Time to look at how the strength and weaknesses of this army list variant compare to those of the generic Wood Elf army as a whole.

Weaknesses Revisited

If you recall from the first tactics article, among the weaknesses of the Wood Elf army were the facts that their troops are fairly expensive, frail, and unarmoured. In addition, few units in the Wood Elf army gain a bonus to combat resolution from extra ranks, and only about half of the unit types have the ability to negate the enemy's rank bonus. Let's see if these limitations still hold true in an Asrai army.

Combat Worthy
The removal of the Forest Spirits from the choice of possible units did little to improve the expense, durability, or protection of the army. While Treemen and Tree Kin are quite pricey, the core warriors of the army are still a bit high at 12 points each. Removing the muscle of the the tree folk also means that the best fighters in the army are the Eternal Guard and the Wardancers. The Eternal Guard can be formed in solid blocks of quality troops, and the Wardancers are extremely deadly with multiple combat skills and Shadow Dances of Loec.

Rank and File
Three of the four Forest Spirit units could not (for all intents and purposes) form up into ranks. Only the Wild Riders had this capability. The Elves, on the other hand, are in good shape on this account. The only units that can't form up are used for scouting and springing powerful ambushes. When lead by a Wood Elf Highborn, the Elves can build an army made entirely of blocks of Eternal Guard.

For the most part, the only units that can't negate the enemy's rank bonus are the infiltrating troops used to slow down an advancing unit. Of course, it would be great if the Wardancer Troupe could disrupt enemy rank bonuses, but then they would have to form up in units. That would make it harder for them to ambush and would not fit with their background material very well.

Lack Punch
Without the incredible power of the Treeman, Tree Kin, and Dryads, the Wood Elves are severely lacking on the strength front. When confronted by heavily armoured units or units with above-average Toughness, there are very few units in this army variant that can do anything about it. You'll need to develop some creative tactics to deal with these enemies.

Strengths Revisited

For strengths, I mentioned that the well-balanced Wood Elf generic army as having superior manoeuvrability, excellent delay capabilities, great missile fire, a psychological advantage, and the ability to alter the battlefield during set up and during the battle.

Mobility and Distraction
Very little in the way of manoeuvrability is lost with the exclusion of the units with the Forest Spirit special abilities. No longer is there a Skirmisher core unit, but Fast Cavalry Glade Riders have their own uses and are faster than the Dryads. The Glade Riders can also take over the delay duties of the Wild Riders, even though it would be nice to have the Wild Riders when it comes time to crush the enemy between Wood Elf units.

As far as units to use in delay tactics, the Asrai have plenty to choose from. Waywatchers, Scouts, Warhawk Riders, and Glade Riders can more than slow down any opponent to the point of frustration.

Psyched Out
Using an all-Elf army negates one of the general Wood Elf strengths: units with Fear and Terror. Fear is a very powerful weapon, but it resides almost entirely in the hand of the scary tree monsters that inhabit Athel Loren. There are a few magic items that can be purchased to gain these abilities, but none of the Elf units innately cause horror in the enemy.

Blacken the Sky
The Wood Elves still have their entire arsenal of missile troops, special abilities, and magic items. A Wood Elf army that abandons the Forest Spirits will need to rely even more on the Shooting Phase of the game than ever.