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Hello everyone! Zak Ludick here from Cape Town, South Africa and this is a Warhammer 40k - The Great Unit Review Wheel! post!

Now known as the Unit Review Library!

What is it all about? It is not there to just give a stat. It is there to give MY review of the unit!

Also this has become quite the Challenge! With so many units to review in the game the consensus in the hobby community is that I will not have enough time to review all of the Datasheets before the new edition of Warhammer 40,000 came out.

I should have started when 10th edition launched!
443 days since the start of 10th Edition.
This is Review #128, I am 315 reviews behind! (losing ground here)

Not picking randomly at the moment, need to finish Imperial Agents and Deathwatch before they change as explained Here

Agents of the Imperium, Vindicare Assassin

10th Edition Index

The Vindicare Assassin is the fourth and final Temple Assassin in the Agents of the Imperium Datasheets.

He is the the Super-Sniper. Where the Callidus Assassin uses chameleonic camouflage to pop out at the enemy to cut them down, he stays far away.

Instead of the mad murder and wholesale slaughter of the Eversor Assassin, he focusses on a single target.

Instead of being anti-Psyker like the Culexus Assassin, he is anti-Character, without the Anti-Character ability... you'll see...

80pts... cheap... I sort of expect this to go up in the new Codex. $40 at Warhammer.com! Also a pretty cool just to collect this model.

Let's check his stats!

Stats

Movement 7"
Toughness 4
Save 6+/4++(armor/invul/Feel No Pain)
Wounds 4
Ld 6+
OC 1

Weapons

Ranged:

Exitus rifle

Range 48", 1 Attack, Hits on a 2+, S7, Ap -3, D3+3 Damage each
Heavy (This unit gets +1 to Hit rolls if it remains stationary), he already hits on a 2+, this is to counter-act a de-buff like Stealth. Which he will hit on a 2+ if he stands still!
Ignores Cover (The target does not get any benefit for hiding in cover, you cannot hide from his precision!)
Precision (He can pick who takes the shot of course, sniping out a Leader out of the unit. He could also kill a special weapon out of a squad)
Devastating Wounds (Critical Wound rolls of a 6 cannot be saved with Armor or Invul Saves)

Exitus pistol

Range 12", 3 Attacks, Hits on a 2+, S5, Ap -2, 3 Damage each
Pistol (This unit can shoot this weapon even if they are in engagement with an enemy unit.)
Ignores Cover (The target does not get any benefit for hiding in cover, you cannot hide from his precision!)
Precision (He can pick who takes the shot of course, sniping out a Leader out of the unit. He could also kill a special weapon out of a squad)
Devastating Wounds (Critical Wound rolls of a 6 cannot be saved with Armor or Invul Saves)

Melee:

Vindicare combat knife

4 Attacks, Hitting on 2+, S4, Ap -1, 1 Damage each

Not a massive threat with the knife... but the pistol...

Abilities

Lone Operative (Can't be targeted unless he is within 12" of the shooter)
Stealth (Ranged attacks shooting him are done at -1 to Hit)
Infiltration (He can be set up in No-Man's Land) (But why would he?!)

Shieldbreaker

Once per Battle, he can use the Shieldbreaker round, when he does, it ignores all saves that can be made against the shot. This is then like an auto-Devastating Wounds... as long as he wounds with his S7 shot, which is a 3+ against a Marine Character usually, even one wearing Terminator Armor.... even a Custodian.

Deadshot

When making a ranged attack, when rolling a Critical HIT, add 3 Damage to the shot.

This makes the Rifle D3+6 Damage!
And it makes the Pistol a 6 Damage pistol!

Also, when this critical happens then the squad hit this way needs to make a Battle-Shock Test!

Thoughts

This is an amazing unit. I like him... I have 2 of them... and apparently he will get even better in the new Codex.

In the normal 2000pts game which is a 60"x44" board, I would stick him in centre-back in cover as high as possible. Most of the time he won't be shot at... but that Pistol is great at taking out Terminators... so I am pretty optimistic about him.

Now just 1 more Imperial Agents to do!

That makes 16 Imperial Agents Reviewed putting them on 94% Completed! The total Completed is 13.28% Complete! Can I review them all?!

Thank you for reading!

Warhammer Review Library

Army Rule and Detachment Rule Reviews

Faction	Detachment	Review Number
Astra Militarum		Army Rule #1
Astra Militarum	Combined Regiment	Detachment Rule #1
Agents of the Imperium		Army Rule #2

Datasheet Review list (Alphabetical)

