>>24343341Eldar players were king in 2nd ed, then they threw a tantrum over the change to 3rd (mainly over shruiken catapaults not being as good as storm bolters) when the rulebook lists roleld around.
Then codex eldar dropped and (like al lthe other books at the time) was a mess, but it had some horrific spam options but they didn't really dominate due to guard still destroying everyone with their rulebook list and rhino rush becoming a thing.
Then guard got their codex which took them from the top spot and rhino rush was slowly winding down as people went for maximum dakka to deal with it, codex craftworld eldar came out which made starcannon spam even better and lead to other horrifically broken shit eldar players claimed was "fluffy" (you'll note a certain other group has done this as well).
The when codex EoT hit you had the infintie seer council and all kinds of shit the strike force could pull, but starcannon spam was still the go-to list and remained a tournament winning army that had exactly 1 competitor for the longest time.
Then SM assault cannon spam existed in 4th until immortal falcons and flying circus turned up proving why rending was so broken in its old form.
