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Yes and no you still have to shut down things like leman russes or they are going to absolutely trash you in 5th ed. Plus land raiders (especially crusaders) are really going to be difficult to shut down and are likely to drop a very potent payload on your front door step, especially with assult ramps.

With Eldar:

- Rangers/Pathfinders - Are going to be great quarter holders, although I don't think cleanse is going to be a major mission. That said, I think snipers get a big boon in 5th ed because they pick up rending. I'm honestly not sure how that affects Pathfinders as they already basically have that, but from a point persepctive they can now choose to be pinned an get an additional -1 cover save. So even in woods they are a 2+ cover.

- Wraithguard - So Brookie is slowly convincing me these guys are actually a pretty strong choice. With the screening rule I can see walking them up behind a guardian meat shield and unleashing some fury when they are close.

- Jetbikes - First off they are much more resilient than most people give them credit for. They are T4, 3+ save with a twin linked assault 2 S4 weapon. Plus they can pick up a 3+ cover save, move really fast and get a warlock. I think with LOS cover, you really are not going to be able to run that many small squads any more. Instead, I think you run really big squads and do tactics like fortune and turbo boost 12 jetbikes and a warlocks. Then move your entire army up behind them. Jetbikes can then jump over the wall to shoot and then jump back for safety, or if you are playing someone like marines and don;t care if they get the 4+ save you can just shoot through them. This might be the way to use dire avengers in waveserpents too as I don't think you will be able to shoot under the wave serpent anymore, so a jet bike screen allows you to shoot at enemies with a higher level of protections, and not take any return fire.

- Dire Avengers - I expect the fish of fury tactics to be pretty prevailent, also defend and such gets a lot better if you are trying to hold objectives. Although Eldar in general are going to have a tough time as they can lose their exarchs and become a pretty lame squad. This fact alone might increase the use of phoenix lords, as the redundancy might be key for certain squads.

- Guardians - I think these are the unsung heros of next edition of Eldar. To me Large squads of guardians and an Avatar are going to be a corner stone of many Eldar lists. Fearless guardians can really mob a unit up indefinitely, and 8 points a pop they are basically expendable. Also, troops being scoring to the last man is often going to mean the warlock. Another intersting concept I've been kicking around is the thought of storm guardians in falcons. Not really a power unit on it's own, but if you do something like toss a cheap autarch or fuegan in there with a fusion fun you have a unit with 3 melta guns, a reliable delivery system, and a unit that it really maneuverable, resilient, can tank shock units off of objects and score. Seems like a strong tactic to me.

Although falcons are much less resilient, I think their achillies heel is going to be Tua. I believe their path finders can adjust a unit's cover save, make falcons tin cans to things like rail guns. Although, I kinda like that pathfinders are going to have a more uses as I like the concept of them. Then again Tua aren't goign to be a much used army IMO.

Anyway, I think we are going to be seeing a lot of Eldar armies switch over to fish of fury tactics including 11 guardians with a scatter laser in a wave serpent.

Another point on Eldar is tank hunting AV 14. To me you really only have a couple units. Wraith guard, fire dragons, warlocks, fire prisms Autrachs, swooping hawks and bright lances on the waveserpent.

This is why I think you will see a lot of waveserpents, as the twin linked bright lance will be invaluable, and the loss of the defensive weapon means most people now have the points to spend on it.

Pete