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Emperor’s Shield

Imperial Fists detachment

Emperor’s Shield

Lysander leads the elite of the Imperial Fists to where the fighting is thickest, there to bring ruin to those who would see the walls of the Imperium torn down.

47.9%
win rate
48
games
2%
faction share

Detachment ability

always on · no CP

Wrath of Dorn

Each time a model from your army with the Oath of Moment ability makes an attack that targets your Oath of Moment target, you can re‑roll a Wound roll of 1.

Each time a model in a DARNATH LYSANDER unit from your army makes an attack that targets your Oath of Moment target, you can re‑roll the Wound roll.

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Lysander leads the elite of the Imperial Fists to where the fighting is thickest, there to bring ruin to those who would see the walls of the Imperium torn down.

Stratagems

6 · every one costs 1 CP

Battle Tactic 5Strategic Ploy 1

Movement

1CP

Wrathful Conquerors

Strategic PloyYour Movement phase.

That objective marker remains under your control until your opponent’s Level of Control over that objective marker is greater than yours at the end of a phase.

TerminatorFull rule ▾

Target: One ADEPTUS ASTARTES TERMINATOR, BLADEGUARD VETERAN SQUAD, STERNGUARD VETERAN SQUAD or VANGUARD VETERAN SQUAD unit from your army within range of an objective marker you control.

Shooting

1CP

Armour of Contempt

Battle TacticYour opponent’s Shooting phase or the Fight phase, just after an enemy unit has selected its targets.

Until the attacking unit has finished making its attacks, each time an attack targets your unit, worsen the Armour Penetration characteristic of that attack by 1.

Epic Hero · Character · Infantry · Terminator · Grenades · Adeptus AstartesFull rule ▾

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

1CP

Fury of the First

Battle TacticYour Shooting phase or the Fight phase.

Until the end of the phase, each time a model in your unit makes an attack, add 1 to the Hit roll. If your unit is below its Starting Strength, add 1 to the Wound roll as well.

TerminatorFull rule ▾

Target: One ADEPTUS ASTARTES TERMINATOR, BLADEGUARD VETERAN SQUAD, STERNGUARD VETERAN SQUAD or VANGUARD VETERAN SQUAD unit from your army that has not been selected to shoot or fight this phase. 

1CP

Disciplined Extermination

Battle TacticYour Shooting phase. 

Until the end of the phase, ranged weapons equipped by models in your unit have the [IGNORES COVER] ability and improve the Armour Penetration characteristic of such weapons by 1.

TerminatorFull rule ▾

Target: One ADEPTUS ASTARTES TERMINATOR, BLADEGUARD VETERAN SQUAD, STERNGUARD VETERAN SQUAD or VANGUARD VETERAN SQUAD unit from your army that has not been selected to shoot this phase. 

Fight

1CP

Armour of Contempt

Battle TacticYour opponent’s Shooting phase or the Fight phase, just after an enemy unit has selected its targets.

Until the attacking unit has finished making its attacks, each time an attack targets your unit, worsen the Armour Penetration characteristic of that attack by 1.

Epic Hero · Character · Infantry · Terminator · Grenades · Adeptus AstartesFull rule ▾

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

1CP

Fury of the First

Battle TacticYour Shooting phase or the Fight phase.

Until the end of the phase, each time a model in your unit makes an attack, add 1 to the Hit roll. If your unit is below its Starting Strength, add 1 to the Wound roll as well.

TerminatorFull rule ▾

Target: One ADEPTUS ASTARTES TERMINATOR, BLADEGUARD VETERAN SQUAD, STERNGUARD VETERAN SQUAD or VANGUARD VETERAN SQUAD unit from your army that has not been selected to shoot or fight this phase. 

1CP

Obdurate Vengeance

Battle TacticFight phase, just after an enemy unit has selected its targets. 

Until the end of the phase, each time a model in your unit is destroyed, if that model has not fought this phase, roll one D6: on a 3+, do not remove it from play. The destroyed model can fight after the attacking unit has finished making its attacks, and is then removed from play

TerminatorFull rule ▾

Target: One ADEPTUS ASTARTES TERMINATOR, BLADEGUARD VETERAN SQUAD, STERNGUARD VETERAN SQUAD or VANGUARD VETERAN SQUAD unit from your army that was selected as the target of one or more of the attacking unit’s attacks.

1CP

Dropship Extraction

Battle TacticEnd of your opponent’s Fight phase. 

Remove your unit from the battlefield and place it into Strategic Reserves.

Epic Hero · Character · Infantry · TerminatorFull rule ▾

Target: One ADEPTUS ASTARTES TERMINATOR unit from your army. You cannot target a unit that is within Engagement Range of one or more enemy units.

Enhancements

4

EnhancementPtsWhat it does
Champion of the Feast25ADEPTUS ASTARTES model only. Add 1 to the Attacks characteristic of the bearer’s melee weapons. Once per battle, at the start of any phase, the bearer can use this Enhancement. If it does, until the end of the phase, add 1 to the Attacks characteristic of melee weapons equipped by other models in the bearer’s unit as well.
Disciple of Rhetoricus10ADEPTUS ASTARTES TERMINATOR model only. Improve the Objective Control characteristic of the bearer by 1. Once per battle, at the start of any phase, the bearer can use this Enhancement. If it does, until the end of the phase, add 1 to the Objective Control characteristic of other models in the bearer’s unit as well.
Indomitable Champion20ADEPTUS ASTARTES TERMINATOR model only. The first time the bearer is destroyed, roll one D6 at the end of the phase. On a 2+, set the bearer back up on the battlefield, as close as possible to where it was destroyed and not within Engagement Range of any enemy units, with 3 wounds remaining.
Malodraxian Standard20ADEPTUS ASTARTES ANCIENT model only. Each time an attack targets the bearer’s unit, if the Strength characteristic of that attack is greater than the Toughness characteristic of the bearer’s unit, subtract 1 from the Wound roll.