1st Company Task Force
Detachment Rules
Extremis-level Threat
Once per battle, in your Command phase, you can use this ability. If you do, until the start of your next Command phase, each time a model from your army with the Oath of Moment ability makes an attack that targets your Oath of Moment target, you can re-roll the Wound roll as well.
The 1st Company’s veterans have fought at the forefront of their Chapter’s wars for many mortal lifespans. Experience has taught them to identify the foe’s lethal threats and to lead their battle-brothers to purge them from existence.
Stratagems
Armour of Contempt
When: Your opponent’s Shooting phase or the Fight phase, just after an enemy unit has selected its targets.
Target: One ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit from your army that was selected as the target of one or more of the attacking unit’s attacks.
Effect: Until the attacking unit has finished making its attacks, each time an attack targets your unit, worsen the Armour Penetration characteristic of that attack by 1.
Heroes of the Chapter
When: Your Shooting phase or the Fight phase.
Target: One ADEPTUS ASTARTES TERMINATOR, BLADEGUARD VETERAN SQUAD, STERNGUARD VETERAN SQUAD or VANGUARD VETERAN SQUAD unit from your army that has not been selected to shoot or fight this phase.
Effect: Until the end of the phase, each time a model in your unit makes an attack, add 1 to the Hit roll. If your unit is Below Half-strength, add 1 to the Wound roll as well.
Terrifying Proficiency
When: Your Fight phase.
Target: One ADEPTUS ASTARTES TERMINATOR, BLADEGUARD VETERAN SQUAD, STERNGUARD VETERAN SQUAD or VANGUARD VETERAN SQUAD unit from your army that made a Charge move this turn and destroyed one or more enemy units this phase.
Effect: In your opponent’s next Command phase, each enemy unit within 6" of your unit must take a Battle-shock test. If the unit taking that test is Below Half-strength, subtract 1 from that test. Enemy units affected by this Stratagem do not need to take any other Battle-shock tests in the same phase.
Duty and Honour
When: Your Movement phase.
Target: One ADEPTUS ASTARTES TERMINATOR, BLADEGUARD VETERAN SQUAD, STERNGUARD VETERAN SQUAD or VANGUARD VETERAN SQUAD unit from your army within range of an objective marker you control.
Effect: That objective marker remains under your control until your opponent’s Level of Control over that objective marker is greater than yours at the end of a phase.
Orbital Teleportarium
When: End of your opponent’s Fight phase.
Target: One ADEPTUS ASTARTES TERMINATOR unit from your army.
Effect: Remove your unit from the battlefield and place it into Strategic Reserves. It will arrive back on the battlefield in the Reinforcements step of your next Movement phase using the Deep Strike ability.
Restrictions: You cannot select a unit that is within Engagement Range of one or more enemy units.
Legendary Fortitude
When: Your opponent’s Charge phase, just after an enemy unit ends a Charge move.
Target: One ADEPTUS ASTARTES TERMINATOR, BLADEGUARD VETERAN SQUAD, STERNGUARD VETERAN SQUAD or VANGUARD VETERAN SQUAD unit from your army within Engagement Range of that enemy unit.
Effect: Until the end of the turn, each time an attack is allocated to a model in your unit, subtract 1 from the Damage characteristic of that attack.
Enhancements
The Imperium’s Sword — 25 pts
ADEPTUS ASTARTES model only. Add 1 to the Attacks characteristic of the bearer’s melee weapons. Once per battle, at the start of any phase, the bearer can use this Enhancement. If it does, until the end of the phase, add 1 to the Attacks characteristic of melee weapons equipped by all other models in the bearer’s unit as well.
Fear Made Manifest (Aura) — 30 pts
ADEPTUS ASTARTES model only. While an enemy unit (excluding MONSTERS and VEHICLES) is within 6" of the bearer, each time that unit fails a Battle-shock test, one model in that unit is destroyed (chosen by its controlling player). Once per battle, when such an enemy unit fails a Battle-shock test, you can choose for D3 models in that unit to be destroyed in this way instead.
Rites of War — 10 pts
ADEPTUS ASTARTES TERMINATOR model only. Improve the Objective Control characteristic of the bearer by 1. Once per battle, at the start of any phase, the bearer can use this Enhancement. If it does, until the end of the phase, add 1 to the Objective Control characteristic of all other models in the bearer’s unit as well.
Iron Resolve — 15 pts
ADEPTUS ASTARTES TERMINATOR model only. The bearer has the Feel No Pain 5+ ability. Once per battle, after the bearer’s unit is selected as the target of one or more attacks, the bearer can use this Enhancement. If it does, until the end of the phase, models in the bearer’s unit have the Feel No Pain 5+ ability.
Anvil Siege Force
Detachment Rules
Shield of the Imperium
Ranged weapons equipped by ADEPTUS ASTARTES models from your army have the [HEAVY] ability. If such a weapon already has this ability, each time an attack is made with that weapon, if the attacking model’s unit Remained Stationary this turn, add 1 to the Wound roll.
Across blood-drenched battlefields, within towering citadels and isolated orbital stations, the Angels of Death throw back tides of traitors, mutants, xenos and heretics, and purge enemy holdings of foes thanks to their disciplined strategies and fighting skills. All who oppose them are met with volleys of deadly accurate firepower long before they reach the battle-brothers’ razor-sharp blades.
Stratagems
Armour of Contempt
When: Your opponent’s Shooting phase or the Fight phase, just after an enemy unit has selected its targets.
Target: One ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit from your army that was selected as the target of one or more of the attacking unit’s attacks.
Effect: Until the attacking unit has finished making its attacks, each time an attack targets your unit, worsen the Armour Penetration characteristic of that attack by 1.
Rigid Discipline
When: End of the Fight phase.
Target: One ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit from your army that is within Engagement Range of one or more enemy units.
Effect: Your unit can immediately make a Fall Back move of up to 6".
Restrictions: When making that move, your unit must end that move either wholly within your deployment zone or within range of an objective marker.
Not One Backwards Step
When: Your Command phase.
Target: One ADEPTUS ASTARTES INFANTRY unit from your army within range of an objective marker.
Effect: Until the end of the turn, double the Objective Control characteristic of models in your unit, but it must Remain Stationary this turn.
