Sadly, the loss of the OG FW index habit of just slapping BS2+ on everything big hits Tau among the hardest. Thats it. Remember that these Dreadnoughts dont currently get Legion Traits, since they arent INFANTRY, BIKERS, HELBRUTES, or CHARACTERS. RIP. #warhammercommunity #warhammer #warhammer40k #khorne #angron #worldeaters #40k #arksofomen #paintingwarhammer #paintingforgeworld #painting #paintings #miniatures #miniaturespainting #warmongers #ad. Remoras are also easy winner, because they get two seeker missiles for free, more wounds, and are always in cover just huge boosts all round with no cost increase. They now sit in the Heavy Support slot, and thus need to shine on their own merits. This is a great introduction for people who may have missed out on the Siege of Vraks series and gives some brilliantly grimdark flavour to this most dark of regiments! This ability is included on most relic units dawning from the Horus Heresy era if a unit has this ability on its profile then the detachment it is taken in increases in cost by 1CP. Whats awesome is that they dropped from costing 900-1000 points down to only 600, so can actually be used (if you can stomach spending 3 CP for a superheavy auxiliary detachment and an additional 1 CP for Martial Legacy). Why are there no pictures of the vehicles. Since Veterans have a real use case at the moment, this seems honestly fantastic. The Imperial Knights get profiles for all Knight variants currently produced by Forge World including some much appreciated points cuts! As a bonus, leviathans can now take nipple volkite, rather than just heavy flamers. He might be an Elite or an HQ (listed differently in the points values vs his datasheet), but either way hes clearly worth taking. The bad news is, the Kytan went up 10 points. of Forge World units that, at the time of printing, are supported. The big thicc dreadnought is somewhat more svelte now its dropped from toughness 8 to toughness 7, and from WS/BS 2+ down to 3+ on both. Definitely usable. Cerastus Knight-Castigator. At that point, slap an ATS on it and the main guns are straight up better heavy burst cannons on a chassis thats tougher than a Riptide, so while you do trade off a bit of flexibility, its at least a usable option. Of the various suits, the Rvarna feels like the big winner. Finally,AdMech get the same incredibly busted improvements to the Termite as everyone else, and keep their two Secutarii datasheets. Also the Adrathic option is slightly cheaper, so basically everything about Aquilon got better, except for the claw. With recent 9th edition books making this change as well, the points cost of each model is at the end of each section. Blood Angels Sicaran Omega. Any weapons that Forgeworld doesnt currently make in 28mm are gone, so goodbye to reaver chainfists and carapace weapons that arent the apocalypse missile launcher and warlord carapace weapons that arent apocalypse launchers or laser blasters. 800 pts, but what do you get for that? They killed my DKOK, thanks a lot after buying a Gorgon. Imperial Armour Compendium - First Look (WH40K) - YouTube He is still the only leviathan remaining with WS and BS 2+, but even at his new lower points cost doesnt offer much. The impact was, shall we say, uneven plenty of choices were fine, but there were frequent issues with Forge World units having unintended interactions with newly released rules, and a few choices that were just a bit over-pushed that tended to be over-represented. Thankfully they do also get a small benefit in the ability for a vehicle to fire on a 4+ when they are killed, making it a danger at times to take out Krieg vehicles, especially ones with nasty weapons! The Hellcrusher claws have added a sweep mode for clearing out smaller units very helpful and the Scorpion cannon now fires 15 S5 1 damage shots instead of 10 S6 2 damage shots. Losing the grav rule hurts, especially against potential reserve charges. Offensively, the melta cutter increased from d3 shots to 5 shots and picked up the new melta rules, and the termite drill loses the complicated mortal wound thing in exchange for a straight damage increase d3+3 against most targets, and a colossal d3+6 against vehicles. The melee weapons got a substantial shakeup too, the leviathan no longer loses attacks for taking guns, and instead always has at least 4 attacks each siege claw gives an additional attack with that weapon, and the siege drill does 2d3 damage against most targets, or 6 damage against vehicles. Lets start with my beautiful special explodey boy, the Kytan Ravager. Also gained the -1D taken Dread ability we have seen the Marine Dreads get, got an extra base attack (reasons), and got 5 points cheaper. The premium it pays for having built-in