Warpstone Flux Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
4/5 stars. The rules are great.
Background.
When you need your space marines to be a bit sneaky and stealth behind enemy lines and otherwise be the eyes and ears of what is going on, the recon squad formation is what you need. Specializing in gathering information and executing sudden strikes, this is the first of two squads in the troops selection that routinely bring infiltration to the table.
Strengths.
Infiltrate alone is worth the points cost here and is the reason for me giving the squad 4/5 stars as the rating. The customization is similarly good and should not be overlooked -- there are a variety of roles this this squad can carry out with ease.
Weaknesses.
They are a support squad, but unlike others actually have Line. Shroud bombs are a neat addition, but I would wager most players forget to use them (well, I should say that I always forget to use them, so that's more a comment about myself than the rest of the meta I suspect!) -- but their use is very straight forward in this edition which is good.
Builds.
5 Legionaries, 5x Nemesis Bolters (135 points).
New for this edition are nemesis bolters, and I am personally a big fan. Add in the infiltrate rule and we suddenly have a unit that is much more worth taking than snipers in first edition were. Several of these squads will pin down your enemies very effectively and they are highly points cost efficient with a massive threat range.
10 Legionaries, 9x chain bayonets, Vexilla, Augury Scanner, Nuncio Vox, Sergeant with Power Fist (208 points).
Infiltrate and disrupt the enemy with the equipment before charging in at a target to cause melee mayhem. Nice points cost once again here.
10 Legionaries, (Chain Swords to taste), Vexilla, Augury Scanner, Nuncio Vox, Melta Bombs all round, Sergeant with Power Fist and Combi Melta (250 points).
The purpose here is to serve as both meat shield, and opportunist melta bomb squad to target some armour.
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