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[Top 5] Warhammer 40k Best Combat Patrols That Are Worth It

tto217 — Wed, 06 Jul 2022 18:00:27 +0000

Warhammer 40k is, without a doubt, an expensive hobby. Luckily, Games Workshop released boxes that offer value when building your first army, these sets are called Combat Patrols. This list explores the best Combat Patrols that will give you the most bang for your buck.

5. Adeptas Sororitas

Adeptas Sororitas Combat Patrol contains:

1x Canoness
1x Rhino
1x Repentia Superior
1x Penitent Engine
3x Arco-flagellants
4x Sisters Repentia
5x Seraphim
10x Battle Sisters

Starting off this list would have to be none other than the Imperium of Mankind’s nuns with guns. The Adeptas Sororitas Combat Patrol box set has you covered with all your bolt and flamer weaponry needs. The Adeptas Sororitas is a top-tier army in 9th edition, and some people might be wondering which Sisters box set has the best value. This is the one to look out for. Containing your primary HQ and Troops units, the Cannonness and Battle Sisters Squad, respectively, it also has high-tier Sisters of Battle Units that are very competitive and useful in any aspect of the game: Repentias and Seraphym.

While it may have an awkward amount of models for some units like the Arco-Flagellants and the Repentia, you could easily alleviate this problem by purchasing another Combat Patrol box. With some sick conversion skills, you could turn your extra characters from the second box into other vital characters (Repentia Superior to a Dogmata). In summary, this box set is definitely an auto-take when you want to start building an Adeptas Sororitas army.

Sisters of Battle Combat Patrol Pros

Rhino in the box offers excellent value
Penitent Engines and Seraphims recently got point drops
Repentias are one of the best Sisters of Battle Units right now
Good Value in terms of money

Cons

Getting another Combat Patrol box is a must to fill awkward model counts (Arco-Flagellants and Repentia)
Models are mono-pose

Details: https://www.games-workshop.com/en-WW/Combat-Patrol-Adepta-Sororitas

4. Grey Knights

Grey Knights Combat Patrol contains:

1x Librarian in Terminator Armour
1x Nemesis Dreadknight, which can be built as a Grand Master in Nemesis Dreadknight
5x Grey Knights Brotherhood Terminators, which can be built as Grey Knights Paladins
5x Grey Knights Strike Squad Marines, which can be built as Interceptor Squad, Purifier Squad, or Purgation Squad Marines.

Next up is the enigmatic Grey Knights of the Imperium. The Grey Knights Combat Patrol has an outstanding model range. Every model kit the Grey Knights has, save the characters, is literally in the box. The Terminator squad in the box could be built as either Paladins or even characters such as Grandmasters, Apothecaries, and the like. The Strike squads could be built as Interceptor, Purifier, or even Purgation squads.

There’s no specific way to distinguish the difference between Interceptor squads from Purifier squads or Paladins from Terminator squads other than their loadout. You can mix and match your Grey Knights list effortlessly with good magnet work as well. Among many options in a box like this, a person starting to build the Imperium’s designated Daemon slayers should have no second thoughts about getting this Combat Patrol box.

Grey Knights Combat Patrol Pros

Multipart kits in the box offer flexible configurations
All models in the box are necessary for a Grey Knights army
Best Value when building a Grey Knights Army

Cons

Low model count

Details: https://www.games-workshop.com/en-WW/combat-patrol-grey-knights-2022

3. Genestealer Cults

Genestealer Cults Combat Patrol contains:

1x Magus
1x Goliath Rockgrinder, which can also be built as a Goliath Truck
5x Aberrants
5x Acolyte Hybrids, which can also be built as Hybrid Metamorphs
20x Neophyte Hybrids

Hiding in the deepest, darkest corner of our Top 5 list is the Genestealer Cults. With a Combat Patrol box containing a whopping 32 miniatures, the Cult’s Combat Patrol could get you a lot of bang for your bucks. You have so many multipart models offering you countless options. With twenty Neophyte Hybrids, you are pretty much solved for your troops. The Acolyte Hybrids, which could also be built as Hybrid Metamorphs, are an excellent addition with how good they are on the tabletop, and Aberrants for support are welcome to join the fray. Rocking with the Goliath Rockgrinder, a fantastic model in itself, this box is undoubtedly one of the best Combat Patrols Games Workshop has produced. Rise and assume power in the name of the Four-Armed Emperor with the Genestealer Cults Combat Patrol Box.

