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What In morks name did they do to Makari?
Why in the Zog did GW think a 2+ invuln was too powerful on a 4 wound grot, to the point they made it a shadow field. I know it’s the 9th ork codex, where fun goes to die but just reading the rules this was completely unexpected.
I guess you could throw him in front of a big model, but it’s not like he’s t6 and 10 wounds or something.

I think unfortunately it's just a general trend towards nerfing invulns in 9th ed. That's why 3+ invuln saves are pretty rare outside of a few characters and one-use abilities. Makari is no exception, and unfortunately they thought that taking away his perma-2++ save was necessary. Ironically, on the initial Ork release, the thing that was broken about Makari was how you could use him for Grot Shields originally, not his invuln.

Either way, it is pretty dumb, but just be glad we even kept it to begin with, versus something else that's more useless.

 Some_Call_Me_Tim wrote:
What In morks name did they do to Makari?
Why in the Zog did GW think a 2+ invuln was too powerful on a 4 wound grot, to the point they made it a shadow field. I know it’s the 9th ork codex, where fun goes to die but just reading the rules this was completely unexpected.
I guess you could throw him in front of a big model, but it’s not like he’s t6 and 10 wounds or something.

Having a 2++ character perform actions and occupy table quarters or deployment zones could have caused problems in the long run. He got a 10 point drop for the troubles, so I think he is better off now.