Editing Age of Sigmar/Tactics/Order/Stormcast Eternals (section)

====Strike Chamber====

*'''[http://www.games-workshop.com/resources/PDF/AoS_Warscrolls/warhammer-aos-liberators-en.pdf Liberators]:''' (Battleline, 115pts, Min:5) Your basic melee troops, strong with average durability (4+ and 2 wounds). Have gotten some changes in the new book. Namely they have finally done away with the sword or hammer debate where they now have the same profile (the old sword profile) and basically are just cosmetic. So take whichever one you want really. Also, Liberators finally get rend on all their weapons! The shield has changed up significantly and has gone the way of the new edition getting rid of save rerolls, now it gives liberators +1 to their save roll as long as at least half the current unit size has shields. So functionally a 3+ saves in most circumstances (but won't get better than that except to offset rend). Paired weapons have also been simplified in that they now give Liberators 3 base attacks instead of 2. 1 in 5 can still take grandweapons, again the sword and hammer have the same profile, but now finally hit and wound on 3's. Liberators also lost their hit bonus against bigger targets, instead now it allows liberators to do d3 mortal wounds to a unit within 6" of an objective and 1" of them on a 4+. This seems to show their new primary role as sturdy objective holders. Being the cheapest battleline your going to get, squads of Liberators can be your sturdy backfield and objective holders which frees up your more powerful fighters to move forward against the enemy. Which you can improve even more if taken as a Stormkeep army where they can count as three models each. Don't forget to equip the Liberator Prime with the Grandweapon for +1 attacks!

*'''Judicators with Skybolt Bows:''' (Stormcast Battleline, 200pts , Min:5) Battleline if you're running a Stormcast Eternals army. Your basic ranged troops, same stats as the Liberators. Most notably got split into two different warscrolls with different weapon loadouts. The Skybolt Bows option is the one you will probably want to take if you need ranged attacks, rather than something to handle a horde. At 24", with 2 attacks at 3+/3+/-1/1 Damage, they're not exactly anything to shake a stick at, but when they get unmodified 6s, they deal mortal wounds instead of regular wounds. 1 in every 5 can come with a Shockbolt Bow, which gets D6 attacks at the same profile as the other one, but technically doesn't get their special rule to activate unless your opponent is a gentleman about things. Needs to be Errated to function as intended, and are most notably, your single most expensive Battleline default option in the entire faction.

*'''Judicators with Boltstorm Crossbows:''' (Stormcast Battleline, 190pts, Min: 5) Battleline if you're running a Stormcast Eternals army. Your basic ranged troops, same stats as the Liberators. Most notably got split into two different warscrolls with different weapon loadouts. At first, with only 18" range and no rend, unlike their brothers with the Skybolt Bows, your first instinct would be that the Crossbow is the worst of two bad options, but thanks to being 10 points cheaper than their brothers, and the changed to the Celestar Ballista, these guys do have specific function in a Stormcast list- horde cleaners. Their special rule, Rapid Fire (which they share with Vanguard-Raptors w/ Hurricane Crossbows) makes it so that whenever they score 1 hit, it turns into 2 hits. While you still have to roll wound and save rolls for each of those hits, suddenly that damage can really multiply when you have to clean out hordes, tarpits, or any other large unit with single-wound models. Put these guys behind your Battleline that's camping on an objective, and use them to unleash hell on whoever has the gall to charge your shieldwall.

*'''Vindictors:''' (Stormcast Battleline, 140 pts, Min: 5) The primaris-cast troops of Dominion are a considerable step up from the base liberators, given a flat 3+ save and spears that have a bit of range and hit and wound on a 3+ but can't be thrown. Of note here is that their spears instead deal mortal wounds on a natural 6 to wound, which is a bit of a help. 1 in every 5 can come with a standard, which adds 1 to bravery for a grand total of 8, making them just as brave as the Praetors. Overall a solid battleline choice if a bit expensive, though not terribly so given the elite nature of Stormcast in general. Very good unit overall, though perhaps best to find other units to objective camp, as these guys are too good offensively to waste on guard duty.

*'''Vanquishers:''' (Stormcast Battleline, 125pts, Min: 5) Did you miss being able to bring Greatsword infantry? Then these are the Battleline for you! Start with a base attack of two with a similar attack profile to Vindictors, though only 1" range and no mortal wounds. However instead they get an extra attack if there's 5 or more models in the unit they're fighting, and they get a whole 2 extra attacks instead if they're fighting a unit of 10 models or more. So at max four attacks each, which isn't too bad and firmly places them as your generic anti-horde option. The squad can also take a musician, which triggers their other big gimmick of note is if their musician is alive when the unit attempts a rally command they return models on 5+ instead of 6. So they can regenerate units faster than other squads. This can be useful but it requires them to survive combat in the first place. Could be useful in culling large fragile horde units, but they face stiff competition from the other plentiful battleline options in the book, and arguably compete for the same niche in the army with the excellent Vindictors for frontal assault battleline. After thinking about Vanquishers and realizing that they work a lot different than most people think at first, Vanquishers are a relatively good choice for dealing with hordes and tarpits. Even better, keep this unit held back in reserve so you can strategically deploy them to counter your opponent's hordes as needed. The biggest demerit against these guys is that since they have little way to handle multiwound infantry ('Ardboyz, Gutrippaz, Dire Wolves, etc.), as they just lack the innate multiple attacks against these hordes that Decimators and Desolators have.