Come take a look at some of the rules for Slaanesh in the new Chaos Daemons codex that were just spotted from Games Workshop.
Games Workshop has already previewed some of the new Chaos Daemons codex and today we’re getting a closer look at the Slaanesh Daemons. Let’s check out some of their new rules and see what they had to say about them.
If you missed the other Daemon rules from this week catch up on them before we roll into the prince of pleasure’s:
- Daemons of Tzeentch
- Khorne Daemons
- Nurgle
- Daemon Rules Rumors (more confirmed in this post)
Slaanesh may be the youngest of the Chaos Gods, but he’s certainly made his mark on the 41st Millennium since his birth (after all, while the Dark Gods have been working to destroy the Imperium of Man for 10,000 years, Slaanesh gutted the Aeldari empire in one particularly hungry afternoon).
Locus of Swiftness is going to make all Slaanesh Daemon units within 6″ of a model with the Locus of Swiftness extremely fast. They will be able to charge in the Charge phase even if they advanced in their Movement phase.
The Mark of Slaanesh will only be usable on Slaanesh models. This will add 1 to the bearer’s Attack characteristic, and an additional 1 each time the bearer slays a Character or Monster. This can become a heavier hitter really fast if played correctly.
The Quicksilver Duellist is going to allow your Warlord to re-roll failed hit and wound rolls in the Fight phase against enemy Character models.
The Bewithching Aura forces enemy models to subtract 1 from their Attacks characteristic, to a minimum of 1, while they are within 6″ of your Warlord. However, this aura has no affect on enemy Vehicles.
Phatasmagoria is a psychic power with a warp charge value of 6. If manifested it will last until the start of your next Psychic phase, and enemy units that are withing 12″ of your psyker they must subtract 1 from their Leadership.
Slaanesh will also be getting the Aura of Acquiescence Stratagem. It can be used at the start of any Fight phase. You’ll select a Slaanesh Daemon unit from your army, and enemy units that are within 3″ of that unit will get a -1 to their Attacks characteristic, to a minimum of 1, until the end of that Fight phase.
These new rules are making Slaanesh seem like they are going to be an army to be feared on the tabletop. But will it be enough as more codecies start getting released? Only time will tell.
There’s a total of 24 Stratagems in the new codex, so we’re curious to see what Games Workshop will show us next. Make sure you’re checking back in with us for the latest updates.
What do you think about the latest Slaanesh Daemons teaser? Are you going to be cleaning the dust off your Slaanesh with the release of the new codex?
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