No Threat Too Great
When: Your Shooting phase.
Target: One ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit from your army that has not been selected to shoot this phase.
Effect: Until the end of the phase, each time a model in your unit makes a ranged attack that targets a MONSTER or VEHICLE unit, you can re-roll the Wound roll.
Battle Drill Recall
When: Your Shooting phase.
Target: One ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit from your army that has not been selected to shoot this phase.
Effect: Until the end of the phase, ranged weapons equipped by models in your unit have the [SUSTAINED HITS 1] ability. If your unit Remained Stationary this turn, then until the end of the phase, each time a model in your unit makes a ranged attack, a successful unmodified Hit roll of 5+ scores a Critical Hit.
Hail of Vengeance
When: Your opponent’s Shooting phase, just after an enemy unit has resolved its attacks.
Target: One ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit from your army that had one or more of its models destroyed as a result of the attacking unit’s attacks.
Effect: Your unit can shoot as if it were your Shooting phase, but must target only that enemy unit when doing so, and can only do so if that enemy unit is an eligible target.
Enhancements
Indomitable Fury — 20 pts
GRAVIS model only. The first time the bearer is destroyed, roll one D6 at the end of the phase. On a 2+, set the bearer back up on the battlefield, as close as possible to where it was destroyed and not within Engagement Range of any enemy units, with its full wounds remaining.
Fleet Commander — 15 pts
CAPTAIN model only. Once per battle, at the start of your Shooting phase, you can select one point on the battlefield and place a marker on that point. At the start of your next Shooting phase, place another marker on the battlefield within 12" of the centre of the first marker, then draw a straight line between the centre of each of these markers. Roll one D6 for each unit that line passes over or through: on a 3+, that unit suffers D3 mortal wounds. Both markers are then removed.
Stoic Defender — 15 pts
ADEPTUS ASTARTES model only. While the bearer is leading a unit, models in that unit have the Feel No Pain 6+ ability while they are within range of an objective marker you control and, while that unit is Battle-shocked, halve the Objective Control characteristic of models in that unit instead of changing it to 0.
Architect of War — 25 pts
ADEPTUS ASTARTES model only. While the bearer is leading a unit, ranged weapons equipped by models in that unit have the [IGNORES COVER] ability.
Champions of Fenris
Detachment Rules
The Great Wolf Watches
At the end of your opponent’s Charge phase, each ADEPTUS ASTARTES INFANTRY and ADEPTUS ASTARTES WALKER unit from your army that is within 3" of one or more enemy units and would be eligible to declare a charge against one or more of those units can declare a charge against one or more of those units, and you resolve that charge as if it were your Charge phase. If that charge is successful, your unit does not receive any Charge bonus this turn.
While ADEPTUS ASTARTES TERMINATOR units from your army are not Battle‑shocked, add 1 to the Objective Control characteristic of models in those units.
The battle‑brothers of this Great Company know what their lord expects of them and would rather die a thousand deaths than be found wanting in Grimnar’s eyes.
Stratagems
Preytaker’s Eye
When: Your Shooting phase or the Fight phase.
Target: One ADEPTUS ASTARTES INFANTRY unit from your army that has not been selected to shoot or fight this phase.
Effect: Select either the [LETHAL HITS] or [SUSTAINED HITS 1] abilities. Until the end of the phase, weapons equipped by models in your unit have that ability.
Armour of Contempt
When: Your opponent’s Shooting phase or the Fight phase, just after an enemy unit has selected its targets.
Target: One ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit from your army that was selected as the target of one or more of the attacking unit’s attacks.
Effect: Until the attacking unit has finished making its attacks, each time an attack targets your unit, worsen the Armour Penetration characteristic of that attack by 1.
Runes of Claiming
When: End of your Command phase.
Target: One ADEPTUS ASTARTES INFANTRY or ADEPTUS ASTARTES WALKER unit from your army.
Effect: Select one objective marker you control that your unit is within range of. That objective marker remains under your control until your opponent’s Level of Control over that objective marker is greater than yours at the end of a phase.
Chilling Howl
When: Your opponent’s Command phase.
Target: One ADEPTUS ASTARTES TERMINATOR unit from your army.
Effect: Each enemy unit within 6" of your unit must take a Battle‑shock test, subtracting 1 from that test if that unit is Below Half‑strength.
Stalking Wolves
When: Your opponent’s Shooting phase, just after an enemy unit has selected its targets.
Target: One ADEPTUS ASTARTES INFANTRY unit from your army that was selected as the target of one or more of the attacking unit’s attacks.
Effect: Until the end of the phase, models in your unit have the Stealth ability.
Onrushing Storm
When: End of your opponent’s Fight phase.
Target: One ADEPTUS ASTARTES TERMINATOR unit from your army that is not within Engagement Range of one or more enemy units.
Effect: Remove your unit from the battlefield and place it into Strategic Reserves.
Enhancements
Wolves’ Wisdom — 30 pts
ADEPTUS ASTARTES INFANTRY model only. The bearer’s unit can declare a charge against one or more units within 6" instead of within 3" when using The Great Wolf Watches Detachment rule.
Foes’ Fate — 15 pts
ADEPTUS ASTARTES TERMINATOR model only. Each time an enemy unit (excluding MONSTERS and VEHICLES) within Engagement Range of the bearer’s unit Falls Back, all models in that enemy unit must take Desperate Escape tests. When doing so, if that enemy unit is Battle‑shocked, subtract 1 from each of those tests.
Fangrune Pendant — 15 pts
ADEPTUS ASTARTES TERMINATOR model only. The bearer’s unit is eligible to shoot and declare a charge in a turn in which it Fell Back.
Longstrider — 20 pts
ADEPTUS ASTARTES model only. You can re‑roll Charge rolls made for the bearer’s unit.
Firestorm Assault Force
Detachment Rules
Close-range Eradication
Ranged weapons equipped by ADEPTUS ASTARTES models from your army have the [ASSAULT] ability, and each time an attack made with such a weapon targets a unit within 12", add 1 to the Strength characteristic of that attack.
The Space Marines are the Emperor’s finest shock troops, striking at the foe before they can react. In their rapid, mechanised assaults, Space Marines smash aside the enemy, destroying them at close quarters without mercy.
