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!
414 days since the start of 10th Edition.
This is Review #103, I am 311 reviews behind! Another slight gain...
Picking them randomly, let me spin the wheel again and see what I get:
Space Marines, Vanguard Veteran Squad with Jump Packs
10th Edition Codex
Vanguard Veterans are elite Jump pack troops employed by the Space Marines. They represent members of the 1st Company using Jump Packs in a mission.
Vanguard means that they are there for close combat, but they do have a lot of redundant pistol options to choose from.
The 9th Edition version of these guys had a massive variety of close combat weapons wielded by the Vanguard. They no longer have such weapons, instead wielding "Vanguard Veteran Weapons".
The only credible option to me is for them to have Storm Shields and gain them a 4+ invul save.
It costs 105pts to field a squad of 5 and 210pts to field a unit of 10 models. It costs $60 to buy a squad of 5.
Let's look at those stats!
Stats
Movement 12"
Toughness 4
Save 3+(armor/invul/Feel No Pain)
Wounds 2
Ld 6+
OC 1
Weapons
These guys start out with Bolt Pistols and can change any number of them for the following:
Plasma Pistols
Inferno Pistols
Hand Flamers
Grav-Pistols
Storm Shield (This gives them a 4++ save... I would rather go for these)
Ranged:
Bolt Pistol
Range 12", 1 Attack, Hitting on 3+, S4, Ap 0, D1 Damage each
Pistol (Can shoot with this weapon while in engagement range of enemy models, close combat)
Plasma Pistol - Standard firing option
Range 12", 1 Attack, Hitting on 3+, S7, Ap -2, 1 Damage each
Pistol (Can shoot with this weapon while in engagement range of enemy models, close combat)
Plasma Pistol - Standard firing option
Range 12", 1 Attack, Hitting on 3+, S8, Ap -3, 2 Damage each
Pistol (Can shoot with this weapon while in engagement range of enemy models, close combat)
Hazardous (After using this weapon, roll a Dice, on a 1 take 3 Mortal Wounds)
Inferno Pistol
Range 6", 1 Attack, Hitting on 3+, S8, Ap -4, D3 Damage each
Pistol (Can shoot with this weapon while in engagement range of enemy models, close combat)
Melta 2 (When firing at a target within 3" gain 2 Damage)
Hand Flamer
Range 12", D6 Attacks, Torrent , S3, Ap 0, D1 Damage each
Pistol (Can shoot with this weapon while in engagement range of enemy models, close combat)
Torrent (Hits Automatically, just roll for how many shots)
Ignores Cover (No bonuses for being in cover when being shot by this weapon)
Grav Pistol
Range 12", 1 Attack, Hitting on 3+, S4, Ap -1, 2 Damage each
Pistol (Can shoot with this weapon while in engagement range of enemy models, close combat)
Anti-Vehicle 2+ (Causes a critical Wound on a roll of 2+ against Vehicle units)
Melee:
Vanguard Veteran weapon
4 Attacks, Hitting on 3+, S5 Ap -1, 1 Damage each
Abilities
Deadly Demise D3 (When it is destroyed, roll a Dice on a 6, all units within 6" of this unit suffers D3 Mortal Wounds)
Vanguard Assault
On the turn they charge they gain Lethal Hits, which mean 6's to Hit, automatically wound.
Thoughts
So if I wanted to harass my enemy with a unit of 5, I would go for 5 Stormshields.
If I wanted to make a suicide unit that must deal loads of damage, I would try go for a 5 man unit with Inferno Pistols to Melta something's face off and charge into combat.
A 10 man unit is a bit expensive so unless you want to invest in a character to lead them and buff them.
I have a unit of Wolf Guard with Jump Packs which is now represented by this Datasheet.
That makes 4 Space Marine Datasheets Reviewed putting them on 4.3% Completed! The total Completed is 10.60% Complete! Can I review them all?!
Thank you for reading!
Warhammer Review Library
Alphabetical List
| 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 | Serberys Raiders | #55 |
| Adeptus Mechanicus | Serberys Sulphurhounds | #56 |
| 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 | Proteus Killteam | #57 |
| Deathwatch | Spectrus Kill Team | #73 |
| Deathwatch | Veteran Bike Squad | #84 |
| 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 | 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 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 | Razorshark Strike Fighter | #95 |
| T'au Empire | Stealth Battlesuits | #67 |
| Thousand Sons | Exalted Sorcerer | #59 |
| Thousand Sons | Magnus the Red | #49 |
| Tyranids | Barbgaunts | #6 |
| 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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