Games Workshop just dropped the new Space Marines Brutalis Dreadnought rules and loadout options- check it out!
With the new box on the way, you know GW would reveal some rules before you could order the new minis! We recently saw what the Desolation Squad can do, which you can check out here, so now we have an idea of everything in the box.
Looking at the new pictures, it seems like you’ll get the talon bits and the fist bits (along with others), meaning you can choose your loadout. Let’s take a closer look.
New Space Marines Brutalis Dreadnought Rules & Loadout Options Revealed!
As we said, we’ve seen a lot of rumors about them, so we’ll look at the rumors and compare them. These confirmed rules come from this Warhammer Community post.
Those who endure such exertions still find their minds drifting away from their former selves, though in the eyes of the Chapter it is a small price to pay for their martial might. They fight with a pair of terrifying talons, which can rip tanks and infantry asunder.
The Strike profile of the Brutalis talon is utterly monstrous, packing enough Damage to tear the legs off a Chaos Knight. It’ll happily turn lesser infantry into canid chow, but a Sweep is more efficient – doubling the number of attacks is far more important against measly one-wound mortals.
This makes it very versatile in combat, with the ability to either smash through high-wound targets (and get wound re-rolls) or you can sweep and double your attacks and still have -3AP.
But what if you prefer a fist over a talon? Well, the Brutalis fists hit with the force of a thunderbolt and come with built-in twin bolt rifles for added anti-infantry firepower.
Aircraft too cowardly to come into punching range? The twin-linked Icarus ironhail heavy stubber will teach them not to seek safety in the skies.
Add chassis-mounted heavy bolters into the mix and you can build a Brutalis Dreadnought with respectable amounts of anti-infantry firepower. If turning vehicles to mush is more your groove, a pair of multi-meltas strapped to the front will cook whatever you don’t crush.
While they don’t give the profile, we expect the fist to be somewhat similar to a normal dread fist. Then, you can basically put guns everywhere on this mini. It can have chassis guns, fist guns, and a pintle-mounted gun, so basically, just guns everywhere!
Brutalis Dreadnought Rumors
The old rumors said the points would be similar to a Redemptor, so 190-200 points are basically perfect. Then, we got the statline, which is faster than the Redemptor and has another attack (and can be doubled with the sweep attack).
The Twin Icarus Ironhail Heavy Stubbers will get a ton of shots on the way in, and it would make sense for them to have the Heavy Bolters or Melta front mounted. Lastly, the melee weapons were pretty close to the confirmed rules, just a little bit buffed in the confirmed rules.
If you want to see all the rules from these leaks, click here to check those out, as they should be pretty close! Or check out the latest Warhammer 40k rumors for the rest of the 9th and even 10th Edition, new releases, and more!
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