GW revealed a ton of new Leagues of Votann Warhammer 40k rules and even some power levels- check it out!
We’ve seen many reveals for them over the past couple of months, but the rules have been sparse. However, not too long ago, we saw a whole bunch of leaked datacards, which you can check out here.
It’s raining rules, as the new Leagues of Votann abilities and detachments in their 9th Edition Warhammer 40k codex have been leaked!
The internet has struck once again with some big leaks from the upcoming Leagues of Votann codex! If you’re thinking about playing Leagues of Votann, these new rules are a great way to decide what to build your army around from the upcoming codex book!
Leagues of Votann New 40k Codex Rules, Abilities, & Detachments
They gain a decent number of special rules, maybe the coolest rules are the League Customs, as they really let them gain some insane bonuses. However, keep in mind you can only have one Kahl per detachment.
They follow all the standard rules for making an army, so that is nice to see.
The judgment tokens are actually insane and can turn your attacks into wounds without much issue. They also have special rules to add judgment tokens, so they can get out of hand quickly. If you can get three tokens on a unit, you are auto-wounding on 4+!
This can make all those high-toughness units out there feel real bad.
The HunTR is an interesting way to say how many attacks they get, but they had to sort of do something to denote them for other rules and stratagems.
So, how do you get judgement tokens? Well, any time a unit destroys one of your units, any time a unit completes an action, and you just get to select one unit near an objective at the end of your opponent’s turns as well.
Magna-Rail weapons are insane! You ignore invulnerable saves to start; then, any wound rolls of a six do not lose excess damage. So if you can shoot this at a unit of big baddies, you can kill multiple with one shot. Steady Advance lets you ignore any move modifiers and advance an auto 3″.
Lastly, their void armor stops any re-rolls for wounds or damage and reduces AP by 1!
Beam Weapons
This can give you some serious damage if you manage to line up a big shot and get three or four units in the beam’s way.
New Leagues of Votann Rules Revealed by GW
The new 40k rules were unveiled by Warhammer Community, let’s check out what the Leagues of Votann can do!
Power Levels aren’t a great indicator of actual points, but this could be anywhere from a 1,000-point list to a 1,500-point list. So, we won’t speculate too much on points from this.
This force hails from the Greater Thurian League – the white-and-teal Kin you’ve seen plenty of so far – as they’re renowned for exploration, resource acquisition, and military conquest. Their League Custom, Ruthless Efficiency, grants them re-rolls and an edge when contesting objectives.
Like with most factions, there will be a sub-faction you can pick, which will grant you specific bonuses. This one will make it super hard for your enemy to score objectives against you.
Then, getting a free re-roll for every unit in your army is just kind of insane. Especially for big guns, if you do hit, you can just carry over the free re-roll into the wound roll.
Perhaps the greatest strength of the League lies in how they wield the Eye of the Ancestors. This faction-wide ability condemns enemies to annihilation should they attract ire in the form of Judgement tokens.
Enemy units gain Judgement tokens in a number of ways, from completing an action (how dare you!) to destroying a Votann unit (how VERY dare you!), while Kâhls can dole out extra tokens with their Grim Efficiency ability.
This is actually pretty wild. If you can get three tokens on a unit, you are auto-wounding on 4+! At fhis can make high-toughness units feel really bad.
New Stratagem & Special Rules
My League’s unique Stratagem, Appraising Glare, maximises the effectiveness of Grim Efficiency, enabling you to mark out a dangerous enemy unit for destruction from the battle’s outset.
For one CP, you give a unit two tokens! For one CP, basically, every unit in your army is auto-wounding on 5+! Pretty insane.
Each League also has an Ancestral Judgement ability that applies when attacking a unit with Judgement tokens on it, and the Greater Thurian League’s makes their warriors even more vengeful.
So, if you combine this with the stratagem above, you are auto-wounding on 4+. Bam, one CP, and you basically will auto-wound on half your shots!
Warlord Trait & Relic
The Warlord Trait A Long List is especially effective for the Greater Thurian League, as the ability to redistribute Judgement tokens makes for a great combo with their Ancestral Judgement. Plus, it’s the perfect choice for a Warlord with a name like Kôrv Grudgekeeper…
This lets you try and kill enemy characters with shooting, and then if you do, you can transfer a token over to another unit, so if you have a big shooty warlord, this is great.
Making the enemy strike last in combat is a massive advantage, and the Relic Aktôl’s Fortress allows you to apply this effect to an enemy unit within 3” of the bearer, enormously increasing your options in melee.
Forcing an enemy to strike last is huge, especially since you just pick them, and they are forced to. No rolls or anything like that.
Leagues of Votann Datacards 40k Rules Leaked (June 4th, 2022)
Previously we saw a ton of new Leagues of Votann 40k rules leaked via their datacards. We grabbed the pictures courtesy of Chapter Master Valrak on YouTube, showing everything from stratagems to psychic powers!
First up, this looks like an exo-armor squat of some kind, which means a bigger unit is possible, something like a terminator-style unit. However, we’re not 100% sure about that.
Let’s start with the psychic powers. They have a few generic-type ones, but Fortify adds +1 toughness and gives a 6+ FNP; however, the most exciting power might be Grudgepyre.
Why do you ask? Well, it talks about Judgement Tokens, which looks to be some core mechanic that, maybe every time a unit hits one of your models or you hit them, adds to the count of tokens.
While it just kills one model, it kills them, but it can’t be a vehicle, monster, or character. Still pretty cool to look at the new mechanic.
Next, we have some stratagems, There are a few big things to look at. First, a Votann Accelerated unit might be a jump pack type unit? As they already have keywords for their bikers.
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Then, there is a unit called Beserks, which at the time we didnt have much info on (well, other than on the card it says they give themselves combat drugs), but most likely their powerful close combat unit and the stratagem let them re-roll all missed hits! Next up are beam weapons.
We’ve seen some about this, but this stratagem lets you build up the beam weapons and do a ton of mortals! Then again, we see the Judgement Tokens, which lets you use them to improve your units.
It looks like Judgement Tokens will be an extremely core mechanic, as even more stratagems use them and will add to your power. Next, we have the keyword for Einhyr, which will most likely be an elite shooting unit for the army.
There are three big keywords to look at in these cards; biker, Grimnyr, and Hernkyn Pioneers. Grimnyrs must be some kind of characters that don’t take up HQ slots, as they are put into the same category as characters.
Think of a single elite model that takes up a slot in your army. This also shows a little how Judgement Tokens work, as when your units are destroyed, the enemy unit gains the tokens.
Lastly, the pioneers look to be the scouts and can be taken off the battlefield.
Nothing too crazy on these, but it is cool your unit champions can actually take certain relics!
So, for now, at least, we have “seen” lots of new models and some rules for the upcoming Leagues of Votann Squats army! While Games Workshop says it will be a few months before we see them, we’re sure there will be teasers and lore articles galore in the meantime!
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Here’s the most up-to-date list of new Games Workshop bits from 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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