descendants" are clones and or genetically/cybernetically modified abominations.
Great Video Arch and I agree the Striking Scorpions are my favorite base troops of the Eldar. The stealth and fast assault with overwhelming speed and finess is so scary in warfare. They are represented well in the novels and the RPG games like Only War, Dark Heresy, and Deathwatch.
The lords of mars series had some badass striking scorpions. There was a autarch striking scorpion woman with the elves that were hiding on a ark mechanicus that was cool. Good books. Rogue trader, fabricator general, black templars and elves all fighting together.
Wait, so they have space marine equivalent armor but still have to worry about a random guardsman hitting an eye lense or an imperfection in metalurgy, while space marines just walk around the battlefield willy-nilly without any regard to small arms fire
Small arms fire can still kill a space marine. One good shot to the eyes or neck and an astartes can be killed just like a normal human. Problem is this varies wildly from source to source and usually the space marines have the better plot armor.
How long since your last Aspect Warrior video? Nevermind that best Aspect Warriors are here! I do hope to see Rangers sometime soon though. But Blood Pact when?
one way that they can be implemented is to create a small group of units with massive bonus when charging, you make then go invisible, then when in the wanted position, have them pounce , right in the middle of someone else's units, the idea is that the first shock and awe, speed, anti-personal capability, will keep then safe from any return fire, they can then disapear, i wonder if with the cicatrix maledictum, a chance of have then lost and turned chaotic, a nod to the insanity of blooded blades, that any eldar can fall to, but particularly the combat units, would give an element of chaos and umpredictability on the battle field, similar to the table top, they can fuck up your plans, and start attacking each other but 300% damage increase on a charge, for 10 seconds, to then disappear, are you willing to gamble?
I never really encountered Eldar, despite spending my youthful weekends in Games Workshop. It wasn't until the original Dawn of War that I got to know some of the warriors and how weak they can be if used in direct confrontation with the enemy. That's probably why they use stealth and cat's paw tactics but they still seem to be shunned by most players - of both the tabletop and the video game.
In Epic they were my CC unit of choice. Their CAF was strong, (+6 I think) but what made them amazing was the fact that they rolled 3d6+CAF rather than the standard 2d6+CAF against infantry. Other targets the Banshees served you better with SS rolling 1d6+CAF. They had no range attacks but they did wonders in wooded ares and one time had 2 hosts (8 stands total w/ other back up) just about break an fresh ork clan. My opponent didn't like that.
Everyone tends to have that one special unit in 40k and for me it was my twin chain sabre scorpion exarch, usually it would end up with him balls deep in some horde of orks or guadsmen, somehow making every save that comes his way, tearing down a few enemy infantry each round and in general tying up a squad for most of the match.
Very enjoyable video thank you. Still patiently waiting for dark reapers though. Just a what if but could a splinter cell like striking scorpion game have ever worked?
my first 40k book was path of the warrior, it was about an eldar who folowed the striking scorpions. it was alright, I liked it a lot when I first read it.
I think most developers with games decide to go with banshees for 2 reasons. One they think they are so similar in roles that they overlap so other units take priority after. The second the banshees design is really striking with the big red hair design and the screaming death mask. Meanwhile the scorpions are very green and similar looking to gurdians. Its a shame I'd be down for an elite unit of can openers for bigger units while the banshees cut chaf down lighting fast. The scorpions really do need more love.
i realy digg the whole eldar path thing, in were most eldar warriors are millenar well trained entusiasts, in this case predators with a brutal way of figthing and meaty armour giving them staying power, i imagine that heavy muscular training is done to compensate for the added mass, making them akin to a bodybuilder in eldar terms...holy shit this video proves to me that eldar can have testosterone....ofcourse diluted and hard to find but it still in the base
My top 3 aspect warrior have to be 1 Dire Avengers 2 Fire Dragons 3 Strking Scorpions Those spectres.arent bad either, and I like the swooping hawks and reapers
Can't believe I missed this when it came out, the Aspect Warriors are the entire reason I love the Eldar. However as much as I like the Striking Scorpions they aren't my favourite aspect. Top three are 1. Swooping Hawks 2. Fire Dragons and 3. Striking Scorpions.
i know how you could represent them properly in a video game. slap a guardsmen or marine in a bloody battle against the Eldar and have a horror segment dedicated to these under appreciated aspect warriors.
