Warhammer 40k - Review Library 420 - Drukhari, Beastmaster

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Drukhari, Beastmaster

10th Edition Index

For 120pts you get 7 models!
1x Beastmaster (On a flying skateboard)
1x Clawed Fiend (The big ugly)
2x Khymerae (The dog things)
3x Razorwings (A flock of birds)

Let's check their stats!

Stats

Their stats are really similar and cohesive except for number of Wounds.
Movement 12"
Toughness 4
Save 6+/6++(armor/invul/Feel No Pain)
Wounds 2 for the Khymerae, 3 for Razorwings and Beastmaster, 5 for Clawed Fiend
Ld 6+ Beastmaster and 8+ for the rest.
OC 1

Weapons

Weapon Loadout:

Beastmaster is equipped with Splinter Pods and Agonizer
Clawed Fiend is equipped with Clawed Fiend Fists
Khymerae are equipped with Khymerae Talons
Razorwing Flocks are equipped with Razorwing Feathers.

Ranged Weapons

Splinter Pods

18" Range, 2 Shots, Hitting on 3+, S2, AP0 and 1 Damage each.
Assault (This weapon can be fired after this model Advances)
Anti-Infantry 3+ (This weapon wounds Infantry models on a 3+ regardless of the target's toughness)

Melee Weapons

Agoniser

3 Attacks, Hitting on 3+, S3, AP-1 and 1 Damage each.
Anti-Infantry 3+ (This weapon wounds Infantry models on a 3+ regardless of the target's toughness)

Clawed Fiend Fists

5 Attacks, Hitting on 4+, S5, AP-1 and 2 Damage each.
Devastating Wounds (Rolls of 6 on the Wound Roll cause Mortal Wounds)

Khymerae Talons

4 Attacks, Hitting on 4+, S5, AP0 and 1 Damage each.
Lethal Hits (Rolls of a 6 to Hit automatically score Wounds)

Razorwing Feathers

6 Attacks, Hitting on 4+, S3, AP0 and 1 Damage each.
Sustained Hits 1 (Rolls of a 6 to Hit score 1 additional hits)

Abilities

Scouts 9" (At the start of the battle, before the first turn, this unit can move 9" in any direction.)

Beastmaster

While this unit contains a Beastmaster model, you can re-roll Charge rolls made for this unit and each time a Beast model in the unit makes an attack, they can re-roll 1's to Hit.

Thoughts

This is a very interesting unit. They don't seem to be tough at all. T4 with a 6+ invul, but they do have a boat-load of wounds.

The unit is decent at melee and has a varied toolbox - Dev Wounds, Lethal Hits, Sustained Hits and Anti-infantry. So there is something for everything but nothing superpowered.

The Scout and the number of bodies may actually make them a good unit for doing various actions and early objective holding.

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