Grey Knights Combat Patrol Pros

High model count
Best Value when building a Genestealer Cults Army
Acolyte Hybrids are a top-tier unit

Cons

Aberrants and Rockgrinder may seem underwhelming for the tabletop.

Details: https://www.games-workshop.com/en-WW/combat-patrol-genestealer-cults-2022

2. Drukhari

Drukhari Combat Patrol contains:

1x Archon
10x Kabalite Warriors
5x Incubi
1x Ravager
1x Raider

Striking from the webway, the Drukhari’s Combat Patrol Box comes in second. This box offers two anti-gravity vehicles: the Raider acting as a transport and the Ravager opting in as your army’s heavy support. The box also contains the recent plastic kit incubi, sleek and neat-looking models that are actually viable on the tabletop. Lastly, the Kabalites and Archon are exceptional units in their respective slots (Troops, HQ, respectively). Overall, every unit in this box is useful and necessary, and it’s highly recommended to get a second box when starting a brutal Dark Eldar army.

Drukhari Combat Patrol Pros

Two Vehicles
High value in terms of money
All units in the box are viable on the tabletop

Cons

A second Archon from a second box seems unappealing

Details: https://www.games-workshop.com/en-WW/Combat-Patrol-Drukhari-2021

1. Adeptus Custodes

Adeptus Custodes Combat Patrol contains:

1x Shield Captain
1x Vexilius Praetor
3x Custodian Guard
3x Vertus Praetors, one of which can be built as a Shield-Captain on Dawneagle Jetbike
10x Sisters of Silence Prosecutors, which can also be built as Vigilators or Witchseekers
2x Burning of Prospero transfer sheets, which include insignia for the Talons of the Emperor

Taking the top spot on this list undoubtedly are the gold-clad warriors of the Adeptus Custodes. This box is worth it. While most Combat Patrols could fill in around 500 to 600 points, this one could fill in over 800 points of Adeptus Custodes goodness. You could build all sorts of configurations with this set; getting a second box is a surefire way of getting you a competitive Adeptus Custodes list. Get some named characters, and you’re good to go. Vertus Praetors and Custodian Guards are necessities in a Custodes list, and it wouldn’t hurt to get more. It may contain too many sisters, but the other units' value gives this Combat Patrol box outstanding merit.

Custodes Combat Patrol Pros

Could fill in over 800 Points
High value in terms of money
All units in the box are viable on the tabletop
Multipart kits in the box offer flexible configurations

Cons

No vehicles
Too many Sisters of Silence for some other people’s tastes

Details: https://www.games-workshop.com/en-WW/combat-patrol-adeptus-custodes-2022

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[Top 4] Warhammer 40k Best Assassins That Are Powerful (Ranked)

tto217 — Wed, 06 Jul 2022 15:32:24 +0000

The secretive agency known as the Officio Assassinorum employs various means to exert the Emperor's Will. Not much is known about these assassins, but the same could not be said for the tabletop. Explore this list to see which of these assassins excel the most in the tabletop.

4. Vindicare Assassin

Vindicare Assassin equipped with an Exitus Rifle

Settling in the shadows of an Imperial Ruin, sniping off key targets one by one, we have the Vindicare Assassin. The Assassins of the Vidicare Temple are skilled sharpshooters both in the lore and the tabletop. There’s been a falling off for these snipers in 9th edition; changes to the game being denser with line of sight blocking terrain and alterations to the bodyguard rule make it difficult to justify taking these assassins in most lists. However, they’re still reasonable to take if you have an extra 100 points and you’re missing units that could take out enemy characters. It may take more than one turn now, but that’s why the Vindicare is unfortunately at the bottom of this list. Regardless, its Exitus rifle is still nothing to scoff at, especially with its 72” range and Double Kill strategem giving it the potential to kill two characters in one turn.

Vindicare Assassin Strengths

With its Faultless Aim rule, hits are almost guaranteed as it can ignore negative modifiers
Spymask and the special rule of the Exitus rifle also make it harder for an opponent to save against wound rolls
Has a 4++ Invulnerable Save

What the Vindicare Assassin Excels In…

Killing Characters. Its rules revolve heavily around killing enemy characters.

