And seriously, the Dark Angels? 9 models and upgrade sprues? That sounds like an Adeptus Custodes box, not a Space Marine box.) What is the Best Value Warhammer 40k Combat Patrol? Final Verdict

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Warhammer 40K is usually played with 2,000 points, but the Warhammer 40K Combat Patrol boxes make the game far more accessible notwithstanding some minor balance complaints. Even those qualms about balance have been ironed out in the 10 th edition of the game. The Soul Fortress. LIBRARIAN only; ignore modifiers to Psychic tests and increase the Psychic Hood ability to 24″. There’s just kind of not that many psychic modifiers in the game anyway. B Dominus Aegis. Replaces a storm shield, relic shield, or combat shield, gives the bearer +1 to armour saves, and gives a 6″ aura granting DEATHWATCH CORE and DEATHAWTCH CHARACTER units a 5+ invulnerable save. An exceptional relic for increasing the durability of your expensive Space Marines, and particularly fantastic handing out an invulnerable save to your Redemptor Dreadnoughts, a real unique strength for Deathwatch. APrimaris Captain [5 PL, 105pts, -1CP]: 3. Nowhere to Hide (Aura), Dominus Aegis, Rites of War, Stratagem: A Vigil Unmatched, Warlord Their central base is known as the “Watch Fortress,” and it is strategically positioned near the Jericho Reach, a region of space rife with xenos threats. From here, they monitor and respond to xenos incursions using specific ordos (departments), each dedicated to combating a specific xenos race. For example, there is an Ordo Xenos for Tyranids and another for the Aeldari. What’s In The Box? Alien-hunting. The Deathwatch bring their own unique stratagems to the table, giving them an edge against xenos armies. Primaris Techmarine [5 PL, 100pts, -1CP]: Chapter Command: Master of the Forge, Stratagem: Hero of the Chapter, The Tome of Ectoclades

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Ah, the Blood Angels– noble and civilised sons of Sanguinius, most handsome, tragic, star-crossed and pretty of all the Emperor’s ‘Primarch’ sons. These renaissance Italy-themed space marines are among the most storied and popular chapters of the Adeptus Astartes. Nowhere to Hide (Aura) –In your Command phase, you can select one enemy unit on the battlefield. Until the start of your next Command phase, DEATHWATCH CORE units within 6″ can ignore the benefit of cover for saving throws. A reasonably useful ability that pairs nicely with your ability to dip into the appropriate doctrine to maximise your weapons’ AP. B

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The Brotherhood of Veterans stratagem allows a Deathwatch unit to swap their Xenos Hunters Chapter Tactic for any other Chapter Tactic from Codex Space Marines. Your unit of Aggressors with boltstorm gauntlets has line of sight on a huge horde of Orks? Let the Crimson Fist among them declare ‘No Matter the Odds!’ and hit with more shots than you fire. Ultimately, all of these are good values–assuming you were going to buy all of these models specifically. All of these are going to save you money over the retail price of the individual units sold separately. The question is whether you were going to buy all of these models. Some of the boxes are weird. The Adepta Sororitas is one of the best valued Combat Patrol boxes, but they’re also quirky. One Penitent Engine instead of two. Five Sisters Repentia instead of ten. Weird choices. What I would be intrigued to find out, and what I will probably do in a future article, is figure out the points value of each Combat Patrol box to see which are really the cheapest armies as far as getting into the game. For example, the Adeptus Custodes are approximately 515 points for their 16 models, but the Genestealer Cults are about 484 points for their 30 models. This seems to indicate that Games Workshop is trying to keep the points cost relatively balanced. ( But I will do more research into this.)

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Beyond that, there’s a few key pieces in here which offer something you just can’t get anywhere else. The relics definitely offer something here, with the Dominus Aegis and Tome of Ectoclades standing out – a 5+ invulnerable saves aura isn’t unique, since all Marines can access the Psychic Fortress power, but it obviates the need to rely on a casting roll, or to worry about a key unit getting popped if you go second, or to bring a Librarian at all, depending on your list. The Tome is only a once per game effect, but re-roll wounds is very powerful and is rarely given out; here it’s a 6″ aura that affects all CORE units, which are probably what you’re building around. That offers a significant boost in damage output against a key unit or units.I know 500pts is absolutely nothing but I've tired to include something for combat and something for taking out tanks etc. Plan accordingly s to split the spectrum into 2 if dictates, or leave as one big squad if that seems more sensible at the time.

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All this combines to an adaptable playstyle, with a tough to kill core pushing into the mid-board while the flanking units seize objectives or harry the opponent into the open. We’ll explore this more in the list discussion, with two fantastic recent examples of how to get the best from the book. Lists John Lennon – Onslaught GT – 1st PlaceAccompanying Cassius is his pet Blood Ravens Librarian, Codicier Natorian, who gets the same Deathwatch bolt pistol and an AP4 force sword, which is cute. He can also get +1 to cast for Smite or Witchfire psychic powers, and knows two powers from Xenopurge. Again fine, but not thrilling – nobody cares about the melee output of a Librarian. Primaris Chaplain on Bike [7 PL, 140pts, -1CP]: 2. Catechism of Fire, 5. Recitation of Focus, Chapter Command: Master of Sanctity, Litany of Hate, Stratagem: A Vigil Unmatched, The Beacon Angelis, Warlord, Wise Orator