Wednesday, September 9, 2026

Horus Heresy 3e Review: Ares Gunship

Warpstone Flux Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 4/5 stars. Lots of firepower.

Background. 
This is a flyer that has been in use since the Unity wars on old Terra. The firepower alone was enough to make the Chancellor of the Antipodean Penninsula (wonder where that is?) capitulate and surrender to the Emperor. 

Strengths. 
Armour of 13 all round with a terrific movement rate of 18 and 12 hull points.

The main attraction here is the armaments:
Twin Arachnus Storm Carronade (anti armour option at S=10 with 2 shots; or six lots of S=7) at long range;

Neutronium Magna-Caster Cannon (S=10 template with hellstorm, breaching, phage on T and cascade) at much closer range;

Two Infernus Fire bomb Clusters (limited shot with large pie plates at S=6 to cause panic).

On top of this there is also the Eclipse Shield. 

There is a bit of a dichotomy between the long and short range weapons, but players will honestly get used to it. 

Weaknesses. 
The Ares is mildly over-costed to my mind. 
I would actually almost prefer the Orion Drop Ship if you had to choose between these super heavies. 

Builds.
There are no builds to discuss.

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