(Las update: september 27, 2025)
Games Workshop has revealed a brand-new Combat Patrol: Harlequins alongside Death Korps of Krieg. The article confirms a fast, skimmer-heavy force with an assassin in tow, and notes that pre-orders are “coming soon.” (Published 19 Sept 2025.)
Unit list
Per Warhammer Community, the patrol includes the following Aeldari units:
- Harlequin Troupe (6 infantry models)
- Skyweavers (2 vehicle models)
- Starweaver (1 transport vehicle)
- Voidweaver (1 vehicle)
- Solitaire (1 character – warlord)
Point value
Using current 10th-edition Wahapedia points for exactly those unit sizes:
- Troupe (6) — 100 pts
- Skyweavers (2) — 95 pts
- Starweaver — 80 pts
- Voidweaver — 125 pts
- Solitaire — 115 pts
Total: 515 points. That’s slightly above the ~500-point mark many patrols hover around, but Combat Patrol games don’t use points anyway — each box has bespoke datasheets, secondaries and strats to balance box-vs-box play.
Price value (separate kits vs box)
- Harlequin Troupe (6): €35.00
- Skyweavers (2): €44.00
- Starweaver (1): assume €41.00
- Voidweaver (1): assume €41.00
- Solitaire (1): assume €23.50
Estimated total if bought separately:€184.50.
Typical EU price for Combat Patrols:€130.00 (e.g., Chaos Space Marines, Space Marines listings) Estimated savings:€54.50 (about 29.6% off RRP).
Boxes are coming out at a 135€ price, as GW announced in september. The final price raise will be of 5€ for combat patrols. So, having a separated unit price of 168€, and a combat patrol price of 135€, the final discount will be of 33,25€ (a 19% discount).
How each unit plays
- Troupe (6): Your flexible scoring/trading core. Dance of Death lets you pick a mode (hit re-rolls, +1 to wound, or enemy −1 to hit) each Fight phase — perfect for trading up when you choose your moment.
- Skyweavers (2): Fast harassment and anti-vehicle threats via haywire; Acrobatic Grace gives incoming fire a −1 to hit. Great for tagging backlines or pinning armor.
- Starweaver: Six-slot TRANSPORT to sling your Troupe onto mid-board; double shuriken cannons keep chip damage flowing.
- Voidweaver: Fire support with Voidweaver haywire cannon and Polychromatic Camouflage — can’t be targeted at range unless the attacker is within 18″, which is huge for a glass gunboat.
- Solitaire: Lone EPIC HERO missile — absurd speed and reliable melee output to delete isolated characters or backfield units.
Synergies, strengths & weaknesses
- Synergies: Load the Troupe into the Starweaver to take early board, then layer Skyweavers on flanks to force bad angles. The Voidweaver anchors a firing lane while its 18″ targeting restriction keeps it oddly durable for a Harlequin vehicle. The Solitaire cleans up — dive on exposed characters or small objective holders the moment screens slip.
- Strengths: Extreme speed, strong objective play, and credible anti-vehicle from haywire. Invulnerable saves across the army blunt chip damage, while mobility punishes static opponents.
- Weaknesses: Still glass cannons — small errors in positioning get punished. Limited model count makes attrition and sticky OC matchups tricky; your plan relies on tempo and precise trades.
Release date— when can you buy it?
Warhammer Community says “available soon … we’ll let you know when they’re available to pre-order” and that rules hit the Warhammer 40,000 app soon after release. Historically this means a Sunday Preview the following week and pre-orders that same cycle, with boxes arriving in stores the Saturday after pre-orders open. Given the reveal on 19 Sept 2025, expect late September / early October for pre-orders and in-store the week after. We’ll update the date as soon as GW posts the Sunday Preview.
Games Workshop confirmed on September 27 that pre-orders for this combat patrol are now available in warhammer.com. Boxes will start being shipped October 11th.
