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Drukhari, Archon

10th Edition Index

The Archon is the Drukhari "moderate combat" commander that specializes in leadership skills that increase the effectiveness of army abilities.

He costs 85pts to field.

Let's check its stats!

Stats

Movement 8"
Toughness 3
Save 4+/2++(armor/invul/Feel No Pain) ** This Invul cannot be re-rolled and after the first time it fails this save, it loses its invul for the rest of the game.
Wounds 4
Ld 6+
OC 1

Weapons

Weapon Loadout: Huskblade and either Splinter Pistol or Blast Pistol

Ranged Weapons

Splinter Pistol

12" Range, 1 Shot, Hitting on 2+, S2, AP0 and 1 Damage each.
Assault (This weapon can be fired after this model Advances)
Pistol (This weapon can be fired while in Engagement Range)
Anti-Infantry 3+ (This weapon wounds Infantry models on a 3+ regardless of the target's toughness)

Blast Pistol

6" Range, 1 Shot, Hitting on 2+, S8, AP-3 and D3 Damage each.
Pistol (This weapon can be fired while in Engagement Range)

Melee Weapons

Huskblade

5 Attacks, Hitting on 2+, S3, AP-2 and 2 Damage each.
Anti-Infantry 3+ (This weapon wounds Infantry models on a 3+ regardless of the target's toughness)

Abilities

Overlord

While leading a unit, models in this unit re-roll Wound rolls of 1. When the unit is Empowered, they re-roll the Wound roll instead.

Devious Mastermind

If this model is your Warlord, when your opponent uses a Stratagem on a unit within 12" of this model, increase the cost of that Stratagem by 1CP.

** This replaces Lord of Deceit

Thoughts

The 2+ Invul has been around for ages. I handle it in one of two ways: Either attack him with a flurry of attacks a force him to break it or punch him really hard and make the guy sweat... I do not know why it works but so many times it becomes instant death once tht hit lands. lol

The Blast pistol will be most people's choice and the Huskblade is good.

The re-roll wounds ability is good. An Archon can lead Kabalite Warriors, Court of the Archon and Incubi. The latter two are better.

The Devious Mastermind ability is good but you lose it if you have another character as your Warlord.

Thank you for reading!

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I shall leave all Army and Detachment rules here and the few Chaos Daemon datasheets I have done already:

Army Rule and Detachment Rule Reviews

Faction	Detachment	Review Number
Agents of the Imperium		Army Rule #2
Aeldari		Army Rule #4
Astra Militarum		Army Rule #1
Astra Militarum	Combined Regiment	Detachment Rule #1
Astra Militarum	Bridgehead Strike	Detachment Rule #2
Chaos Daemons		Army Rule #10
Chaos Daemons	Daemonic Incursion	Detachment Review 15
Chaos Daemons	Blood Legion	Detachment Review 16
Chaos Daemons	Legion of Excess	Detachment Review 17
Chaos Daemons	Scintillating Legion	Detachment Review 18
Chaos Daemons	Plague Legion	Detachment Review 19
Chaos Daemons	Shadow Legion	Detachment Review 20
Chaos Knights		Army Rule #8
Chaos Knights	Tratoris Lance	Detachment Review #11
Chaos Knights	Iconoclast Fiefdom	Detachment Review #12
Death Guard		Army Rule Review #6
Death Guard	Plague Company	Detachment Review #4
Death Guard	Flyblown Host	Detachment Review #7
Imperial Knights		Army Rule #9
Imperial Knights	Noble Lance	Detachment Review #13
Imperial Knights	Questor Forgepact	Detachment Review #14
Space Marines		Army Rule #3
Space Wolves	Champions of Russ	Detachment Review #9
Space Wolves	Champions of Fenris	Detachment Review #10
Thousand Sons		Army Rule #7
Thousand Sons	Cult of Magic	Detachment Review #5
Thousand Sons	Hexwarp Thrallband	Detachment Review #8
World Eaters		Army Rule #5
World Eaters	Berzerker Warband	Detachment Review #3
World Eaters	Vessels of Wrath	Detachment Review #6

Datasheet Review list (Alphabetical)

Faction	Unit	Review Number
Drukhari	Grotesques	#45
Drukhari	Haemonculus	#8
Drukhari	Raider	#35
Drukhari	Scourges	#7

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