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!
Also this 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!
443 days since the start of 10th Edition.
This is Review #128, I am 315 reviews behind! (losing ground here)
Not picking randomly at the moment, need to finish Imperial Agents and Deathwatch before they change as explained Here
Agents of the Imperium, Vindicare Assassin
10th Edition Index
The Vindicare Assassin is the fourth and final Temple Assassin in the Agents of the Imperium Datasheets.
He is the the Super-Sniper. Where the Callidus Assassin uses chameleonic camouflage to pop out at the enemy to cut them down, he stays far away.
Instead of the mad murder and wholesale slaughter of the Eversor Assassin, he focusses on a single target.
Instead of being anti-Psyker like the Culexus Assassin, he is anti-Character, without the Anti-Character ability... you'll see...
80pts... cheap... I sort of expect this to go up in the new Codex. $40 at Warhammer.com! Also a pretty cool just to collect this model.
Let's check his stats!
Stats
Movement 7"
Toughness 4
Save 6+/4++(armor/invul/Feel No Pain)
Wounds 4
Ld 6+
OC 1
Weapons
Ranged:
Exitus rifle
Range 48", 1 Attack, Hits on a 2+, S7, Ap -3, D3+3 Damage each
Heavy (This unit gets +1 to Hit rolls if it remains stationary), he already hits on a 2+, this is to counter-act a de-buff like Stealth. Which he will hit on a 2+ if he stands still!
Ignores Cover (The target does not get any benefit for hiding in cover, you cannot hide from his precision!)
Precision (He can pick who takes the shot of course, sniping out a Leader out of the unit. He could also kill a special weapon out of a squad)
Devastating Wounds (Critical Wound rolls of a 6 cannot be saved with Armor or Invul Saves)
Exitus pistol
Range 12", 3 Attacks, Hits on a 2+, S5, Ap -2, 3 Damage each
Pistol (This unit can shoot this weapon even if they are in engagement with an enemy unit.)
Ignores Cover (The target does not get any benefit for hiding in cover, you cannot hide from his precision!)
Precision (He can pick who takes the shot of course, sniping out a Leader out of the unit. He could also kill a special weapon out of a squad)
Devastating Wounds (Critical Wound rolls of a 6 cannot be saved with Armor or Invul Saves)
Melee:
Vindicare combat knife
4 Attacks, Hitting on 2+, S4, Ap -1, 1 Damage each
Not a massive threat with the knife... but the pistol...
Abilities
Lone Operative (Can't be targeted unless he is within 12" of the shooter)
Stealth (Ranged attacks shooting him are done at -1 to Hit)
Infiltration (He can be set up in No-Man's Land) (But why would he?!)
Shieldbreaker
Once per Battle, he can use the Shieldbreaker round, when he does, it ignores all saves that can be made against the shot. This is then like an auto-Devastating Wounds... as long as he wounds with his S7 shot, which is a 3+ against a Marine Character usually, even one wearing Terminator Armor.... even a Custodian.
Deadshot
When making a ranged attack, when rolling a Critical HIT, add 3 Damage to the shot.
This makes the Rifle D3+6 Damage!
And it makes the Pistol a 6 Damage pistol!
Also, when this critical happens then the squad hit this way needs to make a Battle-Shock Test!
Thoughts
This is an amazing unit. I like him... I have 2 of them... and apparently he will get even better in the new Codex.
In the normal 2000pts game which is a 60"x44" board, I would stick him in centre-back in cover as high as possible. Most of the time he won't be shot at... but that Pistol is great at taking out Terminators... so I am pretty optimistic about him.
Now just 1 more Imperial Agents to do!
That makes 16 Imperial Agents Reviewed putting them on 94% Completed! The total Completed is 13.28% Complete! Can I review them all?!
Thank you for reading!
