Raven guard army tactics book

I can sell the extra rule book or give it to a friend whos interested in playing. The raven guard were the only chapter that saw a nerf to its chapter tactic in the new book, in part because an armywide 1 to be hit applying to vehicles has been thoroughly proven to be a. Shadow captain vanguard5 assault marines 15 tactical marines 20 devastator marines 10 scouts 20 drop. I was going to write up a battle report for the game but pete my opponent wrote a great write up so i decided to just share his. This book has been around a while but still reads as if it were written today. One of his team is a raven guard marine and the spectres are a rg successor chapter so you learn a lot about their origin, history, tactics as well as their genetics. So since i last posted ive built and painted a skyhammer annihilation force, built and painted a grey knight purifier spam army with skitari allies, renovated some old models and turned them into an 1,850pt gladius strike force, and built and almost painted a raven guard army, using the new detachments in the kayuon book. The raven guard disdain the notion of recklessly charging into enemy ranks. Thanks, your articles have helped me get some grip on the raven guards incredibly flexible tactics.

Creating my first raven guard 30k army, heck, my first 30k army period. Dan trials one of the many marine builds the new book has to offer. It works surprisingly well as their chapter tactic helps to reduce the primaris weakness to overcharged plasma guns. Pick the additional chapter tactics from the following. That way, you can use different chapter tactics if you find that the raven guard arent quite your style. The raven guard force found itself encircled by the entire eldar swordwind that had been rampaging. Darkest millenium formerly the wolf and the raven is designed to chronicle my warhammer 40,000 experience from 6th edition onwards. However, space marine normal leadership, unit size, and atsknf means that this happens. In my raven guard army i dont even use shrike in my raven guard force, i felt that he didnt grab me.

Space marines, the raven guard are a diverse and flexible army, taking full advantage of stealth, shooting and melee to annihilate their foes. All the automata were in my raven guard spearhead detachment, and being dreadnoughts, they receive the chapter tactics 1 penalty to hit rolls for enemy units shooting at them from over 12 away, thus increasing their. Raven rock is at heart a history of the cold war and an exploration of its lasting effects on american politics. Its been a tumultuous year for the guard, with a gradual slip from their position at the top of the competitive charts caused by a combination of faq and points nerfs to a variety of units, and the release of several powerful codexes that have proven themselves extremely. Before the discovery of corax, the raven guard utilized terror tactics.

After playing around with it, i made a cool looking vanguard veteran and wanted to recreate this on the tabletop. Im sure well be seeing him in most competitive raven guard armies from now and not just because of the hair. It will cover all thoughts on the design of my armies, such as army lists, paint schemes, historical accuracy of markings and insignias, as well as serving as a general project log of the construction of them. Suffice it to say that if youre a true warrior of corax, this is the book for you. Welcome to the petehappens 8th edition raven guard tactica.

Ive seen all black with greenredyellow left shoulder pad rims, all black with white helmets, all black with a white shoulder pad, and many more. Today well take a break from army lists and leaks to discuss what i consider to be one of the most important skills in any tabletop game that allows the players to control where on the board the game is won. Assault squads should probably be switched over to just vanguard veterans. For the raven guard, their stratagems focus on sowing surprise and confusion among the enemy, such as with false flight, enabling them to pull.

Raven guard have been my 30k army for a couple years now and since i have such a collection i figured id start sniping enemies in 40k as well. Using speed and stealth, the raven guard stalk their enemies before unleashing a lethal killing blow, before melting back into the shadows once more. Raven guard will be available to preorder this weekend, along with their chapter master, kayvaan shrike, who has just crossed the rubicon primaris. Discover book depositorys huge selection of military tactics books online. Thats right, pedro kantors famously stoic chapter now joins their fellow imperial fists successors, the black templars, as one of the eight featured chapters in the book, complete with their own tactics to make the most of this powerful chapter tactic, fielding multiple small units of crimson fists is the way to go. Apr 20, 2015 we decided to play the city fight rules from hh book 4 and rolled the uphill battle deployment and the vital prize mission, which is basically the relic but with special rules.

