Wracks change

Sorry if this has already been confirmed, I have been looking but no one seems to be discussing it.

As the leaks page is cut off on the top of the wracks datasheets, no one may have noticed, but it appears that they are now a troop choice.

Does this mean a full coven list is now easily doable? Also we now have a t4 (5 with a haemonculus nearby) assault troop choice with a 5+ invulnerability. Sorry if I'm wrong. Someone check it out and let me know if I'm just blind.

They also have access to 2x Ossefactors + 1x Hexrifle in a squad of 10. And since you can split fire now, you can do whatever.

I'm really looking forward to having 3 distinct flavours which we can mix and match with.

Britishgrotesque thank you! that's my thoughts exactly ^.^

Another "wracks related" important thing to notice is that coven raiders and venom get +1T too if an haemonculus is near

what?? really??

This is slightly tangential, forgive me.
But what are you all's opinions on the new Ossefactor mechanic? Mortal wounds were always nice, but I quite liked the previous rules..I always thought of it as our equivalent of grav (the tougher the target, the more damage potential)

CptMetal wrote:

what?? really??

Seems pretty weird but I read the rules many times and this seems perfectly correct. If the raider/venom is taken as transport of a coven unit it gets "coven" tag. Haemonculus gives +1T to all the "coven" units.

wierd, but cool

And suddenly "coven" becomes our "mark of Nurgle" o.o but I will say that is pretty awesome

Toughness is a pretty meaningless stat now so that buff isn't as good as you think. The Wych Cult one is better.

t5>6 is quite big with the large amount of s5 (hbolters and tau) and s6 (eldar) I am seeing.

I cannot find where it mentions you have to be the same keyword as your transport?
It sounds strange but can you have a coven venom and have kabalites in it? I must be missing something.

Weird though it may be, it does make some sense that Haemonculi would invest in tougher transports to protect their precious works of art - until they can die in beautiful gore of melee combat.

I also noticed when looking at the data sheets that a haemonculous could potentially buff a venom or raider.

I just didn't think it would end up being correct.

TeenageAngst wrote:

Toughness is a pretty meaningless stat now so that buff isn't as good as you think. The Wych Cult one is better.

What is the wych cult one? Is there a kabal one?

Succubus, Brides of Death: "In the fight phase you can re-roll all hit rolls of 1 made for friendly <Wych Cult> units that are within 6" of the model."

Archon, Overlord: "All friendly <Kabal> units that are within 6" of the model can use its leadership instead of thier own."

I don't have enough wracks to test to see if they are viable as a stable troop choice. Has anyone tested this out yet?
Are they tough enough?
Too expensive?
Do their ranged weapon feel effective?

Depends how you play the game really.

Wracks certainly won't work in a gunboat army...neither will Wyches for that matter. But they will work fine if you transport them in a raider and get into combat fast.

Wracks are very tough if you play them alongside a Haemonculous and I do plan to do that with mine. We need to take two HQ choices now so I think for me a Haemonculous is first pick alongside some Wracks who can use his buff.

Wracks are the most expensive troops we have but can end up being the cheapest squad after you add heavy/special weapons to the other troop choices.

I think they are all solid troop choices, all have their merits. It will mostly depend on how you like to play, who you are playing and which ones you like the look of the most!

Hellstrom has had a few games and is reporting groovy success with the wracks. Things might be looking up for us!