Warhammer 40k - Review Library 422 - Drukhari, Cronos
The pain parasite! Really grimdark...
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Drukhari, Cronos
10th Edition Index
You pay 50pts for one, you can either take 1 or 2, making a unit of 2 monsters!
Let's check their stats!
Stats
Movement 7"
Toughness 7
Save 3+/6++/5+++(armor/invul/Feel No Pain)
Wounds 7
Ld 6+
OC 2
Weapons
Weapon Loadout: Spirit Syphon and Spirit-Leech Tentacles and any number of models in the unit can be equipped with Spirit Vortexes... so why not?
Ranged Weapons
Spirit Syphon
12" Range, D6 Shots, Hitting on Auto, S5, AP-1 and 1 Damage each.
Torrent (Hits are automatic, just roll for number of shots)
Ignores Cover (Target cannot get benefit of cover against these attacks)
Spirit Vortex
18" Range, D6 Shot, Hitting on 3+, S5, AP-1 and 1 Damage each.
Ignores Cover (Target cannot get benefit of cover against these attacks)
Blast (+1 shot for every 5 models in the target unit, rounding down)
Melee Weapons
Spirit-leech tentacles
4 Attacks, Hitting on 4+, S5, AP0 and 1 Damage each.
Abilities
Pain Parasite
Each time a Pain token is used within 9" of this unit, on a roll of 4+, you gain 1 pain token
Thoughts
So it is a Pain token farm. While 50pts is not much to pay for a Monster unit, they are not very powerful. If you are going to run them in multiples, you may as well first play 2-3 induvidual Cronos units. There is no cap on using that ability for multiple units per time that a pain token is used.
This means, hypothetically, one Cronos can cover one 18" bubble on one side of a battlefield and another Cronos on the other side, but where one unit uses a Pain token within 9" of BOTH Cronos, you can roll 4+ twice!
Unless an FAQ says otherwise... (Looking) and nope, you can stack them! From now until the new Drukhari Codex.
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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 Daemons | Army Rule #10 | |
| Chaos Daemons | Daemonic Incursion | Detachment Review 15 |
| Chaos Daemons | Blood Legion | Detachment Review 16 |
| Chaos Daemons | Legion of Excess | Detachment Review 17 |
| Chaos Daemons | Scintillating Legion | Detachment Review 18 |
| Chaos Daemons | Plague Legion | Detachment Review 19 |
| Chaos Daemons | Shadow Legion | Detachment Review 20 |
| 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 #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 |
|---|---|---|
| Drukhari | Archon | #419 |
| Drukhari | Beastmaster | #420 |
| Drukhari | Court of the Archon | #421 |
| Drukhari | Grotesques | #45 |
| Drukhari | Haemonculus | #8 |
| Drukhari | Raider | #35 |
| Drukhari | Scourges | #7 |
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