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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.
Asuryani Mounted and Vyper units can start in Reserves and arrive as if the battle round were one higher, and at the end of your opponent's turn you can pull 1, 2 or 3 of them (by battle size) back into Strategic Reserves. Windriders units gain the Battleline keyword.
1CP. An Asuryani Mounted or Vyper unit that arrived from Reserves this turn can re-roll its Wound rolls this phase.
1CP. An Asuryani Mounted or Vyper unit that has not moved is eligible to shoot and declare a charge in a turn it Advanced or Fell Back.
1CP. An Asuryani Mounted or Vyper unit improves the Armour Penetration of its attacks by 1 this phase.
1CP. A targeted Asuryani Mounted or Vyper unit has a 4+ invulnerable save this phase.
1CP. A unit arriving from Reserves can be set up anywhere more than 6" horizontally from enemies; the pack changed the no-charge threshold from within 9" to within 8".
1CP. An Asuryani Mounted unit that destroyed an enemy unit this phase makes a Normal move of up to 7". Reworded in the pack.
Asuryani Mounted model only. Each time an attack targets the bearer's unit, subtract 1 from the Hit roll.
Asuryani Mounted model only. Models in the bearer's unit have Scouts 9".
Asuryani Mounted Psyker model only. Psychic weapons equipped by the bearer gain [ANTI-MONSTER 2+] and [ANTI-VEHICLE 2+].
Asuryani Mounted model only. In your Command phase roll a D6, +1 outside your deployment zone and another +1 inside your opponent's: on a 5+ you gain 1CP.
The core of the detachment, and Battleline here, so they score as well as shoot.
See the box: price and offersNamed alongside Asuryani Mounted in the rule and in five of the six stratagems.
See the box: price and offersThe melee jetbikes that turn Death from on High into a real alpha strike.
See the box: price and offersA Mounted psyker that carries Seersight Strike and keeps up with the host.
See the box: price and offersThe pack changed every Warlock unit from Leader to Support, so Skyrunners still join the host that way, and their Runes of Battle now grants [IGNORES COVER].
See the box: price and offersAdds the heavy anti-tank a pure jetbike list lacks, at the same speed.
Cheap Rangers hold the board while the host cycles in and out of Reserves.
A small Harlequin package that can secure the central objective the jetbikes keep leaving.
How to play Windrider Host in 11th edition — the 2-DP jetbike hit-and-fade detachment that lives in Strategic Reserves and vanishes between turns.
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.
Windrider Host is the Aeldari jetbike and skimmer detachment: a 2-Detachment-Point package that refuses to sit still, striking from reserves and fading back out. 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 rewrites the Overflight stratagem and tightens a Daring Riders distance 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.
Your Asuryani Mounted and Vyper units can start in Strategic Reserves and, when they arrive, are treated as if the battle round were one higher — so they can come on early and almost anywhere legal. Even better, at the end of the opponent's turn you can pull eligible units back into Strategic Reserves (1 unit at Incursion, 2 at Strike Force, 3 at Onslaught) to redeploy next turn. And Windriders gain the Battleline keyword, so your core jetbikes score and screen. It's the ultimate hit-and-fade engine: appear, strike, disappear.
Take it for a fast, evasive, hit-and-fade skimmer army that excels at board control, late-game objective grabbing, and picking off targets before vanishing. Choose it over Warhost when you want a focused mobility archetype rather than an all-comers mix. At 2 DP it leaves 1 DP for a support.
Sample gameplan: deploy most of your Mounted and Vyper units into Strategic Reserves (Ride the Wind), scoring up front with a couple of Windrider units thanks to Battleline. Flood in where the enemy is weakest, using Daring Riders to land more than 6" from the enemy (accepting no charge if you end up inside 8") and Death from on High to re-roll Wounds on the alpha strike. Use Wind of Blades to shoot or charge after Advancing, and at the end of the opponent's turn pull exposed units back into Reserves to redeploy and repeat.
2 DP, leaving 1 DP at a 2,000-point game for a support detachment like Armoured Warhost or Path of the Outcast.
Ride the Wind: your Asuryani Mounted and Vyper units can arrive from Strategic Reserves early, and you can pull eligible units back into Reserves at the end of the opponent's turn (1/2/3 by game size) to redeploy. Windriders also gain the Battleline keyword.
Windriders as the scoring, screening core (they gain Battleline), plus Vypers, Shining Spears and an Autarch Skyrunner and Warlock Skyrunners to lead and buff them for hit-and-fade play.
Deploy most units into reserves, strike where the enemy is weak, then at the end of the opponent's turn remove exposed units back into Strategic Reserves to redeploy next turn — appearing, striking and vanishing repeatedly.
Written by Sprue Sentry, grounded in the cited sources. Original commentary, not Games Workshop rules text.