
Whether you actually want to go down this route for your Kill Team can be a tough choice to figure out. This means the Veteran Guardsman Kill Team has the option to be shooting horde Kill Team that overwhelms the enemy with lasfire, and if you choose to field a ton of Troopers, you can use the Overcharge Lasguns Strategic Ploy to give them all AP1 at the risk of also suffering mortal wounds. It’s equipped with a Lasgun and Bayonet, none of which are very good weapons in their own right, but the Trooper has a Group Activation of 2, which means you can activate two of them at a time. The Trooper is your standard operative for the Veteran Guardsman Kill Team. Trooper Veteran (9 allowed per Kill Team) Also note that the Plasma Pistol’s Ballistic Skill has been FAQed to be 3+ rather than 4+įor melee weapons, he can choose a Chainsword or a Power Weapon, and while the Chainsword does get to reroll one attack dice each time you Fight, the Power Weapon is the superior option with its critical damage of 6 and its ability to score critical hits on a roll of 5+. This is the Leader of the Veteran Guardsman Kill Team, and his main function in battle is to issue Guardsmen Orders (see above), but he also has quite a few different weapon loadouts to choose from: He can choose a Boltgun, which is just a good reliable gun with unlimited Range, or he can choose a pistol/melee weapon combo.įor pistols, he can choose a Bolt Pistol (same as the Boltgun but with pentagon/6 inch Range), Laspistol (pretty bad but can be upgraded with a Hot-Shot Capacitor Pack equipment if you’re playing narrative play) or the always amazing Plasma Pistol that has AP1 but can be AP2 if your overcharge it and risk causing mortal wounds to the Sergeant if he rolls 1s. Operatives of the Veteran Guardsmen Kill TeamĪ Veteran Guardsman Kill Team has 10 Operatives, chosen from the following: Sergeant Veteran (must take 1 per Kill Team)


Guided Missile which has Armour Piercing and does very high damage to a single target.Marked Air Strike which is similar but sacrifices the cover-canceling for higher damage.Artillery Barrage which does Blast damage and ignores cover,.If you don’t have two boxes of Veteran Guardsmen, you can also choose Veteran Guardsmen Tactical Assets, which lets you pick two fire support abilities that can be chosen as once per battle activations. Your first option is Trooper Veterans, which simply lets you field an additional 4 Trooper Veterans in your Kill Team (so no special operatives). Veteran Guardsmen aren’t the strongest operatives out there, so in addition to your 10 Guardsman operatives, you can choose an Ancillary Support bonus for your Veteran Guardsmen Kill Team. If you like a shooting-focused Kill Team that rewards a consistent plan for everyone in the team where every activation is part of an overall strategy, the Veteran Guardsmen Kill Team might be just the team for you.Ħ Playing the Veteran Guardsmen Kill Team Abilities of the Veteran Guardsmen Kill Team Ancillary Support of the Veteran Guardsman In the game, this is reflected in the way Guardsmen work as one under the orders of their Sergeant, using crude but heavy firepower and a hail of Lasgun shots to tear the enemy apart while digging into defensive positions. The Veteran Guardsmen Kill Team consists of fighters who have stayed alive long enough to become specialists fighting behind enemy lines, but that doesn’t mean they’re any less expendable or collectivistic.

In the Astra Militarum, the individual doesn’t matter at all, and it’s an honour to die for the Emperor. They rely on cheap, mass-produced las-weaponry and strength in numbers to survive – but in this case “survive” actually means “succeed”, since no member of the Astra Militarum is expected to actually stay alive for more than a couple of hours of service. The Astra Militarum is the military of the Imperium of Man – a billions-strong force of ordinary men and women defending their homelands against the horrors of the galaxy. It is part of the Kill Team: Octarius Starter Set. The Veteran Guardsman Kill Team is a Kill Team for the Games Workshop skirmish game Warhammer 40,000: Kill Team.
