Exciting times - the new Thousand Sons codex is up for pre-order, and I got to play it!
On Friday, I visited the recording studios (spare room) of Winters SEO, or the Deployment Zone, and found myself presented with a brand new Thousand Sons codex, a very large cup of tea, and an hour to wrap my head around it.
And here's the fight: an epic psychic duel between Thousand Sons and Grey Knights!
In terms of my army selection, the plan was basically to take a little bit of everything to showcase what can be done with the army (and the new Infernal master HQ).
Thousand Sons
- Montu Atash, Exalted Sorcerer on Disc (HQ)
Prosperine Khopesh, Force Stave, Inferno Bolt Pistol, Paradigm of Change
Warlord: Otherworldy Prescience
Psychic powers: Time Flux, Twist of Fate, Swelled by the Warp - Scynthius Ekurah, Exalted Sorcerer (HQ)
Force Stave, Inferno Bolt Pistol
Sorcerous Arcana: Umbraelific Crystal - Psychic powers: Time Flux, Presage, Temporal Manipulation
- Hathor Marduk, Infernal Master (HQ)
Force Stave, Inferno Bolt Pistol
Psychic powers: Time Flux, Weaver of Fates
Infernal Pacts: Bladed Maelstrom, Glimpse of Eternity - 10 x Rubric Marines (Troop)
Force Stave, Warpflame pistol, 4 x Inferno Boltgun, 5 x Warpflamers, Icon of Flame
Psychic power: Time Flux, Pyric Flux - 5 x Rubric Marines (Troop)
Force Stave, Inferno bolt pistol, 3 x Inferno Boltgun, 1 Soulreaper Cannon, Icon of Flame
Psychic power: Time Flux, Tzeentch's Firestorm - 5 x Rubric Marines (Troop)
Force Stave, Inferno bolt pistol, 3 x Inferno Boltgun, 1 Soulreaper Cannon, Icon of Flame
Psychic power: Time Flux, Psychic Stalk - 10 x Tzaangor (Troop)
Brayhorn, Tzaangor blades - 10 x Tzaangor (Troop)
Brayhorn, Tzaangor blades - 10 x Scarab Occult Terminators (Elite)
Force Stave, 8 x Inferno Combi-Bolter, 9 x Prosperine Khopesh, 2 x Hellfyre Missile Rack, 2 x Soulreaper Cannon, Protégé
Psychic power: Time Flux, Glamour of Tzeentch
Protégé psychic power: Weaver of Fates
Aspiring Magister relic: Stave Abominus - Mildraed, Tzaangor Shaman (Elite)
Force Stave
Psychic power: Cacodaemonic Curse - 4 x Tzaangor Enlightened (Fast)
Fatecaster Greatbows - 4 x Chaos Spawn (Fast)
Hideous mutations - Mutalith Vortex Beast (Heavy)
Enormous Claws, Betentacled Maw - Chaos Rhino (Transport)
Inferno combi-bolter, Inferno combi-melta - Chaos Rhino (Transport)
Inferno combi-bolter, Inferno combi-melta
Grey Knights
- Grand Master In Nemesis Dreadknight
Powers: Gate of Infinity, Empiric Amplification
Relic: Sigil of Exigence
Heed the Prognosticar: Servant of the Throne - Brother-Captain (Warlord)
Trait: Psychic Epitome, Vortex of Doom
Heed the Prognosticar: Gem of Inoktu - 5 x Strike Squad
Nemesis Daemon Hammer, 4 x pairs of Falcions
Power: Hammerhand - 5 x Strike Squad
Nemesis Daemon Hammer, 4 x pairs of Falcions
Power: Hammerhand - 5 x Strike Squad
Psycannon, 4 x pairs of Falcions
Power: Hammerhand - 5 x Terminators
Force swords, force halberds
Power: Hammerhand - 5 x Terminators
Force swords, force halberds
Power: Hammerhand - 5 x Interceptors
Incincerator, 4 x pairs of Falcions
Power: Ethereal Castigation - 5 x Interceptors
Incincerator, 4 x pairs of Falcions
Power: Ethereal Castigation - Venerable Dreadnaught
Twin lascannon, Missile Launcher
Power: Armoured Resilience - Venerable Dreadnaught
Twin lascannon, Missile Launcher
Power: Armoured Resilience - Nemesis Dreadknight
Psilencer, Heavy Incinerator
Power: Hammerhand - Nemesis Dreadknight
Psilencer, Heavy Incinerator
Power: Hammerhand
Points: 1995 | Battle-forged: 12 CPs
Although I will say, this doesn't even scratch the surface of what can be done with this army. There are so many combinations of psychic powers, cults, traits, relics, stratagems, legion commands, infernal pacts and cabalistic rituals that it melts my brain.
I can't speak about how competitive it is, which doesn't particularly interest me, but with the range of options on offer, I'd say it is a fantastic codex, and I am going to have a lot of fun mixing up these combinations in future battles.
Now, where are those Space Wolves hiding?
How did the vortex beast play out I've always wanted to buy him but he was so bad in the last codex
ReplyDeleteHis vortex powers are more reliable, and a little less nuanced, than the previous version. More about pumping out mortal wounds and being a tough monster to shift.
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