Games Workshop - Warhammer 40,000 - Leagues of Votann: Hekaton Land Fortress

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Perhaps the greatest strength of the League lies in how they wield the Eye of the Ancestors. This faction-wide ability condemns enemies to annihilation should they attract ire in the form of Judgement tokens. The powerful suits they wear are adapted from rugged engineering rigs and allow the Brôkhyr Thunderkyn to heft the heaviest man-portable weapons the Leagues can muster with ease. Hordes of enemies fall before bolt cannon salvos, while heavy infantry find themselves pierced by the unstoppable lances of SP conversion beamers. This is actually pretty wild. If you can get three tokens on a unit, you are auto-wounding on 4+! At fhis can make high-toughness units feel really bad. New Stratagem & Special Rules

The most accomplished hero of the Greater Thurian League, Kâhl Ûthar the Destined is a ruthless warrior armed with masterfully wrought weapons, including the legendary Blade of the Ancestors. With a gift for assessing enemy foes, he ensures that the Kinhosts he leads strikes with swift and brutal precision. Einhyr Champion The return of the Kin is Warhammer history in the making, and the launch box brings the first of the new models and early access to the codex. Leagues of Votann Army Set They don’t give much in the way of rules, but with giant weapons, we expect them to hit very hard, and maybe the cyberstimms will give them more toughness or, more likely, an FNP. Either way, this is an interesting way to incorporate a melee-only unit into the army. Being able to just move over everything is cool but also keeping reinforcements further away is nicely rolled into one relic. The Murmuring Stave is actually pretty strong as not only does it give you one more power, but it also lets you still cast while performing actions. Lastly, Ymma’s Shield is actually awesome. If your opponent hits you with a big damage hit, you just get to ignore it completely, and on a 5+ they even get a token!We’ve seen some about this, but this stratagem lets you build up the beam weapons and do a ton of mortals! Then again, we see the Judgement Tokens, which lets you use them to improve your units. I have now added the beam-weapon turret, after so helpfully being provided with a picture for inspiration. While it just kills one model, it kills them, but it can’t be a vehicle, monster, or character. Still pretty cool to look at the new mechanic. It’s advised to now plan ahead and potentially build into Ancestors, Lay claim and Prospects, which adds an additional layer of difficulty to the army. The Arks Detachment

Boosted by the cyberstimms that flood their systems, the Berserks can keep battling through life-or-death situations. They eschew the high-tech STC weapons wielded by the rest of the Kin, using robust mining equipment such as heavy plasma axes and concussion mauls. However, it’s pretty standard for GW to release an FAQ after an army has been out for about a month, so while it’s not unexpected, getting two FAQs this fast never feels too good ( you can find the first one here). We’re all for Squats, so any miniature or vehicle kit previewed for them is exactly what we want to see! Leagues of Votann Trikes Hernkyn Pioneers The Leagues of Votann are here. The first wave has already reached people throughout the community, and the rest of the army is preparing for deployment. Chief among the reinforcements is the crown jewel of any League’s garage – the Hekaton Land Fortress. Some weapons have ‘Blast’ listed in their profile’s abilities. These are referred to as Blast weapons. In addition to the normal rules, the following rules apply to Blast weapons:Hearthkyn Warriors are often engineered with particular cloneskeins that allow them to specialise in combat – heightened senses, improved stamina, and the ability to see better in the dark, to name but a few. In contrast, others augment their bodies for battle with mechanical limbs and synthetic organs. Held in equal status in League society, Ironkin also fight shoulder to shoulder with their flesh-and-blood comrades – Kin are Kin, even in war. The Leagues of Votann Army box set will have a decent number of new models inside, and just like they did the Beast Snaggaz, this will be released early with the codex. The Ancestral Judgement making them count as having one more token is honestly insane, as you can get those 4+ auto wounds all the time. Then, the stratagem gives even more judgement tokens! So, how do you get judgement tokens? Well, any time a unit destroys one of your units, any time a unit completes an action, and you just get to select one unit near an objective at the end of your opponent’s turns as well.

Null Vortex is kind of crazy against certain armies, as just nullifying all invulnerable saves can really be a pain. Lastly, being able to stop actions and reduce their hit roll is pretty nice. New Leagues of Votann Relics & Warlord Traits So, if you’re up against some squad of vehicles, this could easily take two out with one shot. Even if you don’t upgrade it, it still has tons of shots and can take out all kinds of enemies. Weapon Profiles The Iron Master is sort of like a Techmarine, and only the Ironkin model to the right is a thinking being. The other floating models are like servitors and will help him repair vehicles. GrimnyrThe Cthonian Beserks reveal the ace up their metaphorical sleeve with the mole grenade launcher. This repurposed mining equipment delivers subterranean explosives into the midst of enemy units, even if they’re cowering out of sight. Each unit of Hearthkyn numbers 10 to 20 strong, and is led by an experienced Theyn. These doughty squad leaders have the honour and responsibility of commanding their fellow Kin – and are able to arm themselves with a variety of hand-to-hand combat weapons, including brutal concussion gauntlets and vicious plasma axes. The discerning user can swap out some or all of the bolt cannons for ion beamers, and exchange the primary turret for an SP heavy conversion beamer, a Brôkhyr-enhanced STC weapon that the Imperium especially covets. And when the Leagues absolutely need to obliterate a heavy vehicle or turn an elite infantry squad into a fine mist, the Land Fortress can mount the truly fearsome heavy magna-rail cannon. Interestingly, GW said they just scratched the surface of what the Leagues can create. This could easily be them just saying they can create all kinds of stuff, or maybe we have more reveals coming than we expected. As promised, we can now dive into the new rules previewed for the Leagues of Votann, aka the Squats, from Warhammer Community.

Each League has an associated League Ancestral Relic. If your army is led by a VOTANN < LEAGUE> WARLORD, you can give the relevant League Ancestral Relic to a VOTANN < LEAGUE> CHARACTER model from your army instead of giving them an Ancestral Relic. Named characters and IRONKIN ASSISTANT models can never be given one of these Relics. Models with this custom (excluding COG models) count as 2 models when determining control of an objective marker, or 5 models if they have a Wounds characteristic of 10 or more.This is a multipart kit with options for heads, weapons, and equipment, so you can tailor your commander to a particular battlefield role. We can’t say exactly what all the weapons do yet – but a volkite-and-power-fist combo can’t be bad. This multipart plastic kit builds one Hekaton Land Fortress, an indomitable heavy transport loaded with powerful guns. This mighty six-wheeled vehicle can be built with one of three powerful, adjustable turret weapons – a cyclic ion cannon to gun down the heaviest infantry, an SP heavy conversion beamer to carve a swathe through any target, or a heavy magna-rail cannon that can reduce even the toughest tanks to slag. This main gun is reinforced by two pairs of adjustable ball-turret sponson weapons. Though the old Squat Trikes were noticeably less airborne, you can see a number of key design cues that carried over to the Hernkyn Pioneer… as well as a few places where the technology of the Leagues of Votann has clearly diverged from the Imperium. There’s no mistaking this for a Space Marine bike!