Warpstone Flux Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
4/5 stars. I am a fan.
Background.
All the legions have their legends - especially the duelists and close combat brothers. Eidolon and Lucius for the Emperor's Children. Corswain for the Dark Angels. Sigismund for the Imperial Fists. Even the Alpha Legion has something of a duelist in Dynat. Raldoron serves an equal purpose for the Blood Angels and his name is writ large in the annals of the Great Crusade.
Strengths.
I like the stat line combined with the S+1 AP2 shredding murderous Encarmine Warblade. He is a force to be reckoned with for close combat and the WS is especially attractive.
Standing out here though is the warlord trait that allows him to select the core traits, or any of the loyalist traits of loyalist legions (with the exception of the Dark Angels funnily enough) since he likes to read a lot. This kind of swiss army knife is reminiscent of Alpha Legion shenanigans, and I can't help but like it. Sorry.
Weaknesses.
I rather like Raldoron. As with other close combat monsters, he does need to get there, and this is where characters like Dominion shine a bit better thanks to the jump pack. The lack of jump pack might be an issue for some Blood Angels builds, but its tolerable. I see Raldoron as an almost default commander to take and he will be equally effective in large and small points games.
Overall.
Embed in a big unit and go hunting. Strong outcomes will likely follow.
Difference to First Edition.
Neutral.
1 comment:
Absolutely agree, if he had a jump pack he would have been 5/5. I used him a couple of games ago and he murdered three Laernean Terminators, their Praetor and a Contemptor Dreadnought. Under Biomancy influence for +1 S&T he is a gigantic murderbeast
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