Board Thread:The Flash discussions/@comment-26855145-20161026193400/@comment-3221148-20161027213327

Kaestal wrote: The fact that the Time Wraiths never went after him says something, especially after 14 years or so of being over 100 years in the past (for him) Yeah, because he was stuck and could not hurt anymore. He was, however, aware of the Wraiths and how "scary" (quote from Eobard) they can be.

Eobard is a genius, but he's not infallible. The OP is right on one point: he mucked the timeline much worse than Barry, he'd just never admit to that.