"There is only so much excess you can put into pottery making"
** Morkon furled his brow, it was his 72nd attempt, or was it his 73rd. He could see it in his head, like it was taunting him. Such an exquisite piece. He could do it. He knew he could. He had to. He NEEDED to. His hands had long lost their feeling somewhere in the 40s. The blood mixing with the clay had troubled him, until he saw how the metallic, rusted color added to the finished product. It hadn't been perfect. But it had been close. Had he eaten today? No. He hadn't eaten since he last slept. Which was... perhaps... 12? days ago? No matter. He was close. This time. tHiS TimE THIS TIME. The kiln flared as he waited. His anticipation burning like the flames around his work. it was done. He pulled it out, hearing the sizzling of melting flesh as waiting a second longer was too much to bare. He gazed at it. It was perfect... it was PERFECT... it was... chipped... ever so slightly. It could be fixed. Sanded. touched up... But no. Morkon sighed, letting the failure shatter across a floor littered with shards of past failure. He steeled his resolve. One more... Just one more... **
Reminds me of the Fulgrim book with that painter woman who painted Fulgrims infamous painting. She ended up using human bodily fluids for the thing
@@tefras14
Wasn't that Choas taint not obsession born of a biological and cultural fault?
@@DocWolph Yeah it was. Choas is able to seep in ones soul through any weakness it finds. Strong feelings are a very common entry point
Isha's Tears.
The Striking Scorpions were always my favourite aspect warriors.
*Laughs in Squats*
The Warp Spiders were the coolest to me.
Mine too; don't know why they always got shat on by the wider community.
More of a Howling Banshees man myself
niced to see based man here.
The Gav Thorpe book "Path of the Warrior" is about an Eldar who becomes a Striking Scorpion, so they get at least some love. I enjoyed that book and the entire series it is part of.
Great book on eldar life.
Probably the only series that gives the Eldar any respect.
And they still get trashed in it.
@@povilzem hey they do wreck some astartes. Mainly via D-cannons and wraithguard. Oh and Thirianna takes on a space marine librarian in single combat.
@@povilzem still adore the moment after they clear that hanger of all guard forces and are preparing to defend the area when they get the order to retreat instead; but just then, doing their very best coolaid man impression the space marines enter the battle with shock and awe
It was good until the main ending, which basically made the main character's entire arc a waste of a read.
I always thought the Striking Scorpions were a bit underrated, being space elves with a bit of staying power and great character design they almost remind me of my beloved White Lions. But Howling Banshees get the waifu audience I guess.
I'm still pissed you can't buy the Lions any more. And I'd say a lot of people still love them, because you just can't find them second hand either.
Also may be because banshees are mroe frontline shock troops while the scorpions are pure ambushers instead
@j cee Did actually. Them, the Warp Spiders and the Swooping Hawks were my favourites back in 2nd edition. Sorry Ted.
@@adamlakeman7240 Warp Spiders are my favourite aspect to this very day!
Just remember, not all howling banshees are female, despite the armour their wearing.
Probably the Chaddest of the aspect warriors despite not themselves having the Chaddest Phoenix Lord.
Now dis 'ere be right 'n proper Eldar! all green 'n choppy 'n....Oi! whys me body over there?
I'm guessing something like that may go trough the mind of an Ork when he meets the striking scorpions for the first and only time.
Look at dere gunz. Dey shoot choppy. And dere facemasks 'az guns on 'em, so dey can be shooty while der choppin'. It's da Orkiest fing I ever see'd!
So basically the Flesh Tearers of the Eldar...I like it.