Stratagems
Armour of Contempt
When: Your opponent’s Shooting phase or the Fight phase, just after an enemy unit has selected its targets.
Target: One ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit from your army that was selected as the target of one or more of the attacking unit’s attacks.
Effect: Until the attacking unit has finished making its attacks, each time an attack targets your unit, worsen the Armour Penetration characteristic of that attack by 1.
Crucible of Battle
When: Your Shooting phase or the Fight phase.
Target: One ADEPTUS ASTARTES INFANTRY unit from your army that has not been selected to shoot or fight this phase.
Effect: Until the end of the phase, each time a model in your unit makes an attack that targets the closest eligible target within 6", add 1 to the Wound roll.
Rapid Embarkation
When: End of the Fight phase.
Target: One ADEPTUS ASTARTES TRANSPORT unit from your army that has no models embarked within it, and one ADEPTUS ASTARTES INFANTRY unit from your army wholly within 6" of that TRANSPORT.
Effect: Your Infantry unit can embark within that TRANSPORT.
Restrictions: You cannot target an INFANTRY unit that is within Engagement Range of one or more enemy units, that cannot normally embark within that TRANSPORT, or that disembarked from a TRANSPORT this turn.
Immolation Protocols
When: Your Shooting phase.
Target: One ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit from your army that has not been selected to shoot this phase.
Effect: Until the end of the phase, Torrent weapons equipped by models in that unit have the [DEVASTATING WOUNDS] ability.
Onslaught of Fire
When: Your Shooting phase.
Target: One ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit from your army that disembarked from a TRANSPORT this turn and has not been selected to shoot this phase.
Effect: Until the end of the phase, each time a model in your unit makes a ranged attack that targets the closest eligible target within 12", add 1 to the Hit roll. If one or more enemy models are destroyed as the result of any of those attacks, select one of those destroyed models; that destroyed model’s unit must take a Battle-shock test.
Burning Vengeance
When: Your opponent’s Shooting phase, just after an enemy unit has resolved its attacks.
Target: One ADEPTUS ASTARTES TRANSPORT unit from your army that was selected as the target of one or more of the attacking unit’s attacks.
Effect: One unit embarked within that TRANSPORT can disembark as if it were your Movement phase, and can then shoot as if it were your Shooting phase, but must target only that enemy unit when doing so, and can only do so if that enemy unit is an eligible target.
Enhancements
Champion of Humanity — 10 pts
TACTICUS model only. While the bearer is leading a unit, models in that unit can ignore any or all modifiers to their characteristics and/or to any roll or test made for them (excluding modifiers to saving throws).
War-tempered Artifice — 25 pts
ADEPTUS ASTARTES INFANTRY model only. Add 3 to the Strength characteristic of the bearer’s melee weapons.
Forged in Battle — 15 pts
ADEPTUS ASTARTES model only. While the bearer is leading a unit, once per turn, after making a Hit roll or a saving throw for a model in that unit, you can change the result of that roll to an unmodified 6.
Adamantine Mantle — 20 pts
ADEPTUS ASTARTES model only. Each time an attack is allocated to the bearer, subtract 1 from the Damage characteristic of that attack. If that attack was made with a Melta or Torrent weapon, change the Damage characteristic of that attack to 1 instead.
Gladius Task Force
Detachment Rules
Combat Doctrines
At the start of your Command phase, you can select one of the Combat Doctrines listed below. Until the start of your next Command phase, that Combat Doctrine is active and its effects apply to all ADEPTUS ASTARTES units from your army. You can only select each Combat Doctrine once per battle.
The Codex Astartes has proven its worth as a treatise on warfare over countless battlefields across ten thousand years. Many Space Marines hold its wisdom in awe, and exemplify its teachings, employing a flexible set of combat doctrines to eliminate their enemy.
DEVASTATOR DOCTRINE
This unit is eligible to shoot in a turn in which it Advanced.
The Codex Astartes details the strategic value of overwhelming firepower applied to key targets while advancing into position to eliminate threats.
TACTICAL DOCTRINE
This unit is eligible to shoot and declare a charge in a turn in which it Fell Back.
As armies close upon one another and vicious firefights erupt, the Codex lays out strategies for seizing the initiative and combining versatility with firepower.
ASSAULT DOCTRINE
This unit is eligible to declare a charge in a turn in which it Advanced.
The Codex Astartes leaves no doubt that the killing blow in most engagements must be delivered with a decisive close-quarters strike. It presents plentiful tactical means to achieve this end.
Stratagems
Armour of Contempt
When: Your opponent’s Shooting phase or the Fight phase, just after an enemy unit has selected its targets.
Target: One ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit from your army that was selected as the target of one or more of the attacking unit’s attacks.
Effect: Until the attacking unit has finished making its attacks, each time an attack targets your unit, worsen the Armour Penetration characteristic of that attack by 1.
Only in Death Does Duty End
When: Fight phase, just after an enemy unit has selected its targets.
Target: One ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit from your army that was selected as the target of one or more of the attacking unit’s attacks.
Effect: Until the end of the phase, each time a model in your unit is destroyed, if that model has not fought this phase, do not remove it from play. The destroyed model can fight after the attacking model’s unit has finished making its attacks, and is then removed from play.
Honour the Chapter
When: Fight phase.
Target: One ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit from your army.
Effect: Until the end of the phase, melee weapons equipped by models in your unit have the [LANCE] ability. If your unit is under the effects of the Assault Doctrine, until the end of the phase, improve the Armour Penetration characteristic of such weapons by 1 as well.
Adaptive Strategy
When: Your Command phase.
Target: One ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit from your army.
Effect: Select the Devastator Doctrine, Tactical Doctrine or Assault Doctrine. Until the start of your next Command phase, that Combat Doctrine is active for that unit instead of any other Combat Doctrine that is active for your army, even if you have already selected that Combat Doctrine this battle.
Storm of Fire
When: Your Shooting phase.
Target: One ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit from your army that has not been selected to shoot this phase.
Effect: Until the end of the phase, ranged weapons equipped by models in your unit have the [IGNORES COVER] ability. If your unit is under the effects of the Devastator Doctrine, until the end of the phase, improve the Armour Penetration characteristic of such weapons by 1 as well.
