It is also important to note that the Blessing you choose to give your operative will also determine which ploys they will have access to.

Dark Desecration – Kind of like the Legionary version of Seize Ground, on the first TP you select a terrain feature with the Heavy trait, and then you must incapacitate two enemy operatives within ▲ of it to score 1 VP.These blood-soaked warriors enforce their will through brutal acts of might, seeking to become favoured of the gods. With only 6 operatives on the board, you have to be smart around objectives, especially since your kill team has access to relatively few movement buffs outside of the Slaanesh mark. Until the end of the Turning Point, while an enemy operative is within of that NURGLE operative, subtract 1 from the Defence characteristic of that enemy operative. Life Siphon is a shooting attack that can heal a nearby friendly target for up to 3 wounds if you resolve at least to attack dice against the target you’re shooting at – so essentially a vampiric healing gunshot.

For the duration of one Turning Point, all friendly operatives can Fight twice in an activation if they don’t perform a Shoot action in that activation. The claw already has Rending, which makes critical hits more effective, and Lethal, which triggers those crucial crits on a five or six. These miniatures can be used as Legionary operatives in games of Kill Team, or fielded in games of Warhammer 40,000 as Troops choice for Chaos Space Marine armies. The Aspiring Champion also has the (very cool) In the Eyes of the Gods ability that grants it a +1 bonus to its Action Point Limit every time it incapacitates an enemy operative until the end of its next activation, and the Favoured of the Dark Gods ability (see above) that gives it a free Strategic Ploy corresponding with its Mark of Chaos every Turning Point. Operatives may then perform the Defiled for the Dark Gods (1 AP) action while within ▲ of the Token and more than ⬤ from enemy operatives, the token is then removed.

If you haven’t already figured this out, the Legionary operatives are utterly terrifying to face in combat. This is considered by many to be the most competitive option as Legionaries often find themselves worrying about being shot to death rather than being killed in melee. For many Kill Teams the Roster mechanic is often irrelevant, which is unfortunately not the case for Legionnaires.