Hello everyone! Zak Ludick here from Cape Town, South Africa and this is a Warhammer 40k - Datasheet Review post!
What is it all about? It is not there to just give a stat. It is there to give MY review of the unit in the game of Warhammer 40,000
Right, I am finally ahead and by my best estimations as I explained in this Post, I should be able to keep ahead of the release curve and get the remainder of the Indexes reviewed before those Codex releases.
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I have reviewed 72/148.
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Review Completion: 48.64%
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The Shadow of Chaos Rule was all about board control, gaining wounds and causing some mortal wounds to units within your Shadow of Chaos.
This Detachment will add something to that!
When mustering your army, you cannot include Daemon Prince, Daemon Prince with Wings or Epic Heroes except for Be'lakor, but you can include any of the following Heretic Astartes units:
The combined points of these unit can be up to half of your army.
Keyword changes: Be'Lakor and Heretic Astartes units gain the Shadow Legion and Undivided keywords.
Legiones Daemonica units from your army gain the Shadow Legion keyword.
If your Army is Legiones Daemonica, you can use this Shadow Legion Detachment Rule.
Units from your army have the following abilities:
Shadow Legion Khorne units from your army can Advance, Shoot and Charge.
When being hit by an attack on Shadow Legion Tzeetch Daemon, they subtract 1 from the Hit roll.
When being hit by an attack whose Strength is greater than their Toughness, Shadow Legion Nurgle units subtract 1 from the Wound Roll of that attack.
Shadow Legion Slaanesh units cannot be targeted by the Overwatch Stratagem.
Shadow Legion Undivided units only.
What an insane amount of rules!
So... basically...
This army gives bonuses to all four types of Daemon... and can allow you to field up to half of your army as Chaos Space Marines... which you have also altered already to be more like Daemons since they ALL Deep Strike now.
Khorne and Chaos Astartes units are faster. Nurgle, Tzeetch and Slaanesh units are tougher.
You still have a Shadow of Chaos but some units have the Dark Pacts ability too... Which I have not reviewed on my blog series yet but basically you do a Leadership check and if you pass your attack gains Lethal Hits or Sustained Hits 1. If they fail the test, the unit suffers D3 Mortal Wounds as the Dark Gods eat at their souls.... Be'lakor passes automatically so he can choose but will most of the time choose Sustained hits 1.
Every Detachment has its own Enhancements to put on Characters. You cannot put 2 Enhancements on 1 hero, Epic Heroes cannot take them either, and you are limited to 3 of the 4.
Here are the Enhancements for the Shadow Legion.
Shadow Legion model only. At the end of the Fight phase, if the bearer's unit destroyed one or more enemy units and it is no longer in engagement phase of an enemy unit, you can remove the unit from the battlefield and place them into reserve.
Powerful and proactive, but needs a good eye. It means you can hurl the unit into an assault that you will likely win, snap the enemy up and then leave the battlefield and Deep Strike back down.
Shadow Legion model only. The bearer and his unit have a Scouts 9" ability.
Another power ability and with a large amount of unit that it could go onto. a 9" move before the battle begins. To my mind, this is always an ability suited to melee units that want to get in there and wreck things and could very well... spell doom if comboed the right way...
Blood Thirster gets Shadow Legion and Leaping Shadows... 9" Pregame move. 12" Movement, D6" Advance, 2D6" Charge... so... 24"-39" for an average of a 31" first turn threat range... this guy might be worth it just to see how the enemy's deployment buckles to try work around it...
Shadow Legion model only. While an enemy unit is within Engagement Range of the bearer's unit, subtract 1 from the OC of models in that in that enemy unit.
Amazing and simple - take away OC from enemy units while you fight them.
Shadow Legion Model only. At the start of the Fight Phase, select an enemy unit within Engagement Range of the bearer's unit and roll a D6. On a 2-5 the enemy unit suffers D3 Mortal Wounds. On a 6 the enemy suffers 3 Mortal Wounds.
Also great. Direct damage, can be found on any character. Yikes.
All four Enhancements are so good that not one of them stands out as an Enhancement to avoid or Enhancements that are superior to others.
