After years as little more than whispered legends, the Legion of the Damned return to the 41st Millennium in a new Kill Team box set amidst the unending slaughter on Armageddon.
The Legion of the Damned step forth from a halo of witchfire to unleash burning retribution on the xenos brutes. With fire and fury, they take on the elite Ork Nobz Mob and bring aid to the beleaguered planet.
Each spectral Legionnaire is covered in skeletal details and wreathed in ethereal flames. Their true nature eludes even the most persistent of Inquisitors, and though they can be credited with turning the tide of countless battles, few know to whom – or what – they owe their lives.
The Legion’s mysterious, ghostly nature makes this kill team play wildly differently from other Space Marines, as they must solidify their connection to the material plane over time to reach the height of their power. Early in the game, they move and fight slower than regular Space Marines, but as turning points tick over and their form solidifies, they grow to become terrifying, spectral monsters, bursting at the seams with eldritch fire.
Against them stands a team of vicious Boss Nobz – the cream of the Orks’ elite warriors. You may have seen them in our reveal, or inside Codex: Orks, but the Kill Team:Armageddon boxed set is where they will be available first.
These hardcore veterans have survived wars on dozens of worlds and tower over their lesser kin, adorned in thick armour plates and carrying a wide variety of eclectic Ork weapons. Some are obsessed with dakka and dual-wield kustom shootas, while others delight in flame-fuelled destruction and heft an enormous skorcha* into the killzone.
Speaking of killzones, a whole new set of terrain is the battleground for this clash of fire and fury, with wrecked vehicles and crumbling buildings painting a picture of the devastation unleashed upon Armageddon.
The Killzone: Armageddon terrain is designed to stylistically fit in with the existing Battlezone Fronteris kits, but in a more battle-worn state. You get two sturdy bunkers, which have their own rules for the desperate close-quarters fights that happen when an unlucky operative has to storm one. There are also ruins and scatter terrain, including a wrecked Redemptor Dreadnought and Rogal Dorn Battle Tank.
To top it all off, you get the customary sets of datacards to help keep your important rules in mind, and the Kill Team: Armageddon Dossier, which contains all of the rules you need for both kill teams as well as background lore on the Legion of the Damned, Ork Nobz, and the desperate times that threw these bitter foes together.
We can’t wait to see the Legion of the Damned back on the tabletop, and we’ll be taking a closer look at their rules (for both Kill Team AND Warhammer 40,000) as we get closer to release. While we wait for them to rematerialise, check out the other big reveals from the Big Autumn Preview.
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* Perfect for adding MORE fire to the Legion of the Damned.
