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All I can say is if this is true, 2+ saves (yay Necrons!) just got much, MUCH better.

Rumors are rumors.

Ailaros wrote:Rumors are rumors.

Also, how many power weapons are even out there? Lychguard, Deathcultists, Sang guard, Banshees...that's about it. Everything else is force weapons, lightning claws and thunder-hammers or insanely expensive (Honor Guard, Death Company)

Carnage43 wrote:

Ailaros wrote:Rumors are rumors.

Also, how many power weapons are even out there? Lychguard, Deathcultists, Sang guard, Banshees...that's about it. Everything else is force weapons, lightning claws and thunder-hammers or insanely expensive (Honor Guard, Death Company)

I thought that FW were PW with just an added bit of death? The rulebook says 'they have the same effect as PW' anyway, so imagine if they benefited from this (albiet rumoured) 5++....4++ saves in combat for every GK with a sword!

I don't know how much stock I would put into this. All sword weapons used to give you a parry in close combat (make opponent reroll one hit) Circa 2nd edition. This was one of the main advantages to having a chainsword or better. Making it a 5+ invuln now seems overpower. It is also considerably more powerfull than a crummy combat shield and wouldn't make sense for a blood champion (gets powers sword and combat shield) since one would be a 5+ invuln and one a 6+ invuln.

TheLionOfTheForest wrote:I don't know how much stock I would put into this. All sword weapons used to give you a parry in close combat (make opponent reroll one hit) Circa 2nd edition. This was one of the main advantages to having a chainsword or better. Making it a 5+ invuln now seems overpower. It is also considerably more powerfull than a crummy combat shield and wouldn't make sense for a blood champion (gets powers sword and combat shield) since one would be a 5+ invuln and one a 6+ invuln.

Good points.

Just rolling things around, this would make Lychguard options a much harder choice, (Warscythes versus Sword and Board). Incubbi get much less scarier against terms but much more resilient in general. Mephy becomes an even bigger head ache then before.

Also, Plasma, Disintegrators, Lascannons and the other not so often taken AP 2 weapons get a lot more useful (or necessary). Theoretically if they couple this with more manageable ways to take down vehicles that isn't so melta reliant it could present a more balanced weapon table in general. Of course, as Ailaros said, rumors is rumors.

This kind of speculation needs to go in the news and rumors section. Tactics is for discussion of how rules that actually exist play out on the table. Thanks.