deep strike is massively lower than it used to be, and being able to deploy from the webway removes the worry about it getting punked straight off the board. Learn how your comment data is processed. At a high level, you generally see: With that out the way, on to the factions. Change), You are commenting using your Facebook account. This website uses cookies so that we can provide you with the best user experience possible. The Dreadnoughts really eat shit here. Acastus Knightsdrop to the point where you could squeeze one into a list a bit more reasonably, and gain some boosts to their guns in the form of Blast, but still really struggle to compete with Castellans. Now yes, that nearly in the previous sentence is a little ominous as there are a couple of strange exceptions. This was a stand-alone book release from GW's specialist sister store, Forge World, to bring in-line a number of their special/limited edition miniatures with 9th Edition. 21.8M . The Grey Knights also get a couple of updated profiles with a renamed Land Raider Banisher, getting a small points discount and a Grey Knight specific Thunderhawk getting a massive discount in line with the new profile elsewhere in the book. Terrax-Pattern Termite. The Hornet is also -1 to hit all the time without having to advance. Given they can go after hordes very effectively as well, I think these have been priced pretty close to right. We see quite a few units get tweaked to remove degrading profiles too, such as on the Blood Slaughterer. With the new edition of the game now out in the wild, Forge World have released a similar book this time containing the rules of nearly every unit they currently produce. Grab a brew and paint/chat with us! In Lords of War land the Cobra and Scorpion also both got respectable point cuts and arebetter than they used to be, but probably still dont have a serious role in lists. Notice it also isnt CORE, so maybe no rerolls for you in the future. On top of that, the -1 to hit these is now just always on, rather than only when they advance. **Somebody give Forge World a camera**My first look at the Imperial Armour Compendium from Forge World.Price 40EnjoySave on Warhammer 40K here: - Elemen. What stats do the turbolaser have? In the points section these are listed correctly however. The new Imperial Armour book has been written with the new books in mind and so costings across the board seem to be a lot better to reflect the power of those units. Yep! Combat Engineers have also had a rework with their shotguns becoming a lot less deadly, but getting a great rate of fire and the ability to pop up anywhere on the battlefield. This tradeoff is whatever right now; nothing you really want to take has Smokescreen. There are some changes in weapons as well stormcannon arrays trade 2 shots for an extra 12 range, melta lances gain blast but swap from 2d3 to d6 shots, and the grav-flux bombard doubles in shots and has a more standard grav weapon statline. Alright, onto the shared units, I guess. It retains the CORE keyword, and if you arm it with a kheres assault cannon or multimelta and dreadnought close combat weapon it costs the same as the codex version (well, and an extra 1 CP cost.). This also applies to the Chaos Titan Legions too, who essentially get the same datasheets but with suitably chaotic keywords! The Venatari Spear is now flat 2 damage (fuck you D3 damage) and grants an extra attack. So yeah, 2+ save, and 5 points cheaper for what you probably were already doing with this unit. Similar to named characters in any other book, Forgeworld has mandated a specific warlord trait for them, unfortunately that trait is Inspiring Leader from the core rulebook, so youll never actually want to make one of these characters your warlord. Most notably, the damage of both modes of the flamer has gone down to one, and the other gun has lost AP and the ability to deal MWs to vehicles, and theres really nothing else here thats going to make up for that. Imperial Armour Compendium. This 224-page hardback book provides you with all the datasheets and supporting rules you need to unleash the fury of your most powerful units in Warhammer 40,000. As someone who loves the Death Korps of Krieg and the Titan Legions, I was very excited to see this book and check out the profiles contained within! 