3/5 stars. I'm a bit torn on this unit overall.
Background.
The Procurators are a little bit like apothecaries in other legions. Except that they also harvest organs and parts from the nearly dead in order to advance the dark rituals of the legion. And that they have a squad of wannabies around them. In other words: desecration of the fallen to summon chaos daemons of the warp.
Strengths.
For every 5 models, you can upgrade one of the wannabies to a Procurator which gets you the Narthecium and Medic rule. This is a must.
In turn, this also gives you the flesh harvester rule. With this, you get one harvest point for every consolidation move you make (or 2 for a paragon). Should you survive the battle, these get converted into victory points at the end. This makes for a great strategem which I've seen pulled off once. Basically, you pick a weak looking opponent and eliminate them, then go hide hoping that the extra point will see you gain victory! Or try to repeat this on a series of weaker targets where you are assured of victory.
I'd take the power weapon on the procurator every time, and I'd also consider the upgrades for the 1 in 5 in the rest of the squad. Probably power fists. Possibly a warp fire pistol even.
Weaknesses.
The procurators will categorically be a high value target for your opponent. The chances of you harvesting and then surviving the rest of the battle are very slim. Rest assured if I were the opponent, I would be targeting this unit. But therein is also a strength, it allows you to move the rest of your army into position. So you can almost thing of this unit in two different ways: a unit that is capable of winning the tide of a battle with extra victory points, and one that is a complete distraction to your opponent once it harvests for the first time. The 3+ save is also a weakness for a squad costing this much.
Builds.
8 Procurants with 2 Procurators; 2 Power Fists and 2 Power swords on the Procurators.
(265 points on foot / 320 points with jump packs).
This is the basic layout. Sure, pistols like the warp fire pistol are viable instead of power fists here, but I still like this build.
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