Squad Tactics
When: Your opponent’s Movement phase, just after an enemy unit ends a Normal, Advance or Fall Back move.
Target: One ADEPTUS ASTARTES INFANTRY or ADEPTUS ASTARTES MOUNTED unit from your army that is within 9" of the enemy unit that just ended that move.
Effect: Your unit can make a Normal move of up to D6", or a Normal move of up to 6" instead if it is under the effects of the Tactical Doctrine.
Restrictions: You cannot select a unit that is within Engagement Range of one or more enemy units.
Enhancements
Artificer Armour — 10 pts
ADEPTUS ASTARTES model only. The bearer has a Save characteristic of 2+ and the Feel No Pain 5+ ability.
The Honour Vehement — 15 pts
ADEPTUS ASTARTES model only. Add 1 to the Attacks and Strength characteristics of the bearer’s melee weapons. While the bearer is under the effects of the Assault Doctrine, add 2 to the Attacks and Strength characteristics of the bearer’s melee weapons instead.
Adept of the Codex — 20 pts
CAPTAIN model only. At the start of your Command phase, if the bearer is on the battlefield, instead of selecting a Combat Doctrine to be active for your army, you can select the Tactical Doctrine. If you do, until the start of your next Command phase, that Combat Doctrine is active for the bearer’s unit only, even if you have already selected that Combat Doctrine to be active for your army this battle.
Fire Discipline — 25 pts
ADEPTUS ASTARTES model only. While the bearer is leading a unit, ranged weapons equipped by models in that unit have the [SUSTAINED HITS 1] ability. In addition, while the bearer’s unit is under the effects of the Devastator Doctrine, you can re-roll Advance rolls made for that unit.
Ironstorm Spearhead
Detachment Rules
Armoured Wrath
Once per phase for each ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit in your army, you can re-roll one Hit roll, one Wound roll or one Damage roll made for a model in that unit.
An Ironstorm Spearhead’s commanders guide their assault with pre-cogitated fire solutions, cycling data-gheist inloads and whispered binharic auguries. These ensure their warriors, and the belligerent machine spirits inhabiting their war engines, deliver their fire with inescapable accuracy.
Stratagems
Unbowed Conviction
When: Command phase.
Target: One ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit from your army that is below its Starting Strength.
Effect: Until the end of the turn, your unit can ignore any or all modifiers to its characteristics and/or to any roll or test made for it (excluding modifiers to saving throws).
Armour of Contempt
When: Your opponent’s Shooting phase or the Fight phase, just after an enemy unit has selected its targets.
Target: One ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit from your army that was selected as the target of one or more of the attacking unit’s attacks.
Effect: Until the attacking unit has finished making its attacks, each time an attack targets your unit, worsen the Armour Penetration characteristic of that attack by 1.
Mercy Is Weakness
When: Your Shooting phase or the Fight phase.
Target: One ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit from your army that has not been selected to shoot or fight this phase.
Effect: Until the end of the phase, each time a model in your unit makes an attack that targets a unit that is below its Starting Strength, that attack has the [SUSTAINED HITS 1] ability, and when making such an attack, if the attacking model is a VEHICLE, a successful unmodified Hit roll of 5+ scores a Critical Hit.
Vengeful Animus
When: Any phase, just after an ADEPTUS ASTARTES VEHICLE model from your army with the Deadly Demise ability is destroyed.
Target: That ADEPTUS ASTARTES VEHICLE model. You can use this Stratagem on that model even though it was just destroyed.
Effect: Do not roll one D6 to determine whether mortal wounds are inflicted by your model’s Deadly Demise ability. Instead, mortal wounds are automatically inflicted.
Ancient Fury
When: Your Command phase.
Target: One ADEPTUS ASTARTES WALKER model from your army.
Effect: Until the start of your next Command phase, improve your model’s Move, Toughness, Leadership and Objective Control characteristics by 1 and each time your model makes an attack, add 1 to the Hit roll.
Power of the Machine Spirit
When: Your opponent’s Shooting phase, just after an enemy unit has resolved its attacks.
Target: One ADEPTUS ASTARTES VEHICLE unit from your army that was reduced to Below Half-strength as a result of the attacking unit’s attacks.
Effect: Your unit can shoot as if it were your Shooting phase, but must target only that enemy unit when doing so, and can only do so if that enemy unit is an eligible target.
Enhancements
Target Augury Web — 30 pts
TECHMARINE model only. In your Command phase, select one ADEPTUS ASTARTES VEHICLE model within 6" of the bearer. Until the start of your next Command phase, weapons equipped by that VEHICLE model have the [LETHAL HITS] ability.
The Flesh Is Weak — 10 pts
ADEPTUS ASTARTES model only. The bearer has the Feel No Pain 4+ ability.
Adept of the Omnissiah — 35 pts
TECHMARINE model only. Once per battle round, when a saving throw is failed for a friendly ADEPTUS ASTARTES VEHICLE model within 6" of the bearer, you can change the Damage characteristic of that attack to 0.
Master of Machine War — 20 pts
ADEPTUS ASTARTES model only. In your Command phase, select one ADEPTUS ASTARTES VEHICLE model within 6" of the bearer. Until the start of your next Command phase, that VEHICLE is eligible to shoot even if it Fell Back or Advanced this turn.
Librarius Conclave
Detachment Rules
Psychic Disciplines
At the start of the battle round, select one of the following Psychic Disciplines. Until the end of the battle round, that Psychic Discipline is active and its effects apply to all ADEPTUS ASTARTES PSYKER units from your army.
Biomancy Discipline
Add 2" to the Move characteristic of models in this unit.
Divination Discipline
Each time a model in this unit makes an attack, re‑roll a Hit roll of 1 and re‑roll a Wound roll of 1.
Pyromancy Discipline
Each time a ranged attack made by a model in this unit targets an enemy unit within 12", improve the Armour Penetration characteristic of that attack by 1.
Telekinesis Discipline
Each time a ranged attack targets this unit, subtract 1 from the Strength characteristic of that attack.
