But, as always, I’m going to end on a positive note. Good fortune comes and goes in 40k, and factions are seldom particularly weak for a long time.

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Breachers have the Sweep and Clear Strat (Ignore cover, reroll wounds), Strikes have the Relentless Fusillade Strat (Ignore Rapid Fire rules, double shots, additional point of AP), If you select the Mont’ka Tactical Philosophy at the start of the battle, each time a unit from your army destroys an enemy unit in the first battle round, that unit from your army gains 1 experience point. You use an action. It starts at the beginning of the movement phase and ends at the beginning of the shooting phase. Coldstar – M14, which you can boost with the Tau sept relic (+2″ mv, can reactively moved when charged, opponent can choose new targets) or the Vior’la sept trait on the first turn. Otherwise, you just advance d6″ The alien race of the Nin’aenh possessed the uncanny ability to scramble electrical systems with a single touch. Defeated after a brutal war, the Earth Caste have worked tirelessly to integrate their abilities with technology.Nova Reactor no longer has a risk of damaging the model. Instead, it burns out for the rest of the battle if you fail the test. Branched Nova Reactor turns a failed test into a success. Strike and Fade is the mechanic to simulate the “charge onto a point and kill everybody to claim an objective” that every other codex can do with no effort.

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They cost 160, cannot have an invulnerable save, and are patently terrible in melee. However, they are really quite obnoxious to shift. I think you’ll find a good use for them.

CIR is 36″ Heavy 6, S7, AP -2, D2. The overcharge version is +1 S and Dmg as normal. Every 1 to Hit causes a MW. Bless you if you can find a Reroll ability that works on them. (Yes, Shadowsun, her chapter master one does.) This could be in the form if a stronger flamer type weapon that can cause significant damage though require the unit to be up close and personal. At the start of your first turn, for each unit from your army that is wholly within your deployment zone, until the end of the turn, add 2" to the Move characteristic of models in that unit.