4/5 stars. Solid! (Or perhaps liquid - liquid flame).
Background.
When your Primarch has moral objections to Destroyer Squads, this is what happens. You decide to cleanse everything in pure flame instead. And with fire projectors that were specifically designed by said Primarch just for that purpose. Because death by fire is far more humanitarian than death by radiation fire I suppose?
Strengths.
Two wounds each and armed with the Pyroclast Flame Projector (and a bolt pistol). The Projector is a template weapon with S=6 and panic, but can be shot in a focussed mode to give a melta like profile as well. This makes it incredibly flexible in terms of light tank hunting, and destroying embedded enemy troops.
They also have some Drakenscale to help protect them and come with a native 6++ invulnerable save in addition to the baseline 2+ save.
Weaknesses.
Slightly pricey, but perfectly good. This squad should really have access to things like Vexillas, but in common with previous editions, it does not.
Builds.
5 Pyroclasts, Warden with Forge Crafted Power Fist (205 points).
Needs a transport solution, but is otherwise good to go. Drop the Forge Crafted if you are short on points.
10 Pyroclasts, Warden with Forge Crafted Thunder Hammer (360 points).
The fully upgraded squad. Really strong and powerful to pair up with a Praetor or similar. Nasty when fresh out of a transport to say the least.
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