The new Adeptus Mechanicus Stratagems and special army-wide 40k rules are here, check out what the army can do!
Here are all the stratagems, warlord traits, and Canticles for the upcoming book. So if you want to start making your lists this is a great post to check out! We’ll go over what’s changing and what stratagems came out on top!
On top of that, we’ll be checking out a ton of special rules, that way you can start deciding what type of combos you want to run! We found these on Imgur with all the pictures. If you want to see all the other rules for Adeptus Mechanicus, click any of the links below:
Codex Adeptus Mechanicus
The Codex is finally here, so if you’ve been waiting to get these guys on the field, get ready! While they are only getting one new mini with the release, it’s always fun to get a new book.
Adeptus Mechanicus Stratagems
The Dunestriders for 1CP is pretty nice if you really need to reposition your Ironstriders but don’t want to suffer the penalty. For 1CP the Dataspike is also interesting to dish out some mortal wounds.
Lastly, the Zealous Congregation can get you some automatic wounds, and with 2 Damage each, you can really put the hurt on.
While it’s not the most useful all the time, the Machine Spirit’s Revenge is always fun! When you run a vehicle up into the enemy and boom! Tons of mortals all around.
The Deeply Sunk Talons is also really fun and if you need to tie up a unit, it’s perfect. Then they have two stratagems to take your units off the table and redeploy them which is pretty sweet.
The Chain-Taser Protocol isn’t quite as good as before, because it was on a 4+, but still nice they keep it in there. Being able to shoot at a unit coming in 12″ is also really helpful, as it will make it harder for deep striking units to come on and get off a devastating charge.
Canticles
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The Benediction of the Omnissiah is really still strong, with a single reroll to every phase of the shooting roll. But you can only select one per game, so be sure to use that when you really want to dish out the serious pain, we see turn two being the usual candidate. Having a save against Mortals is also pretty sweet and everything in your army (more or less) getting light cover isn’t shabby either. They all definitely have their uses, just be sure to activate them when most needed!
Warlord Traits
Being able to deepstrike a unit is always nice, while a lot of the other traits focus more on combat, so they gave them a lot more for combat this time around in almost every aspect.
There are some interesting ones here, namely being able to shoot and perform actions. Meaning you don’t have to include units that will basically sit still and do nothing. On top of that, being able to move your heavy weapons and not get the minus one is a pretty nice little buff.
All the Forgeworld traits have two parts, and once you change to the advanced you can’t go back, so make the switch wisely. All of them have some interesting mechanics, but will really make the overall use of your characters more important.
What is your favorite rule so far? Do you like the new stratagems?
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About the Author: Travis Pasch
Travis Pasch
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About Travis Pasch: Travis has been a Warhammer 40k hobbyist since the 1990s, playing the game since Third Edition. Through extensive traveling, he’s seen a lot of the miniatures hobby from across the world, giving him a unique perspective on the latest gaming topics and trends.
Travis’s brother even owns a commission painting studio, where he’s picked up a lot of good advice and techniques for painting Warhammer and tabletop miniatures over the years, as well. Travis joined the Spikey Bits team in 2019 and has been the lead writer since 2020.
Currently, he’s working on converting all his 40k Adeptus Mechanicus models and becoming a true tech enjoyer, complete with both sad and happy robot noises!
