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When launched in 6th, they were a disappointment. They had claws sharp enough to cut reality but not terminator armour, they were expensive and they had to deep strike in order to use their special ability - and they had to get within 6 inches in order for it to work! They were basically universally panned by players at the time save for those looking for an expensive and fragile distraction. 7th gave them a minute usefulness bump by making them Troops in a Night Lords army along with Raptors, however Raptors were picked ahead of them again because of their versatility and price point. | |||
With 8th though, the Talons had a new lease on unlife; the AP of their weapons is now terrifying to TEQs. They also get a nice little ability that whatever they charge cannot overwatch back at them if they charge on the turn they deep strike (which is an 8th edition thing now). Now that deep strikes don't scatter (with the caveat that they have to be 9" away from the nearest enemy unit), the trick is to get them into close combat from deep strike. Fortunately, you just need to get 8" away from an enemy in order to be considered in an assault (1" apart) which is tied for second most common result on 2D6 with a 6, behind 7. If you don't like tempting the dice gods, you will need a psyker with Warp Time nearby. | |||
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Revision as of 17:30, 13 October 2017
Warp Talons are Chaos Raptors with extra Chaos. They look awesome, yet kinda Derp rule-wise. Instead make them count as Chaos Raptors. Remember only to replace their arms with the appropriate equipment.
Fluff
The Warp has overtaken them (but it's a good pain for them) so hard that their capacity for reason or even basic speech is no longer present. They're little more than deranged bat-monsters with an overactive hunting instinct. Their hands and feet have mutated into wickedly sharp talons, at the cost of being unable to use any other weapon, and they are partially daemonic; in fact, they are capable of traveling directly through the Warp, cutting their way through the Veil itself whenever a good battle can be had. They are so bestial that fielding them is supposed to be the equivalent of releasing the dogs of war or the kraken- rather than being given orders, they're shown a picture of what they're supposed to kill or given a possession of the enemy so they can track it by scent. Whenever they're not in flight, they even hang upside down from the ceiling like bats or impotently crawl on all fours, having lost the ability to walk normally. They get a good depiction in the Space Shark's novel, where they are given a roost in an abandoned Imperial chapel and are unleashed en-mass to rip & tear a whole terminator squad.
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When launched in 6th, they were a disappointment. They had claws sharp enough to cut reality but not terminator armour, they were expensive and they had to deep strike in order to use their special ability - and they had to get within 6 inches in order for it to work! They were basically universally panned by players at the time save for those looking for an expensive and fragile distraction. 7th gave them a minute usefulness bump by making them Troops in a Night Lords army along with Raptors, however Raptors were picked ahead of them again because of their versatility and price point.
With 8th though, the Talons had a new lease on unlife; the AP of their weapons is now terrifying to TEQs. They also get a nice little ability that whatever they charge cannot overwatch back at them if they charge on the turn they deep strike (which is an 8th edition thing now). Now that deep strikes don't scatter (with the caveat that they have to be 9" away from the nearest enemy unit), the trick is to get them into close combat from deep strike. Fortunately, you just need to get 8" away from an enemy in order to be considered in an assault (1" apart) which is tied for second most common result on 2D6 with a 6, behind 7. If you don't like tempting the dice gods, you will need a psyker with Warp Time nearby.