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This is SprueSentry strategy commentary, not official rules. The parts of this detachment amended in the Aeldari Faction Pack version 1.3 Rules Updates are confirmed against that document. The rest of the stratagem and enhancement lists come from the 10th-edition Codex: Aeldari and are cross-checked across two independent community rules mirrors. Detachment Point costs and enhancement points are checked against the official Munitorum Field Manual web edition but move with dataslates, so confirm them in the Warhammer 40,000 app before a game.
Each time a Harlequins model makes a Charge move, it can move through enemy models. Travelling Players makes Troupes Battleline with Objective Control 2 and lets you include up to three each of Death Jester, Shadowseer and Troupe Master; the pack adds a bullet letting you select a Harlequins Character model as your Warlord. The Munitorum Field Manual gives this detachment the ACROBATIC Unique Tag, so it cannot be taken with another ACROBATIC detachment.
1CP. A Harlequins unit that just Fell Back is eligible to shoot and declare a charge this turn.
1CP. A Harlequins Infantry or Mounted unit within 6" of an enemy declares and resolves a charge out of sequence, without the Charge bonus.
1CP. Just after an enemy ends a move, a Troupe unit within 8" makes a Normal move of up to 6". The pack changed that range from 9" to 8".
1CP. Remove an unengaged Harlequins unit into Strategic Reserves.
1CP. A just-destroyed Harlequins Character model returns at the end of the phase with half its starting wounds. Once per model per battle.
1CP. Models destroyed in a targeted Harlequins unit fight on a 4+ before being removed.
Troupe Master model only. Each time the bearer's unit ends a Charge move, roll a D6 for each of its models engaged with a chosen enemy: 1 mortal wound per 4+, to a maximum of 6.
Shadowseer model only. While the bearer leads a unit, models in that unit have Infiltrators.
Harlequins model only. Enemy non-Monster, non-Vehicle units Falling Back from the bearer's unit take Desperate Escape tests, at -1 if Battle-shocked.
Death Jester model only. Each time the bearer attacks a unit Below Half-strength, every successful Hit roll scores a Critical Hit.
Battleline with Objective Control 2 here, so the melee core also scores.
See the box: price and offersUp to three per army, and the Cegorach's Coil carrier.
Up to three per army; carries Mistweave or Mask of Secrets.
See the box: price and offersUp to three per army, and the Murder's Jest bearer against weakened units.
See the box: price and offersThe lone assassin that exploits move-through-models charges and Mocking Flight.
See the box: price and offersIts Skilled Crews rule covers Harlequins Vehicles, so Starweavers and Voidweavers also gain Assault.
Cheap Rangers hold ground a fragile Harlequin force would rather not stand on.
How to play Ghosts of the Webway in 11th edition — the 2-DP mono-Harlequins hit-and-run detachment that charges through enemies and never stands still.
Sprue Sentry strategy commentary for 11th edition, not official rules. Games Workshop updates points and rules regularly; always confirm against the current official rules and latest update before a game.
Ghosts of the Webway is the codex Harlequins detachment: a 2-Detachment-Point package for a fast, evasive, mission-focused mono-Harlequin army. (It's the Harlequins detachment despite the name — not a generic Webway deep-strike detachment.) It reflects Warhammer 40,000 11th edition (10th-ed Codex: Aeldari plus the Aeldari Faction Pack, currently version 1.3, legal for matched play from 26 August 2026).
This is SprueSentry strategy commentary, not official rules. This is a codex detachment, so the pack doesn't reprint it in full, but its Rules Updates section adds a Warlord bullet to Travelling Players and tightens the Tricksters' Retort range from 9" to 8", and that amendment is confirmed against the document. The rest of the lists come from the 10th-edition codex, cross-checked across two independent community rules mirrors. DP costs and enhancement points move with dataslates, so confirm them in the Warhammer 40,000 app before a game.
Two parts. Travelling Players lets you include up to three each of Troupe Master, Shadowseer and Death Jester (normally one), makes Troupes Battleline with Objective Control 2 so they score, and — a bullet the Faction Pack's Rules Updates add — lets you select a Harlequins Character model as your Warlord. 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.
A pairing restriction worth knowing. This detachment carries the ACROBATIC Unique Tag in the official Munitorum Field Manual, so it can't be combined with Fateful Performance, Twilight Flickers or Serpent's Brood. Spend your spare DP on a non-Harlequin support.
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.
Yes. Despite the name, it's the codex Harlequins detachment (Travelling Players + Acrobatic Onslaught), not a generic Aeldari webway deep-strike detachment. It plays as a fast, evasive hit-and-run army.
2 DP, leaving 1 DP at a 2,000-point game for a support detachment. Make it a non-Harlequin one: the Munitorum Field Manual gives this detachment the ACROBATIC Unique Tag, which blocks a second Harlequin detachment.
Travelling Players lets you take up to three each of Troupe Master, Shadowseer and Death Jester, makes Troupes Battleline with OC 2, and (per the pack's Rules Updates) lets you make a Harlequins Character your Warlord; Acrobatic Onslaught lets Harlequins move through enemy models when charging, so screens can't stop them reaching key targets.
Ghosts of the Webway is the mobile, evasive mono-Harlequin hit-and-run detachment; Serpent's Brood is the newer, transport-heavy Harlequin detachment with army-wide Sustained Hits and a big melee spike. Pick Ghosts for tempo and evasion, Serpent's Brood for durable board control.
Written by Sprue Sentry, grounded in the cited sources. Original commentary, not Games Workshop rules text.