Warpstone Flux Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
4/5 stars. Very good! Background.
The legendary First Captain of the Sons of Horus is rumoured to be a gene-clone of the great man himself. Yet is isn't just in appearance that he resembled Horus. His fighting style, and ultimately loyalty to Horus saw him tread the pathway toward infamy in lockstep with his Legion's sire.
Strengths.
Excellent WS, and a stat line otherwise not dissimilar to a praetor in terminator armour, Ezekyle is a force to be reckoned with. He comes armed with a power claw that provides the needed AP2 at double strength and a bunch of bonus rules such as shred. Banestrike ammo and the paragon blade is just the icing on the cake.
His own personal buffs include an exceptionally rare Fearless (same as First Edition) along with Deep Strike and precision strikes.
The warlord trait allows him to spread feel no pain to his unit when they deep strike into play along with a bonus movement phase reaction - which is nice to see and will be powerful.
Weaknesses.
He is still a marine at T=4 and this carries the usual problem.
On top of this, his points cost is steep.
Overall.
A great character that will still see a lot of play in second edition!
Difference to First Edition:
Neutral. He is about the same all things considered, although granted there are some changes present.
Worth noting that he has Battle-hardened (1), meaning that he can't be instant death-ed by strength 8 weapons (which mitigates the T4 somewhat).
ReplyDeleteHi Rob,
ReplyDeleteYes - absolutely agreed. I still fear he will be a high S fire magnet both at range and in challenges in close combat, but at least he stands a good chance!
Additionally worth recalling the Sons of Horus legion rules here as well for the modification to S.
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