Stratagems are used in the battle as an elective rule that can be employed in crucial moments. All armies have access to Universal Stratagems but each Detachment has their very own Stratagems that they can use.
This is what the Shadow Legion can do.
Used in any Phase where a Shadow Legionunit from your army is Destroyed and it would be removed and before any Deadly Demise ability is rolled for
Roll a D6 for each enemy unit that is within Engagement range of the last model in the unit and add 2 to the result if the unit destroyed is a Slaanesh unit. On a 4-5 that enemy unit suffers D3 Mortal Wounds. On a 6 the enemy unit suffers 3 Mortal Wounds.
This means that units without Deadly Demise can also do damage... if it has both it could possibly explode twice. Nasty!
Used in the Fight Phase on a Shadow Legion unit that is about to attack. Melee weapons equipped by models in this unit have the Lance ability (+1 to Wound rolls when they charge) If the unit is a Khorne unit as well then they get +1 to Armor Penetration on their weapons as well.
Instantly more deadly and very useful when needed.
Used in the Command Phase on a Shadow Legion unit in your army.
One model in that unit regains up to 3 lost wounds. In addition, if that unit has the Tzeentch keyword, return up to one destroyed model to your unit with its full wounds remaining (Excluding Character models).
The returned 3 wounds is amazing, especially on a Greater Daemon... but the regain 3 lost wounds plus revive model had me puzzled. What Tzeetch unit benefits from this when they all have single wounds?
Used in the Shooting Phase on up to one Shadow Legion Heretic Astartes unit and up to one Shadow Legion Legiones Daemonic unit from your army. You can only select units that arrived from Reserves this turn.
Until the end of the turn, weapons in those units have the Ignores Cover ability.
This is amazing and since this Detachment gives all the Chaos Marine units Deep Strike... this could really mess up someone up!
This is used in the opponent's Charge phase just after the enemy has selected its targets. One Shadow Legion unit that was selected as the target of that Charge is selected for this Strat.
Subtract 2 from the Charge rolls made for that incoming Charge. If the Chaos unit is a Nurgle unit, then the enemy charging needs to take a Battle-Shock test as well.
This is why its 2CP... an instant 2" extra on a 7-9" charge could mean uncertainty and possible failure, ruining the enemies plans.
Used at the end of the opponent's Fight Phase.
Up to one Heretic Astartes unit and up to one Legiones Daemonica unit from your army. You can only select units that are NOT within Engagement range of enemy models.
Remove those units from the Battlefield and put them back into Reserves.
Insanely powerful and another combo where the Chaos Marine unit AND a Daemon unit can be selected.
This Detachment is really really powerful, with abilities, Enhancements and Strats for everything. Even the basic bonuses that the Detachment gives are off the charts.
But... I feel that you need to be either an experienced player or have a really good grasp on the game and have a good memory to make full use of the Detachment.
In the right hands... devastating...
In the wrong hands... lots of missed opportunity!
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I shall leave Army and Detachment rules here as well as The Space Wolves Datasheets I did before.
