There may be a new Chapter Tactic Sherriff in town for Space Marines. One of the new customizable Chapter selections rocks!
Games Workshop announced that we’ll be able to customize our own Chapters in the future complete with unique paint schemes and rules. One of their rules, in particular, seemed insanely powerful, given the right weapons across the army. Check out this new Chapter Tactic that’s on the way!
The Best New Chapter Tactic Coming in the Space Marine Codex?
Looking at the Chapter Tactic everybody is talking about, the +3″ range to Space Marine weapons might be the next hotness. At first glance, you might be thinking about bolters only. However, this says “Add 3” to the range characteristic of ranged weapons models with this tactic are equipped with”. Suddenly, Aggressor Flamers go up to 11″ and can shoot twice if they don’t move. Meltaguns are at 15″ range meaning that you can reroll your damage roll from 7.5″ away now. Even grenades are up to a 9″ range!
This Chapter Tactic is only really helpful while you’re in your shooting phase/overwatch but as long as you can keep the Orks/Tyranids swarms off of you, this Tactic should be incredible.
While any added range to guns is great, the biggest benefit to this tactic would be for Flamers. Now, melee-centric lists will need to pull off some hefty 11″ charges without eating up a storm of auto hits. Lists can also be more proactive with flamers too. Veterans, for example, can load up on some flamers inside of something like a Termite transport, hop out 9″ away, and clear Guard screens. It’s kind of like the GSC Lying in Wait strat used on Acolyte Hand Flamer squads. Only these Flamers would be S4 and on a T4, 3+ Sv body.
Another great thing to think about is Leviathan wargear. The Storm Cannon Arrays will go up to 27″ and Melta Lances will be up to a 21″ distance. One of the Leviathan’s biggest weak points is its lack of range on its wargear options. However, the added 3″ can make a world of difference if you don’t want to sacrifice your 2+ BS.
Overall, Space Marines are about to get A LOT better when you consider all of the extra support like +1 attack on the charge, Bolter Discipline, and even the fact that Chapter Tactics now apply to All Space Marine keyworded units.
What do you think about the +3″ tactic? Is there another Chapter Tactic that’s on your radar? What will be the best units to spam for your Chapter? Let us know in the comments of our Facebook Hobby Group, and sign up to get your free hobby updates newsletter each morning as well!
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About Wesley Floyd: Wes has been in the Warhammer hobby since 2015 and joined the Spikey Bits writing team in 2018. He is known for his satirist takes on trending topics and imaginative yet amazingly affordable hobby solutions to painting Warhammer miniatures.
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