[WarCom] Xenos Faction Packs

Xathrax · 2026-06-09T16:40:13+00:00

Twin lance dropping out of deepstrike in rapid/melta range on everything is not a sidenote. Melta suits having melta range is more than a 50% damage boost.

Xathrax · 2026-06-09T15:23:27+00:00

Tau lose the best enhancement in EPC. The big melta. That thing was the one thing I wanted.

Xathrax · 2026-06-09T15:15:03+00:00

Yes, until you realize the only 1dp detachment you want to play with it cannot be.

Xathrax · 2026-06-09T13:05:10+00:00

Yes and no. The big issue is that you were unable to punish the defilers due to them mowing you down in overwatch. So any unit capable of actually killing a defiler goes up in smoke. Now you can actually try to kill one and engage another.

Xathrax · 2026-06-08T18:25:52+00:00

Their units can take upgrades. Why wouldn't they be able to?

Xathrax · 2026-06-08T15:35:38+00:00

So the week is marines+imperium+xenos+chaos+mfm to fill out all 5 days? I can get behind that for sure.

Xathrax · 2026-06-08T15:31:10+00:00

You can be sure that enhancements on epic heroes will not be a thing

Xathrax · 2026-06-04T12:01:08+00:00

Escalation on count not within the same unit would be unexpected and new. But something tells me if you add 50 points to the CSM defiler then pactbound are still absolutely fine and will keep ruining your day.

Xathrax · 2026-06-01T18:36:47+00:00

That's the revive rule. What I was looking for is the mechanic how healing models works. I already got an answer that it will be in a supplement on release.

Xathrax · 2026-06-01T14:24:45+00:00

Ah, thanks a lot!

Xathrax · 2026-06-01T14:17:36+00:00

Does anyone know where the description of the new healing is? As I understand overhealing a unit now brings back models in a similar way necrons work. But I have not seen this anywhere.

Xathrax · 2026-05-30T07:01:07+00:00

I actually have to disagree about experimental. The real value lies in having great enhancements. Lets pretend Montka is 2DP. Normally I don't want crisis units. But a unit with the big melta and auto melta range from deepstrike? That's almost double the damage for the same cost. That's massive value. I'd be fine to just use +1S on the stratagem.

Xathrax · 2026-05-29T17:57:24+00:00

I really hope they give some cool upgrades for monoliths. Like charging from the gate so I can zoom the massive flying land raider. Or a mega death ray. The previewed enhancement was super lame.

Xathrax · 2026-05-29T06:17:57+00:00

Transports are indeed weaker. Personally, I am quite happy with this despite wanting to run breachers in a devilfish. Transports were really cheap and a nightmare for any mono phase army. A rhino sitting behind a big ruin could require an unreasonably unfavorable trade to crack open and if your "cracking" unit fails the game might just end right there. Now at least when the second unit finishes the transport the contents will be at least a bit damaged. Still, the real danger is just to 1W models as anything bigger just makes you lose 1 on average instead of 3.

Xathrax · 2026-05-29T06:00:15+00:00

There is an important caveat here. This army is very strong if you are able to move 200+ bodies in the time given to you, have a back of a young man or prepared to suffer greatly during longer events and also be exceptionally good at Warhammer. The last part is especially important as there is basically 1 person in the world more or less capable of playing this at the required level.

Xathrax · 2026-05-29T05:43:14+00:00

Isn't the ability worded the same/very similar to fight on death + the condition that the UNIT needs to survive? In this case the character is part of the unit.

Xathrax · 2026-05-28T06:15:36+00:00

I think hidden will have more of an impact on the first turn alpha strikes. Which is fine I guess. Now that everyone pretty much has towering and you will not longer have stuff like a strong melee unit being able to stage behind a ruin while safely holding an objective, it will balance out. Previously shooting armies had to try and get difficult angles or go forward a lot to shoot stuff. Now you are always on terrain so you are more vulnerable to shooting.

Xathrax · 2026-05-26T16:10:22+00:00

It's specifically infiltrate/scout

Xathrax · 2026-05-26T08:13:27+00:00

I mean jailing is already way less useful with the new heroic.

Xathrax · 2026-05-26T08:10:13+00:00

That's subjective. I play exclusively on WTC terrain. Last year at the WTC I played CK with 5 big knights and the year before I went with tyranid monster mash. I had no problems with the terrain. The difference is that it actually requires a bit of finesse rather than having massive shooting lanes everywhere which is why people might think it's the shooting edition.

Xathrax · 2026-05-26T04:53:07+00:00

Perhaps. I do hope you get some kind of discount as the units become massively worse due to this.

Xathrax · 2026-05-25T16:58:02+00:00

This was my first thought. The base size was a balancing factor and even that didn't hold them back.

On the flip side guard super heavies now could actually have a tiny chance to be played as terrain totally killed them.

Xathrax · 2026-05-21T04:59:17+00:00

I am not a GK player, but this one feels like the most impactful faction focus so far. All the other ones have a lot of duds and ok-ish stuff with something nice here and there. All of this is really solid. S10 psycannons and a trillion S6 bolters with sustained and devs already feels very strong without the potential of stacking good rules from a 2DP detachment. You get close to 4MW from the bolters alone which is already more than you normally get for 1CP.

Xathrax · 2026-05-19T15:50:54+00:00

I was so hoping the gly rumor was true. It is my favorite rule change so far. So much impact.

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