These combine to make the annihilator a much better tank than it was, and slightly more worthy of consideration, but still not really worth taking over a Vindicator or Land Raider. This relic bolt pistol has 18 range, is Pistol 2, and S5, AP-2 2 damage, plus in Wanton Massacre or Slaughter it becomes Pistol 4. This replaces a power sword, daemon blade, or accursed weapon with one thats S+1, AP-4, 2 damage, and gives you +1 attack. You can also run them as 10 mutants with 3 torments, giving them more ablative wounds to recur every turn the mutants dont count for morale when they die. Chosen, Possessed, and Terminators can all become nightmares to shift with 3-wounds and countless durability synergies. Theyve all got their uses, and do more than just buffing your Dark Apostle these days. They tend to lack some of the long-ranged shooting options of other factions but make up for that with the ability to hit hard quickly. But ultimately you have to really ask if these guys are better than Chosen, who at 3 points more hit at higher AP and come with an extra wound and get your Legion Trait. A carryover from Death Guard, this one looks better than it is. Chaos Marines have some OK ranged units, but generally speaking they do their best work up close and in melee. By himself he clocks in at 45 points and is relatively fragile, with T3, 4 wounds, and a 5+/5++ save. Five models with bolters or chainswords. ability, which prevents it from doing actions or being in a Transport but gets you back either 3 destroyed mutants or 1 dead Torment each command phase. The Decimator has a bunch of different weapon options but the main one that is really worth considering for competitive play is the pair of Soulburner Petards. Im not going to sugarcoat it; the biggest challenge Chaos Space Marines face is that their secondaries are just Not Very Good. Where the real value comes in for Terminators however is in the upgrades and synergies available to them. These days the baleflamer is the clear move for the Lord Discordant, and getting D6+2 hits is just better than anything the Helstalker autocannon has to offer. The CSM get four different trait tables. Either way, after getting hit the unit gets -1 Toughness for the rest of the battle. This is a time of instability and its a time that Abaddon hopes will see Chaos Space Marines become ascendant over the slowly wasting Imperium. While your Legionary unit cant Psychic Interrogate or Warp Ritual, this does give you an extra cast and some mortal wounds to throw out on the move, and that can add a lot of casting utility to your army, plus you get an extra deny attempt. Last update was at 2020/10/06 14:02:58, This message was edited 1 time. In a list that can get it the Iron Warriors Legion trait, it is going to be very tough to deal with as it pounds holes in the enemy army with its firepower. But his real value is his. Its value is largely tied to your characters, your ability to keep them alive, and their ability to destroy enemy units in melee. Youll want to prevent these charges by making sure its got a proper screen. Another solid stratagem to have in your pocket, and good for keeping the likes of Venomcrawlers on the table. There are also stratagems locked to each mark. This replaces a power maul, accursed crozius, or accursed weapon with one thats S+2, AP-2, 3 damage and its excess damage spills over to other models. A Codex arrival is often a tumultuous affair, and this enhanced Chaos Space Marines Codex was no different, with a ton of changes which may completely alter how you approach your traitorous army. Once per battle, at the start of the Fight phase, you can chug this Elixir to get +D3 Attacks and you cant lose more than 3 wounds in the phase. This is a pretty nifty way to open up your options and turn your Apostle into a Smite machine, but will likely just lose out to other options. Its not amazing but its very solid, but the reason it makes lists so often is that extra little aura: Friendly PSYKER units within 9 get +1 to cast. Youll use this sometimes to increase damage or reduce variance against a key target, but its a lot harder to justify given how limited CP are for CSM in general. This turns him into an especially deadly counter-charge threat, as staying more than 6 away from him is a real challenge. Solid if youre running lots of big Cultist blobs, which you wont be doing. The Lord Discordant is an absolute blender in melee, coming with 6 attacks base that hit at S6, AP-3, 2 damage but with +1 to wound on the charge, plus another 8 attacks from the Helstalker and his tendrils. These may be chanted in your Command phase and will activate/be heard on a D6 roll of a 3+, though note that Dark Apostles will be heard on a 2+ while their acolytes are around. For every result that exceeds the enemy units Toughness, you do 1 mortal wound. While other War Dogs are potentially an option here, the melee dogs dont really do anything for you that other units in