In this episode of challenge the scorpion josh williams makes his debut on the channel with his. Nov 19, 2015 so since i last posted ive built and painted a skyhammer annihilation force, built and painted a grey knight purifier spam army with skitari allies, renovated some old models and turned them into an 1,850pt gladius strike force, and built and almost painted a raven guard army, using the new detachments in the kayuon book. In addition, if the entire army is pure ravenguard, or pure successor same. Can you provide an official set of chapter colours for the raven guard. This is the second part in my tactics series, aimed at helping raven guard players get the most out of the new codex. A mentor of mine when i was in the us air force was a raven and everything this book says about the ravens in terms of their flying skill, courage, outlook on the war, relationship with indigenous peoples. As the astartes closed in on the remaining eldar forces webway gates opened up all around the ring of standing stones. Its exclusive to chapters using the raven guard chapter tactics, but the formations that make it up are not. Codex discipline ultramarines, lightning assault white scars, siege masters imperial fists, righteous zeal black templars, forged in battle salamanders, shadow masters raven guard, the flesh is weak iron hands, no matter the odds crimson fists.

The raven guard are a space marine chapter which actually eschews the usual space marine tactic of charging recklessly into the enemy ranks. With scout on all their ground transports carrying nonbulky infantry, this gives me a strong impression of an army literally appearing out of nowhere and closing in on the enemy before. Atm im a bit late to the party the army is far in its progress, but the beginning of this log will be more filed with content so i guess its a good thing. Sep 21, 2019 the raven guard were the only chapter that saw a nerf to its chapter tactic in the new book, in part because an armywide 1 to be hit applying to vehicles has been thoroughly proven to be a horrible mistake. I got one green block for the death guard and one blue block for the space marines.

No, i needed to find a faction that lacked antitank weaponry, but could kill nonvehicle units pretty well. Raven guard 30k tactica victorus aut mortis a 30k raven guard tactica. The raven guard were the only chapter that saw a nerf to its chapter tactic in the new book, in part because an armywide 1 to be hit applying to vehicles has been thoroughly proven to be a horrible mistake. Corax presented a striking countenance, at least when he wished to be seen. The battle on lysithea proved costly for the legion however, and for. For all the dirty tricks i pulled this game, hed also come prepared to just paste me across the table, rocking two of the shiniest, newest murder buckets in the space marine lineup, and taking raven guard chapter. Age of darkness is a tabletop game for two or more players, in which you command an army of forge world and citadel miniatures representing either those loyalist forces who fight in the name of the emperor or the traitors who have chosen to side with warmaster horus. Sep 06, 2019 so you thought the gladius died with 7th edition. Corvus corax is the primarch of the raven guard space marine legion. Collecting primaris marines strategy guide duration. As such, if you field an army comprised only of raven guard units, rather. Since the creation of chapter tactics everyone has mentioned time and time again that the raven guard were getting the short end of the unlucky stick in comparison to the other founding chapters.

Oct 28, 2018 the raven guard dudes would be redundant there. Their minds go back to 5 th edition reminiscing on. Life has gotten in the way the past couple of months following atc in may but with life settling finally, etc over with for another year congrats england and the new. Liked it a lot, and there is an intersting thing about raven gurads who were transformed by spoiled genom, but kept their mind unchanged. Dreadnoughts can be useful, they get the 1 to hit outside 12 as well. So we actually see a nerf here vs the old raven guard chapter tactic which. Competitive itc battle report white scars vs chaos knights. Raven guard kayvaan shrike space marines warhammer 40k nib. Shadow masters is one of the most versatile and powerful new chapter tactics, offering a great bonus for all sorts of armies. It was the need to conduct war in a more conventional manner that led to one of the greatest setbacks in the xix th legions history, and one that would foreshadow the terrible events at istvaan v only a few years later. Raven guard chapter colour scheme as displayed by a firstborn space marine looking back upon the calamitous age through which mankind has endured, few can claim to know but a fraction of the emperors vision for the galaxy. Night lords and dark angels rules are coming in horus heresys book nine. Dont forget also that raven guard chapter tactics give shrouded on turn 1 and the detachment allows reserves to come on from turn one. These articles were written before the damocles book.

