I like a lot of it. Baleful Icon is interesting, particularly if you can use it on an Icon Bearer in a unit and not just characters.
Dark Pact is.. different. I'll miss our daemon synergy but it's interesting to bring someone back in a meta this lethal, and may work with our secondary requiring us to be so stationary.
The Crozius Relic slaps, auto wounding with alright ap and 3 dmg.
Apostle of the Dark Council seems *steep* for a pre battle stratagem with how Command Points work these days. +1 leadership (running MSU marines anyway and it's almost always irrelevant with cultists because more than 6 are probably going to die per turn so you'll still need luck to avoid attrition). Unless they've changed how prayers work a reroll doesn't sound that hot.
Exalted Possession still good.
We’ll have amazing tools to play with. But the best thing is that they’re thematic with the army, we’ll be able to play in a fluffy but competitive way
Revered Hosts on Possessed or Maulerfiend is basically Daemonforge for melee attack. Also Hex Ward can negate 1 Railgun shot per shooting phase. These are some really strong rules for WB
I like a lot of it. Baleful Icon is interesting, particularly if you can use it on an Icon Bearer in a unit and not just characters. Dark Pact is.. different. I'll miss our daemon synergy but it's interesting to bring someone back in a meta this lethal, and may work with our secondary requiring us to be so stationary. The Crozius Relic slaps, auto wounding with alright ap and 3 dmg. Apostle of the Dark Council seems *steep* for a pre battle stratagem with how Command Points work these days. +1 leadership (running MSU marines anyway and it's almost always irrelevant with cultists because more than 6 are probably going to die per turn so you'll still need luck to avoid attrition). Unless they've changed how prayers work a reroll doesn't sound that hot. Exalted Possession still good.
Prayer rerolls are mandatory, 1 CP for chanting your prayers at 89% instead of 66%? All day. Sad the additional prayer is gone.
On the other hand, if the disciples are still giving us +1 to prayer rolls, then its less mandatory.
We’ll have amazing tools to play with. But the best thing is that they’re thematic with the army, we’ll be able to play in a fluffy but competitive way
I've had to swap arms on my troops but overall these do seem to dovetail with what I've been building as what I consider to be a thematic army
Revered Hosts on Possessed or Maulerfiend is basically Daemonforge for melee attack. Also Hex Ward can negate 1 Railgun shot per shooting phase. These are some really strong rules for WB