Khorne Daemons Codex 40k Rules Revealed by GW!

By Travis Pasch | August 8th, 2022 | Categories: 40k News & Articles, Chaos Daemons, Chaos Space Marines, Games Workshop, Games Workshop Previews, Khorne, rules, Tabletop Gaming News & Rumors, Warhammer Community

GW revealed new Khorne Daemons rules, including Flesh Hounds, stratagems, and much more- check out the new rules!

We’ve seen a ton of rumors for the new codex, but only a few actually confirmed by GW, so it’s good to get more from them. This and the recent Bloodletter profile (we’ll look at that as well) give you a good idea of how Khorne will function.

Warhammer Community just unveiled the rules, but first, let’s check out the daemon saves and profiles we’ve seen.

Warhammer 40k Daemon Saves Confirmed by GW!

Conventional armaments use crackling power fields and explosive force to punch through armour and alien hide, yet these munitions have little effect on inhuman horrors from the empyrean. Daemonic Invulnerability provides your seething hordes with two unmodifiable saves. The first represents their durability in melee, and the second offers them a defence against ranged firepower.

As you’d expect, Bloodletters care little about where the blood flows from in melee – and with those new stats, they’re even better at shedding it than before – but they make for a more challenging target at range. It might be their unnatural loping gait, or perhaps Khorne’s just too busy enjoying the spectacle of close combat to lend his protection?

As you can see, they are changing the saves to actually be two-parters (no longer just a single Daemon save) with one for melee and one for shooting. They also say they are unmodifiable, so even things that ignore invulnerable saves do not affect these (they say even Railguns don’t ignore them).

On top of that, Bloodletters are getting way better with extra Strength, Toughness, and an attack. However, it does look like they are all going down by 1 LD.

Pink Horrors

On the other hand(s), Pink Horrors are even squishier than before in close combat – but bullets and flames simply pass through their shifting forms as they blink in and out of existence. As with everything, this is by Tzeentch’s design – slaying one Horror just leaves you grappling with two more.

Pink Horrors having a 3+ invuln from shooting is actually pretty crazy. However, that’s offset by their 6+ in melee. Their profile isn’t changing much other than 3+ BS, which is nice, but again their LD goes down by one.

New Khorne Daemons 40k Codex Rules:

We’ve already had a sneak peek at the blood-fuelled bulk-up in store for Bloodletters, but those hungry Flesh Hounds have also been at the protein – they’re gaining faster Movement, more Strength, and an extra Attack. This pairs up wonderfully with their new Savage Pounce ability, which confers extra Damage on their gore-drenched fangs if they’ve leapt into combat this turn.

They should be better than ever with better saves, more Strength, and another attack! Plus, they will be even stronger if you get them to charge!

The mighty Skulltaker delivers a delightfully straightforward interpretation of his name with his updated Skulls for Khorne ability. Not only can he re-roll hit and wound rolls against enemy CHARACTERS, but his other abilities also get a range boost for each champion he slays.

Holding his newly-acquired severed heads aloft, this iconic Herald of Khorne inspires lesser daemons to put their nose to the (skull)grindstone. His Lord of Decapitations ability allows him to boost the frenzied accuracy of a BLOODLETTERS unit within 6″… then 9″… then 12″. There’s no escape!

You really want to get your Skulltaker into combat with characters! Not only will you be re-rolling everything, but you will also increase your auras as well! Then the aura will really increase your core units’ power.

Stratagem

Or – for just one Command point – you can unleash your rage in combat to get an extra pile-in before your foe can find their footing.

Getting an extra pile-in is quite awesome, or you can even get another free move, so just super strong and will let you get further into combat or closer to combat for cheap!

Here’s all the latest on the upcoming rules updates and points changes for Warhammer 40k.

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Here’s the most up-to-date list of new Games Workshop bits from all preview models that we should watch out for. Click on the gallery above to see dozens of Rumor Engines with new models still left to be revealed!

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