It contains fascinating lore delving into the conflict in the Chalnath sector, terrain rules for the Chalnath killzone , nine missions you can link together to form a campaign, plus a full list of operatives and loads of sundries like Spec Ops, Requisitions, and special rules for both sides. They needn’t just fight each other – combine these rules with the Kill Team Compendium to take on the whole galaxy in the close confines of the killzone. Killzone Chalnath This is a standard frag grenade, doing Blast damage in an area with the Indirect special rule, ignoring cover when determining valid targets. Krak Grenade Deadly – Operatives live up to what you’d expect out of champions of Chaos with every specialist having very deadly and flavorful abilities.

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. Consider taking an Icon Bearer or Shrivetalon to improve your chances at holding an objective. The Balefire Acolyte is the psyker of the Legionary Kill Team, which means that it can manifest psychic powers, but can’t take the Khorne Mark of Chaos, since Khorne really hates magic.All of this adds up to a very cool leader, both thematically and mechanically: The Chosen has been, ahem, chosen by the Dark Gods to obliterate the heroes and leaders of other factions, and to this end, it boasts great melee fighting power, survivability and the ability to keep enemies from running away from the swings of its Daemon Blade. Legionary Warrior (5 per kill team) Thanks to their blessings Legionnaires have the largest list of ploys of any Kill Team as each blessing receives two strategic ploys and one tactical ploy, while there are three generalist ploys available to any type of operative. It is worth pointing out that Undivided blessings do not receive any specific ploys, and that if your team was composed entirely of Undivided operatives you would only have three ploys to draw upon. Strategic Ploys

Mutagenic Flesh – each time Normal Damage would be inflicted on a Nurgle model, reduce the damage by 1. This is a great ploy that Nurgle players may well use every turn. Nurgle – Disgusting Vigor – A slightly better defensive version of Wrathful Onslaught. Instead you may retain a single normal defense die as a critical save, but aren’t disqualified if you already retained another critical. 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. Additionally, you have 5 Leader options granting you significant options in terms of weapons and Blessing Keywords to benefit from Favored by the Gods. Playing Legionaries Against Other Teams Elites Some Legionary operatives have the ability Favoured of the Gods, you can use one Strategic Ploy with the same Chaos God affiliation as this operative’s Mark of Chaos without paying a command point. Undivided operatives can use Hateful Assault or Malicious Volleys for free since they don’t get access to any of the God-specific Ploys, but those two are also pretty great if you’re getting them for free.Rubric Marines are often overshadowed in Warpcoven kill teams by other operatives – powerful Sorcerers and more expendable Tzaangors . We’ve re-adjusted how their APL characteristic works – previously they had 2 APL, and a nearby Sorcerer could give them one extra. Now your Rubrics have 3 APL to start with, but subtract one if a Sorcerer isn’t nearby when they’re activated.

If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, then you’re just the right type of bitter madman to consider a Traitor Marines Kill Team. Welcome aboard! Your membership into this exclusive club comes with a gallon of Imperial Standard salt, to be kept with you at all times. The upside to Chaos Space Marines is that you get some sweet modeling opportunities and you aren’t playing a bunch of loyalist dorks. The Hearthkyn Salvagers’ Steady Advance ability has also been completely replaced, as a previous balance dataslate made this effect into a core rule for all kill teams. Unfortunately, the Hearthkyn were written before that change – so this new version of Steady Advance will help them keep pace around the killzone. We’ve also reinstated Relentless on the Elucidian Starstriders’ rotor cannon, to increase their offensive potential.That’s it for this week – so head to the Games Workshop webstore now to form your teams and start the killing! And make sure that you’re signed up to our newsletter so you never miss any future releases. As you can see, you’ll get the most out of these Strategic Ploys by devoting your kill team fully to one Chaos God – or you can mix and match your Marks for greater flexibility. Unfortunately, not all of the Ruinous Powers play well together – if you have any KHORNE operatives, you can’t include fighters pledged to SLAANESH . Similarly, taking operatives marked by TZEENTCH means that NURGLE is off the table. Malicious Volleys and Hateful Assault – These are your standard Marine ploys that allow them to Shoot twice if they don’t Fight and vice versa. The usefulness of these two ploys coupled with how CP hungry this team is rewards players for taking either an Undivided Leader or Icon-Bearer. Blood for the Blood God isn’t just the name of an incredible Citadel Colour paint – it’s also a Strategic Ploy you can use to ensure that your frenzied operatives hit even harder when they charge. For this Tac Op, you select a terrain feature. If at least two enemy operatives are incapacitated next to that terrain feature, you score 1 Victory Point. Additionally, if you have more operatives next to that terrain feature than your opponent at the end of the battle, you score 1 Victory Point. Savage Butcher