Editing Honour Guard (section)

==On the Tabletop==
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Honour Guard have a respectable statline, being a space marine statline with an extra attack and ld10. The Chapter Champion is WS5 and A3, but must always issue or accept challenges if possible. They each come stock with [[Artificer Armour|Artificer Armour,]] a [[Bolt Pistol]], a [[Astartes Boltgun|Boltgun,]] frag and krak grenades, and a [[power weapon]]. Considering that the Artificer armour and power weapon alone cost more than each honour guard, they are a bargain when it comes to point cost. Any member can also be armed with a [[Power weapon#Relic Blade|relic blade,]] which is worth considering if your Chapter Master has the AP2 handled or if you have some extra points lying about. The Chapter Champion can also get a [[Thunder Hammer]] if he wishes (Remember, if you field him with a relic blade or TH, don't give him the free CCW! He won't benefit from it, so the boltgun is better. Only give him the CCW if you're fielding him stock with a power weapon). They are pretty much "light terminators" as they have a 2+ save and have a power weapon (compared to a 2+/5++ and a power fist). However, for some stupid reason they don't have relentless which means you can't fire your boltguns before charging (REMEMBER THEIR BOLT PISTOLS FOR THE LOVE OF THE EMPEROR). They are notably better than previous iterations as they are comparitively cheap and <s>actually worth taking now</s> definitely worth taking now, if you have a chapter master and 110 points lying around, buy 4 to run around with him. Your enemy must now divert valuable AP2 firepower to deal with them, meaning they are extremely good when taken alongside terminators. Consider a drop pod for them as a cheap distraction unit with staying power. For some stupid fucking reason they can't take bikes so they can't be taken alongside smashfucker <s>WHICH IS FUCKING BULLSHIT</s> as if [[Chapter Master Smashfucker]] needed to be more broken as it is.

In 8th Edition they've been shifted to Warhammer Legends alongside the [[Legion of the Damned]]. It took a while for GW to give them a proper Primaris replacement, but better late than never: the [[Bladeguard Veteran]]s fill their "awesomely detailed, greco-roman in space flavored bodyguards" niche.