Vanguard Spearhead

2 DP

Detachment Rule: Shadow Masters

The warriors of a Vanguard Spearhead slip through the shadows, half-seen spectres barely visible to the foe. Enemies blaze away into the gloom with increasing panic, their shots flying wide as covert specialists encircle their victims and prepare to level the killing blow. Each time a ranged attack targets an ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit from your army, unless the attacking model is within 12", subtract 1 from the Hit roll and the target has the Benefit of Cover against that attack.

Vanguard Spearhead

Force Disposition: RECONNAISSANCE Detachment Points: 2

Enhancements

Execute and Redeploy (20pts)

Ghostweave Cloak (15pts)

Shadow War Veteran (30pts)

The Blade Driven Deep (25pts)

Stratagems

A DEADLY PRIZE

Cost: 1CP Type: Wargear Stratagem Detachment: Vanguard Spearhead

Warriors of a Vanguard Spearhead will rig critical objectives with explosives to deny them to the enemy. WHEN: Start of the Command phase . TARGET: One ADEPTUS ASTARTES INFANTRY or ADEPTUS ASTARTES MOUNTED unit from your army within range of an objective marker you control. EFFECT: That objective marker is said to be Sabotaged, and remains under your control even if you have no models within range of it, until your opponent controls it at the start or end of any turn. While an objective marker is Sabotaged and under your control, each time an enemy unit ends a Normal , Advance , Fall Back or Charge move within range of that objective marker, roll one D6: on a 2+, that enemy unit suffers D3 mortal wounds .

CALCULATED FEINT

Cost: 1CP Type: Strategic Ploy Stratagem Detachment: Vanguard Spearhead

A feigned retreat can be used to overextend eager foes or draw them into deadly arcs of fire. WHEN: Your opponent’s Charge phase , just after an enemy unit declares a charge . TARGET: One ADEPTUS ASTARTES INFANTRY unit from your army that was selected as a target of that charge. EFFECT: Your unit can make a Normal move of up to D6", or up to 6" instead if it is a PHOBOS or SCOUT SQUAD unit. RESTRICTIONS: You cannot select a unit that is within Engagement Range of one or more enemy units.

STRIKE FROM THE SHADOWS

Cost: 1CP Type: Battle Tactic Stratagem Detachment: Vanguard Spearhead

To evade one’s enemies and sow confusion can be a deadly weapon in itself. WHEN: Your Shooting phase . TARGET: One ADEPTUS ASTARTES INFANTRY unit from your army that has not been selected to shoot this phase. EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, each time a model in your unit makes a ranged attack that targets an enemy unit that is more than 12" away, improve the Ballistic Skill and Armour Penetration characteristics of that attack by 1. If one or more enemy models are destroyed as a result of those attacks, select one of those destroyed models; that destroyed model’s unit must take a Battle-shock test .

SURGICAL STRIKES

Cost: 2CP Type: Battle Tactic Stratagem Detachment: Vanguard Spearhead

Every tyrant must fear the assassin's blade, and the vanguard spring ambushes with precision coordination. WHEN: Fight phase . TARGET: One ADEPTUS ASTARTES INFANTRY unit from your army that has not been selected to fight this phase. EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, melee weapons equipped by models in your unit have the [PRECISION] ability.