Hello everyone! Zak Ludick here from Cape Town, South Africa and this is a Warhammer 40k - The Great Unit Review Wheel! post!
Now known as the Unit Review Library!
What is it all about? It is not there to just give a stat. It is there to give MY review of the unit!
In this series, I will review one unit at a time, picking them randomly.
So let me spin the wheel again and see what I get:
Deathwatch, Veteran Bike Squad
10th Edition Index
It's a Deathwatch Entry and as usual it's... strange...
There is nothing much to this datasheet, its Deathwatch specific but it is basically either 3 bikes or 6, they could be represented by either OG Space Marine Bikes or Outriders so... The price is a mystery, you decide!
80pts for 3 bikes and 160pts for 6 bikes.
Let's check their stats!
Stats
Movement 12"
Toughness 5
Save 3+(armor/invul/Feel No Pain) * Invul only to Ranged Attacks
Wounds 3
Ld 6+
OC 2
Blindingly fast and OC 2 Caught my eye. So 6 OC on 3 models at this speed really could be handy!
Weapons
All the bikers are armed with Close Combat Weapon, Bolt Pistol and the Twin Boltgun that is on the Bike.
They can all have a Long Vigil Close Combat weapon without swapping anything out... so why not?
The Sergeant has a bunch of options, like getting a Shield for a 4+ invul, a slightly better gun, but I would possibly go for the Xenophase blade if not the Shield.
Ranged:
Bolt Pistol
12" Range, 1 Attack, Hitting on 3+, S4, Ap0, 1 Damage each
Pistol
Twin Boltgun
24" Range, 2 Attacks, Hitting on 3+, S4, Ap0, 1 Damage each
Twin-linked
Long Vigil Boltgun
24" Range, 1 Attack, Hitting on 3+, S4, Ap0, 1 Damage each
Anti-Infantry 4+, Devastating Wounds (Basically a Combi-weapon with a different name) Rapid Fire 1
Melee:
Let's ignore the Close Combat Weapon and say you are clever and are running all with Long Vigil Melee Weapons.
Long Vigil melee weapon
3 Attacks, Hitting on 3+, S5, Ap-2, 1 Damage each
Xenophase blade
4 Attacks, Hitting on 3+, S5, Ap-2, 1 Damage each
Devastating Wounds.
Abilities
Turbo-boost
When this unit Advances, do not roll for the extra movement. Instead add 6" to this unit's Movement rate.
Thoughts
As strange as this entry is, this is actually a pretty useful unit at 80pts. Much less to do with their combat ability and more to do with their agility and ability to get around the board and hold objectives, do actions at M12-M16 at T5 W9 Sv3+.
They can complete actions and really help with certain secondary objectives.
A solid spend for 80pts!
That makes 4 Deathwatch Datasheets Reviewed putting them on 36.36% Completed and the total Completed on 8.65% Complete!
Thank you for reading!
Warhammer Review Library
Alphabetical List
| Faction | Unit | Review Number |
|---|---|---|
| Adeptus Custodes | Prosecutors | #1 |
| Adeptus Custodes | Knight-Centura | #54 |
| Adeptus Custodes | Shield-Captain | #61 |
| Adeptus Custodes | Shield-Captain in Allarus Terminator Armor | #70 |
| Adeptus Custodes | Trajann Valoris | #40 |
| Adeptus Mechanicus | Archaeopter Fusilave | #13 |
| Adeptus Mechanicus | Archaeopter Stratoraptor | #14 |
| Adeptus Mechanicus | Archaeopter Transvector | #15 |
| Adeptus Mechanicus | Belisarius Cawl | #53 |
| Adeptus Mechanicus | Serberys Raiders | #55 |
| Adeptus Mechanicus | Serberys Sulphurhounds | #56 |
| Aeldari | Guardian Defenders | #64 |
| Aeldari | Night Spinner | #65 |
| Aeldari | Shadowseer | #80 |
| Astra Militarum | Kasrkin | #60 |
| Astra Militarum | Wyvern | #81 |
| Black Templars | High Marshall Helbrecht | #38 |
| Black Templars | Marshall | #46 |
| Black Templars | The Emperor's Champion | #63 |
| Blood Angels | Baal Predator | #2 |
| Blood Angels | Gabriel Seth | #66 |
| Blood Angels | Lemartes | #32 |
| Chaos Daemons | Daemonettes | #29 |
| Chaos Daemons | Lord of Change | #75 |
| Chaos Daemons | Nurglings | #82 |
| Chaos Knights | War Dog Brigands | #30 |
| Chaos Knights | War Dog Executioners | #31 |
| Chaos Knights | War Dog Huntsman | #77 |
| Chaos Space Marines | Abbadon the Despoiler | #50 |
| Chaos Space Marines | Haarken Worldclaimer | #41 |
| Chaos Space Marines | Khorne Lord of Skulls | #37 |
| Dark Angels | Asmodai | #16 |
| Dark Angels | Azrael | #17 |
| Dark Angels | Belial | #4 |
| Dark Angels | Deathwing Knights | #20 |
| Dark Angels | Lazarus | #62 |
| Death Guard | Biologus Putrifier | #5 |
| Death Guard | Blightlord Terminators | #10 |
| Death Guard | Chaos Lord | #36 |
| Death Guard | Lord of Contagion | #52 |
| Death Guard | Tallyman | #39 |
| Death Guard | Malignant Plaguecaster | #71 |
| Deathwatch | Corvus Blackstar | #72 |
| Deathwatch | Proteus Killteam | #57 |
| Deathwatch | Spectrus Kill Team | #73 |
| Drukhari | Grotesques | #45 |
| Drukhari | Haemonculus | #8 |
| Drukhari | Raider | #35 |
| Drukhari | Scourges | #7 |
| Genestealer Cults | Aberants | #47 |
| Genestealer Cults | Hybrid Metamorphs | #58 |
| Genestealer Cults | Reductus Saboteur | #33 |
| Grey Knights | Brother Captain | #25 |
| Grey Knights | Grand Master | #48 |
| Grey Knights | Strike Squad | #51 |
| Imperial Agents | Callidus Assassin | #9 |
| Imperial Agents | Culexus Assassin | #69 |
| Imperial Agents | Vigilant Squad | #26 |
| Imperial Knights | Canis Rex | #76 |
| Imperial Knights | Armiger Helverin | #22 |
| Imperial Knights | Armiger Warglaive | #43 |
| Imperial Knights | Knight Castellan | #83 |
| Leagues of Votann | Brôkhyr Iron-master | #27 |
| Leagues of Votann | Brôkhyr Thunderkyn | #78 |
| Leagues of Votann | Sagitaur | #3 |
| Leagues of Votann | Ûthar the Destined | #44 |
| Necrons | Obelisk | #11 |
| Orks | Battlewagon | #34 |
| Orks | Hunta Rig | #28 |
| Space Marines | Kayvaan Shrike | #23 |
| Space Marines | Marneus Calgar | #42 |
| Space Marines | Razorback | #21 |
| Space Wolves | Arjac Rockfist | #68 |
| Space Wolves | Wolf Guard | #74 |
| T'au Empire | Darkstrider | #12 |
| T'au Empire | Kroot Carnivore Squad | #19 |
| T'au Empire | Pathfinder Team | #79 |
| T'au Empire | Stealth Battlesuits | #67 |
| Thousand Sons | Exalted Sorcerer | #59 |
| Thousand Sons | Magnus the Red | #49 |
| Tyranids | Barbgaunts | #6 |
| Tyranids | Screamer Killer | #24 |
| World Eaters | World Eaters Chaos Spawn | #18 |
Thank you for reading!
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