LION’S BLADE TASK FORCE - Detachment Rules and Enhancements

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LION’S BLADE TASK FORCE outlines a Dark Angels detachment combining Ravenwing speed and Deathwing resilience, detailing how units fall back, charge modifiers, and the consequences of battle-shock status. It lists detachment restrictions on which Adeptus Astartes can be fielded, and provides multiple enhancements with point costs that improve melee damage, objective control, charge/eligibility effects, and a one-time teleport homer reserve repositioning. It also specifies strategic ploys and battle tactics with timing, targets, and phase-by-phase effects.

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DETACHMENT RULE

IN THE LION’S CLAWS

ENHANCEMENTS

CALIBANITE ARMAMENTS

LORD OF THE HUNT

STALWART CHAMPION

FULGUS MAGNA

STRATEGIC PLOY STRATAGEM

OVERPOWERING EXACTION

BATTLE TACTIC STRATAGEM

ARMOUR OF CONTEMPT

STRENGTH IN UNITY

KNIGHTS OF IRON

ILLUMINATING FIRE

1 LION’S BLADE TASK FORCE There is no more significant duty to the Dark Angels’ Inner Circle than the pursuit and capture of the Fallen. A Lion’s Blade Task Force combines the speed, manoeuvrability and firepower of the Ravenwing with the obdurate might of the Deathwing. The bikes, aircraft and speeders of the Ravenwing thunder across the battlefield, smashing through enemy formations to place teleport homers in key positions behind the enemy lines. Then come the Deathwing, appearing in crackling flashes of blue light to enact retribution with brutal efficiency. DETACHMENT RULE IN THE LION’S CLAWS Those unfortunate enough to be caught between the devastating speed of the Ravenwing and the adamantine might of the Deathwing are pinned in place and torn to shreds by their combined fury. ■ Each time an enemy unit (excluding Monsters and Vehicles) within Engagement Range of one or more Ravenwing units from your army Falls Back, all models in that enemy unit must take a Desperate Escape test. When doing so, if that enemy unit is Battle‑shocked, subtract 1 from each of those tests. ■ Each time a Deathwing unit from your army declares a charge, if one or more targets of that charge are within Engagement Range of one or more Ravenwing units from your army, add 2 to the Charge roll. RESTRICTIONS Your army can include Dark Angels units, but it cannot include any AdeptusAstartes units drawn from anyother Chapter. ENHANCEMENTS CALIBANITE ARMAMENTS 15 PTS The eldest relic weapons of the Dark Angels trace their lineage to ancient Caliban and are wielded only by the greatest champions of the Unforgiven. AdeptusAstartes model only. Add 1 to the Damage characteristic of the bearer’s melee weapons. LORD OF THE HUNT 15 PTS This veteran of the Ravenwing has spent mortal lifetimes in the saddle, leading mechanised cavalry to battle on countless worlds. Ravenwing model only. The bearer’s unit is eligible to shoot and declare a charge in a turn in which it Fell Back and you can re‑roll Desperate Escape tests taken for models in the bearer’s unit. STALWART CHAMPION 25 PTS Possessed of obdurate will, this warrior champion instils an indomitable resolve and absolute refusal to cede ground within his brothers. Captain, Chaplain or Lieutenant model only. While the bearer’s unit is not Battle‑shocked, add 1 to the Objective Control characteristic of models in the bearer’s unit. FULGUS MAGNA 20 PTS This ancient teleport homer projects a powerful narrow‑band signal, enabling the teleportarium chambers of orbiting vessels to lock on to the bearer even amid severe atmospheric or empyric disturbances. Deathwing model only. Once per battle, at the end of your opponent’s turn, if the bearer’s unit is not within Engagement Range of one or more enemy units, the bearer can use this Enhancement. If it does, remove the bearer’s unit from the battlefield and place it into Strategic Reserves. 2 OVERPOWERING EXACTION LION’S BLADE TASK FORCE – STRATEGIC PLOY STRATAGEM Engines roar, and teleportation flares erupt across the battlefield. Such is the din and ferocity of the Dark Angels’assault that even the most veteran foes are given cause to cower before it. WHEN: Command phase or the start of the Fight phase. TARGET: One AdeptusAstartes unit from your army. EFFECT: Select one enemy unit within Engagement Range of your unit. That enemy unit must take a Battle‑shock test. When doing so, if your unit has the Deathwing or Ravenwing keyword, subtract 1 from the result. RESTRICTIONS: You can only use this Stratagem once per battle round. ARMOUR OF CONTEMPT LION’S BLADE TASK FORCE – BATTLE TACTIC STRATAGEM The belligerence of the AdeptusAstartes combined with their transhuman physiology makes them unyielding foes to face. 1CP WHEN: Your opponent’s Shooting phase or the Fight phase, just after an enemy unit has selected its targets. TARGET: One AdeptusAstartes unit from your army that was selected as

FAQs

What happens when an enemy unit falls back from Engagement Range of your Ravenwing units?

Each model in that enemy unit must take a Desperate Escape test. If the enemy unit is Battle-shocked, subtract 1 from each of those tests.

How does Deathwing change your charge rolls when Ravenwing are in range?

When a Deathwing unit declares a charge, and one or more charge targets are within Engagement Range of one or more Ravenwing units from your army, add 2 to the Charge roll.

What does the FULGUS MAGNA enhancement do once per battle?

At the end of your opponent’s turn, if the bearer’s unit is not within Engagement Range of one or more enemy units, it can be removed from the battlefield and placed into Strategic Reserves.

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