Horus Heresy 2e Review: Legion Land Raider Proteus Explorator

Warpstone Flux Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

4/5 stars. Great for fluff, and for messing around with reserve rolls. 

Background.

The explorator hails from even before the great crusade. It is primarily used for exploring hostile and difficult terrain. Of course, it would later find good use in many of the legions. Particularly the outrider ones, and those associated with mobility such as the Raven Guard and the White Scars. I could easily imagine the Alpha Legion and Death Guard liking these as well for similar reasons.

Strengths.

This is a land raider like the proteus carrier. However, it swaps out being an assault vehicle for a smaller carrying capacity in favour of having scouts and the explorator augury web. The re rolls of your own reserve rolls are excellent here. But the temptation is always to make your opponent subtract one from theirs. In the right build, it can be powerful and I would suggest a focus on reserve rolls of your own here unless you have a specific opponent. The dozer blade is just the icing on the cake.

Weaknesses.

It is not an assault vehicle. With a carrying capacity of 8, it is also pretty cramped in there. I like to use these with support squads to be honest. 

Builds.

Land Raider Proteus Explorator, Vox Disruptor Array (275 points).

Many people don't exactly like the vox disruptor array, but it blends nicely with this unit if you are using it against opponents who like to deep strike. In all honesty though, the naked version of this unit is equally great and provides superb flexibility.

Land Raider Proteus Explorator, Hull (Front) Mounted Las Cannon, Pintle Multi Melta (295 points).

The anti-tank explorator. I actually like this build more than I should. Park a unit of melta gun support squad inside and enjoy?