Striking Scorpions

The Striking Scorpions like the Howling Banshees are meant to fight in melee combat, while the Howling Banshees represent a more hard hitting side of melee combat the Striking Scorpions represent the more durable side of melee combat. They are slower than Howling Banshees, but are stronger which means theycan wear heavier armor. This armor can be compared to that of Space Marines and their Power Armor. Striking Scorpions also wear head-mounted guns called 'mandi-blasters'; by having their range weapon mounted on their head; Striking Scorpions are free to use their hands for melee weapons. The main arsenal of the Striking Scorpion is the Chainsword. The Exarch of the Striking Scorpions is offered more weapons such as the Scorpion's Claw, Biting Blade or Dual Chain Sabres. On the battlefield Striking Scorpins are used more to eliminate light infantry rather than quickly slicing through heavily-armored infantry as Banshees do. The Phoenix Lord of the Striking Scorpions is Karandras, the Shadow Hunter. However, it should be noted that Karandras is not the original Phoenix Lord. The original was named Arhra, Father of Scorpions, and is the only Phoenix Lord to leave the Eldar and his Shrine completely.