Ghosts of the Webway: The 11th-Edition Aeldari Harlequins Detachment

Two parts. Travelling Players lets you include up to three each of Troupe Master, Shadowseer and Death Jester (normally one), and makes Troupes Battleline with Objective Control 2 so they score. Acrobatic Onslaught lets Harlequins move through enemy models when making a charge — so screens can't stop your Troupes reaching the units that matter. It plays as a fast, elusive hit-and-run army, backed by reserve and redeploy tricks, rather than a webway gimmick.

• Mocking Flight (Movement) — a unit that Fell Back can still shoot and declare a charge this turn. The core escape-and-re-strike play.
• Bloody Dance (opponent's Charge phase) — an out-of-sequence charge to counter-punch (no charge bonus).
• Tricksters' Retort (reactive) — a short reposition move when an enemy moves nearby.
• Exit the Stage — pull an unengaged unit into Strategic Reserves to redeploy.
• Staged Death — a destroyed Harlequins character returns at half wounds where it fell.
• Heroes' Fall (Fight) — a 4+ fight-on-death for a dying Harlequins unit.

• Cegorach's Coil (Troupe Master) — mortal wounds after the bearer's unit charges (each model rolls, 4+ wounds).
• Mistweave (Shadowseer) — the bearer's unit gains Infiltrators for aggressive forward deployment.
• Mask of Secrets (Shadowseer) — enemies suffer a penalty trying to Fall Back from the bearer, helping pin them.
• Murder's Jest (Death Jester) — the bearer scores Critical Hits against below-half-strength units.

• Troupes (12-model blocks led by a Shadowseer) — the core hammer and, here, Battleline OC 2 scorers; a Shadowseer adds protection.
• Troupe Master — a melee force-multiplier and Cegorach's Coil carrier; take up to three.
• Shadowseer — protects Troupes and carries Mask of Secrets or Mistweave; up to three.
• Skyweavers (jetbikes) — fast anti-tank and cleanup, best from reserves.
• Starweaver transports — deliver Troupes safely for scaled assaults and missions.
• Death Jester — a sniper/utility character (Murder's Jest turns hits to crits on weakened units).

Take it for a mono-Harlequin (or heavily Harlequin) hit-and-run army that plays a mobile, evasive, mission-focused game — charging through enemies, falling back to re-strike, and using reserves to control engagement timing. It's for a player comfortable with fragile, high-skill positioning. At 2 DP it leaves 1 DP for a support. If you prefer a durable, transport-heavy Harlequin list with sticky objectives, look at the newer Serpent's Brood instead.

Sample gameplan: deploy Troupe blocks with Shadowseers, optionally Infiltrating one via Mistweave; hold others in reserve or in Starweavers. Use superior speed and Acrobatic Onslaught to pick favourable charges, Mocking Flight to fall back and re-charge, and Tricksters' Retort or Bloody Dance to react. Squeeze extra value from dying units with Staged Death and Heroes' Fall, and win on objectives and tempo rather than attrition.