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!
In this series, I will review one unit at a time, picking them randomly.
So let me spin the wheel again and see what I get:
Aeldari, Guardian Defenders
10th Edition Index
The first ever Aeldari entry... how about that?
Well... who are the Aeldari? In a nutshell: Space Elves.
Because I play the Imperium of Mankind... I hate Aeladri... or Eldar as they are known in the common tongue.
Generally speaking, the Aeldari are self-serving xenos who occasionally help the humans because it is in the interest of self-preservation to mess up Chaos's plan - the mutual enemy of the Imperium and the Aeldari race.
Well... Guardian Defenders are basically ordinary citizens who have been drafted into combat due to need.
They cost 100pts to field a unit of 10 Defenders and 1 Weapon Platform.
The squad costs $60 on the warhammer.com webstore.
Let's check those stats!
Stats
Movement 7" (Faster than most infantry)
Toughness 3 (Human level toughness)
Save 4+(armor/invul/Feel No Pain)
Wounds 1
Ld 6+ (Good Leadership for plebs)
OC 2
The Weapons Platform has the same stats but has 2 Wounds and 0OC
Weapons
The Guardians have Shuriken Catapults and Close Combat Weapons while the Weapons Platform comes with the options.
Ranged:
Shuriken Catapult
18" Range, 2 Shots, Hitting on 3+. S4, AP-1 and 1 Damage.
With the Assault Keyword - meaning they can move 7" plus run D6" and still shoot.
Weapon Platform:
Scatter laser
36" Range, 6 Shots, Hitting on 3+. S5, AP0 and 1 Damage.
Anti-Light Infantry
Bright lance
36" Range, 1 Shot, Hitting on 3+. S12, AP-3 and D6+2 Damage.
Anti-Tank
Starcannon
36" Range, 2 Shots, Hitting on 3+. S8, AP-3 and 2 Damage.
Anti-heavy Infantry
🠶 Aeldari missile launcher — starshot (Krakk single shot)
48" Range, 1 Shot, Hitting on 3+. S10, AP-2 and D6 Damage.
🠶 Aeldari missile launcher — sunburst (Frag -Blast for hordes)
48" Range, D6 Shots, Hitting on 3+. S4, AP-1 and 1 Damage.
Blast
Aeldari Missile Launcher has two firing options. So dual Anti-Infantry but not as good as a Bright Lance and Anti-Infantry not as sure as a Scatter Laser
Shuriken cannon
24" Range, 3 Shots, Hitting on 3+. S6, AP-1 and 2 Damage.
Sustained Hits 1
Anti-Medium Infantry
Melee:
A bit meager in Close Combat
Close Combat Weapon
1 Attack, Hitting on 3+, S3, AP0 and 1 Damage each.
Against Marines this does nearly nothing...
Abilities
Defenders of Fate
For Each objective controlled by Guardian Defenders, you get to add a Fate Dice to your Fate Pool... this is very powerful... but Guardians are not difficult to kill.
Their most powerful protection is not being as dangerous as the rest of their army...
Crewed Platform
When all the Guardians are dead, the Platform is destroyed.
All this usually means is that the clever Eldar player will put the second last set of wounds on the gun. 1x OC2 Eldar is better than nothing at all.
Thoughts
Versatile, not too tough but as I say, generally I will have bigger targets to deal with while they are a pain in the butt. They are dangerous due to their ability to generate more Fate dice.
Crush them when you have the opportunity!
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 | 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 | Serberys Raiders | #55 |
| Adeptus Mechanicus | Serberys Sulphurhounds | #56 |
| Astra Militarum | Kasrkin | #60 |
| Black Templars | High Marshall Helbrecht | #38 |
| Black Templars | Marshall | #46 |
| Black Templars | The Emperor's Champion | #63 |
| Blood Angels | Baal Predator | #2 |
| Blood Angels | Lemartes | #32 |
| Chaos Daemons | Daemonettes | #29 |
| Chaos Knights | War Dog Brigands | #30 |
| Chaos Knights | War Dog Executioners | #31 |
| 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 | Lazarus | #62 |
| 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 |
| Deathwatch | Proteus Killteam | #57 |
| 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 | Vigilant Squad | #26 |
| Imperial Knights | Armiger Helverin | #22 |
| Imperial Knights | Armiger Warglaive | #43 |
| Leages of Votann | Brôkhyr Iron-master | #27 |
| Leages of Votann | Sagitaur | #3 |
| Leages of Votann | Ûthar the Destined | #44 |
| Necrons | Obelisk | #11 |
| Orks | Battlewagon | #34 |
| Orks | Hunta Rig | #28 |
| Space Marines | Kayvaan Shrike | #23 |
| Space Marines | Marneus Calgar | #42 |
| Space Marines | Razorback | #21 |
| T'au Empire | Darkstrider | #12 |
| T'au Empire | Kroot Carnivore Squad | #19 |
| Thousand Sons | Exalted Sorcerer | #59 |
| Thousand Sons | Magnus the Red | #49 |
| Tyranids | Barbgaunts | #6 |
| Tyranids | Screamer Killer | #24 |
| World Eaters | World Eaters Chaos Spawn | #18 |
Thank you for reading!
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