Warhammer 40k - What the new 10th Ed Points index does to my Grand Imperial Army

over 1 year ago

Hello Hive friends! This is Zak from Cape Town, South Africa and this is Warhammer 40,000 the tabletop boardgame.

The whole game has been revised as the 10th edition of the rules have been released. All the armies got new datasheets, which includes stats and rules and finally, on the 16th of June, we got the first points Index.

This means that I can rebuild my Grand Imperial Army, last updated in this post, where I added Brother Sven, the Redemptor Dreadnought.

Some points have gone up and some points have gone down. I have to track and trace what happened to what. In some cases, some of the units I was planning on adding to the list (I had them built and Battle ready for tournaments but not completely painted the way I wanted) have been removed from the game... for now.

There is also another instance where the points index is screwing with my collection:

Sometimes there are units that can be fielded only in a unit of 5 models or a unit of 10 models. There are only points listed for either 5 or 10 models. However, these guys are in a transport that allows 6 models to be transported. I had costed these models at points per model.

In the way the rules work that have just gone out, if I have more than 5 models in the unit, I pay for 10 and take away the units that I cannot field.

So... I cannot really reconcile that. Not for tournament play and not for Eternal Carnage games either!

The other thing that has changed is that there are no more Troops, Elites, Heavy Support, etc unit slots. There are Characters, Epic Heroes and Datacards. You may only have One of each Epic Hero. You may have up to three of any datacard in your army and you may have up to 6 selections of a datasheet that has the Battleline or Dedicated Transport keyword. This would usually have been the Troops of the enemy army.

With my Eternal Carnage army, I shall keep to 1 Epic Hero of each kind and I will, per Army, do my utmost to maintain the limits of current force limitations. However, should the lore break this rule, I will try count it as two armies in Eternal Carnage games.

So, with all that said and done, let's get into the list. We will begin with the total list from before:

The Total Collection!

Grand Total - 1841pts

Space Wolves - 1236pts

Dark Angels - 70pts

HQ - 70pts

Techmarine - 70pts

Ultramarines - 105pts

HQ - 105pts

Captain Sicarius - 105pts

Agenst of the Imperium - 430pts

Army Stats

Models: 47

Vehicles: 1

Walkers: 2

Characters: 11

Infantry Squads: 4

Beast Squads: 3

Partial Squads: 0

So let's talk changes...

Space Wolves - Was 1236pts, now 1395pts (+159pts!)

HQ - 420pts become Characters - 450pts (+30pts)

Bjorn the Fell Handed - was 155pts, is now 220pts! (+65pts!)
Iron Priest (Techmarine with Bolter and Thunderhammer) - was 70pts, still 70pts
Wolf Priest with Jump Pack (Chaplain with Jump Pack and Power Fist) - was 115pts, is now 85pts (-30pts!)
Rune Priest (Librarian) - was 80pts, now 75pts (-5pts)

Datacards - 816pts became 945pts (+129pts!)

Space Wolf Scout Squad - was 60pts, is now 80pts (+20pts!)
Redemptor Dreadnought - was 185pts, now 225pts (+40pts!)
Blood Claw Pack - was 170pts for 8, will run a squad of 10 for 140pts. (-30pts!)
Wolf Guard Pack Leader - this was included in the cost above but is now a separate datasheet for 45pts!
Grey Hunters Pack 1 - was 108pts for 6, now 90pts for 5. (-18pts)
Grey Hunters Pack 2 - was 108pts for 6, now 90pts for 5. (-18pts)
Cyberwolf - was 15pts, now 20pts (+5pts)
Cyberwolf - was 15pts, now 20pts (+5pts)
Fenrisian Wolves - was 35pts, now 30pts (-5pts)
Vindicator - was 120pts, now 205pts (+85pts)

Conclusion

Just these units that I have already added to my Grand Imperial Army have gone UP 159pts!

Let's look at the rest...

Dark Angels - was 70pts, now 70pts

HQ - 70pts is now 70pts of Characters

Techmarine - was 70pts, and is still 70pts.

Ultramarines - was 105pts, now 95pts.

Captain Sicarius - was 105pts, now 95pts (-10pts!)

Agenst of the Imperium - was 430pts, now 395pts

Inquisitor Torquemada Coteaz - was 95pts, now 75pts (-20pts!)
Ordo Mallues Inquisitor - was 70pts, now 55pts (-15pts)
Now just an "Inquisator".
Ordo Hereticus Inquisitor - was 70pts, now 55pts (-15pts)
Now just an "Inquisator".
Vindicare Assassin - was 90pts, now 80pts (-10pts)
Callidus Assassin - was 90pts, now 115pts (+25pts)
Witch Hunter Priest- was 15pts, now an Inquisatorial Acolyte at 40pts for four so 10pts. (-5pts)