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Drukhari, Mandrakes

10th Edition Index

I don't know too much about Mandrakes except that they appear and disappear on the battlefield all the time.

They are supposed to be fairly good in melee but they are generally known to arrive out of nowhere in an uncomfortable place and have fairly damaging shooting attacks.

They are 65pts for 5 and 120pts for 10 of them.

Let's check their stats!

Stats

Movement 8" Toughness 3 Save 7+/5++(armor/invul/Feel No Pain) Wounds 1 Ld 6+ OC 1

Weapons

Weapon Loadout: Baleblast, Glimmersteel Blade

Ranged Weapons

Baleblast

18" Range, 2 Shots, Hitting on 3+, S5, AP0 and 1 Damage each. Assault (This weapon can be fired after this model Advances) Devastating Wounds - Rolls of a 6 on the Wound roll score Mortal Wounds.

Melee Weapons

Glimmersteel Blade

3 Attacks, Hitting on 3+, S5, AP0 and 1 Damage each.

Abilities

Stealth - When targeted by a Ranged Attack, the enemy suffers a -1 to Hit. Infiltrators - They can be set up in No-Mans-Land outside of 9" of the enemy Deployment Zone.

Fade Away

At the end of the opponent's turn, if this unit is not in Engagement range of enemy units, you can remove them from the battlefield and set them up on the board in your Reinforcements step anywhere on the Battlefield more thatn 9" away from enemy models.

Thoughts

Their shooting attack is not exactly over powered but can do a decent amount of damage. Their melee capability is fair.

Their main value comes from their ability to move quickly and reposition on the board a lot. As far as utility goes, they are amazing. Their redeploy is in the Movement phase and thus they are free to shoot and thus allowed to perform Actions.

This means a 65pts 5 man unit is great for Secondary objectives. Their damage output is something secondary that is there for in case of some small damage output.

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