Telepathy Discipline
Each time a model in this unit makes an attack, you can ignore any or all modifiers to that attack’s Weapon Skill or Ballistic Skill characteristics and/or any or all modifiers to the Hit roll.
Librarians spend their lives mastering psychic disciplines, learning how to manipulate the energies of the Immaterium to confound their foes and embolden their battle‐brothers.
Stratagems
Sensory Assault
When: Command phase.
Target: One ADEPTUS ASTARTES PSYKER unit from your army.
Effect: Select one enemy unit that is within 18" of and visible to one PSYKER model in your unit. Until the start of your next turn, that enemy unit is pinned. While a unit is pinned, subtract 2 from that unit’s Move characteristic and subtract 2 from Charge rolls made for it. In addition, if the Telepathy Discipline is active for your army, that enemy unit must take a Battle‑shock test, subtracting 1 from the result.
Armour of Contempt
When: Your opponent’s Shooting phase or the Fight phase, just after an enemy unit has selected its targets.
Target: One ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit from your army that was selected as the target of one or more of the attacking unit’s attacks.
Effect: Until the attacking unit has finished making its attacks, each time an attack targets your unit, worsen the Armour Penetration characteristic of that attack by 1.
Fiery Shield
When: Fight phase, just after an enemy unit has selected its targets.
Target: One ADEPTUS ASTARTES INFANTRY or ADEPTUS ASTARTES MOUNTED unit from your army that is within 18" of one or more friendly ADEPTUS ASTARTES PSYKER models, and that was selected as the target of one or more of the attacking unit’s attacks.
Effect: Until the end of the phase, each time an attack targets your unit, subtract 1 from the Hit roll, and if the Pyromancy Discipline is active for your army, weapons that target your unit have the [HAZARDOUS] ability.
Iron Arm
When: Fight phase.
Target: One ADEPTUS ASTARTES INFANTRY unit from your army that is within 18" of one or more ADEPTUS ASTARTES PSYKER models from your army and has not been selected to Fight this phase.
Effect: Until the end of the phase, add 1 to the Strength characteristic of melee weapons equipped by models in your unit, or add 2 if the Biomancy Discipline is active for your army.
Assail
When: Your Shooting phase.
Target: One ADEPTUS ASTARTES PSYKER unit from your army that is eligible to shoot.
Effect: Select one enemy unit within 18" of and visible to one or more PSYKER models in your unit (excluding units with the Lone Operative ability), and roll six D6, adding 1 to each result if the Telekinesis Discipline is active for your army: for each 4+, that enemy unit suffers 1 mortal wound.
Prescient Precision
When: Your Shooting phase.
Target: One ADEPTUS ASTARTES PSYKER unit from your army that has not been selected to shoot this phase.
Effect: Until the end of the phase, each time a model in your unit makes an attack, that attack has the [LETHAL HITS] ability, and the [IGNORES COVER] ability as well if the Divination Discipline is active for your army.
Enhancements
Prescience — 25 pts
ADEPTUS ASTARTES PSYKER model only (excluding TERMINATOR models). Once per turn, when an enemy unit ends a Normal, Advance or Fall Back move within 9" of the bearer’s unit, the bearer’s unit can make a Normal move of up to D6", or up to 6" instead if the Divination Discipline is active for your army.
Celerity — 30 pts
ADEPTUS ASTARTES PSYKER model only. The bearer’s unit is eligible to declare a charge in a turn in which it Advanced, and if the Biomancy Discipline is active for your army, it is eligible to declare a charge in a turn in which it Fell Back.
Obfuscation — 20 pts
ADEPTUS ASTARTES PSYKER model only. Enemy units cannot use the Fire Overwatch Stratagem to shoot at the bearer’s unit, and if the Telepathy Discipline is active for your army, the bearer’s unit cannot be targeted by ranged attacks unless the attacking model is within 18".
Fusillade — 35 pts
ADEPTUS ASTARTES PSYKER model only. Ranged weapons equipped by models in the bearer’s unit have the [ANTI‑MONSTER 5+] and [ANTI‑VEHICLE 5+] abilities, and:
■ The [SUSTAINED HITS 1] ability if the Pyromancy Discipline is active for your army.
■ Add 6" to the Range characteristic of those weapons if the Telekinesis Discipline is active for your army.
Saga of the Beastslayer
Detachment Rules
Legendary Slayers
Each time an ADEPTUS ASTARTES model from your army makes an attack, if that attack targets a CHARACTER, MONSTER or VEHICLE unit or if your Saga is completed (see below), that attack has the [LETHAL HITS] ability.
Saga of the Beastslayer
At the start of the first battle round, your Beastslayer tally is 0, and you determine your Beastslayer target by halving the number of units from your opponent’s army (including those embarked within TRANSPORTS) that have one or more of the following keywords (rounding up): CHARACTER, MONSTER, VEHICLE.
Each time an ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit from your army shoots or fights, after all of those attacks have been resolved, add 1 to your Beastslayer tally for each enemy unit with one or more of the following keywords destroyed by those attacks: CHARACTER, MONSTER, VEHICLE.
Once your Beastslayer tally is equal to or greater than your Beastslayer target, your Saga is completed.
Some Space Wolves seek only to bring down the most monstrous and deadly foes. With hunting packs of Fenrisian wolves, Thunderwolf Cavalry and rampaging bands of Wulfen, they seek to hunt down and slay mighty champions, towering monstrosities and rumbling war machines, demoralising the foe and earning glorious victories.
Stratagems
Unbridled Ferocity
When: Fight phase.
Target: One SPACE WOLVES unit from your army that has not been selected to fight this phase.
Effect: Until the end of the phase, each time a model in your unit makes an attack, add 1 to the Wound roll.
Shock Cavalry
When: Your Movement phase or your Charge phase.
Target: One THUNDERWOLF CAVALRY unit from your army that has not been selected to move or declared a charge this phase.
Effect: Until the end of the phase, each time a model in your unit makes a Normal, Advance, Fall Back or Charge move, it can move through models (excluding TITANIC models) and sections of terrain features that are 4" or less in height. When doing so, it can move within Engagement Range of enemy models, but unless it is making a Charge move, it cannot end that move within Engagement Range of them.
Pinning Fire
When: Your Shooting phase.