Faction	Unit	Review Number
Adeptus Custodes	Prosecutors	#1
Adeptus Custodes	Knight-Centura	#54
Adeptus Custodes	Shield-Captain	#61
Adeptus Custodes	Shield-Captain in Allarus Terminator Armor	#70
Adeptus Custodes	Trajann Valoris	#40
Adeptus Mechanicus	Archaeopter Fusilave	#13
Adeptus Mechanicus	Archaeopter Stratoraptor	#14
Adeptus Mechanicus	Archaeopter Transvector	#15
Adeptus Mechanicus	Belisarius Cawl	#53
Adeptus Mechanicus	Corpuscarii Electro-Priests	#97
Adeptus Mechanicus	Onager Dunecrawler	#110
Adeptus Mechanicus	Serberys Raiders	#55
Adeptus Mechanicus	Serberys Sulphurhounds	#56
Adeptus Mechanicus	Technoarcheologist	#104
Aeldari	Guardian Defenders	#64
Aeldari	Maugan Ra	#87
Aeldari	Night Spinner	#65
Aeldari	Shadowseer	#80
Aeldari	Prince Yriel	#92
Astra Militarum	Kasrkin	#60
Astra Militarum	Tank Commander	#90
Astra Militarum	Wyvern	#81
Black Templars	Black Templars Gladiator	#102
Black Templars	High Marshall Helbrecht	#38
Black Templars	Marshall	#46
Black Templars	The Emperor's Champion	#63
Blood Angels	Baal Predator	#2
Blood Angels	Gabriel Seth	#66
Blood Angels	Lemartes	#32
Blood Angels	Sanguinary Guard	#93
Chaos Daemons	Beasts of Nurgle	#98
Chaos Daemons	Daemonettes	#29
Chaos Daemons	Lord of Change	#75
Chaos Daemons	Nurglings	#82
Chaos Knights	Knight Abominant	#94
Chaos Knights	War Dog Brigands	#30
Chaos Knights	War Dog Executioners	#31
Chaos Knights	War Dog Huntsman	#77
Chaos Space Marines	Abbadon the Despoiler	#50
Chaos Space Marines	Haarken Worldclaimer	#41
Chaos Space Marines	Khorne Lord of Skulls	#37
Dark Angels	Asmodai	#16
Dark Angels	Azrael	#17
Dark Angels	Belial	#4
Dark Angels	Deathwing Knights	#20
Dark Angels	Deathwing Terminator Squad	#99
Dark Angels	Lazarus	#62
Dark Angels	Land Speeder Vengeance	#101
Death Guard	Biologus Putrifier	#5
Death Guard	Blightlord Terminators	#10
Death Guard	Chaos Lord	#36
Death Guard	Lord of Contagion	#52
Death Guard	Tallyman	#39
Death Guard	Malignant Plaguecaster	#71
Deathwatch	Corvus Blackstar	#72
Deathwatch	Deathwatch Terminator Squad	#112
Deathwatch	Deathwatch Veterans	#114
Deathwatch	Fortis Kill Team	#116
Deathwatch	Indomitor Kill Team	#118
Deathwatch	Kill Team Cassius	#120
Deathwatch	Proteus Killteam	#57
Deathwatch	Spectrus Kill Team	#73
Deathwatch	Veteran Bike Squad	#84
Deathwatch	Watch Captain Artemis	#122
Deathwatch	Watch Master	#124
Drukhari	Grotesques	#45
Drukhari	Haemonculus	#8
Drukhari	Raider	#35
Drukhari	Scourges	#7
Genestealer Cults	Aberants	#47
Genestealer Cults	Hybrid Metamorphs	#58
Genestealer Cults	Reductus Saboteur	#33
Grey Knights	Brother Captain	#25
Grey Knights	Grand Master	#48
Grey Knights	Strike Squad	#51
Imperial Agents	Callidus Assassin	#9
Imperial Agents	Culexus Assassin	#69
Imperial Agents	Eversor Assassin	#105
Imperial Agents	Exaction Squad	#111
Imperial Agents	Imperial Navy Breachers	#113
Imperial Agents	Inquisitor	#115
Imperial Agents	Inquisitor Coteaz	#117
Imperial Agents	Inquisitor Eisenhorn	#119
Imperial Agents	Inquisitor Greyfax	#121
Imperial Agents	Inquisitorial Henchmen	#123
Imperial Agents	Inquisitor Karamazov	#125
Imperial Agents	Lord Inquisitor Kyria Draxus	#126
Imperial Agents	Rogue Trader Entourage	#127
Imperial Agents	Subductor Squad	#128
Imperial Agents	Vigilant Squad	#26
Imperial Knights	Canis Rex	#76
Imperial Knights	Armiger Helverin	#22
Imperial Knights	Armiger Warglaive	#43
Imperial Knights	Knight Castellan	#83
Leagues of Votann	Brôkhyr Iron-master	#27
Leagues of Votann	Brôkhyr Thunderkyn	#78
Leagues of Votann	Cthonian Beserks	#86
Leagues of Votann	Sagitaur	#3
Leagues of Votann	Ûthar the Destined	#44
Necrons	Obelisk	#11
Orks	Battlewagon	#34
Orks	Hunta Rig	#28
Orks	Zodgrod Wortsnagga	#89
Space Marines	Kayvaan Shrike	#23
Space Marines	Marneus Calgar	#42
Space Marines	Razorback	#21
Space Marines	Vanguard Veteran Squad with Jump Packs	#103
Space Wolves	Arjac Rockfist	#68
Space Wolves	Fenrisian Wolves	#91
Space Wolves	Wolf Guard	#74
T'au Empire	Breacher Team	#88
T'au Empire	Darkstrider	#12
T'au Empire	Kroot Carnivore Squad	#19
T'au Empire	Pathfinder Team	#79
T'au Empire	Piranhas	#107
T'au Empire	Razorshark Strike Fighter	#95
T'au Empire	Stealth Battlesuits	#67
Thousand Sons	Ahriman	#108
Thousand Sons	Ahriman on Disc of Tzeentch	#109
Thousand Sons	Exalted Sorcerer	#59
Thousand Sons	Magnus the Red	#49
Tyranids	Barbgaunts	#6
Tyranids	Lictor	#106
Tyranids	Raveners	#96
Tyranids	Screamer Killer	#24
World Eaters	Lord Invocatus	#100
World Eaters	World Eaters Chaos Spawn	#18
World Eaters	World Eaters Daemon Prince	#85

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