The new Codex: Adeptus Mechanicus will be going up for pre-order this Saturday and Games Workshop is giving us some teasers to hold us over.
Games Workshop just gave us our first preview of Codex: Adeptus Mechanicus. Let see what they had to say about the forge worlds.
Mars is clearly the most famous of all the forge worlds, and it’s not just because of how good the Adeptus Mechanicus look in red! As the birthplace of the Cult Mechanicus, Mars is the holiest of planets to the servants of the machine god, and their armies are characterised by a sense of piety and dogmatism that sets the standard for every other forge world.
Adeptus Mechanicus armies benefit from a powerful forge world dogma – equivalent to Legion Traits or Chapter Tactics – which apply to every unit in an Adeptus Mechanicus army, not just your infantry! Mars’ forge world dogma is Glory to the Omnissiah, a trait that’ll make your army very powerful, if unpredictable.
Best Units
Belisarius Cawl is perhaps the most venerated Tech-Priest in the whole Imperium, and he makes for a superb leader to any Mars army, his Archmagos ability helping to ensure that you roll the Canticles of the Omnissiah that you need as well as ensuring you never end up with a duplicated result.
Cawl’s already powerful aura abilities are significantly enhanced by the Mars Warlord Trait, Static Psalm-Code.
Corpuscarii Electro-Priests can throw out a terrifying amount of firepower; a unit of 20 with re-rolls to hit from Belisarius Cawl being nearby will inflict, on average, a colossal 80 strength 5 hits on any given enemy unit; combine this with the Wrath of Mars stratagem and you’ll deal an additional 13(!) mortal wounds as well as any other damage!
On average, you could quite handily kill Magnus or a Renegade Knight in a single round – a perfect demonstration of the Omnissiah’s power!
If you’re capable of adapting your strategy to suit the Canticles of the Omnissiah on the fly, then you’ll find Mars a versatile and powerful forge world.
All in all the new teaser is making the Adeptus Mechanicus look very intimidating on the table top. This may just be the help that the AdMech needed to become one of the strongest armies. The Corpuscarii Electro-Priests and Belisarius Cawl look like they’re going to be a major threat to the forces of Chaos.
Make sure you check back in with us throughout the week as they reveal more on the new codex and rules available to the Adeptus Mechanicus.
What do you think about the latest teaser for Codex: Adeptus Mechanicus?
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