your army cant do, and the big knights arent bringing enough to the table for what it costs to include them. The list is pretty long: Hyper-growth bolts, Maelstroms Bite, the Ashen Axe, the Armour Diabolus, Vipers Spite, Icon of the Hydra Cult, Distortion, Armour of Abhorrence, Talons of the Night Terror, Claw of the Stygian Count, Spitespitter, Axe of the Forgemaster, Loyaltys Reward, Trophies of Slaughter, the Black Mace, the Warps Malice, Blade of the Relentless, and Black Rune of Damnation. Once an also-ran to the Dark Hereticus Discipline, these are now the money powers for Chaos, and there are several here that youll want to include in every army you field. What makes these guys tough is their All is Dust ability. SLAANESH model only. You can use this twice in a Strike Force battle and three times in an Onslaught game. Ability helps nearby Traitor Guardsmen units automatically pass Combat Attrition tests, which isnt particularly valuable given they only come in units of 10. If you rolled a 10+ for the test and you picked a DAEMONKIN or DAEMON ENGINE unit, it gets +1 to both characteristics. but there are plenty of other units you might want to put forward, like Havocs, Noise Marines, or Obliterators. Again, another unit thats just OK but lacks the raw power to make your list. The Decimator is a unit thats managed to stick around in some competitive lists despite losing its access to easy re-rolls and the ability to push out tons of extra hits with modified hit rolls. Ultimately Contemptors are going to do their best work in the Black Legion, where Abaddon can give them full re-rolls to go with their +1 to hit against the closest eligible target. Its 10-model transport capacity is great for moving a unit of 10 Chosen, Plague Marines, or Rubric Marines. Which trait a unit get depends on which legion theyre from. Apply the point costs; does that even things out enough for a stopgap measure to make the next 6 to 12 months less sucky for Chaos, or merely solve one of the many issues? Theyre a fast, durable unit that can put out a ton of damage and theyre almost always a problem opponents have to deal with. This is separate from the HERETIC ASTARTES keyword in that it denotes the faction. Stratagem as well. Legion (also, they become Troops in an Emperors Children Detachment). Click for details. Marketing Manager: Mars Garrett And yet, 2-3 units of cultists make their way into almost every Chaos Space Marines army, because at 50 points for the unit of 10, theyre some of the cheapest Objective Secured models in the game. Chaos Space Marines are not an army that can sit back and passively score VP while an opponent comes to them. That said, it may not often be what you want out of your Dark Apostle. The one exception is when you really want to take an action secondary in a matchup like Abandoned Sanctuaries against Harlequins, where none of the other actions make any sense. The lowly rhino is still on the expensive side but has fringe play as a transport for key units in the new Codex. The unit can have a heavy weapon or special weapon for every five models, though this typically wont be worth the cost outside of the odd meltagun here and there. Pick a friendly DAEMONKIN or DAEMON ENGINE within 18. Each one throws out 2D3 shots and every hit generates a mortal wound on a wound roll of 2+, meaning that on average a Decimator will toss out 8 shots, score 6-8 hits depending on bonuses to hit and your Wanton, and turn those into 6ish mortal wounds. Use in your Command phase and pick one TRAITORIS ASTARTES MACHINE SPIRIT or DAEMON ENGINE model in your army with a Wounds characteristic of 10+. This is. Use in any phase when a TRAITORIS ASTARTES NURGLE unit is picked as the target of an attack. Pick a unit within 18. This essentially makes them the equivalent of Bladeguard Veterans for Chaos Space Marines, except they cost 10 points per model less in exchange for only doing 1 damage with their swords and not having an invuln save. Although a bit expensive for a transport, the Chaos Terrax-Pattern Termite makes up for it by being a hilariously annoying target once it arrives on the table, demanding opponents deal with it as well as its deadly contents. Ah the poor Helbrute. Death to the False Emperor isdead; long live its replacement, Let the Galaxy Burna rule applied if every unit in your army has the Traitoris Astartes keyword and theyre all from the same Legion. Your chaos marines can have 2 wounds, today. At the start of the first battle round, pick an enemy unit. Now with 2 wounds. Notable for being a flyer that can also fight things with its claws, the Heldrake is a unit that will mostly disappoint you, largely because its rules just dont seem like they were written by someone who understood what it means to make something an AIRCRAFT. This is pretty solid, and helps a unit that otherwise just doesnt have enough damage output. Each time a model in that unit makes a ranged attack, re-roll a hit roll