New Horus Heresy Salamanders rules are here along with their rumored legion and Primarch rules for Vulkan as well!
With the release of the starter and new edition imminent, it’s time for GW to start revealing rules. This time around, they are focusing on the Salamanders, but we’ve also seen some Horus Heresy playtest rumors for them.
So while they might change a little, the playtest versions have been pretty accurate so far.
Warhammer Community showed off some new legion-specific rules for the Salamanders so let’s check them out!
New Horus Heresy Salamanders Rules & Rumors Revealed
The Salamanders’ home is a volcanic death world, eternally locked in a cycle of tidal upheavals that cause fire to literally rain from the sky. Not exactly a prime holiday destination. You need more than sun cream to survive on Nocturne, and the XVII Legion’s gene-seed only intensifies this Blood of Fire, giving each Salamander a preternatural resistance to flames. And microwaves. And superheated plasma. And Martian death rays.
This gives them a decent amount of toughness against flame attacks, and anything that isn’t a single wound marine will be grabbing a 6+ FNP.
Just imagine the look on a Traitor’s face when a point-blank blast from a meltagun only makes his target angrier! Unluckily for anyone trying to duck behind a barricade, the XVIII Legion also gives as good as they get. Their fine craftsmanship infuses even their basic flamers with a deadly Dragon’s Breath – if you can’t stand the heat, stay out of template range.
Increasing the Wall of Death not only makes it deal possibly way more hits, but when you’re stuck with no other option, it just makes your flamers that much stronger on average.
Salamanders Primarch: Vulkan
They didn’t show off new primarch rules for Vulkan, but we’ve seen rumored ones so take them with a grain of salt as they could change, but look spot on based on the confirmations by Games Workshop above.
First up, his stats are good when compared with the other Primarchs, and his Warlord Trait will give your whole army Stubborn and give you an extra reaction. Plus, he has a 4+ it will not die, which just makes sense for Vulkan!
He gets a 2+/3+, and S10 Weapon with AP1, and a pistol that does D6 (if you hit) hits with the lance special rules! So overall, he’s going to be a monster on the battlefield and is costed fairly normally for a Primarch.
Legion Specific Salamanders Horus Heresy Rules Rumors
As you can see, the rules from GW match this, so it gives credibility to the rest of these Hours Heresy Salamander legion rules “rumors”. Next, their advanced reaction will give them a ton of extra power when being charged, however, you can lose minis if you do this. It’s one of those times you don’t want to roll 6’s!
They have some interesting Warlord Traits, but why not just take Vulkan? Oh yeah, points probably…
There are some interesting ways to build your army, but each does have its own drawback.
Considering they are terminators, they are pretty good, however, their real strength comes in with all their special rules and the weapons they can take.
They can be used as a retinue and getting to re-roll all failed hit to rolls in melee with Nocturne weapons will ensure they are hitting basically everything!
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