No Hope for Harlequins

[Puppies72]

Hi all - with Veil of Tears now being a psychic power and therefore not up if you lose initiative what can be done to make a Harlequin army playable? Not winning competitions but simply playable...

I play 40K to chill out and relax and am not looking for a imba/l33t/win every game force - I've recently gotten back into gaming after a 20 year break so want to play what I like in 40K but obviously I'm way out of touch with all things 40K.

Ideally I want to have a core of 2 full Harlequin Troupes, Ilic and 5 pathfinders - everything else is open to suggestion for an 1850 point list.

What would you guys suggest for the remaining 1001 points?

[isotope99]

Thematically:

Warp spiders feel very harlequin and are good distraction units to give the harlequins time to close in.

The farseer/Autarch with mantle of the laughing god has to be a must as your HQ

Jetbikes can be harlequin themed and are good troops

The wraithknight/wraithlord could be harlequinised and provides a tough unit that will draw some fire away from the quins

A great harlequin (counts as Karandras) could get one of your squads infiltrating with stealth - a nice combo.

A wave serpent isn't very f;uffy but tres useful ad copuld be boarded by the quins first turn

[DrLove42]

Also factor in the shadowseer can cast, and perils, and without any defence end up dead. So no more power. Or the enemy could have a deny roll. Or Shadow in the Warp.

Harlequins got hurt i feel. Could always ally with DE and get their version?

[G00dySmiley]

they did get hit pretty hard, i hope gw recinds and goes back to stealth/shrouded for them, the veil of tears is cool but if the psychic test failed they will be an easy target. I have two well painted (at least for my standard) groups of kitted harlies and they will be staying boxed for the forseeable future.