Other way around brev, Flesh Tearers are the Mon'Keigh's attempt at Striking Scorpions
@@varelmarais2222 yea na just because something came first does not mean they did something better than what came after, the eldar wouldn’t survive 1/10th of what bird boys angriest sons have had to deal with. Eldar heavy infantry are like tau heavy infantry . . . A bad joke to space marines and a sad joke compared to heavy infantry like the flesh tearers
@@RomanvonUngernSternbergnrmfvus Yeah it would be if the Eldar weren’t way faster Space marines are definitely tougher but the problem is whether you can hit an elder at all
@@RomanvonUngernSternbergnrmfvus Yeah nah, actually spesh mahrine fanboy. You cannot put eldar in with the tau when it comes to melee. Howling banshees, striking scorpions and dark eldar incubi are all elite of the elite when it comes to melee combat, they would all 100% go toe to toe against any regular assault marine, unless he's named and in a book of course because god forbid. That is not just me reaching that is what they are designed to be, elite 5 man close combat squads.
And yeah blood/angels flesh tearers are a bit of a special case but I think their rage would actually make them a bad match-up against Eldar who are very elusive and skillful
@@joesheridan9451 the eldar are very good at doing a funny dance but have no blunt striking ability or durability, I can name off a half dozen other space marine chapters that hit as hard or even harder than flesh tearers.
I’ll give it to you that the eldar can hit A LITTLE harder than tau in melee but will never be as interesting but that’s most gw and the writers faults
The black rage is funny btw, it triggers a biological effect in the space marines that makes their system dump beyond lethal amounts of chemicals into the system of the marine in question, it also removes any limits the marines in questions physically have, the fact that the sons of the angel can survive this is a real testament to the meme “they just built different”
I would love to see a video on the Fire Dragons, they have some of the same darkness about their aspect, with the lesson of the path about mastering their rage vs the exarchs who have fallen to their near suicidal hatred.
Also it's Melta gun, the aspect.
I think its funny as a former machiengunner that the symbol for their unit is the same symbol for heavy machinegun position (.50)
Spreading hate and discontent
I thought the same thing lol! Like when I used to watch the old Battlestar Galactica series, the symbol for the Honored Colonial Warriors was the army’s Military Intelligence emblem.
@@TheSniperGTO im gonna have to look out for that in 40k! I stumbled across Leutin a few months ago and started watching lore videos; love the community, know nothing of the game or books. -Alpharius
I am now imagining an FPS/3rd person shooter where you play as a striking scorpion; it'd basically be Dishonored style stealth interspersed with short moments of ultra-violence brutal enough to make the Doomslayer approve.
Striking Scorpions are literally WW1 Sturmtruppen, night raiders with melee weapons, though of course I doubt a chainsword would be as quiet as a dagger or entrenching tool.
Eldar chain swords are utterly silent, all electromagnetically driven and with perfectly precise machining, so much as eldar do 'machining' with mono-molecular edged chain teeth.
As an old Eldar player, I always find it funny why the Scorpions are "infiltration specialist".... rules where not that stealthy "back in the day" :)
"Screw you guys I'm going to Commorragh!" -Striking Scorpion Phoenix Lord just before going Cartman on everyone's arse.
My favorite Eldar unit. Space elf ninjas with Chainswords. They are least were the center in one of the Path of the Eldar novels.
A little bit off topic but I like the look of of the high Elf Army in Warhammer fantasy.
Their Spearman and Cavalry look freaking Sharp
To quote the great Christopher Lee, "I've been looking forward to this."
I don't think shock assault is the right description, ambush hunters are a better description. Like Navy Seals in Vietnam, wait for the enemy to approach and then drop lots of grenades and full auto fire on them.
These guys are probably my favorite aspect warriors too. They aren't shy about getting into battle, not that the other ones aren't but these guys seem to have less qualms about it.
The demon invasion was his 2-week notice of resignation
Remember everyone, the eldar think their paths are gateways to discipline, focus, restraint and a more balanced spiritual state. So when you see one commiting war crimes with a flamethrower, being a Texas chainsaw assassin, cosplaying as a spider with a soul gambling addiction, running at you with a sword while emitting a screech that could gag a yak or using a rocket launcher while dressed as a skull, its what they consider part of being a well rounded person. Eldar logic is questionable at the best of times.