The raven guard are a space marine chapter that loves them some covert ops. I have been searching a lot now, this isnt simple lazyness from me. Aesthetic reasons aside, the chapter tactic encouraging a force of massed bolters is a feel i like from the space marines. So in coming up with a 1k force, i want to keep the fluff in mind, while also keeping it something i think could be viable on the field while repeating the. Youll make more friends playing raven guard, is what im saying. Ive managed to read half the book in one sitting and im pretty fussy.

Bestiary and datasheet for kayvaan shrike, master of shadows. Emperors children i played a fun game against a raven guard army couple of weeks ago. I am running a shooting list and my characters are mostly used defensively. Space marines, the raven guard are a diverse and flexible army. The cunning generalchapter master of those bright yellow raven guard is an awesome sport, and a joy to face across the table. This gives the raven guard a huge advantage in the early stages of the battle by heavily restricting anything but the closest incoming firepower. Just to familiarize yourself with their new chapter tactic from the sm codex, they. Read a few of my tibbs, not greycrow thoughts on the rumored formation here. On the other hand, you get to include the same amount of scouts you could normally take as an auxillary, but the benefits are very much in fitting with the raven guard. During the great crusade, the raven guard conquered countless worlds thought impregnable, by the precise application of force at an enemys weakest point. The ravenguard one is swift as the raven, which when active allows friendly ravenguard units within 6.

In the second psychic awakening book, chaplains in a pure ravenguard or rg successor army get this litany as an added bonus simply for existing. Sep 28, 2019 the raven guard are a rewarding army to paint and play, overall the new codex makes them significantly more powerful, but doesnt put them over the top in such a way as to be ludicrously annoying in the new meta like say, iron hands. Five reasons why im still mad about the imperial guard codex. A battle can be won with brute force or random luck. At ranges of over 12, raven guard essentially always count as being in cover, and if theyre already in cover theyll also be harder to hit, unless theyre a vehicle. Which raven guard black library booksaudio booksshort stories. The raven guard were the only chapter that saw a nerf to its chapter tactic in the new book, in part because an armywide 1 to be hit. Raven guard vs eldar cts66 2000pts 8th ed victory or death. If they have the fly keyword, they may fall back and charge.

I recently started a primaris army and the chapter i chose for them is rift stalkers, a primaris successor chapter newly founded from raven guard geneseed. Jul 15, 2015 the second lever is how to adapt our tactics aka how we apply that high level strategy in the actual battle with raven guard units to take advantage of the changes to the chapter tactics, by first understanding the new strengths of our set and taking a look at how they affect flagship units that we are likely to field as space marines. Once registered and logged in, you will be able to create topics, post replies to existing threads, give reputation to your fellow members, get your own private messenger, post status updates, manage your profile and so much more. Such behavior has led certain chapters to question the raven guard s tendency towards insubordination, but in truth the raven guard simply picked up tactics that worked from studying alpharius after his legion sent the ultramarines packing basically, the raven guard learned well that a decentralized command structure allows them to get shit. This book provides you with updated and revised rules to field units, characters and even the mighty primarchs of the legiones astartes in your space marine crusade army in games of warhammer 40,000 set during the galaxywide civil war that was the horus heresy. This was handed over to the raven guard detachment in order to unlock an elite slot for the relic deredeo dreadnought. This differentiates their tactics from those of the blood angels.