Target: One ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit from your army that has not been selected to shoot this phase.
Effect: Until the end of the phase, after your unit has shot, select one enemy CHARACTER, MONSTER, or VEHICLE unit hit by one or more of those attacks. Until the start of your next Shooting phase, that unit is pinned. While a unit is pinned, subtract 2" from its Move characteristic and subtract 2 from Charge rolls made for it.
Thunderous Pursuit
When: Your opponent’s Movement phase, just after an enemy unit ends a Normal, Advance or Fall Back move.
Target: One ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit from your army that is within 9" of that enemy unit and not within Engagement Range of one or more enemy units.
Effect: Your unit can make a Normal move of up to D6". If your unit has the SPACE WOLVES INFANTRY or THUNDERWOLF CAVALRY keywords, it can make a Normal move of up to 6" instead.
Impetuosity
When: Your opponent’s Shooting phase, just after an enemy unit has selected its targets.
Target: One WULFEN INFANTRY or BLOOD CLAWS unit from your army that was selected as the target of one or more of the attacking unit’s attacks.
Effect: Until the end of the phase, after that enemy unit has shot, if one or more models in your unit were destroyed as a result of those attacks, your unit can make an Impetuous move. To do so, roll one D6: your unit can be moved a number of inches up to the result, but your unit must end that move as close as possible to the closest enemy unit (excluding AIRCRAFT). When doing so, those models can be moved within Engagement Range of that enemy unit.
Coordinated Strike
When: End of your opponent’s Fight phase.
Target: One SPACE WOLVES unit from your army that is wholly within 9" of one or more battlefield edges and not within Engagement Range of one or more enemy units.
Effect: Remove your unit from the battlefield and place it into Strategic Reserves.
Enhancements
Wolf-touched — 15 pts
SPACE WOLVES model only. Add 2" to the Move characteristic of the bearer. In the Declare Battle Formations step, the bearer can be attached to a WULFEN INFANTRY unit.
Hunter’s Guile — 20 pts
ADEPTUS ASTARTES model only. After both players have deployed their armies, select up to three THUNDERWOLF CAVALRY, WULFEN and/or BLOOD CLAWS units from your army and redeploy them. When doing so, you can set those units up in Strategic Reserves if you wish, regardless of how many units are already in Strategic Reserves.
Elder’s Guidance — 20 pts
SPACE WOLVES model only. Once per battle, at the start of the Fight phase, if the bearer is leading a BLOOD CLAWS unit, the bearer can use this Enhancement. If it does, until the end of the phase, improve the Armour Penetration characteristic of melee weapons equipped by models in that unit by 1.
Helm of the Beastslayer — 15 pts
ADEPTUS ASTARTES model only. Each time an attack made by a CHARACTER, MONSTER or VEHICLE model targets the bearer’s unit, reduce the Armour Penetration characteristic of that attack by 1.
Saga of the Bold
Detachment Rules
Heroes All
Each time an ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit from your army is selected to shoot or fight, apply one of the following when resolving those attacks:
- If your Saga is completed (see below), you can re‑roll one Hit roll, one Wound roll and one Damage roll.
- Otherwise, if that unit is a SPACE WOLVES CHARACTER unit, you can re‑roll one Hit roll, one Wound roll or one Damage roll.
Saga of the Bold
Each time a SPACE WOLVES CHARACTER unit from your army does one of the following, that unit achieves that Boast. Once three or more different Boasts have been achieved by units from your army, your Saga is completed.
- Your Hide as a Trophy:** That unit destroys your Oath of Moment target.
- Slay Them All:** That unit destroys your Oath of Moment target, and that is the second Oath of Moment target destroyed by that unit in this battle.
- Overrun Their Position:** At the end of either player’s turn, that unit is wholly within your opponent’s deployment zone.
- Hold the Line:** From the second battle round onwards, at the end of your Command phase, that unit is within range of an objective marker you control that is not within your deployment zone.
Every Space Wolves warrior seeks to forge a saga worthy of retelling.
Stratagems
Inspiring Presence
When: Fight phase.
Target: One ADEPTUS ASTARTES CHARACTER unit from your army that has not been selected to fight this phase.
Effect: Until the end of the phase, melee weapons equipped by models in your unit have the [LETHAL HITS] ability.
Champion’s Guidance
When: Your Shooting phase or the Fight phase.
Target: One SPACE WOLVES CHARACTER unit from your army that has not been selected to shoot or fight this phase.
Effect: Until the end of the phase, each time a model in your unit makes an attack, you can re‑roll the Hit roll.
Birth of a Saga
When: Your Command phase.
Target: One Wolf Guard Headtaker or Wolf Guard Terminator Pack Leader model from your army.
Effect: Until the start of your next Command phase, your model has the CHARACTER keyword.
Designer’s Note: *While in effect, your model’s unit is therefore a* CHARACTER *unit, meaning it can interact with the Heroes All rule (see Detachment Rules section), in addition to other rules that interact with* CHARACTER *units.*
Alpha Strike
When: Your Charge phase.
Target: One ADEPTUS ASTARTES CHARACTER unit from your army.
Effect: Until the end of the phase, your unit is eligible to declare a charge in a turn in which it Advanced.
Heroic Resolve
When: Your opponent’s Shooting phase, just after an enemy unit has selected its targets.
Target: One SPACE WOLVES CHARACTER unit from your army that was selected as the target of one or more of the attacking unit’s attacks.
Effect: Until the end of the phase, each time an attack is allocated to a model in your unit, subtract 1 from the Damage characteristic of that attack.
Countercharge
When: End of your opponent’s Charge phase.
Target: One ADEPTUS ASTARTES CHARACTER unit from your army that is within 6" of one or more enemy units and would be eligible to declare a charge against one or more of those enemy units if it were your Charge phase.
Effect: Your unit now declares a charge that targets only one or more of those enemy units, and you resolve that charge as if it were your Charge phase. Note that even if this charge is successful, your unit does not receive any Charge bonus this turn.
Enhancements
Braggart’s Steel — 20 pts
SPACE WOLVES model only. Add 2 to the Strength characteristic of melee weapons equipped by the bearer. If the bearer’s unit has achieved one or more Boasts, add 1 to the Damage characteristic of those weapons as well.
