A new Primaris unit rumor has emerged. But before you get excited (or angry) it looks like it may just be a hoax. Check out the latest on Confractors for 40k.
Spotted on Bolter and Chainsword coming from user Volt, there was a new pic spotted of what looks to be a new Primaris unit. However, after we dive into all the possibilities of what it could be, there are some serious signs pointing to this being a hoax.
New Primaris Unit Rumors: Confractors HOAX
Volt hit the forums saying:
Fresh from the /tg/ presses, dunno if it’s fake or not, but it sure sounds interesting from the name. I’m guessing some kind of Dark Angel special unit? Looking up the definition of the word (as I sure haven’t seen that before)
Looking at the definition of Confractor, it literally means “a breaking in pieces”. Right away, this sounds like some kind of siege unit. And based on the T4, two-wound statline combined with Frag & Krak wargear, it looks like it’s some kind of new Primais unit.
A lot of people were hoping that this would be some kind of melee-focused unit like a Primaris with storm shields. Similar to what was seen of this artwork of an Iron Hands Marine fighting forces of Nurgle…As bad as we would love to see a melee unit of Primaris (especially for Blood Angels players) that may not be the case…
Confractor Datasheet Leaves Signs of Photoshop
Photo from Aramis K on the Bolter and Chainsword forum
Once you deep-fry the datasheet, you can see the transition of the text for the unit isn’t uniform at all. The word “Confract” comes with a pixelated background that is blocked off from the word “Squad”. If you notice, the “or” in “Confractor” shares the same smooth black background as the word “Squad” as well. This could be snatched from a multitude of different Primaris datasheets like the word “Intercessor”. It looks like someone might have found the same font and text size, typed in “Confractor”, and got a little lazy with covering their tracks.
While this might be a hoax, there is still plenty of room that GW needs to expand on in the realm of Primaris. It’s probably only a matter of time before we see a heavy melee unit of Primaris hit the shelves. While we wait, the Aggressors are probably the undisputed melee champs.
What kind of wargear would you like to see an all melee Primaris unit get? Would they replace the need for TH/SS Terminators?
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