Editing Warhammer 40,000/9th Edition Tactics/Apocalypse (section)

=====[[Mortarion]]=====
[[File:FW_Mortarion.jpg|260px|thumb|left|He somehow looks greasier here than he does in his 40k model.]]
[[File:Daemon Primarch Mortarion.png|400px|thumb|right|It begs the question, how does he fly with so many holes in his wings? The answer. Farts.]]
Mortarion lives up to his many names, the most notable in this case is that of the Reaper. It is a fitting title, as he absolutely annihilates all that stands before him. Partly this is because he is a very large beat stick, running around with the usual primarch toys (3+/4++, rerolls to hit and wounds in melee) but its his death guard flairs which make him truly dangerous. As already stated on this page toughness and strength have been reworked so that they don't go anywhere near as high as they used to, so now the toughest thing you are likely to face is toughness 8. Mortarion causes all units with 7" of him to lose a point of toughness. All of sudden, the toughness 9 which used to be the highest toughness available becomes toughness 8, and with his strength of 16 and rerolls to hit and wound, means that he is only unit in the game which can achieve the holy grail of hitting 97% of the time and wounding 97% of the time.

Combine all of this with the fact that Morty is a psyker and has disgustingly resilient, and it means that mortarion can duel any other unit in the game into the dirt, because he simply hits harder and takes less damage that anything else in the game.

For Mortarion, his minus 1 toughness for units within 7" will be taken into account, but only for his melee weapons. Yes, technically his grenades fall within the 7" range, but for the maths a distinction will be made to say that the 7" range is effectively melee.

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! - !! - !! Warhound !! Warlord !! Heriophant !! Phantom !! Baneblade !! Land Raider !! Rhino !! Imperial Knight !! Guilliman !! Custodian !! Guardsman !! Space Marine
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! Weapon !! Stats !! T8 W50 2+/5++ RInvuln, 2 VS !!  T9 W120 2+/5++ RInvuln, 8 VS !! T8 W34 2+/5++ !!  T9 W60 3+/4++ RInvuln !! T8 W26 3+ !! T8 W16 2+ !! T7 W10 3+ !! T8 W24 3+/5++ vs ranged !! T6 W9 2+/3++ !! T5 W3 2+/4++ !! T3 W1 5+ !! T4 W2 3+
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| Phosphex Bomb || 6" Grenade2D6 S5 ap-1 D1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
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| The Lantern || 18" Pistol1 S8 ap-3 D3 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
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| Silence (Eviscerating Blow) || Melee6 S16 ap-4 DD6 Plague Weapon || 16.54 || 16.54 || 13.23 || 19.84 || 19.84 || 16.54 || 19.84 || 19.84 || 6.61 || (2.83)9.92 || 5.67 || (5.67)19.84
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| Silence (Reaping Scythe) || Melee18 S8 ap-2 D1 Plague Weapon || 6.80 || 5.10 || 6.80 || 6.80 || 9.07 || 6.80 || 9.07 || 9.07 || 4.53 || (8.50)8.50 || 17.01 || (11.34)11.34
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| Attendant's Claws and Teeth || MeleeD6 S2 ap0 D1 make D6 extra attacks with this weapon || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
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