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This was less a comment on Helldrakes than a comment on internal balance.

So, have we abandoned any discussion on Black Templars?

Don't worry, BT's will get a dedicated "Dreadknight" variant and down goes the Heldrake!

Or at least a model that looks cooler. BT players aren't picky.

I've got a buddy who has been playing BT for a decade plus, and his comments "I've been suffering for so long, I want to be the broken flavor of the month" So we've been having fun coming up with new rules the BT will get. These ranged from realistic, to insane, to parody.

I think my favorite was "Templar Shield. Black Templar Rhinos possess an energy shield that can be used to aid in movement. While in use all Rhinos are to be treated as Fliers. The Templar shield can also be used as a weapon, firing 1D6 STR 8 AP 1 shots."

The quad gun is statistically garbage against the helldrake. Glances it puts on vendettas and stormravens stick, but the helldrake has a 5++ to save and a 5++ to regenerate the damage. Flak missiles have the same problem.

Only volume of fire like Broadsides or quality of fire like MM on a STormraven or the lascannons of a Vendetta are reliable against the Helldrake. That's perhaps the primary reason its so feared.


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As for BT, they'll have to wait and see what the C:SM codex portends for the rest of the imperials.