of 1 and the target does not receive the benefits of cover against that attack. Bell of Lost Souls℗ is a registered trademark of While well cover Abaddons impact on Black Legion armies in the legion article for them (spoiler: Hes a must-take), when Abaddon is your Warlord (and he must be if you include him), then he gains the AGENT OF CHAOS keyword, allowing you to mix him with other legions and armies in the Supreme Command Detachment. Were also. Raptors generally show up as 5-man squads in Creations of Bile when they see competitive play, showing up as small squads that can do actions and annoy opponents. If you do so, they can arrive in the Reinforcements step anywhere on the battlefield more than 9 away from any enemy models. So how do you want to load these guys out? They make wonderful backfield objective holders if they can stay out of line of sight, they raise banners just as well as more expensive units, they make wonderful screens, and theyre garbage enough that shooting them will almost certainly be a waste of bullets for your opponent. There are quite a few chaos space marines changes, though most of these aren't as impactful as you'd expect, merely rolling in weapon options into models' base costs. On most tables your Executioners can act as reliable backfield objective holders and still be a potent threat. able to push out a crazy number of bolter shots, Chaos Bikers can make a great addition to an army as a mobile fire base capable of putting out heavy volumes of mid-range, mid-strength shooting. As always, a guide like this represents a time and place. Chaos Space Marine armies have access to a large variety of subfactions, each with their own special rules called Legion Traits. Ah, the mighty Chaos Cultist. On top of this, its lascannons have been replaced with twin soulshatter lascannons, which do D6+2 damage, making them much more consistent and useful. He and his Black Legion make the core of the blade forever pointed at the throat of humanity, and many Black Crusades have spilled forth from the Eye of Terror to bring ruin to the Imperium under Abaddons banner. The upside to this is that more units in your army now have access to this Discipline, thanks to Malefic Tomes in squads of Legionaires. Though they lack the Objective Secured rule that Scarabs and Blightlords/Deathshrouds get, they have a host of other buffs they can take that make up for this. giving them a 5+ feel no pain on top of 2+ save and -1 to wound. The Legion Trait rules apply to all of your units (with the exceptions listed above), not just your INFANTRY, HELBRUTES, and BIKERS, as used to be the case. Blessed by Slaanesh, he has unnatural abilities at his beck and call, and, even though he has been slain many times, he always returns, emerging from the skin of the victor like a parasite. Chaos itself has existed in the setting as long as sentient beings have drawn breath, but for Chaos Space Marines we have to look instead to three select individuals: the Emperor, WarmasterHorus Lupercal, and Lorgar, Primarch of the Word Bearers legion. For example, if you run Mortarion in a Supreme Command detachment alongside a unit of Iron Warriors, your Iron Warriors will lose their Legion trait and no longer ignore cover or turn off Wound rerolls. Generally speaking you want to give your Terminators the Mark of Slaanesh, as the ability to fight first makes them a nightmare to charge and get stuck in with, and the Mark of Nurgle doesnt stack with the Black Rune. Its otherwise a bit too easy for an opponent to keep away from your characters to deny you VP otherwise even though Abaddon is a beater, hes only an infantry model with a 6 move, and a clever opponent can keep away from him, or throw their model away against a non-character target if they have to. Free shipping for many products! If you beat the units toughness, one model in the unit is destroyed. The latter ability is a pretty cool plus, and can give you some real value on the likes of a Decimator, Leviathan, or Land Raider. As an added bonus, whenever it rolls an unmodified hit roll of 6, it just does 2 mortal wounds and the sequence ends. If youre taking one, going double Grav with volkite chest guns is probably the play, but be warned that your dreadnought is super vulnerable to charges since its depending on double blast weapons. The Lord of Skulls is like a less mobile knight that trades access to Chaos Knight Stratagems and rules for the and DAEMON ENGINE KEYWORDS. Last update was at 2020/10/06 15:14:43, This message was edited 1 time. If you roll a 10+ to cast, roll 6D6 instead. Each mark confers certain abilities on the unit, based on the mark and their equipment. These aren't bad choices, but they aren't without issues. If you've been scammed I suggest reporting it to the police. || Tabletop Spotlight, Warhammer 40K: New Marine Weapon Profiles Confirmed. Pick a CORE, DAEMONKIN, or CHARACTER unit within 18. But the only thing that really matters here