Warhammer 40k - Review Library 411 - Chaos Daemons, Soulgrinder
Daemon Engines that come in 4 different brands!
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Hello everyone! Zak Ludick here from Cape Town, South Africa and this is a Warhammer 40k - Datasheet Review post!
What is it all about? It is not there to just give a stat. It is there to give MY review of the unit in the game of Warhammer 40,000
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I have reviewed 58/148.
Time elapsed: 38.54%
Review Completion: 39.18%
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Chaos Daemons, Soulgrinder
10th Edition Index
Vehicle, Walker and Daemon, this model has a lot of keywords and though this gives it access to some stratagems, it also widens the number of anti-X weapons that can hurt it.
However, this model comes with a great amount of melee threat while also giving the Daemon Army some shooting backup, something that they do not usually have much shooting attacks.
You can choose the patronage of one of the Great 4 Chaos Gods which will give the Soulgrinder an extra shooting attack appropriate to the God.
These machine Daemons are 180pts. Let's check their stats!
Stats
Movement 8"
Toughness 11
Save 3+/4++(armor/invul/Feel No Pain)
Wounds 14
Ld 7+
OC 5
Weapons
Weapon Loadout: Harvester Cannon; Iron Claw; Warpsword.
Weapon options: The Warpsword can be exchanged for a Warpclaw
Daemonic Allegiance - When you select this model to be part of your army, you must choose an allegiance with one of the Chaos Gods. Depending on the one that you pick, you will get additional wargear:
Khonre: Gets Torrent of Burning Blood
Tzeetch: Gets Warp Gaze
Nurgle: Gets Phlegm Bombardment
Slaanesh: Scream of Despair
Ranged Weapons
Harvester Cannon
36" Range, 3 Shots, Hitting on 3+, S10, AP-1 and 3 Damage each.
Torrent of Burning Blood (Khorne)
12" Range, 2D6 Shots, Hitting on Auto, S5, AP-1 and 1 Damage each.
Torrent (This weapon hits automatically, just roll to Wound)
Ignores Cover (The enemy cannot get Benefit of Cover against this attack)
Warp Gaze (Tzeetch)
48" Range, D3 Shots, Hitting on 3+, S12, AP-2 and D6+2 Damage each.
Blast (For every 5 models in the target unit, this attack gains 1 Attack)
Phlegm Bombardment (Nurgle)
36" Range, D6+1 Shots, Hitting on 3+, S7, AP-1 and 2 Damage each.
Blast (For every 5 models in the target unit, this attack gains 1 Attack)
Lethal Hits (Rolls of 6 to Hit automatically cause a Wound)
Indirect Fire (This weapon can shoot at units in range but outside of line of sight, but at a -1 to Hit and the target will get Benefit of Cover)
Scream of Despair (Slaanesh)
24" Range, 6 Shots, Hitting on 3+, S9, AP-2 and 2 Damage each.
Sustained Hits 1 (Rolls of a 6 to Hit automatically cause an additional hit)
Devastating Wounds (Rolls of 6 to Wound cause Mortal Wounds)
Melee Weapons
Iron Claw
5 Attacks, Hitting on 3+, S16, AP-3 and D6+2 Damage each.
Warpsword
3 Attacks, Hitting on 3+, S8, AP-2 and D6 Damage each.
Extra attacks (These melee attacks can be done in addition to the model's main attacks)
or
Warpclaw
6 Attacks, Hitting on 3+, S8, AP-1 and 2 Damage each.
Extra attacks (These melee attacks can be done in addition to the model's main attacks)
Abilities
Deep Strike - If this unit arrives on the Battlefield from Reserves, it can be set up anywhere on the battlefield more than 9" from enemy models.
Deadly Demise D3 - When this model is destroyed, roll a dice and on a 6 the model explodes dealing D3 Mortal Wounds to each unit within 6"
Scuttling Walker
When making a Normal or Advance move, this model can move over friendly Monsters and/or vehicles and terrain features that are 4" or less in height as though they were not there.
Thoughts
You wouldthere this model with your army should it have a theme based on a Chaos God... but in a combined Daemon force... you would have choices and I thing that it is good to have options based on what your army needs to most and how it all fits in together.