Skjald — 15 pts
ADEPTUS ASTARTES model only. Each time a SPACE WOLVES CHARACTER unit from your army achieves a Boast, if the bearer is on the battlefield, you gain 1CP.
Hordeslayer — 15 pts
SPACE WOLVES model only. At the start of the Fight phase, if there are more enemy models than friendly models wholly within 6" of the bearer, until the end of the phase, add 2 to the Attacks characteristic of melee weapons equipped by the bearer. If the bearer’s unit has achieved one or more Boasts, add 3 to the Attacks characteristic instead.
Thunderwolf’s Fortitude — 25 pts
ADEPTUS ASTARTES model only. The first time the bearer is destroyed, remove it from play, then, at the end of the phase, roll one D6: on a 2+, set the bearer back up on the battlefield as close as possible to where it was destroyed and not within Engagement Range of one or more enemy units, with 3 wounds remaining.
Saga of the Hunter
Detachment Rules
Pack’s Quarry
Each time a model in a SPACE WOLVES unit from your army makes a melee attack that targets an enemy unit, if that enemy unit is within Engagement Range of one or more other ADEPTUS ASTARTES units from your army, or if the attacking unit contains more models than that enemy unit:
- Add 1 to the Hit roll.
- If your Saga is completed (see below), add 1 to the Wound roll as well.
Saga of the Hunter
At the start of the first battle round, your Quarry tally is 0. Each time an ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit from your army fights, after all of those attacks have been resolved, add 1 to your Quarry tally for each enemy unit destroyed by those attacks.
Once your Quarry tally is equal to or greater than the number shown in the table below (depending on the battle size), your Saga is completed.
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At their Wolf Lord’s command, the Space Wolves advance upon their prey with lupine hunger, singling out the weak and overwhelming the strong with concentrated force and furious aggression.
Stratagems
Envelop and Ensnare
When: Fight phase.
Target: One SPACE WOLVES unit (excluding MONSTERS and VEHICLES) from your army that has not been selected to fight this phase.
Effect: Until the end of the phase, each time a model in your unit makes a Pile‑in or Consolidation move, it can move up to 6" instead of up to 3". When doing so, it does not need to end that move closer to the closest enemy model, provided it ends that move as close as possible to the closest enemy unit.
Territorial Advantage
When: Fight phase, just after an enemy unit is destroyed by an ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit from your army.
Target: That ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit.
Effect: Select one objective marker you control that your unit is within range of. That objective marker remains under your control until your opponent’s Level of Control over that objective marker is greater than yours at the end of a phase.
Overwhelming Onslaught
When: Fight phase, just after an enemy unit has selected its targets.
Target: Two ADEPTUS ASTARTES units from your army within Engagement Range of that enemy unit, or one SPACE WOLVES BEASTS unit from your army within Engagement Range of that enemy unit.
Effect: Until the end of the phase, each time a model in that enemy unit makes an attack, subtract 1 from the Hit roll.
Chosen Prey
When: Your Movement phase, just after a SPACE WOLVES unit from your army Falls Back.
Target: That SPACE WOLVES unit.
Effect: Until the end of the turn, your unit is eligible to shoot and declare a charge in a turn in which it Fell Back.
Bounding Advance
When: Your Movement phase or your Charge phase.
Target: One SPACE WOLVES INFANTRY or SPACE WOLVES BEASTS unit from your army that has not been selected to move or declared a charge this phase.
Effect: Until the end of the phase, each time a model in your unit makes a Normal, Advance, Fall Back or Charge move, it can move through models (excluding TITANIC models). When doing so, it can move within Engagement Range of enemy models, but unless it is making a Charge move, it cannot end that move within Engagement Range of them.
Marked for Destruction
When: Your Shooting phase.
Target: Two ADEPTUS ASTARTES units from your army (excluding BEASTS) that have not been selected to shoot this phase.
Effect: Select one enemy unit visible to both of your units. Until the end of the phase, models in your units can only target that enemy unit (and only if it is an eligible target) and each time a model in one of your units makes an attack, re‑roll a Wound roll of 1.
Enhancements
Swift Hunter — 20 pts
SPACE WOLVES model only. Models in the bearer’s unit have the Scouts 7" ability.
Fenrisian Grit — 15 pts
ADEPTUS ASTARTES model only. The bearer has the Feel No Pain 4+ ability.
Wolf Master — 5 pts
SPACE WOLVES model only. In your Command phase, select one friendly SPACE WOLVES unit within 9" of the bearer. Until the start of your next Command phase, teeth and claws and Tyrnak and Fenrir weapons equipped by models in that unit have the [LETHAL HITS] ability.
Feral Rage — 10 pts
ADEPTUS ASTARTES model only. Add 1 to the Attacks characteristic of melee weapons equipped by the bearer. Each time the bearer ends a Charge move, until the end of the turn, add an additional 1 to the Attacks characteristic of those weapons.
Stormlance Task Force
Detachment Rules
Lightning Assault
ADEPTUS ASTARTES units from your army are eligible to declare a charge in a turn in which they Advanced or Fell Back.
The warriors of a Stormlance Task Force employ high-speed tactics and hit-and-run warfare. They do battle on the move, wrong-footing their enemies with breakneck manoeuvres and melting away one moment only to crash home like a thunderbolt the next.
Stratagems
Armour of Contempt
When: Your opponent’s Shooting phase or the Fight phase, just after an enemy unit has selected its targets.
Target: One ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit from your army that was selected as the target of one or more of the attacking unit’s attacks.
Effect: Until the attacking unit has finished making its attacks, each time an attack targets your unit, worsen the Armour Penetration characteristic of that attack by 1.
Blitzing Fusillade
When: Your Shooting phase.
Target: One ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit from your army that has not been selected to shoot this phase.
Effect: Until the end of the phase, ranged weapons equipped by models in your unit have the [ASSAULT] ability. If such a weapon already has this ability, until the end of the phase, that weapon has the [SUSTAINED HITS 1] ability as well.
Full Throttle
When: Your Movement phase.
Target: One ADEPTUS ASTARTES MOUNTED or ADEPTUS ASTARTES VEHICLE unit (excluding WALKERS) from your army.
