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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!

In this series, I will review one unit at a time, picking them randomly.

So let me spin the wheel again and see what I get:

Deathwatch, Corvus Blackstar

10th Edition Index

A Vehicle of unique and peculiar design perfectly suited to the alien-hunting unique hero army of the Deathwatch.

The Corvus Blackstar is an Aircraft, a Transport, a Gunship and a Bomber all rolled into one.

It costs 180pts to field and will cost you around $92 USD to buy a new one from warhammer.com.

Let's check the stats!

Stats

Movement 20+"
Toughness 10
Save 3+(armor/invul/Feel No Pain)
Wounds 14
Ld 6+
OC 0

Fair stats for a medium tank.

Weapons

Ranged:
The Corvus comes standard with a Twin Assault Cannon, which it can swap for a Twin Lascannon

Twin Assault Cannon
24" Range, 6 Shots, Hitting on 3+. S6, AP0 and 1 Damage.
Devastating Wounds, Twin-linked

This means 6's to Wound cause wounds that cannot be blocked by armor or invulnerable saves. Also, this gun can re-roll Wounds, so it can fish for some extra 6s.

Its alternative:

Twin Lascannon
48" Range, 1 Shot, 3+ to Hit, S12, AP-3 and D6+1 Damage each.
Twin-linked

This is an obvious anti-tank/monster gun, also capable to re-rolling the to Wound roll.

The Corvus also comes with 2 Blackstar rocket launchers which it can exchange for 2 Stormstrike missile launchers

Blackstar Rocket Launcher (x2)
30" Range, D6+1 Shots, S5 AP0 and 1 Damage each.
Blast

A great weapon for slaying hordes.

Its alternative:

Stormstrike Missile Launcher (x2)
48" Range, 1 Shot, S10 AP-2 and 3 Damage each.

This is good anti-medium tank and anti-monster.

The Corvus can also be equipped with a Hurricane Bolter

Hurricane Bolter
24" Range, 6 Shots, S4 AP0 and 1 Damage each.
Rapid Fire 6, Twin-Linked

This means 12 shots at 12" Range!

Melee:

Armoured Hull
3 Attacks, Hitting on 4+, S6, AP0 and 1 Damage each.

Abilities

Stealth, Hover

Blackstar Cluster Launcher

After making a regular move, choose one target the Corvus moved over this turn, the Corvus drops bombs on them. Roll 6 Dice, for every 5+ the enemy unit suffers that many Mortal Wounds

Wargear Abilities

You need to choose between either a Auspex Array or a Infernum Halo-Launcher.

The Auspex gives the Corvus Ignore Cover on Ranged weapons. the Halo-Launcher gives the Corvus the Smoke keyword.

One is offensive, the other is defensive

Transport

The Corvus can transport up to 12 models.

Jump Packs, Terminators and Gravis count as 2 models.

Centurions and Mounted units (bikes) count as 3 models.

Thoughts

It can deal a fair bit of damage, it is very fast and it can carry troops while doing so. I have one of these and I have used it in our largest to date Eternal Carnage games. So far, it is a good transport even though most people do not field Aircraft.

That is 2 Deathwatch Datasheets reviewed putting them on 18.18% Completed and the total Completed on 7.20% Complete!

Thank you for reading!

Warhammer Review Library

Alphabetical List

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	Serberys Raiders	#55
Adeptus Mechanicus	Serberys Sulphurhounds	#56
Aeldari	Guardian Defenders	#64
Aeldari	Night Spinner	#65
Astra Militarum	Kasrkin	#60
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
Chaos Daemons	Daemonettes	#29
Chaos Knights	War Dog Brigands	#30
Chaos Knights	War Dog Executioners	#31
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	Lazarus	#62
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	Proteus Killteam	#57
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	Vigilant Squad	#26
Imperial Knights	Armiger Helverin	#22
Imperial Knights	Armiger Warglaive	#43
Leages of Votann	Brôkhyr Iron-master	#27
Leages of Votann	Sagitaur	#3
Leages of Votann	Ûthar the Destined	#44
Necrons	Obelisk	#11
Orks	Battlewagon	#34
Orks	Hunta Rig	#28
Space Marines	Kayvaan Shrike	#23
Space Marines	Marneus Calgar	#42
Space Marines	Razorback	#21
Space Wolves	Arjac Rockfist	#68
T'au Empire	Darkstrider	#12
T'au Empire	Kroot Carnivore Squad	#19
T'au Empire	Stealth Battlesuits	#67
Thousand Sons	Exalted Sorcerer	#59
Thousand Sons	Magnus the Red	#49
Tyranids	Barbgaunts	#6
Tyranids	Screamer Killer	#24
World Eaters	World Eaters Chaos Spawn	#18

Thank you for reading!

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