Games Workshop just gave us a rundown on how Infantry models and wounding are going to work in the new 8th edition of Warhammer 40k!
Warhammer Community just revealed how the infantry units are going to work in 8th edition, let’s see what they had to say.
Today, we’re going to look at the little guys.
The new Warhammer 40,000 will give infantry a chance to shine. There is stuff you just can’t do with very well with vehicles, bikes and walkers, like hold ruins, use cover effectively and swarm the battlefield in numbers to claim every objective.
One thing that is certainly going to help infantry out is the fact that everything can harm everything in the game. We’ve heard already that characteristics don’t cap at 10 anymore, so the old 10×10 strength vs toughness table was in for an update. In the new edition, there’s a simple but elegant system to find out what you need to wound:
So, you can see that while even the humble lasgun has a chance to take down the biggest foe, you’ll need a lot of small-arms fire to really threaten the big stuff. We’ve already seen the profiles of a Space Marine, a bolter, a lascannon and a Gorkanaut, and now we know all the steps to work out just how such a Shooting phase might go. Some quick maths tells us that we’d need over 500 bolters firing at that Gorkanaut to bring it down, whereas you’d need just over a dozen lascannons. So, while you might occasionally chip the odd wound off with bolters, lasguns or shootas, you might find that your standard infantry guns are better used elsewhere.
Not a problem though, because in the new Warhammer 40,000, models in a squad can fire at different targets. So, this means your Tactical Squad can have your boys with bolters deal with that onrushing Hormagaunt horde, while the flamer bathes a nearby Lictor in prometheum fire, and the squad’s krak missile takes an opportunistic pop-shot at that onrushing Carnifex – just as you always imagined they should!
Well the old school 10×10 table was in need of an update and it definitely got it. By that we mean it’s now non existent, and a simple five cell table has taken its place. This new table has made figuring out attacks so much easier. Yes everything can wound everything, but it’s going to be really hard for your little guys to take down a big guy unless they’re properly equipped.
And did you notice them talking about lascannons again? There sure is a lot of talk about those since they’ve announced 8th edition. is this some kind of hint? Do we need to start swapping out some weapons?
Check back with us tomorrow when they go over how characters work in the new edition.
What are your thoughts on the new info put out on infantry units? Let us know in the comments below.
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