Mmmhh I don't know arch, they could use the Lictor style of Ambush in 9e. Give them a bonus attack with the mandible blasters (make it an assault weapon with blast perhaps?)
Basically use the following ruling for Striking Scorpions:
During deployment, you can set up this model in hiding instead of setting it up on the battlefield. If you do so, then in the Reinforcements step of one of your Movement phases you can set up this model wholly within 6" of any battlefield edge or any terrain features and more than 9" away from any enemy models (or more then 6" away from enemy models if this model is set up wholly within your deployment zone), and, until the end of the turn, you can re-roll charge rolls made for this model.
Thanks Arc, I love your lore vids and hope you continue. Elder drew me onto this hobby but my young mind neglected the value in close combat so I never paid much attention to these awesome units.
Sorry but you misunderstood what a mandiblaster does. The needles are made of a conductive material and the laser fires at the same time flash burning the needles into plasma causing a mini plasma explosion. It's enough to blow an arm off or rip a hole in the chest. It's not a distraction it's a power weapon all in it's own. I suggest you read path of the warrior.
Probably my favourite of the Aspect Warriors.
Ah, more elite knife-ears...we don't talk about Dawn of War 3... | 4:04 - So they're closer to the Raven Guard way of doing things? | 11:02 - He went native... | We can only hope.
And there's the strange question of whether the legendary genocidal organ that is Drazar is in fact the Fallen Phoenix. There is a fair degree of doubt regarding this matter but given the fear that even Drazar puts into Archons makes me wonder...
I always imagined Eldar chainswords would sound like vacuum cleaners
Arhra was the first major conversion I ever attempted. I took the body of a metal incubus, clipped its empty hand and head, added the power claw and hand from Karandras and added the tormentor pistol thing from the incubus where his head-gem was.
I recently re-made him using the arms of the old Drazahr, new the body and mask of new drazahr and another karandras head. I run him as either karandras, drazahr, an archon or exarch depending on model and army needs
*Puts a hand on Arch's Shoulder*
"Take as much time as you need."
*gives a comforting squeeze*
"They'll make DoW 3 someday."
*Puts a hand on Arch's shoulder*
"And it'll have right proper striking scorpions and they'll be treated well by GW"
*Suddenly Snaps Arch's Neck*
"No more pain, arch... no more pain."
Just imagining the "of mice and men" scene, save arch mentioning old 40k lore or Rome 2.
@@wetzel4806 "Tell me about the Eldar, George. No, not the Aeldar, the ELDAR, George"
Arch lore videos are always a good addition to my day, nay, the perfect addition.
They were a playable unit in "Rites of War". A 40k take on Panzer General.
Was that the one where the tyranids were invading a planet with eldar sacred sites on it?
@@raifthemad that's the one. Late in the game you could also control the Imperial forces.
The Scorpions have always been one of my favorite units in the entire lore aswel. Great video!
I have been waiting for this video for so long
"Excuse me, I got to go pour bleach in my eyes.
*commences raid ad*
save some for me too"
Basically a space marine that happened to be born an eldar. Creative.
Thank you man for posting this video, I Watched the video about the dire Avengers and Howling Banshees at least 3 times each, and it is my favorite series of your channel
21:00 *wheezes in Raven Guard, chuckles in Alpha Legion*
Ha! Arch is finally doing aspect warriors! I loved his dire avengers and banshee vids!
Finally I have been asking for this for forever
Have you done the fire dragons & Pheonix Lord Fuegan? They are one of my favorite aspects & Fuegan is probably my favorite Pheonix Lord. The burning lance, bearer of the serpents of wisdom & entropy & it is he who will gather together the others of his kind for the final battle, and it is he who shall die last of all, burning brightly until the final moment.
The 40k Yautja...
a great video arch. this will help me pass time until Tex's video drops later today
Anyone: Striking Scorpions!
-> Sad Arch Noises.
Have you done the warp spiders? Id be interested in learning about them in comparison. A quick youtube search doesnt show anything... but its youtube aand arch isnt well liked.