Overall I think this is a good allrounder and very much worth its points.
That makes 45 Chaos Daemon Datasheets Reviewed, putting them on 90
% Completed! The total of the remaining Index reviews is now 88.
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I shall leave all Army and Detachment rules here and the few Chaos Daemon datasheets I have done already:
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 |
| Chaos Knights | Army Rule #8 | |
| Chaos Knights | Tratoris Lance | Detachment Review #11 |
| Chaos Knights | Iconoclast Fiefdom | Detachment Review #12 |
| Death Guard | Army Rule Review #6 | |
| Death Guard | Plague Company | Detachment Review #4 |
| Death Guard | Flyblown Host | Detachment Review #7 |
| Imperial Knights | Army Rule Review #9 | |
| Imperial Knights | Noble Lance | Detachment Review #13 |
| Imperial Knights | Questor Forgepact | Detachment Review #14 |
| Space Marines | Army Rule #3 | |
| Space Wolves | Champions of Russ | Detachment Review #9 |
| Space Wolves | Champions of Fenris | Detachment Review #10 |
| Thousand Sons | Army Rule #7 | |
| Thousand Sons | Cult of Magic | Detachment Review #5 |
| Thousand Sons | Hexwarp Thrallband | Detachment Review #8 |
| World Eaters | Army Rule #5 | |
| World Eaters | Berzerker Warband | Detachment Review #3 |
| World Eaters | Vessels of Wrath | Detachment Review #6 |
Datasheet Review list (Alphabetical)
| Faction | Unit | Review Number |
|---|---|---|
| Chaos Daemons | Beasts of Nurgle | #98 |
| Chaos Daemons | Be'lakor | #370 |
| Chaos Daemons | Bloodcrushers | #371 |
| Chaos Daemons | Bloodletters | #372 |
| Chaos Daemons | Bloodmaster | #373 |
| Chaos Daemons | Bloodthister | #374 |
| Chaos Daemons | Blue Horrors | #375 |
| Chaos Daemons | Burning Chariot | #376 |
| Chaos Daemons | Changecaster | #377 |
| Chaos Daemons | Contorted Epitome | #378 |
| Chaos Daemons | Daemonettes | #29 |
| Chaos Daemons | Daemon Prince of Chaos | #379 |
| Chaos Daemons | Daemon Prince of Chaos with Wings | #380 |
| Chaos Daemons | Epidemius | #381 |
| Chaos Daemons | Exalted Flamer | #382 |
| Chaos Daemons | Fateskimmer | #383 |
| Chaos Daemons | Feculent Gnarlmaw | #384 |
| Chaos Daemons | Fiends | #385 |
| Chaos Daemons | Flamers | #386 |
| Chaos Daemons | Flesh Hounds | #387 |
| Chaos Daemons | Fluxmaster | #388 |
| Chaos Daemons | Great Unclean One | #389 |
| Chaos Daemons | Hellflayers | #390 |
| Chaos Daemons | Horticulous Slimux | #391 |
| Chaos Daemons | Infernal Enrapturess | #392 |
| Chaos Daemons | Kairos Fateweaver | #393 |
| Chaos Daemons | Karanak | #395 |
| Chaos Daemons | Keeper of Secrets | #394 |
| Chaos Daemons | Lord of Change | #75 |
| Chaos Daemons | Nurglings | #82 |
| Chaos Daemons | Pink Horrors | #396 |
| Chaos Daemons | Plaguebearers | #397 |
| Chaos Daemons | Plague Drones | #398 |
| Chaos Daemons | Poxbringer | #399 |
| Chaos Daemons | Rendmaster on Blood Throne | #400 |
| Chaos Daemons | Rotigus | #401 |
| Chaos Daemons | Screamers | #402 |
| Chaos Daemons | Seekers | #403 |
| Chaos Daemons | Shalaxi Helbane | #404 |
| Chaos Daemons | Skarbrand | #405 |
| Chaos Daemons | Skull Altar | #406 |
| Chaos Daemons | Skull Cannon | #407 |
| Chaos Daemons | Skullmaster | #408 |
| Chaos Daemons | Skulltaker | #409 |
| Chaos Daemons | Sloppity Bilepiper | #410 |
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