Horus Heresy 3e Review: Myrmidon Secutor Host

Warpstone Flux Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 4/5 stars. The rules are great. 

Background. 

The Myrmidon Secutors regard war as something to be computed with cold logic. They praise the Omnissiah through well executed battle plans and test themselves against new opponent in the arts of destruction. They have no master for long and during the Heresy could readily be found on both sides of the conflict. 

Strengths.

Secutors have 4's and 5's in most places on the stat line. Of note is S=5, T=5 and W=4 which makes for a potent combination combined with a 3+/5++ save. The unit's Lord also gains a pip in BS and WS which is very nice. 

They come armed as standard with power axes (nice), and twin maxima bolt guns (5 shots at S=4 and shred) which is a strong mix of ranged threat and close up potential. 

Vanguard (3) is beautiful to see here. My advice would be to go big in order to wip an opponent's unit in a single turn where possible.  The Lord gains battle meditation which provides feel no pain in a challenge, which is enhanced when their WS is out-matched. 

Beyond this, there are options to upgrade to twin phased plasma fusils which provides 3 lots of S=5 with breaching at 5+. Pretty solid and worth the upgrade. Or, take twin graviton guns for the same cost. These are only single shot, but are blast weapons at S=6 with breaching, and shock that causes pinning. The AP is only 4 here though, so I'd mildly favour the plasma upgrade for regular marine opponents, but the graviton blast template is absolutley worth it for the pinning and blasts. Tough choice. But the good news is that they can be mixed and matched. 

Weaknesses.

Note that the Myrmidax trait is already built in here. There's no downsides overall and the points cost is reasonable overall. 

Builds.

3 Secutors, 3 Twin Graviton Guns (210 points).

Lots of blast templates basically. 

10 Secutors, 2 Twin Graviton Guns, 2 Twin Phased Plasma Fusils (545 points).

The mixed threats makes sense, and the large numbers will all but ensure Vanguard (3) triggers most of the time against reasonably selected opposing units. You just need to get there.