There really isn't much on warp spiders. The most you see them do in the books is during a raid on a planetary governor corrupted by slaanesh. All they do is use thier death spinners against pdf forces. It's described as a white mist that shreads apart flesh into a cloud of gore. Plus we don't even know who thier phoenix lord is so lore is pretty limited.
@@PhthaloGreenskin thanks. I like the look of them, and their general rules/concepts on the table. Was hoping to learn more.
I ways ask myself the if the races uses to animal names staff with ever came in contact with them (sharks, ravens wolfs scorpions and hammerheads.)
did some elder lady (in anime style) one day walk around the ship in space and "Eeekkk a Scorpion!"? (not the power armored ones)
how does animals even survived the the dark period or the heresy
Okay, so from what I know the xenos races that have units named after earth animals don't call them by those names. Those names are given to them by the humans.
As for how animals survived into 40k.
They didn't, all the earth animals died and all of their "descendants" are clones and or genetically/cybernetically modified abominations.
@@LethargicGM Thanks for sharing this info
I love your lore videos. They are put together really nice. Great job Arch
This Is why Karandras is a beast. He still defeated Drazhar even with all that stacked against him.
Arch shows that he likes elves that kinda have a darker tend to them can’t say I disapprove. First the Aesanar, now the striking scorpions.
* sneak sneak sneak *
"Huh, wassat?"
[chainsaw revving and hissing noises]
Great Video Arch and I agree the Striking Scorpions are my favorite base troops of the Eldar. The stealth and fast assault with overwhelming speed and finess is so scary in warfare. They are represented well in the novels and the RPG games like Only War, Dark Heresy, and Deathwatch.
The lords of mars series had some badass striking scorpions. There was a autarch striking scorpion woman with the elves that were hiding on a ark mechanicus that was cool. Good books. Rogue trader, fabricator general, black templars and elves all fighting together.
Wait, so they have space marine equivalent armor but still have to worry about a random guardsman hitting an eye lense or an imperfection in metalurgy, while space marines just walk around the battlefield willy-nilly without any regard to small arms fire
Eldar armour is more about defection and angles. Power armour is solid and thicc. Different armour, same protection
Small arms fire can still kill a space marine.
One good shot to the eyes or neck and an astartes can be killed just like a normal human.
Problem is this varies wildly from source to source and usually the space marines have the better plot armor.
How long since your last Aspect Warrior video?
Nevermind that best Aspect Warriors are here! I do hope to see Rangers sometime soon though.
But Blood Pact when?
Striking scorpions my favorite Eldar aspect by far
Love your videos man! Have a comment for the all powerful algorithm.
one way that they can be implemented is to create a small group of units with massive bonus when charging, you make then go invisible, then when in the wanted position, have them pounce , right in the middle of someone else's units, the idea is that the first shock and awe, speed, anti-personal capability, will keep then safe from any return fire, they can then disapear, i wonder if with the cicatrix maledictum, a chance of have then lost and turned chaotic, a nod to the insanity of blooded blades, that any eldar can fall to, but particularly the combat units, would give an element of chaos and umpredictability on the battle field, similar to the table top, they can fuck up your plans, and start attacking each other but 300% damage increase on a charge, for 10 seconds, to then disappear, are you willing to gamble?
That fight for 3 weeks sounds like every second Dragonball Z fight
Striking Scorpions have a whole book written about them... by Gav Thorpe.
goddamnit
I never really encountered Eldar, despite spending my youthful weekends in Games Workshop. It wasn't until the original Dawn of War that I got to know some of the warriors and how weak they can be if used in direct confrontation with the enemy. That's probably why they use stealth and cat's paw tactics but they still seem to be shunned by most players - of both the tabletop and the video game.
In Epic they were my CC unit of choice. Their CAF was strong, (+6 I think) but what made them amazing was the fact that they rolled 3d6+CAF rather than the standard 2d6+CAF against infantry. Other targets the Banshees served you better with SS rolling 1d6+CAF. They had no range attacks but they did wonders in wooded ares and one time had 2 hosts (8 stands total w/ other back up) just about break an fresh ork clan. My opponent didn't like that.