Effect: Until the end of the phase, if your unit Advances, do not make an Advance roll for it. Instead, until the end of the phase, add 6" to the Move characteristic of models in your unit, or 9" instead if your unit is Mounted.
Shock Assault
When: Your Charge phase.
Target: One ADEPTUS ASTARTES MOUNTED unit from your army that has not declared a charge this phase.
Effect: Until the end of the turn, you can re-roll Charge rolls made for your unit and melee weapons equipped by models in that unit have the [LANCE] ability.
Ride Hard, Ride Fast
When: Your opponent’s Shooting phase, just after an enemy unit has selected its targets.
Target: One ADEPTUS ASTARTES MOUNTED or ADEPTUS ASTARTES FLY VEHICLE unit from your army that was selected as the target of one or more of the attacking unit’s attacks.
Effect: Until the end of the phase, each time an attack targets your unit, subtract 1 from the Hit roll and subtract 1 from the Wound roll.
Wind-swift Evasion
When: Your opponent’s Movement phase, just after an enemy unit ends a Normal, Advance or Fall Back move.
Target: One ADEPTUS ASTARTES INFANTRY or ADEPTUS ASTARTES MOUNTED unit from your army that is within 9" of that enemy unit.
Effect: Your unit can make a Normal move of up to 6".
Restrictions: You cannot select a unit that is within Engagement Range of one or more enemy units.
Enhancements
Fury of the Storm — 25 pts
ADEPTUS ASTARTES MOUNTED model only. Improve the Strength and Armour Penetration characteristics of the bearer’s melee weapons by 1. Each time the bearer ends a Charge move, until the end of the turn, improve the Strength and Armour Penetration characteristics of the bearer’s melee weapons by 2 instead.
Portents of Wisdom — 15 pts
ADEPTUS ASTARTES model only. While the bearer is leading a unit, you can re-roll Advance rolls made for that unit.
Feinting Withdrawal — 10 pts
ADEPTUS ASTARTES model only. While the bearer is leading a unit, that unit is eligible to shoot in a turn in which it Fell Back.
Hunter’s Instincts — 25 pts
ADEPTUS ASTARTES MOUNTED model only. If the bearer’s unit is in Strategic Reserves, for the purposes of setting up that unit on the battlefield, treat the current battle round number as being one higher than it actually is.
Vanguard Spearhead
Detachment Rules
Shadow Masters
Each time a ranged attack targets an ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit from your army, unless the attacking model is within 12", subtract 1 from the Hit roll and the target has the Benefit of Cover against that attack.
The warriors of a Vanguard Spearhead slip through the shadows, half-seen spectres barely visible to the foe. Enemies blaze away into the gloom with increasing panic, their shots flying wide as covert specialists encircle their victims and prepare to level the killing blow.
Stratagems
A Deadly Prize
When: Start of the Command phase.
Target: One ADEPTUS ASTARTES INFANTRY or ADEPTUS ASTARTES MOUNTED unit from your army within range of an objective marker you control.
Effect: That objective marker is said to be Sabotaged, and remains under your control even if you have no models within range of it, until your opponent controls it at the start or end of any turn. While an objective marker is Sabotaged and under your control, each time an enemy unit ends a Normal, Advance, Fall Back or Charge move within range of that objective marker, roll one D6: on a 2+, that enemy unit suffers D3 mortal wounds.
Armour of Contempt
When: Your opponent’s Shooting phase or the Fight phase, just after an enemy unit has selected its targets.
Target: One ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit from your army that was selected as the target of one or more of the attacking unit’s attacks.
Effect: Until the attacking unit has finished making its attacks, each time an attack targets your unit, worsen the Armour Penetration characteristic of that attack by 1.
Surgical Strikes
When: Fight phase.
Target: One ADEPTUS ASTARTES INFANTRY unit from your army that has not been selected to fight this phase.
Effect: Until the end of the phase, melee weapons equipped by models in your unit have the [PRECISION] ability.
Strike From The Shadows
When: Your Shooting phase.
Target: One ADEPTUS ASTARTES INFANTRY unit from your army that has not been selected to shoot this phase.
Effect: Until the end of the phase, each time a model in your unit makes a ranged attack that targets an enemy unit that is more than 12" away, improve the Ballistic Skill and Armour Penetration characteristics of that attack by 1. If one or more enemy models are destroyed as a result of those attacks, select one of those destroyed models; that destroyed model’s unit must take a Battle-shock test.
Calculated Feint
When: Your opponent’s Charge phase, just after an enemy unit declares a charge.
Target: One ADEPTUS ASTARTES INFANTRY unit from your army that was selected as a target of that charge.
Effect: Your unit can make a Normal move of up to D6", or up to 6" instead if it is a PHOBOS or SCOUT SQUAD unit.
Restrictions: You cannot select a unit that is within Engagement Range of one or more enemy units.
Guerrilla Tactics
When: End of your opponent’s Fight phase.
Target: Up to two PHOBOS and/or SCOUT SQUAD units from your army, or one other ADEPTUS ASTARTES INFANTRY unit from your army.
Effect: Remove those units from the battlefield and place them into Strategic Reserves.
Restrictions: Each unit selected for this Stratagem must be more than 3" away from all enemy models.
Enhancements
The Blade Driven Deep — 25 pts
ADEPTUS ASTARTES INFANTRY model only. While the bearer is leading a unit, models in that unit have the Infiltrators ability.
Ghostweave Cloak — 15 pts
ADEPTUS ASTARTES model only. The bearer has the Stealth and Lone Operative abilities.
Execute and Redeploy — 20 pts
PHOBOS model only. In your Shooting phase, after the bearer’s unit has shot, if that unit is not within Engagement Range of one or more enemy units, it can make a Normal move of up to 6". If it does, until the end of the turn, that unit is not eligible to declare a charge. This cannot allow the bearer’s unit to move more than once in your Shooting phase.
Shadow War Veteran — 30 pts
PHOBOS model only. The bearer has the following ability:
Lord of Deceit (Aura): Each time your opponent targets a unit from their army with a Stratagem, if that unit is within 12" of this model, increase the cost of that use of that Stratagem by 1CP.