5/5 stars. I really like them! Not sorry.
Background.
The Huscarls provided close and personal protection to the most elite members of the Imperial Fists. Praetors, and Rogal Dorn alike benefited from their presence on the battlefield and around them. Their job is simple enough: protect their charges with their very lives (and hardy terminator armour to boot).
Strengths.
The Vigil Pattern Storm Shield is excellent and possible the only other unit in the game that matches these men are the Salamanders' Fire Drakes.
The native deep strike is very impressive here and well worth using. Eternal warrior rounds out the special rules nicely enough (although the usual negatives for cataphractii terminators applies here too).
WS=5 and T=5 are fabulous along with a pair of wounds and leadership of 9 for the sergeant.
Weaknesses.
A mild lack of customization possibilities doesn't detract from a wonderful squad. For the Alpha Legion player, this squad might also be tempting above and beyond the Fire Drakes from the Salamanders just for the native deep strike? And lets be honest: they also have the rule of cool.
The main negative here is the sheer points cost you are paying for native deep strike. Other units do this better, but tend to be more glass cannons. This unit is ablative and defensive for Primarch or Praetor support realistically.
Builds.
5 Huscarls, Master with Grenade Launcher (280 points).
Expensive, yes, but remember that native deep strike.
10 Huscarls, all with Solarite Power Fists, Master with Grenade Launcher (630 points).
The fully upgraded squad. Ouch. Yes: it costs a lot of points, but it is very viable all the same at high points value games assuming it is your critical hammer unit.
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