Everyone tends to have that one special unit in 40k and for me it was my twin chain sabre scorpion exarch, usually it would end up with him balls deep in some horde of orks or guadsmen, somehow making every save that comes his way, tearing down a few enemy infantry each round and in general tying up a squad for most of the match.
Rivalling Vect is a good way to have a very truncated career.
The Striking Scorpions are the reason I picked up the 3rd ed Codex in my youth. Well, them and the Shining Spears.
Cool stuff.
Very enjoyable video thank you. Still patiently waiting for dark reapers though.
Just a what if but could a splinter cell like striking scorpion game have ever worked?
Huh. I'm never this early.
Love the Scorpions, but Emperor help me, they're bastards to paint.
my first 40k book was path of the warrior, it was about an eldar who folowed the striking scorpions. it was alright, I liked it a lot when I first read it.
3:42 for those who know
Woo, these were the first figures i ever bought when i was a kid. Love em
Why don't the Howling Banshees have a similar Arhra-style crazy/excess problem? They really seem set up for it.
Idk bout other people but this was actualy very informative, love your lore videos arch
First army I wanted well over 20 years ago was Eldar, all because of Striking Scorpions
Also my one favourite aspect warriors they have featured in ever craftworld list I've fielded since 5th edition 👌
I cant believe the forst I heard of these guys was reading the Forges of Mars omnibus
Loved these guys since reading Path of the Warrior
They actually rock pretty hard and the current addition of eldar
My favourite aspect warrior, coincidentally.
I think most developers with games decide to go with banshees for 2 reasons. One they think they are so similar in roles that they overlap so other units take priority after. The second the banshees design is really striking with the big red hair design and the screaming death mask. Meanwhile the scorpions are very green and similar looking to gurdians. Its a shame I'd be down for an elite unit of can openers for bigger units while the banshees cut chaf down lighting fast. The scorpions really do need more love.
Finally…took you long enough!
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Finally! My favorite Aspect Warriors!
we need dark reapers and striking scorpions in dawn of war 2
How does eldar armor work? Do they have a sensor tech in them, if so how do they work? How complex are they in comparison to astartes or T'au?
Arch! Do a review of The Northman!!
Want to know what you think of it!
hmm...
My favourite Aspect warriors in order are:
1) Dark Reapers
2) Striking Scorpions
3) Fire Dragons
You should check out the new kill team unit of striking scorpions!
i realy digg the whole eldar path thing, in were most eldar warriors are millenar well trained entusiasts, in this case predators with a brutal way of figthing and meaty armour giving them staying power, i imagine that heavy muscular training is done to compensate for the added mass, making them akin to a bodybuilder in eldar terms...holy shit this video proves to me that eldar can have testosterone....ofcourse diluted and hard to find but it still in the base
Arch my man, when are you going to do a video on the 40k world Catachan?
My top 3 aspect warrior have to be
1 Dire Avengers
2 Fire Dragons
3 Strking Scorpions
Those spectres.arent bad either, and I like the swooping hawks and reapers
I always felt Eldar with chainswords to look... inappropriate.
Uncubusses? Are those the incubi's preffered mode of commuting?
arch, would you ever do a video on Penitent Engines?
Seems a bit OP just having a gun ON THEIR HEADS
I love the lore of the SS, I just wish they got some love in the crunch.
Can't believe I missed this when it came out, the Aspect Warriors are the entire reason I love the Eldar. However as much as I like the Striking Scorpions they aren't my favourite aspect. Top three are 1. Swooping Hawks 2. Fire Dragons and 3. Striking Scorpions.
Seems I utilize a similar style build in Elden Ring.
Tickle for the TICKLE GOD!
i know how you could represent them properly in a video game. slap a guardsmen or marine in a bloody battle against the Eldar and have a horror segment dedicated to these under appreciated aspect warriors.
Karandras really pulled a Terry McGinnis vs. Joker on Arhra, huh?
Dawn of war grief was real, I felt that
Then you can call any standard Marine a Grasshopper Mouse.