Editing Saul Tarvitz (section)

==Horus Heresy 2.0==
Saul hasn't changed much in the new edition, though he does have a few new rules to play with. He's a Loyalist only Praetor who provides an additional Reaction in the Shooting phase and makes all units with at least one model within 12" around him Fearless if, at the start of your turn, his army has fewer Victory Points or units than the opponent, he is within 6" of an objective, or if he and his unit are outnumbered in assault/in combat with more than one unit. To put it simply, he is a giant Fearless bubble generator. His melee weapon is the same Master-Crafted Charnabal Broadsword he had last edition (Two-handed S+2 AP-, Rending (4+) and Duellist's Edge (2)), and he has his MC Nemesis Bolter to snipe minor Characters and cause Pinning, which he can shoot on the move thanks to Relentless. Aside from his new Fearless bubble, his anti-Emperor's Children specialization still gives him Preferred Enemy against his disloyal brothers. He now has a special rule called A Brother Betrayed, which gives him +1WS, +1S, and +1T when locked in combat with an enemy EC Independent Character. If said character is removed as a casualty when locked in combat with him or his unit, he scores 1 VP, or 2 VP if it happens to be Lucius; note that this may or may not be done during a challenge.

Having a 12" Fearless bubble that works almost all the time is great. It's like The Broken Mirror WT but even better. That said, Tarvitz isn't any killier than he was in the previous edition. While he'll strike first in a vast majority of situations, his I6 on the charge, I7 in challenges which becomes I8 on a charge in challenges and 5 attacks mean he is mathematically unlikely to kill other Praetors. Outside of rare EC versus EC games, he remains a rather mediocre duellist and is still easy meat for Praetors armed with Thunder Hammers or Power Fists.

With Biomancy support, he can be very effective against other EC Independent Characters, including Eidolon and Lucius, and multi-wound T4 units with EC Independent Characters. He will strike at WS7 while ignoring Sonic Shriekers at I8 on the charge in a challenge with five S6+1+1 attacks, one of which he can re-roll due to Master-Crafted, while also re-rolling 1s to hit and to wound. He only needs one unsaved wound to kill his opponent. Against WS6-7, however, he will usually inflict maybe 1 wound and Lucius, who has WS8, will probably survive his assault. Note that RAW his A Brother Betrayed rule works against Loyalist EC as well! You never know who is a heretic in these dark times.

The biggest problem of all is that Tarvitz is a loyalist; though any army he's in has Fearless, which is a pretty big deal, you can't use Fulgrim, Surgical Augments, Kakophoni Squads, or the Third Company Elite RoW, which takes away many of the best options and most powerful synergies available to the Emperor's Children. You will have to find a way to play around that. It's once again probably best to use him as the leader of an allied detachment.

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