9ed Imperial Armour - Compendium PDF Original Title: 9ed Imperial Armour - Compendium.pdf Uploaded by Copyright: All Rights Reserved Available Formats Download as PDF or read online from Scribd Flag for inappropriate content Download now of 212 Out the gate as our first winner we have theHornet,because all the reasons they used to be good have pretty much stayed the same or improved. Engineers are less exciting they lose their weird super shotguns and are basically kind of boring. Thank You, Patrons. A WS/BS 2+ contemptor dread, hes a 9 wound character, has a 4+ invulnerable save, and can do a few mortal wounds when he completes a charge. Shane: The Golden Boys come out mostly on top, which considering half of their unit choices are coming from this book, is quite important. This makes the Exalted Daemons much easier to take in a game, and I cant wait to include them in lists again as they are some of my favourite models and deserve to be on the battlefield again! There are a couple of grumbles about missing units that are still available that do not have profiles, and sadly a few formatting errors here in there with incorrect battlefield roles and power values, which is a little bit of a disappointment in a 40 book. On the whole, the Kytan is better as a unit, but still worse than it was in 8th edition because its a Lord of War and in 9th edition those are terrible if they cant be your Supreme Commander. So if you were debating trying it before, it is certainly more tempting now (but still D3 damage, ugh). I absolutely do not think doing so is a good idea for your army, but its in a similar spot to a few other things now where it probably isroughly costed right for what it can do, its just that factors of the mission design still keep it non-competitive. Solomon Lok never really saw play anyway, but Hector Rex was a popular choice because of how high you could juice him when you added a trait. Hecaton Aiakos is the clear winner here. The good news, however, is that all the various flavours of Death Rider actually might, theyre good with strong Serberys Raider energy to them. Nice of you to share! The Trojan now has a fun rule that allows One Shot weapons to fire again so, for example, you can use one to reload a Deathstrike allowing it to fire a second time! Its great to see all these characters represented still, as a lot are from very old IA books. Get the latest business insights from Dun & Bradstreet. His feel no pain drops from a 4+ down to a 5+, and his dreadfire heavy flamers lose a point of damage (though they do increase their range up to 12). The only other change is to the bombs, which is drastically different. And now for the biggest gut punch: None of the Dreadnoughts listed here have the HELBRUTE keyword, meaning that until an FAQ corrects this, they dont get legion traits. The deathshroud cannons have also been augmented with Blast on both modes, and the big shots have also gone to flat damage two, while the inferno lance gains the new melta rule and is going to be able to deploy that straight out of deep strike. Warhammer 40k . The Imperial Armour Compendium is available to pre-order from Friday. Credit: Jack Hunter. Aquilon Custodians [CORE] : Fists and bolter is 5 points cheaper!?!?! [ [2] Description This compendium includes 222 datasheets, including super-heavy units and highly specialised troops. Hazardsalso seem OK they get a substantial point cut in exchange for losing a single wound and thats probably a net positive, just about. The Firepike is now 15 range, so a 3 boost which is neat. Wings:Its Xenos time, and as the chief elf-liker/army understander, Im taking the wheel from here, starting with Craftworlds. Credits: That Gobbo. A welcome an unexpected change, in addition to the fact that the Solerite Gauntlet is now flat 2 damage (fuck you D3 damage). They also, while alive, provide a 5+ invulnerable save. Hes still got two casts and denies and is still way nastier/tougher in a fight than most equivalents, so may still be the one of the better inquisition options. (LogOut/ A lot of the profiles have been tidied a little and they benefit greatly from this, as degrading profiles on low wound models like this was often a problem in the previous edition. GW noticed that theGargantuan Squiggothhad no business being as cheap as it was, and have substantially hiked the price. Some had vastly over the top rules for their relatively cheap points levels, while others seemed far too expensive in points for their in-game performance. None of these losers should be at all surprising to anyone keeping an eye on what was showing up in competitive lists. Thats exactly it. We also get a nice two page spread telling the tale of the Death Korps of Krieg and the hellish world they herald from. The laser volley cannon defaults to being a better lascannon three shots at D3+3 damage. Sagittarum Guard [CORE] : Same points, but apparently the bolter half of their gun was a heavy bolter, because now it is 2 damage. Finally, for winners, theKill Tank looks surprisingly pushed at its new price, coming down 100pts for the bursta cannon build and a mighty 155 for the giga-shoota build. Sadly, the Seraptek