Warhammer Review Library
Army Rule and Detachment Rule Reviews
| Faction | Detachment | Review Number |
|---|---|---|
| Astra Militarum | Army Rule #1 | |
| Astra Militarum | Combined Regiment | Detachment Rule #1 |
| Agents of the Imperium | Army Rule #2 |
Datasheet Review list (Alphabetical)
| Faction | Unit | Review Number |
|---|---|---|
| Adeptus Custodes | Prosecutors | #1 |
| Adeptus Custodes | Knight-Centura | #54 |
| Adeptus Custodes | Shield-Captain | #61 |
| Adeptus Custodes | Shield-Captain in Allarus Terminator Armor | #70 |
| Adeptus Custodes | Trajann Valoris | #40 |
| Adeptus Mechanicus | Archaeopter Fusilave | #13 |
| Adeptus Mechanicus | Archaeopter Stratoraptor | #14 |
| Adeptus Mechanicus | Archaeopter Transvector | #15 |
| Adeptus Mechanicus | Belisarius Cawl | #53 |
| Adeptus Mechanicus | Corpuscarii Electro-Priests | #97 |
| Adeptus Mechanicus | Onager Dunecrawler | #110 |
| Adeptus Mechanicus | Serberys Raiders | #55 |
| Adeptus Mechanicus | Serberys Sulphurhounds | #56 |
| Adeptus Mechanicus | Technoarcheologist | #104 |
| Aeldari | Guardian Defenders | #64 |
| Aeldari | Maugan Ra | #87 |
| Aeldari | Night Spinner | #65 |
| Aeldari | Shadowseer | #80 |
| Aeldari | Prince Yriel | #92 |
| Astra Militarum | Kasrkin | #60 |
| Astra Militarum | Tank Commander | #90 |
| Astra Militarum | Wyvern | #81 |
| Black Templars | Black Templars Gladiator | #102 |
| Black Templars | High Marshall Helbrecht | #38 |
| Black Templars | Marshall | #46 |
| Black Templars | The Emperor's Champion | #63 |
| Blood Angels | Baal Predator | #2 |
| Blood Angels | Gabriel Seth | #66 |
| Blood Angels | Lemartes | #32 |
| Blood Angels | Sanguinary Guard | #93 |
| Chaos Daemons | Beasts of Nurgle | #98 |
| Chaos Daemons | Daemonettes | #29 |
| Chaos Daemons | Lord of Change | #75 |
| Chaos Daemons | Nurglings | #82 |
| Chaos Knights | Knight Abominant | #94 |
| Chaos Knights | War Dog Brigands | #30 |
| Chaos Knights | War Dog Executioners | #31 |
| Chaos Knights | War Dog Huntsman | #77 |
| Chaos Space Marines | Abbadon the Despoiler | #50 |
| Chaos Space Marines | Haarken Worldclaimer | #41 |
| Chaos Space Marines | Khorne Lord of Skulls | #37 |
| Dark Angels | Asmodai | #16 |
| Dark Angels | Azrael | #17 |
| Dark Angels | Belial | #4 |
| Dark Angels | Deathwing Knights | #20 |
| Dark Angels | Deathwing Terminator Squad | #99 |
| Dark Angels | Lazarus | #62 |
| Dark Angels | Land Speeder Vengeance | #101 |
| Death Guard | Biologus Putrifier | #5 |
| Death Guard | Blightlord Terminators | #10 |
| Death Guard | Chaos Lord | #36 |
| Death Guard | Lord of Contagion | #52 |
| Death Guard | Tallyman | #39 |
| Death Guard | Malignant Plaguecaster | #71 |
| Deathwatch | Corvus Blackstar | #72 |
| Deathwatch | Deathwatch Terminator Squad | #112 |
| Deathwatch | Deathwatch Veterans | #114 |
| Deathwatch | Fortis Kill Team | #116 |
| Deathwatch | Indomitor Kill Team | #118 |
| Deathwatch | Kill Team Cassius | #120 |