Details: https://warhammer40k.fandom.com/wiki/Vindicare_Temple

3. Eversor Assassin

Eversor Assassin torching Tyranid Genestealers

Sowing fear and chaos, following on this list is the Eversor Assasin. The Eversor is third on the list due to many factors; one of these is how an overhauling of Space Marines and Chaos Space Marines now having two wounds and Armour of Contempt is making it challenging for the Eversor to eradicate them.

Nevertheless, the Eversor is still exceptional when dealing with light infantry such as Guardsmen, Skitarrii, Hormagaunts, and the like. While it does have eight attacks on the charge, it doesn’t stop there; Killing Rampage enables him to attack again whenever he kills an enemy model in the combat phase. In the lore of Warhammer 40k, Eversors are used to instill fear upon the Imperium’s foes, who said they couldn’t do that for the tabletop as well.

Eversor Assassin Strengths

Can challenge backline objectives with deep-strike and charge on the same turn
Has a 4++ Invulnerable Save

What the Eversor Assasin Excels In…

Counters Light Infantry. With its re-roll wound rolls, its Neuro-Gauntlet enables it to do some heavy damage on low-save infantry.
Getting Into Close Combat. With Independent Operative and Frenzon special rules, the Eversor could get into combat the turn it arrived quickly.

Details: https://warhammer40k.fandom.com/wiki/Eversor_Temple

2. Culexus Assassin

An Assassin of the Culexus Temple who specializes in taking out Psyker targets

Second on this list would be the blank psyker monstrosities of the Imperium of Mankind, the Culexus Assasin. Culexus Assasins are notorious for being the anti-psyker units of the Officio Assasinorium and being psykers. They perform very well and are worth every point when facing off against Psyker-heavy armies such as Eldar, Grey Knights, or the Thousand Sons.

The Culexus could have been first in this list, but alas, not every army in Warhammer 40k is Psyker-reliant. Taking Culexus Assasins are very situational and are probably the only assassins worth switching for when using the Shadow Assignment Strategem in tournaments.

Culexus Assassin Strengths

Good unit to deep strike behind enemy lines to obstruct the enemy’s psychic phase
Etherium makes them incredibly hard to hit
Has a 4++ Invulnerable Save

What the Culexus Assassin Excels In…

Countering Psykers. Abomination rule counters Psykers, but weapons also gain additional benefits when targeting Psykers.

Details: https://warhammer40k.fandom.com/wiki/Culexus_Temple

1. Callidus Assassin

A Callidus Assassin attempting to terminate Commander Shadowsun of the T’au Empire

And the best Imperium assassin in 9th Edition is the all-female Assassins of the Callidus Temple. In all intents and purposes, the Callidus Assassins are far more like actual Assassins than the overkill nature of previous assassins mentioned in this list. They deal in subtlety and saboteur both in the lore and the tabletop.

The Callidus Assassin could set up disguises with Polymorphine and be set up D6+3” away from any enemy model at the end of any of your movement phases, giving it a threat range of 4” to 9”. Once you’ve killed your first target and are raring to apprehend another, if you’re not confident she’ll reach the charge, the Acrobatic strategem allows her to advance and charge while forcing enemies to subtract 1 to hit for attacks on the Callidus.

The Callidus Assassin performs well in 9th edition due to Reign of Confusion, a rule that can potentially force your opponent to spend more of their precious Command Points. With how scarce Command Points are in 9th edition right now, having this ability is particularly powerful. With intelligent positioning and precise strategy, the Callidus Assassin could live until the end of the game, having done its role by killing key targets and sowing confusion with its Reign of Confusion.

Callidus Assassin Strengths

Hit and Run rule enables the Callidus to shoot and charge the turn it fell back.
Is a good all-rounder against all types of infantry
Has a 4++ Invulnerable Save

What the Callidus Assassin Excels In…

Distraction. The Callidus is very good at sowing distraction on enemy back-lines.
Destroying Command Point Combos. Some armies rely on Command Points; having the Callidus’ Reign of Confusion will force foes to think and risk more.

Details: https://warhammer40k.fandom.com/wiki/Callidus_Temple

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