Apocalypse Assassin Army

[psycho]

Just looking over some of the released apocalypse stuff, and by the looks of things, you can make an army totally of assassins

Is this the truth, or is there some kinda catch?

[stuckinbermuda]

It would be awesome if assassins were available. My friends and I used to use them regularly in early third edition right up until they were restricted to use with an inquisitor. I still have a nice collection of all the assassins but I have repainted them all in somewhat matching uniforms so they would look good in an Apocalypse army. Most common 2500pt armies could easily be boosted up to 3000+ with the addition of a few assassins. They are particularly fluffy for any imperial force and can be justified by any other force as being present just to tip the outcome of a battle for some sinister inquisitorial purpose.

Anyone know for sure yet?

[Haraio [MALAL]]

Oh gawd, I am trying to imagine what an all assassin army would be able to do to a Tyranid army

- Vindicares sniping down all Carnifexes and Assault units
- Callidus making all units go the wrong ways
- Eversors chopping their way through our Gaunts
- And Culexus Assassins slaughtering our poor Synapse creatures

T.T
No. An all-Assassin army will be absolutely horrible!

[psycho]

But think of it this way. The assassins in a full squad get an advantage for each member. So the max of a squad is 6, and lets say that is 6 Culexus assassins. Their bonus is that the "Psychic Abomination" rule adds +6 inches to its range for each member. PSYKERS WILL HAVE TO BE TAKING MORAL CHECKS 36 INCHES AWAY!!! If they let us combine assassin squads... <shivers> that could prove to be a deadly force indeed.

FYI, you can find this assassin info at
uk.games-workshop.com/apocalypse/datasheets/assets/assassination_execution.pdf

[carnogaunt]

Thanks for the link, psycho.

I've thought about using an all-Vindicare army in Apocalypse just for fun, but then I realized that I would have to keep track of special ammunition for each one.

[psycho]

I thought that you could use Vindicare special amunition without a limit? All it says under the rules is that you have to use them one at a time (as in you cant use 2 at a time).

[Shas'o Tash'var Kais Pat]

No, only one of each of the special ammo can be used per game

[ZergLord]

Assassin army, eh? Man I would play that...

[cenpjas]

I am not gona link it but there is the assasin formation out now online.

A unit of 6 of them (and you can of course have one than one formation), the formation gives them special rules above the normal ones.... because they need them.

-cen

[J.Dogg]

ASSASSINS!! (drooling uncontrollably)ME WANTS!

[ZergLord]

Hmm... Could this assasin army be expensive?

[hivefleetsurt]

Points wise each unit of assassins would be between 600 and 800 points and each assassin model costs about $15 US so it could get expensive.

[Haraio [MALAL]]

OMG! Since the restrictions are gone, it means you could make an army of just Assassin Execution Forces. Man, they would own any army sent against them T.T
That is just pure brutal XD

[crusader]

nah, they're more like $10 USD. Or my store is just awesome like that

[J.Dogg]

my store has them for 125kr
1 dollar is 6 kr