is that extra wound they are going to get. This baffling rule prevents you from overdoing it on Cultists, a thing no one is worried about. Also PA was a scam. Compare this to the Iron Warriors, who strip opponents of cover bonuses when attacking, and can mitigate incoming attacks Armour Piercing effects, and you begin to see just how differently each Legion now plays. Hes often the perfect caster for Psychic Interrogation or Warp Ritual, as giving up his cast is a lot less of a problem than giving up two or three casts with the Master of Possession. If theres a downside to Abaddon, its that hes a single model with a 6 move, and as such isnt particularly mobile himself, especially when compared to many of the other melee threats in the army. Just curious what everyone thinks will change, go and be new in thr new codex. In those armies theyre typically taken as units of 5 with a Blastmaster and chainswords on the rest, or potentially a power fist on the champion. After many lifetimes fighting in the eternal war, countless losses (including his much beloved friend Argel Tal), and seeing his Primarch, Angron, become a Daemon Prince, Khrn has descended into a rage that will never end. But now with an extra wound each, its going to take twice as many shots while they get to hit you again and again. Note that a unit with the CULTISTS or LEGIONAIRES keyword can only take the first three powers in this list, which will typically means youre taking a single unit with Prescience to get access to that power. rule now, which has you roll 2D6 each time the bearer is selected to fight. Stupid good. This lil daemon engine comes with S/T 7, 9 wounds, and 6 attacks base, and a solid damage profile, both ranged with its pair of 2-damage excruciator cannons, and in melee. This is probably the best of the Chaos Space Marine secondary objectives and even at its best its just so-so. If you didnt see the news, Space Marines of all varieties are going up to two wounds. The first applies to flamers, giving a +2 to the result when determining how many of those auto-hitting flame attacks are made. Score 2 VP if you control any objective markers that were controlled by your opponent at the start of the turn and a TRAITORIS ASTARTES unit from your army is within range of any of those objective markers. At 5 attacks each (6 for the champion), Warp Talons boast damage output on par with Berzerkers but lack the ability to take a mark of chaos and instead must get by on the raw power of their datasheet. As a melee monster himself, hes good but not so good that he belongs in every list you may often find, as most Emperors Children and Creations of Bile players have that hes more superfluous. Use in the Fight phase when a TRAITORIS ASTARTES unit from your army fights. Five models with chainswords, the Mark of Khorne, and an Icon. His fall led many other legions to go with him, either manipulated to Chaos side, or drawn through promises of power beyond imagination, more often than not aided by Primarchs simple hatred of the Emperor himself. Considering basically every army gets rerolls to hit or hits on 2s or 3s with their dangerous units, this prayer is a near auto-include for most lists. Pick a friendly CORE, CULTISTS, or CHARACTER unit within 6. Our final recommendation for your starter Chaos Space Marine army is a Chaos Rhino. To the Disco Lords detriment, hes no longer the force multiplier he used to be: His previous +1 to hit aura has been replaced with the ability to give a single VEHICLE +1 to hit in melee for a round, or alternately he can curse a vehicle, hitting an enemy vehicle for a few mortal wounds. Pick a visible enemy unit within 18 and roll 3D6. nasty enough to put a dent in some targets. If this unit has the ICON keyword, each time a model in this unit makes a ranged attack, improve the AP of that attack by 1. The other fun option is giving them a pair of claws and hellflamers. Most 1W Marines go up 3 for the 2nd wound; Terminators went up 2 (or less, but treat it as 2) for the 3rd wound; Bikes went up 5. We include affiliate links in articles. Abaddon comes with three Warlord Traits, most of which make him nastier in melee if hes not boosting Black Legion units, and his Despoiler aura gives nearby CHAOS CORE units +1 to charges and re-roll hit rolls of 1. Until the end of the phase, that unit gets +1 to its wound rolls. Chaos Space Marines have access to some great character options in the form of Daemon Princes, Lords Discordant, Dark Apostles, and Sorcerers, to name a few. This is a very good ability to have, and helps dramatically improve your damage output by helping you score additional hits. That said hes perfectly capable of raising banners, and thats half his value in some of the Chaos Knights lists he showed up in alongside Abaddon. 