GW just announced two brand new 9th edition 40k Codexes for 2021 for Drukhari and Dark Angels that are coming in January 2021! Let’s check it out.
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GW Announces Dark Angels & Drukhari 9th Edition 40k Codexes!
Side-by-side with a nice nostalgia trip, we got a brand new Codex Dark Angels announcement!
This codex supplement is packed with indispensable background on the most secretive of all of the Space Marine Chapters. You’ll also be able to:
- Launch faster and more deadly Ravenwing assaults
- Initiate units (including Dreadnoughts!) into the Deathwing
- Hunt the Fallen with a range of new Stratagems and Relics
With Deathwing Vanguard Detachments and Ravenwing Outrider Detachments both getting the Objective Secured ability on some of their key units, you’ll be able to field some incredibly powerful and tactically flexible, mixed Dark Angels armies.
Along with the codex, we got a quick peek at one of the new crusade rules! As lore would have it, Interrogator-Chaplains, don’t get to Interrogate Fallen that often, but if you managed to catch one in crusade you can use this requisition! Essentially you learn some of their secrets and your Chaplain gets just that little bit stronger.
Drukhari 9th Edition 40k Codex
Next to the Dark Angels, we got a Drukhari Codex Announced.
The first xenos codex of 2021 makes the Drukhari faster and deadlier than ever before. You’ll see:
- More attacks
- Higher damage
- Lethal combat output across the board
The stabbiest of the Aeldari are about to get stabbier. Their new rules allow you to take the realspace raiding force you’ve dreamed of without being penalised in Command point cost. Want to run a pure Wych cult? You can do that. Have an urge to mix up Kabals with Haemonculi Covens? Do it! The book also introduces new Crusade rules that allow you to expand your influence and become a feared crime lord of Commorragh.
Incubi will easily slice through anything that gets in their way. Now that their klaives are Damage 2, even Space Marines will be no match for them in combat.
Unlike Dark Angels, Drukhari got a model statline teased with the Codex. With an INSANE 2+ ws on a non-character non-custodes, these might be one of the best melee combatants in the new book. The 2 damage also makes them an absolute menace to Primaris Space Marines.
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Dark Eldar
With the first codex releases of 2021, we know of at least one new model that is probably on the way for them too
For the Dark Eldar, it looks like Lelith Hesperax is going to be the next model in line for a makeover, as we’ve already seen some pics of what looks to be a more updated version of her current model.
Lastly, they already have a Webway portal mold, so it would be easy to just add that in quickly as their terrain piece. No word yet on a Dark Angels release lineup, but a safe bet is for dice, a Combat Patrol box, and perhaps a re-release of a Character model as well.
What do you think about the next two confirmed Codexes? How about the Incubi statline? Do you play Crusade?
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