| Deathwatch | Proteus Killteam | #57 |
| Deathwatch | Spectrus Kill Team | #73 |
| Deathwatch | Veteran Bike Squad | #84 |
| Deathwatch | Watch Captain Artemis | #122 |
| Deathwatch | Watch Master | #124 |
| Drukhari | Grotesques | #45 |
| Drukhari | Haemonculus | #8 |
| Drukhari | Raider | #35 |
| Drukhari | Scourges | #7 |
| Genestealer Cults | Aberants | #47 |
| Genestealer Cults | Hybrid Metamorphs | #58 |
| Genestealer Cults | Reductus Saboteur | #33 |
| Grey Knights | Brother Captain | #25 |
| Grey Knights | Grand Master | #48 |
| Grey Knights | Strike Squad | #51 |
| Imperial Agents | Callidus Assassin | #9 |
| Imperial Agents | Culexus Assassin | #69 |
| Imperial Agents | Eversor Assassin | #105 |
| Imperial Agents | Exaction Squad | #111 |
| Imperial Agents | Imperial Navy Breachers | #113 |
| Imperial Agents | Inquisitor | #115 |
| Imperial Agents | Inquisitor Coteaz | #117 |
| Imperial Agents | Inquisitor Eisenhorn | #119 |
| Imperial Agents | Inquisitor Greyfax | #121 |
| Imperial Agents | Inquisitorial Henchmen | #123 |
| Imperial Agents | Inquisitor Karamazov | #125 |
| Imperial Agents | Lord Inquisitor Kyria Draxus | #126 |
| Imperial Agents | Rogue Trader Entourage | #127 |
| Imperial Agents | Subductor Squad | #128 |
| Imperial Agents | Vigilant Squad | #26 |
| Imperial Knights | Canis Rex | #76 |
| Imperial Knights | Armiger Helverin | #22 |
| Imperial Knights | Armiger Warglaive | #43 |
| Imperial Knights | Knight Castellan | #83 |
| Leagues of Votann | Brôkhyr Iron-master | #27 |
| Leagues of Votann | Brôkhyr Thunderkyn | #78 |
| Leagues of Votann | Cthonian Beserks | #86 |
| Leagues of Votann | Sagitaur | #3 |
| Leagues of Votann | Ûthar the Destined | #44 |
| Necrons | Obelisk | #11 |
| Orks | Battlewagon | #34 |
| Orks | Hunta Rig | #28 |
| Orks | Zodgrod Wortsnagga | #89 |
| Space Marines | Kayvaan Shrike | #23 |
| Space Marines | Marneus Calgar | #42 |
| Space Marines | Razorback | #21 |
| Space Marines | Vanguard Veteran Squad with Jump Packs | #103 |
| Space Wolves | Arjac Rockfist | #68 |
| Space Wolves | Fenrisian Wolves | #91 |
| Space Wolves | Wolf Guard | #74 |
| T'au Empire | Breacher Team | #88 |
| T'au Empire | Darkstrider | #12 |
| T'au Empire | Kroot Carnivore Squad | #19 |
| T'au Empire | Pathfinder Team | #79 |
| T'au Empire | Piranhas | #107 |
| T'au Empire | Razorshark Strike Fighter | #95 |
| T'au Empire | Stealth Battlesuits | #67 |
| Thousand Sons | Ahriman | #108 |
| Thousand Sons | Ahriman on Disc of Tzeentch | #109 |
| Thousand Sons | Exalted Sorcerer | #59 |
| Thousand Sons | Magnus the Red | #49 |
| Tyranids | Barbgaunts | #6 |
| Tyranids | Lictor | #106 |
| Tyranids | Raveners | #96 |
| Tyranids | Screamer Killer | #24 |
| World Eaters | Lord Invocatus | #100 |
| World Eaters | World Eaters Chaos Spawn | #18 |
| World Eaters | World Eaters Daemon Prince | #85 |
Thank you for reading!
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