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Get ready for an intense Warhammer 40k battle report! Two forces collide in a dramatic struggle for supremacy. Will the fanatical Witch Hunters hold their ground, or will the bloodthirsty forces of Khorne overwhelm them in brutal combat?
https://battle-reports.org/batrep-25/index.php

Love to see someone playing the old editions. Keep them coming!

Witch Hunters were a curious faction - very little long ranged firepower combined with almost no close combat punch outside of their 'crazy' units - none of which generated or were able to use faith.

You did pretty decent damage with them in melee all things considered though.


I played them mostly in 5e so transports, flamer/hflamer sisters with divine guidance, suicidal melta immolators, exorcists.

Outside of mechanised the seraphim and twin-canoness squads were good but sucked up faith at an unsustainable rate I found.


There were rules in 4e for zealots (not in the codex) that might interest you if you plan on sticking with a melee force.
White Dwarf 292 or there abouts. Cheap bodies and hidden eviscerators, and the only 'chaff' unit the sisters had for screening back then.

Thankyou for posting this, was very fun to read. I hope you make more reports

the write up for this was excellent. So many great pictures. Thanks for sharing.

Great report, great photos and really well painted armies.

Good stuff - look forward to seeing more!

Wow, visually incredible batrep you made! And I'm so glad to look at some "oldhammer" of sorts starring the which hunters! Still trying to get my hands on that codex to be honest!

Nice lookin armies! But I'm gonna give a special shoutout to the 2nd ed Chaos Dreadnought! I haven't seen one of those in ages.