construct is a loser, getting toned down in power on pretty much every axis and then goingup in points.Ive got nothing here this model is awesome and deserved better. Announcing The Goonhammer 2023 Global 40k Campaign. Relic Contemptor Dreadnought. The third big change is the inclusion of the Martial Legacyrule. The Astra Militarum were the OG beneficiaries of Forge World units, and they retain a prodigious range, though some of their options have been archived off as part of this update (mostly very similar variants on existing units). It lost the ability to shoot twice. Pure upside is the best kind of upside. Note that all of these datasheets are considered to have theHateful Assaultrule since they have all rules that apply to all Chaos Space Marines datasheets, but its not listed on the datasheets here themselves, making it one of the more roundabout ways of doing this. TheValdor Tank Hunter is in a similar boar where it got a decent discount, but lost some oomph in exchange, and doesnt really end up as a desireable package overall. Theres a bunch of stuff here that gets decent discounts or modest changes that make them a bit more usable without pushing them over into true winners. Warhammer 40,000 Imperial Armour: Compendium is available now from Forge World for 40. All the titans are winners. Warhammer 40k - 8th Edition.pdf download. Krootcon Down Under Am I getting good at this? Unless youre set on bringing fancy weapon options, stick with the codex version. Generally, this replaces the old Relic rule now each time you include a unit with this rule in a detachment the Command Cost of that detachment is increased by 1. Astral Claws Ultramarines with Rapid Assault and Hungry for Battle. Legio Xestobiax Reaver Titan. Thunderers go down quite a bit in points, but lose Grinding Advance. Caladius Grav-Tank: Lost the -2 to charge grav ability, kept fly. The Hades Breaching Drill can also finally carry Combat Engineers too, something that was overlooked in the previous index. Any turn you get to play with it isextremely stupid it has a casual 30 move so can essentially teleport around the battlefield with impunity, its weaponry and melee threat are dangerous and broadly applicable, and to cap it all off its a MONSTER rather than a VEHICLE, shutting down some armies answers to it. We also see some sneak peaks at what weapons may look like in a future Astra Militarum book with a Vanquisher cannon being listed as S16, AP -4, D9 with +1 to hit Vehicles and Monsters I am suddenly very glad i went with rule of cool and armed my Krieg Leman Russ with a Vanquisher cannon! Alright lets start with the cool stuff that only Chaos Space Marines get, instead of the things we share with loyalists. All of the Artillery platforms and Mortars now do not count the crew as a separate unit, and you simply ignore them for the purposes of combat, they are just for show now! Even with that though, I still think pistol/buckler is going to be an auto include, because now a Venatari equipped with a buckler has a 2+ armor save. This iteration of the rules really gets rid of that, and while there are still good or bad units theres a lot less room between them. Now, sure he's a bit less survivable with t7 (and not a 4++ in cc, oh noooo) but his guns are sort of better and he's so cheap. Whirlwind Scorpius. The Imperial Armour books have also featured a few less well known successor chapters over the years, and Imperial Armour Compendium features suggested chapter tactics to best represent the way they fight I love this and gives players a framework towards designing their chapter to best fit the lore and narrative of the army as reflected in Warhammer 40k literature! The Malanthropewins because it gets to continue to exist, and is even slightly improved in exchange for a 15pt increase. What about the new thunderhawk rules? We have a look through the book in our YouTube video, or keep scrolling to see our full written review as we did into the datasheets and changes, and investigate what goodies are within! Effectively this is the second movement nerf of the Cerastus variant (because reasons). Weapons were all simplified, with the Macro weapon type no longer existing, and the Blast ability added where needed. Luckily the new Imperial Armour Compendium is here to solve both those problems, and GW have been kind enough to send us a copy. Being able to drop in a caster from this discipline without having to use an HQ slot on a Warlock is something that can plausibly come up. The 9th Edition Imperial Armour Compendium was released on October 30, 2020. Meanwhile, the Tantalus gets ahuge price cut in exchange for trading out the weird warlord no one cared about and is also pretty strong as Covens. Credit: Jack Hunter.