The raven guard across the imperium, from istvaan to barbarus, the space marines are revered for their mastery of shock and awe tactics. Resolving to crush the eldar army decisively, the raven guard committed to the attack, but this was what the eldar had wanted. Raven guard formation rumors hey guys, greycrow again. Aug 06, 2015 yes, yes yes peter, we all know this about the raven guard. The raven guard are a rewarding army to paint and play, overall the new codex makes them significantly more powerful, but doesnt put them over the top in such a way as to be ludicrously annoying in the new meta like say, iron hands.

To make the most of this, the common tactic for raven guard is centred around the classic rhinorush tactic, something that raven guard do surprisingly well. I am running a stormtalon and a repulsor for vehicles. The raven guard got a few audio dramas ravens flight, helion rain, a battle of the space marines books half hunt for voldorius ie a extended codex story, a hh era novels half deliverance lost and the limited bl book unkindness of ravens. Growing up to become a revolutionary for the workers of lycaeus, corax became a master of guerrilla warfare and hitandrun tactics. Of course, in this exercise, i want to also keep in mind their siegespecialist fluff, and use that as an excuse to include a unit ive yet to add to any list. The value for money on this kit is so good that im considering buying a 2nd one just to double the size of my armies. Theres no way that raven guard will be using assault doctrine when you have 1 mele unit. Raven guard the raven guard are a dark and mysterious chapter, specialising in covert warfare. Welcome to the bolter and chainsword register now to gain access to all of our features. The raven guard are known for hitting weak points in enemy defences hard and they perform lightning strikes upon locations of tactical importance to cripple their enemy. Raven guard warhammer 40k miniatures for sale ebay. If you remember, a few months ago during summer i was seriously considering building a deathwatch army. So in coming up with a 1k force, i want to keep the fluff in mind, while also keeping it something i think could be viable on the field while repeating the caveat that ive never fielded a power armored army.

For second there was slay the war lord, first blood, and last man standing. If you want more background on the raven guard go to wiki. Kauyon campaign book digital download via hive virules facebook 10252015. Looking for book recommendations for the raven guard. Whenever i go about building an army, i first look at the army list construction.

I got back into the hobby recently with the release of kill team and settled on raven guard as my faction for ease of painting and the overall tactical feel of the. Im not saying its a bad option but 178 points chaplin and librarian and up to 8 cp to do 11 wounds to a knight is not good enough to be your only one either. Which raven guard black library booksaudio booksshort. The relic was a carta bellicosa, which gives move through cover and fleet. These were first released with the warzone kauyon book and have now been grouped together with the rules for the white scars and the rules for the other space marine chapters. Soon after horus was declared the imperial warmaster, the raven guard was recalled from operations along the coreward edge of. Kayvaan shrike from the raven guard codex supplement book. Your raven guard infantry can set up booby traps on objectives ingame. Corvus corax, also known as the liberator, the deliverer, the raven lord, chooser of the slain and the shadowed lord, is the currently missing primarch of the raven guard chapter of space marines and its successor chapters. Oct 25, 2015 kauyon campaign book digital download via hive virules facebook 10252015. Im not sure what to take yet, but im sure ill have a good. One of the most thematic parts of any codex or codex supplement are the stratagems available to the army on the battlefield, as they exemplify the tactics they most commonly employ to give them the edge. Btw, ive read the book by gav thorpe deliverance lost. Since we are all now semi experts in the fluff surrounding the raven guard, lets revisit their chapter tactics in their current state.

My main inspiration for collecting raven guard was the armour customiser on space marine for the xbox 360. Some hold that each of the great space marine legions was created with a specific role in mind, and certainly this assertion is born out of the deeds and deameanour of many. A fine example of them getting owned badly can be seen in the damocles books, where they lose their. The raven guard fluff indicates they use a lot of scouts and a lot of fast transports lighting strike units. This is a brief run through the changes that chapter approved 2018 has made to the astra militarum imperial guard. Its similar to the gladius strike force that we all know and love, but its based on a new demicompany called the pinion, which adds 15 scout squads or scout bikers, and specifies an assault squad and a devastator squad instead.