Warhammer 40k - Review Library 284 - Thousand Sons, Thousand Sons Defiler
A slight bit of extra AP on this Defiler compared to the other ones!
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Hello everyone! Zak Ludick here from Cape Town, South Africa and this is a Warhammer 40k - The Great Unit Review Wheel! post!
Now known as the Unit Review Library!
What is it all about? It is not there to just give a stat. It is there to give MY review of the unit!
A New Season of Reviews - A Challenge accepted!
The nefarious trio of World Eaters, Death Guard and Thousand Sons are set to get their new Codexes next. Actually, the great FOUR are each getting their favourite Legion's new Codexes but Emperor's Children did not have an actual Index before.
Anyway. I was speaking to my friend @nicolaasmuller about how my Review posts might not make a lot of money for me, but that cumulatively and on average some of them do good and overall there is an average that at least means that there is good movement of income into the Hobby Fund and that it would grow from there.
We were throwing around some numbers and looking at the average of my last 10 Review Posts, 20 Review posts and 30 Review Posts and we could come up with a range of how much I should theoretically be making across a large sample size of completing the remainder of the reviews for the nefarious trio mentioned above.
So Nicolaas says to me something along the lines of: That would be pretty cool if you could do it in like, a month. Maybe do like 2 a day.
So I explained it would be a little bit more than that but sure... it would be cool... is that a challenge? And yeah... here I am... Challenge accepted. 😎
It is now Day 20 of the Challenge.
Totals so far: 30/70 Datasheets done, 3/3 Army Rules done, 0/6 Detachment Rules done. Total 33/79.
Time elapsed: 66.66%
Progress completed: 41.77%
Hobby Fund - Working myself into the clear
With my hobby posts, I generate a hobby fund. 50% of the income goes into the fund. At the moment I put all my HBD earned from Warhammer posts into my alt account @zakl.hobbyfund.
I am collecting funds in the following ways:
- Blogging about Warhammer to earn HBD
- Accepting donations - Can be sent directly to @zakl.hobbyfund in HBD
- Selling some of the collection to friends.
At the current count I am paying off some hobby debts. I still have $291 to pay off!
Every bit counts!
Back to the review.
The whole project has become quite the Challenge! With so many units to review in the game the consensus in the hobby community is that I will not have enough time to review all of the Datasheets before the new edition of Warhammer 40,000 came out.
I should have started when 10th edition launched!
643 days since the start of 10th Edition.
This is Review #284, I am 359 reviews behind! (Lowest I have been is 314 behind)
Thousand Sons, Thousand Sons Defiler
10th Edition Index
Another day, another Defiler to review. The Thousand Sons version has access to Inferno bolt weapons which have an additional point of AP compare to the Original.
This model is 190pts and costs $84.
Let's check its stats!
Stats
Movement 8"
Toughness 10
Save 3+/5++(armor/invul/Feel No Pain)
Wounds 14
Ld 6+
OC 5
Weapons
Standard wargear are: Defiler Cannon, Reaper Autocannon, Twin Heavy Flamer and Defiler Claws.
This model's Twin Heavy Flamer can be replaced by one of the following.
- Defiler Scourge
- Havoc Launger
The Reaper Auto cannon can be replaced by one of the following:
- Twin Lascannon
- Twin Inferno Heavy Bolter
This model can be equipped by a Inferno Combi-Weapon
Ranged Weapons
Defiler Cannon
48" Range, D6+3 Shots, Hitting on 3+, S10, AP-1 and 3 Damage each.
Blast (Add +1 Attack for every 5 models in target unit, rounding up)
Twin Heavy Flamer
12" Range, D6 Shots, Hitting on Auto, S5, AP-1 and 1 Damage each.
Torrent (These attacks hit automatically)
Ignores Cover (The enemy cannot get Benefit of Cover against this attack)
Twin Linked (You can re-roll to wound with this weapon)
Havoc Launcher
48" Range, D6 Shots, Hitting on 3+, S5, AP0 and 1 Damage each.
Blast (Add +1 Attack for every 5 models in target unit, rounding up)
Reaper Autocannon
36" Range, 4 Shots, Hitting on 3+, S7, AP-1 and 1 Damage each.
Sustained Hits 1 (Rolls of a 6 to Hit cause an additional hit)
Devastating Wounds (Rolls of a 6 to Wound cause Mortal Wounds)
Twin Lascannon
48" Range, 1 Shot, Hitting on 3+, S12, AP-3 and D6+1 Damage each.
Twin-Linked (Can re-roll to Wound)
Twin Inferno Heavy Bolter
36" Range, 3 Shots, Hitting on 3+, S5, AP-2 and 2 Damage each.
Sustained Hits 1 (Rolls of 6 cause additional hits)
Twin-Linked (Can Re-roll to Wound)
Inferno Combi Weapon
24" Range, 1 Shot, Hitting on 3+, S4, AP-1 and 1 Damage each.
Rapid Fire 1 (At half range of 12", get 1 additional Shot)
Anti-Infantry 4+ (Causes critical Wounds against Infantry on a 4+ regardless of toughness)
Devastating Wounds (On a roll of a 6, or when a Critical Wound is scored, causes Mortal Wounds)
Melee Weapons
Defiler Claws
5 Attacks, Hitting on 3+, S16, AP-3 and D6+1 Damage each.
Defiler scourge
3 Attacks, Hitting on 3+, S12, AP-1 and 2 Damage each.
Extra Attacks (Can be used alongside another weapon in melee)
Abilities
Deadly Demise D3 - When this model is destroyed, roll a dice, on a 6 it blows up dealing D3 Mortal Wounds to each unit within 6"
Scuttling Walker
When moving, this model can move over friendly Monsters, Vehicles and terrain 4" and shorter as though they were not me.
Thoughts
There are slight differences between this and the other Defilers. The Heavy Bolter with AP-2 is a scary concept!
Otherwise it is still a strong shooting and combat walker unit. Well worth its points!
That makes 14 Thousand Sons Datasheets Reviewed putting them on 50% Completed. The total Completed is 31% Complete! Can I review them all?!
Thank you for reading!
Warhammer Review Library
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I shall leave Army and Detachment rules here as well as World Eaters, Death Guard and Thousand Sons!
Army Rule and Detachment Rule Reviews
| Faction | Detachment | Review Number |
|---|---|---|
| Agents of the Imperium | Army Rule #2 | |
| Aeldari | Army Rule #4 | |
| Astra Militarum | Army Rule #1 | |
| Astra Militarum | Combined Regiment | Detachment Rule #1 |
| Astra Militarum | Bridgehead Strike | Detachment Rule #2 |
| Death Guard | Army Rule Review #6 | |
| Space Marines | Army Rule #3 | |
| Thousand Sons | Army Rule #7 | |
| World Eaters | Army Rule #5 |
Datasheet Review list (Alphabetical)
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"This defiler needs to undergo some change" -tzeench
I will change it for them! With my lascannons! 🐺😈