The new AoS Fyreslayers Magmadroths rules take fire breathing to a whole new level for these giant beasts- check it out!
With the Fury of the Deep box out for a little while, we are still waiting on the book, but at least GW has been showing us some rules. Obviously, we won’t know how it all fits together until we see the new book, but if you love the big minis for the Fyreslayers, these are going to be right up your alley!
Warhammer Community unveiled the new rules and even a way to take Auric Runesons on Magmadroths as Battleline units! Let’s first check out the changes we’ve seen so far, then jump into the new stuff!
All the New Fyreslayers Points Changes & Rules
The biggest NERFs here are for Berzerkers as they are going up ten points for five models. Then Vulkites with shields have also gone up 10 points as well. The only deduction is the Auric Hearthguard going down by 5 points. Not that big of a deal overall honestly.
The Idoneth Deepkin also suffered a few points increases as well on their units which isn’t that much in the way of NERFs really…
Fyreslayers Warscrolls & Rules Changes
Now they have +1 bravery, and a rend added to their weapons, however, the bodyguard rule is taken out. We hope this is because their heroes will all grab a 4+ Ward save. Then on top of that, Molten Rockbolts kind of got a big hit. Now it just reduces the enemy’s move on 6’s. Before it did all kinds of stuff like extra damage, the movement went to half, and even more. So this looks to be a huge change at face value.
Pretty simple, but they cost more and have an inch smaller range on the Ward save aura.
While they got a little better on the charge, they lost their re-roll. With a smaller movement, it can be hard to always get them in range to charge, either way, it’s not giant.
This unit got hit pretty hard, with higher cost, worse attacks, and their range attack also got worse. So, while they will be getting a 6+ ward save, that doesn’t make up for all of this so far.
Let’s just hope the new Fyreslayers’ overall rules and Warscrolls in their battletome book help them out!
New AoS Fyreslayers Magmadroths Rules are Quite Fiery!
These blazing beasts have been learning some new tricks – they can now build power for their Roaring Fyrestream attack, brewing up a raging inferno in their throats. Once unleashed, the ensuing gout of flame is hot enough to burn through even the toughest defences – it’s an ideal tool for clearing away heavily armoured hordes, especially now it can hit up to 10 times.
If you don’t shoot this on turn one (or any turn for that matter) just be sure to mention it’s heating up NBA Jams style and when you get into range next turn, you’ll be at -3 Rend. If you haven’t taken any wounds this is super strong as you’ll be hitting on a 2+ and are heated up, this could dish out the damage.
Just be sure to use it on bigger units to make use of all those possible hits!
The Lofnir treat their Magmadroths less as mounts and more as trusted battle companions. They forge strong bonds that render these beasts even hardier than their cousins, and more likely to display quirky personalities – or devastating Mount Traits. This lizard-loving lodge also rears more Magmadroths than any other – meaning Lofnir armies can take Auric Runesons on Magmadroths as Battleline units.
That’s right – you can now run a whole army of flame-spitting, obsidian-scaled lizards ridden by pugnacious duardin princes with fiery mohawks. It’s the perfect way to get revenge on the super-sized sea-beasts of Idoneth Deepkin – and a fitting army formation for the Era of the Beast, in which might makes right.
This is actually pretty sweet as you could take an entire army of them if you wanted, they will all have 2 extra wounds and you can get 3 mount traits! We would love to see an army like this as it would just be super fun.
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