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Skysplinter Assault

Drukhari detachment

Skysplinter Assault

Few warriors in the galaxy are as adept at launching punishing skyborne raids as the Drukhari. Before their prey even realise the peril, the killers of Commorragh are…

38.2%
win rate
34
games
5%
faction share

Detachment ability

always on · no CP

Rain of Cruelty

Ranged weapons equipped by models in that disembarking unit have the [IGNORES COVER] ability.
Melee weapons equipped by models in that disembarking unit have the [LANCE] ability.

Each time a DRUKHARI unit from your army disembarks from a TRANSPORT, until the end of the turn:

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Few warriors in the galaxy are as adept at launching punishing skyborne raids as the Drukhari. Before their prey even realise the peril, the killers of Commorragh are amongst their lines like grinning ghouls. Splinter fire lays low defenders still scrambling into position. Quicksilver assaults leave dozens screaming in maimed agony. Often, the battle is over before it has even truly begun.

Stratagems

6 · every one costs 1 CP

Strategic Ploy 4Battle Tactic 1Wargear 1

Movement

1CP

Pounce on the Prey

Strategic PloyYour Movement phase, just after a **DRUKHARI INFANTRY** unit from your army disembarks from a **TRANSPORT** that made a Normal move this phase.

Until the end of the turn, your unit is eligible to declare a charge.

Epic Hero · Character · Infantry · Fly · GrenadesFull rule ▾

Target: That INFANTRY unit.

1CP

Swooping Mockery

Strategic PloyYour opponent’s Movement phase, just after an enemy unit ends a Normal, Advance or Fall Back move.

Your TRANSPORT can make a Normal move of up to 6".

Vehicle · Fly · Drukhari · TransportFull rule ▾

Target: One DRUKHARI TRANSPORT from your army that is within 8" of that enemy unit.

Shooting

1CP

Skyborne Annihilation

Battle TacticYour Shooting phase.

Until the end of the phase, ranged weapons equipped by models in your unit have the [SUSTAINED HITS 1] ability, or the [SUSTAINED HITS 2] ability if your unit is a KABALITE WARRIORS or HAND OF THE ARCHON unit.

Vehicle · Fly · Drukhari · TransportFull rule ▾

Target: One DRUKHARI unit from your army that has not been selected to shoot this phase and that disembarked from a TRANSPORT this turn.

1CP

Night Shield

WargearYour opponent’s Shooting phase, just after an enemy unit has selected its targets.

Until the end of the phase, models in your unit have a 4+ invulnerable save.

Vehicle · Aircraft · Fly · DrukhariFull rule ▾

Target: One DRUKHARI VEHICLE unit from your army that was selected as the target of one or more of the attacking unit’s attacks.

Fight

1CP

Vicious Blades

Strategic PloyFight phase, just after a **DRUKHARI TRANSPORT** from your army has selected its targets.

After your TRANSPORT has fought, select one enemy unit that was the target of one or more of those attacks and roll one D6 for each model embarked within your TRANSPORT, adding 1 to the result if that embarked model is a WRACKS model: for each 5+, that enemy unit suffers 1 mortal wound (to a maximum of 6 mortal wounds).

Vehicle · Fly · TransportFull rule ▾

Target: That TRANSPORT.

1CP

Wraithlike Retreat

Strategic PloyEnd of the Fight phase.

Your unit can make a Normal or Fall Back move, but unless it is a WYCHES unit, it must end that move wholly within 3" horizontally and 5" vertically of a friendly DRUKHARI TRANSPORT and must embark within that TRANSPORT at the end of that move (otherwise, it cannot make that move). Your unit can embark within that TRANSPORT in a turn it disembarked from that TRANSPORT.

Epic Hero · Character · Infantry · Fly · Grenades · DrukhariFull rule ▾

Target: One DRUKHARI INFANTRY unit from your army that fought this phase.

Enhancements

4

EnhancementPtsWhat it does
Phantasmal Smoke15DRUKHARI model only. While the bearer’s unit is wholly within 6" of a friendly DRUKHARI TRANSPORT:

■ Models in the bearer’s unit have the Stealth ability.
■ Each time a ranged attack targets the bearer’s unit, models in that unit have the Benefit of Cover against that attack.
Sadistic Fulcrum15DRUKHARI model only. Each time you spend 1 Pain token to Empower the bearer’s unit in the Shooting phase, select one friendly DRUKHARI TRANSPORT within 6" of the bearer’s unit; until the end of the phase, each time that TRANSPORT makes an attack, you can re‑roll the Hit roll.
Spiteful Raider10DRUKHARI model only. Each time the bearer’s unit destroys an enemy unit in the Fight phase, if that enemy unit was within range of one or more objective markers when the bearer’s unit was selected to fight, you gain 1 additional Pain token.
Nightmare Shroud20DRUKHARI model only. Each time the bearer’s unit disembarks from a TRANSPORT, until the end of the turn, enemy units cannot use the Fire Overwatch Stratagem to shoot at the bearer’s unit.