Kappic Eagles mixing up full deep striking or Valkyrie Squads leveraging their ability to ignore the move/shoot penalty on the otherwise very potent hot-shot volley gun. Forwards, for the Emperor!: You may shoot with a unit even if that unit Advanced this turn. Another handy thing you might need to do from time to time. Mike: This month, we’re taking a deep dive into the new Warhammer 40,000 FAQs with some of the fellas from Goonhammer. Their team has been especially analytical and vocal about the meta since the latest edition released, supporting their analysis with extensive data, debate, and informed opinion. Joining me today are James “One_Wing” Grover and Robert “TheChirugeon” Jones. datasheets for the miniatures in the box – these are handy cards with the information on movement and weapons for each model printed on, meaning less flipping through books for information and more actual gaming; Regimental Doctrine – Parade Drill: INFANTRY gets +1Ld +1 to hit on overwatch if every model’s base is touching at least one other model’s. VEHICLES get +1 to hit on overwatch if they’re within 3″ of another MORDIAN VEHICLE. Note: Yes, modifiers don’t work on overwatch, but there’s an FAQ for this that basically runs to “this works as intended because we say so”.

Up-armoured: Gives a 2+ base save. Loses out against Master Mechanic as a general-purpose defensive tool, but a lot better in some matchups. Assuming tournaments end up ruling this similar to Exarch powers and you end up being able to “flex” one added by a stratagem, this will sometimes be worth taking. B

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Shatterer of Wills: The morale ability siren is sounding! This gives one enemy unit you hit -2 Ld for the turn! That’s not nearly enough to justify the slot here! That’s why we have the siren! D Monster Hunters: Heavy Weapons inflict a mortal wound on a 6 to wound against MONSTERS. The winner of “should have been a stratagem” goes to this one, because this is a worthwhile effect against the right targets, but something you utterly cannot afford to commit to in an all-comers list. Mike: I couldn’t have said it much better myself! In fact, James’ answer does a really good job articulating the value in the change to turn-5 scoring, and why the rules team chose a careful, measured change instead of a dramatic shift to the primary objective scoring. Since well-documented data showed a minor first-turn advantage over a margin of error, and also showed the difference between going first and second mainly came from an advantage the first player gained in scoring their “first” primary opportunity (top of battle round 2), this change both ensures a more exciting and relevant turn 5, and a careful delivery of the same minor advantage to the player going second. We’ll stay in touch with Goonhammer, the data, and the meta to see how things pan out as a result of these changes. Regimental Doctrine – Death From Above: Enemy models slain in the shooting phase count as two for the purposes of morale.

Cutters and a hobby knife: Games Workshop’s versions are top-shelf quality, with premium prices. You can buy cheaper ones if you want. Splash Damage – 1CP: A HELLHOUND can re-roll wounds against a unit in cover with its main gun. The boost here is just way too small – it’s conditional and isn’t going to affect enough shots to be worth the point most of the time. D+ An often ignored rule that players of Death or Tzeentch armies be, returning models used to be able to be placed within 1” of a model from the unit (including models replaced earlier that phase).. Now they must be placed within 1” of a model from the unit that wasn’t slain. Basically means no more stringing out slain models to get free movement and other shenanigans. Thank God for the Troops slot and its svelte 3 unit choices. Of these, Infantry Squads and Tempestus Scions are the most relevant ones. Once upon a time, Conscript blobs were feared throughout the meta, thanks to their ability to stand around and die but take a long time about it, but a succession of nerfs (including the stupid and reactionary errata to Commissars which, with the hindsight afforded by history, turned out to be unjustified) made them more or less irrelevant. As for the other choices, at the moment three of them sit ahead of the rest – the Iotan Dragons, the Kappic Eagles, and the Lambdan Lions. We’ll cover why as we go through them. It’s worth saying though that none of these are terrible, and you can have fun with all of them.

Few Competitive Units: Unfortunately, this faction is pretty overcosted right now. There are a few dead units in the book that are wildly overcosted looking at you Baneblades, but most things are probably about 5-10% overcosted right now, resulting in some lists that often feel just out of reach of some of the upper tiers. Precision Drop – 1CP: Lets a squad grav-chute out of a plane 5″ from the enemy rather than 9″, and ignore the chance of dying. This is super powerful, and if any version of “Scions in planes” works, this will be a part of it. A In the list of available units, we will note which ones are named characters (denoted “NC”) and, where units are regiment-specific, what regiment they belong to. We will also note “Auxilia” units as described in the Regiments section above, as well as Forge World units (denoted “FW”). HQ Relic – Pietrov’s MK 45: Relic bolt pistol with AP-1 and D2, but more importantly prevents more than one model fleeing from VALHALLAN units within 6″ Warlord Trait – Iron Discipline: Whenever a model would flee from a unit within 6″ of the warlord, they don’t on a 4+.