4/5 stars. More terminator goodness as far as I'm concerned.
Background.
Cataphractii are the last word in personal protection and becoming a tank without being interred within a dreadnought. Excellent for close range fights aboard starships as they are for open battlefield siege attacks.
Strengths.
All of the points made for the Tartaros version are still valid here. A solid stat line with 2 wounds, WS=5 and T=5 and a native 4+ invulnerable save.
Durable and with a lot of upgrades to consider.
The main upgrade to take is going to be your Legion Standard. This is one of the main reasons for taking a retinue, so you should buy this. No excuses!
The grenade harness is similarly recommended for melee.
Volkite chargers need to go big or go home. The combi bolt gun is still probably a slightly better choice overall unless you know you are facing non-marine armies. Combi-weapons are certainly useful, but the points cost will add up fast.
I generally would not bother with a single lightning claw as a power weapon upgrade and instead consider a range of different types of power weapons if you are thinking along those lines.
Pairs of lightning claws are very attractive in number and can do well overall - especially for swifter legions like Emperor's Children or ones that want to press a weight of attacks. Especially for charging out of a tank with.
Weaknesses.
Loads of choices here, but my only advice is to watch the points cost creep. In addition to the notes about tartaros here, recall that the movement rate is slower for cataphractii and that you have slow and purposeful. Maybe take a land raider to help with this?
Builds.
10 Chosen 9 with twin lightning claws, 1 with Legion Standard, Grenade Harness (535 points).
Charge out of a land raider.
10 Chosen, Legion Standard, Grenade Harness, Volkite Chargers (445 points).
Good for attacking mechanicum.
5 Chosen, Thunder Hammers, Legion Standard, Grenade Harness (295 points).
Thunder hammers are excellent really.
3 Chosen, 2 Combi-Meltas, 3 Chain Fists, Legion Standard, Grenade Harness (205 points).
Distraction Carnifex for anti armour duty or light tank (and passenger) demolition.
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