2 wound models with Disgustingly Resilient? Pick a TZEENTCH unit in your army that isnt within Engagement Range of enemy units, then pick an enemy unit that is within 12 of that unit and was set up as reinforcements this turn. This costs 1 CP if the units fighting the enemy unit are all CULTISTS. Until the end of the phase, each time they make a melee attack, an unmodified hit roll of 6 automatically wounds the target. For more on using them in those legions, see the relevant armies in each Start Competing article on that legion. In addition, Psykers who take a mark get a free power related to the mark and those powers are pretty good. He comes with a Thunder Hammer and a plasma pistol by default and has no real value aside from being the cheapest possible way to get a re-roll 1s to hit aura for your CORE units. You can find more on the math behind the marks and how they affect play in our Hammer of Math article on the topic. You can swap out the gorestorm for an ichor or daemongore cannon, while the hades gatling cannon can be swapped for a skullhurler. And at 65 points, this guy is. Your Tzeentch unit can shoot that unit as though it were your shooting phase, provided it is an eligible target. Free delivery for many products. The Emperor of Mankind is responsible for creating all Space Marines and their genetic fathers, the Primarchs, so will always be partially behind the creation of Chaos Space Marines. Giving Terminators T5 is great, and giving a Land Raider T10 is hilarious. to ensure that youre wounding your targets on a 2+/3+ with multiple units in your army on the same turn. And in this upcoming codex, Chaos Space Marine Legionaries are getting rules to . They arent terrible, but youre paying for them to be OK at two things and in reality youd just prefer it if they were better at one. Khrn the Betrayer wasnt always known as the Betrayer. What remains is a bunch of resin tanks that arent worth your time, despite looking very cool. This is going to get you the most play in Night Lords, where you can prevent an opponent from shrugging off your Ld debuffs by just using the strat, though they can still just roll a regular 1. take a Mark of Chaos for one of the four Chaos Gods, giving him +1 Strength and attack if you Khorne or making him a Psyker if you take one of the others. Alternatively you can try and pad out a detachment with cheaper options like the Kytan or the Brass Scorpion but more than likely youre better off going Chaos Knights if you want to take that many big machines. Credit: Liebot https://instagram.com/liebot_pics, A unit of Chaos Space Marines can include a Chaos Daemons (LEGIONES DAEMONICA) Detachment without losing army-wide rules if the total PL of the Daemons Detachment is not more than 25% of the armys total PL (which will be around 100 in 2,000-point games). On top of that he can intervene 6 and re-rolls wound rolls against characters. On the other side of things, Masters of Possession have access to the. The Mark of Slaanesh is just really, really good. The third walking Lord of War for Chaos Space Marines, the Brass Scorpion is a bit more of a melee threat than most, with a pair of hellcrusher claws that do flat 6 damage (2 on the sweep) and 6 attacks base. What was your favorite reveal from the AdeptiCon Livestream? Once your unit gets out, the Dreadclaw can still be a menace in its own right. And now with two wounds they are going to last even longer vs small arms fire. Unlike many Chaos Space Marines, Abaddon the Despoiler doesnt truly believe in Chaos; he is motivated purely by his great hatred for the Emperor and all those loyal to Him. There are six Prayers to the Dark Gods you can choose from in addition to Dark Zealotry, plus four more for the Chaos Gods which your PRIEST unit will know for free if they have the appropriate mark. This allowed the box to contain two sets of human-style titans, with one set belonging to the traitorous forces of Horus and his heresy. This message was edited 1 time. Each time an attack is made against that unit an unmodified 1-3 on the hit roll automatically fails, irrespective of any abilities that weapon or model may have, and the attacks hit roll cant be re-rolled. Note that the November 2021 Balance Dataslate limits you to two Flyers in a 2,000 point army. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Warhammer 40K Chaos Space Marine Spare Bits at the best online prices at eBay! A bigger, meaner version of the Dreadclaw, but can carry up to 20 INFANTRY models instead (or one helbrute or chaos dreadnought), and mounts the equivalent of 10 missile launchers for some reason. He comes with a power fist and a bolt pistol, and his Forward, for the Dark Gods! One of those is probably a Master of Possession, and you wont be fighting with him, which leaves at most 2-4 characters to work with. When Horus fell, it was a time of great despair for all Chaos Space Marines and none felt that despair more keenly than his own legion, the Sons of Horus. On the whole, the Lord Discordant is still one of the armys best units, and has gotten better thanks to now being 9 wounds and protectable with Look Out, Sir. Pick a TRAITORIS ASTARTES NURGLE unit in your army. Use in the Shooting or Fight phase when a TRAITORIS ASTARTES SLAANESH unit shoots or fights. 