Kilamandaros

Sad Crusaders & Sword Brothers lost an attack, though guess that was the sacrifice to get sustained/lethal. Still feel like Bladeguard with a Lieutenant will be better than SBs as much more resilient (admittedly less so now without FNP) and have more attacks per model.

Just FYI on this, I've discovered that all the grotmas detachments are still available to use, even when a new codex comes out - so Wrathful Procession is still available for BT use, where Righteous Crusaders obviously isn't.

Leaked review of the codex (seems legit but take with some salt as he doesn't seem that familiar with the current rules and is only showing the current stat blocks as a comparison so could be making mistakes on what has changed). If accurate then the transport detachment looks great and very thematic, definitely my pick of the 3

Yea the Land Raider detachment is definitely the highlight of the 3, some great stratagems and enhancements and very thematic - the other 2 much less so. Terminators & Sternguard look much much worse than regular versions (and termies were not great to begin with) but our LRC looks amazing as long as it keeps the assault ramp as well - it's actually way better than the Razorback as it's until the end of the turn not phase, which is fantastic, especially with the buffs in the transport detachment.

Do we think it'll be these 3 'new' detachments plus Righteous Crusaders & Wrathful Procession, or they likely to be removed enitrely? Obviously RC would need a total rework with vows replacing OoM. Perhaps just Wrathful Procession will be kept... An entire detachment based around a specific character type feels a bit meh but will hold out hope for the others. Army-wide charge/advance rerolls is fine, though kind of invalidates the unit rule for Crusader squads (unless that's changing of course).

I'm just over here hoping assault terminators can have mastercrafted power swords with stormshields. Never liked the aesthetic of thunder hammers. I know very unlikely they'll give them the same loadout as BGVs but I can hope!

True but I think most people are surprised there's even a 2nd model after the Ancient so who knows. Still hoping for something in Terminator armour!

So we have 2 new minis with this release and Valrak mentioned there may be even more codex releases early August alongside GKs

Awesome! And didn't Valrak say there's even more to come with the codex?

You already can charge from a drop pod at 9"? I think all they could really do is lower the points cost. The novelty of a turn 1 deepstrike and ignoring reserve restrictions is unique enough, it's just too expensive at 70 points a pod. Maybe if they remove the guns they could drop them to 40-50 points and that would make them more interesting.

From Valrak's vid:

Spoilers for the Armageddon Crusade book below be warned! Been confirmed by Valrak and Auspex that the Templars will be returning to Armageddon, with both Grimaldus and Helbrecht resuming the defence of Helsreach, this time from Chaos invasion. Furthermore, there's a description of Helbrecht receiving a vision from a towering being with a hand of fire...

Don't think that can be assumed at all. Grey Knights are the poster for the book, but I think BT will almost certainly be involved - having Grimaldus in the article is a clear throwback to Helsreach. The article even says 'Legendary Space Marine chapters gather to throw back the incursion' - with the BT codex coming soon not having them involved would be very strange. Time will tell but I think it's pretty nailed on we'll be in the war.

Just confirmed we're up next on the roadmap alongside Grey Knights. Unlikely we'll get much more than a codex, a new character perhaps - maybe an Ancient to troll Valrak...

Yea no changes to Ad Mech and Necrons feels deliberate since they're recent codexes. probably need more data first. Enjoy 3 months of tournament dominance necron players!