| Faction | Detachment | Review Number |
|---|---|---|
| Agents of the Imperium | Army Rule #2 | |
| Aeldari | Army Rule #4 | |
| Astra Militarum | Army Rule #1 | |
| Astra Militarum | Combined Regiment | Detachment Rule #1 |
| Astra Militarum | Bridgehead Strike | Detachment Rule #2 |
| Chaos Daemons | Army Rule #10 | |
| Chaos Daemons | Daemonic Incursion | Detachment Review 15 |
| Chaos Daemons | Blood Legion | Detachment Review 16 |
| Chaos Daemons | Legion of Excess | Detachment Review 17 |
| Chaos Daemons | Scintillating Legion | Detachment Review 18 |
| Chaos Daemons | Plague Legion | Detachment Review 19 |
| Chaos Knights | Army Rule #8 | |
| Chaos Knights | Tratoris Lance | Detachment Review #11 |
| Chaos Knights | Iconoclast Fiefdom | Detachment Review #12 |
| Death Guard | Army Rule Review #6 | |
| Death Guard | Plague Company | Detachment Review #4 |
| Death Guard | Flyblown Host | Detachment Review #7 |
| Imperial Knights | Army Rule #9 | |
| Imperial Knights | Noble Lance | Detachment Review #13 |
| Imperial Knights | Questor Forgepact | Detachment Review #14 |
| Space Marines | Army Rule #3 | |
| Space Wolves | Champions of Russ | Detachment Review #9 |
| Space Wolves | Champions of Fenris | Detachment Review #10 |
| Thousand Sons | Army Rule #7 | |
| Thousand Sons | Cult of Magic | Detachment Review #5 |
| Thousand Sons | Hexwarp Thrallband | Detachment Review #8 |
| World Eaters | Army Rule #5 | |
| World Eaters | Berzerker Warband | Detachment Review #3 |
| World Eaters | Vessels of Wrath | Detachment Review #6 |
| Faction | Unit | Review Number |
|---|---|---|
| Chaos Daemons | Beasts of Nurgle | #98 |
| Chaos Daemons | Be'lakor | #370 |
| Chaos Daemons | Bloodcrushers | #371 |
| Chaos Daemons | Bloodletters | #372 |
| Chaos Daemons | Bloodmaster | #373 |
| Chaos Daemons | Bloodthister | #374 |
| Chaos Daemons | Blue Horrors | #375 |
| Chaos Daemons | Burning Chariot | #376 |
| Chaos Daemons | Changecaster | #377 |
| Chaos Daemons | Contorted Epitome | #378 |
| Chaos Daemons | Daemonettes | #29 |
| Chaos Daemons | Daemon Prince of Chaos | #379 |
| Chaos Daemons | Daemon Prince of Chaos with Wings | #380 |
| Chaos Daemons | Epidemius | #381 |
| Chaos Daemons | Exalted Flamer | #382 |
| Chaos Daemons | Fateskimmer | #383 |
| Chaos Daemons | Feculent Gnarlmaw | #384 |
| Chaos Daemons | Fiends | #385 |
| Chaos Daemons | Flamers | #386 |
| Chaos Daemons | Flesh Hounds | #387 |
| Chaos Daemons | Fluxmaster | #388 |
| Chaos Daemons | Great Unclean One | #389 |
| Chaos Daemons | Hellflayers | #390 |
| Chaos Daemons | Horticulous Slimux | #391 |
| Chaos Daemons | Infernal Enrapturess | #392 |
| Chaos Daemons | Kairos Fateweaver | #393 |
| Chaos Daemons | Karanak | #395 |
| Chaos Daemons | Keeper of Secrets | #394 |
| Chaos Daemons | Lord of Change | #75 |
| Chaos Daemons | Nurglings | #82 |
| Chaos Daemons | Pink Horrors | #396 |
| Chaos Daemons | Plaguebearers | #397 |
| Chaos Daemons | Plague Drones | #398 |
| Chaos Daemons | Poxbringer | #399 |
| Chaos Daemons | Rendmaster on Blood Throne | #400 |
| Chaos Daemons | Rotigus | #401 |
| Chaos Daemons | Screamers | #402 |
| Chaos Daemons | Seekers | #403 |
| Chaos Daemons | Shalaxi Helbane | #404 |
| Chaos Daemons | Skarbrand | #405 |
| Chaos Daemons | Skull Altar | #406 |
| Chaos Daemons | Skull Cannon | #407 |
| Chaos Daemons | Skullmaster | #408 |
| Chaos Daemons | Skulltaker | #409 |
| Chaos Daemons | Sloppity Bilepiper | #410 |
| Chaos Daemons | Soulgrinder | #411 |
| Chaos Daemons | Spoilpox Scrivener | #412 |
| Chaos Daemons | Syll’Esske | #413 |
| Chaos Daemons | The Blue Scribes | #414 |
| Chaos Daemons | https://v3.ecency.com/hive-189497/@zakludick/warhammer-40k-review-library-415 | #415 |
| Chaos Daemons | The Masque | #416 |
| Chaos Daemons | Tormentbringer | #417 |
| Chaos Daemons | Tranceweaver | #418 |
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