'No plan survives contact with the enemy. His 12 move gives him a ton of mobility, and as soon as you give him the ability to Advance and charge he can cover insane amounts of ground and even attempt turn 1 charges if you want to play hyper-aggressively. Based strictly on the old Aspiring Champion plastic model from the 7th edition version of the Dark Vengeance starter kit, the Exalted Champion comes with an exalted power axe, a combi-melta, and an aura to re-roll wound rolls of 1 for nearby units, making him more like the space marine Lieutenants he resembles. Use in your opponents Shooting phase or the Fight phase, when a DAEMON ENGINE model is targeted for an attack. At the end of the game you score 2 VP if your tally is 1, 5 if its 2, 9 if its 3, and 14 if its 4. Sure, sure, theyve gotten a few kits butwheres the codex at? Pick an enemy unit within 12 and it cant use any invulnerable saves until your next Psychic phase. These guys are still pretty dependable in the 9th edition codex, though how they work has fundamentally changed. Auto-wounding is, powerful, and so you want to use this on something that has solid damage and AP but otherwise mediocre strength. Bikers are at their best in Creations of Bile, where being S5 and fighting on death makes them an incredible harassment unit, but they can be relatively scary in any one of Red Corsairs/Black Legion/Creations Of Bile or with the Mark Of Slaanesh, where the ability to Advance and Charge gives them easy turn 1 charges off a 20 move. A hobbyist, player, and collector of miniatures and games, Adam's current obsession are his Death Armies for Age of Sigmar, his Blood Angels and Tyranids for 40k, and his ever growing Arkham Horror: The Card Game Collection. If youre taking a unit of these, its for the warpflamers, either in 5 or 10, depending on how you want to use them. Well talk more about these units in their respective sections. If nothing more shaming a retailer by marking complaints with the support of consumer rights organisation like an ombudsman can yield results. Most of the time you take a Balefire Tome, this is the power youre taking. You also want to give one a Cyclone missile launcher if youre taking one to maximize its output. Just think how durable that will make units like Rubric Marines or Plague Marines.. The Long War can be OK, but generally is only decent if youre going second and able to reliably score by taking an opponent off an objective. Theyre all solid and free once youve paid the points/Power Level to upgrade that psyker with the relevant Mark. This means that they can benefit from Let the Galaxy Burn to get +2 shots each, giving a unit of five models 5D6+10 shots whenever they light up an enemy unit. Note that Noise Marines come with the Mark of Slaanesh built into their points cost, so you dont need to pay additional points for their mark. Specifically, the Black Rune of Damnation, a relic which can be given to the squad champion with the Trophies of the Long War Stratagem. Lets meet the gang. If you disable this cookie, we will not be able to save your preferences. Ability helps nearby Traitor Guardsmen units automatically pass Combat Attrition tests, which isnt particularly valuable given they only come in units of 10. This is a unit that can reliably hold the middle of the table with support from a Master of Possession and can brawl with most of the games major threats. Good stuff. Generally speaking, this isnt bad. The CSM Land Raider comes with the same 2+ save, but has Toughness 9, making it considerably tougher to crack. The Imperium noticed and, after a vicious war known as the Badab War, Huron Blackheart and the Red Corsairs were ousted. These returned models cant be set up within Engagement Range of enemy units, unless those units are already within Engagement Range of the unit. Note that you cannot replace the keyword with DEATH GUARD or THOUSAND SONS unless youre working with Forge World units from Imperial Armour Compendium. 998.M41. Each time you complete this action pick one of the Chaos gods to dedicate the table quarter to (if the unit is marked they have to pick their mark god). Theres an open question as to whether you can use this to chant a prayer the Priest doesnt know; Im of the mind that this is unintended, but some TOs allow it. Note that CULTIST units can only know the first three prayers on the list, i.e. A purely melee-focused daemon engine, the Maulerfiend offers a fast (10 move) vehicle platform that can put out a scary number of attacks in melee when equipped with Lasher Tendrils, and its Maulerfiend fists are capable of doing real damage at S14 and D3+3 damage. You can only make one attack, you get +1 to hit, and if you hit you do 2D3 mortal wounds and the attack sequence ends. 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