3.5/5 stars. Rounded up.
Background.
Every legion has a complement of robots in its vast stores, whether they are planet side or ship bound. The robots were either taken on the battlefield, donated by Forge Worlds, or are otherwise relics. Regardless of origin, they are looked after by the Praevian who then unleash them when the time is right.
Strengths.
Arguably the main reason to take a Praevian is that you want to bring along a batch of robots that you would not otherwise be permitted to do so. This is accomplished by the Master of Automata special rule that lets you bring a unit of Castellex - battle maniple or destructor maniple. You ditch the Cybernetica trait and replace it with Bonded Automata. You can also join a unit of Automata and nothing bad happens to their advanced characteristics because of this. Personally, I think this is very fluffy and I can see this as a gateway to building a Mechanicum force.
The other accessories are just icing on the cake such as a cyber familiar and the vital cortex controller. They also gain feel no pain which will keep them alive longer and battle smith which is similarly nice to have.
Weaknesses.
In all honesty, this unit is good for its points cost and will allow you to field some robots if you wanted them. There's no drawbacks beyond taking up a slot on the force organisation chart and I can see strong benefits for doing this if you are tilting (e.g.) towards Iron Hands or even Iron Warriors. But who cares - every legion has robots, so why not see if you can't bring some World Eaters or Space Wolves robots to battle to forge a truly unique narrative?
Builds.
There are very few upgrades available. Pistol upgrades are fine, but there's probably not much incentive if you are surrounded by your pet robots. Perhaps a hand flamer is nice for defensive purposes if your legion armoury doesn't have anything better. The melta bombs could also come in useful. Hence:
Praevian, Hand Flamer, Melta Bombs (105 points).
Again though, the non-upgraded version is very good and shouldn't be overlooked.
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