Hand of the Archon Kill Team Review

[@flamingoflame]

Had a really great first game into the new edition with these yesterday. Vs Angels of Death. I think all the tricks up their sleeve and unexpectedly brutal weapons play really well when the enemy is just charging into you

[@CanYouRollaCrit]

Ooh nice, that's great to hear!

[@itsPandaOp]

Really wish Combat Drugs gave more of an actual choice instead of one being the obvious pick. Fairly optimistic about the changes despite the loss of fleet. Thank you for your work good sir, so many videos.

[@CanYouRollaCrit]

No worries, yeah I wish hypex was still +1" move

[@WarWithReality]

Really looking forward to this review. Losing our dash, feel no pain, injury grenade and killing two enemies with the Crimson Duelist really sucks and I feel pretty disheartened about using this team in the new edition. I hope your thoughts on the team can change that atleast somewhat.

[@CanYouRollaCrit]

You'll be pleasantly surprised haha

[@WarWithReality]

@@CanYouRollaCrit Glad to hear that!

[@tygerbomb]

@@WarWithReality They're my most played and best performing team so I feel the pain too. **enjoys it**

[@jonaspotthoff9317]

For me the Damagereduction on Blaster and Blast Pistol(was always AP2) hurt equal to the loss of FoF 😞 Recond a lot of synergies after watching your video! thx

[@SS_BAJA]

I’m excited to get my hands on this team, was just gonna use my corsairs till I noticed the 25mm base size. Ordered 11 custom models so that I have enough to build both heavy gunner options I’d want. Plus an extra agent body cuz I don’t like the sound of the disciple.

[@CanYouRollaCrit]

Ooooh nice! Sounds great!

[@kristophermccord5665]

Maybe I misunderstood what you were trying to say, but you are limited to 2 dark lights still. You can't take blaster dark lance and blast pistol. But as mentioned, just drop blast pistol vs elites.

[@CanYouRollaCrit]

Yeah, Blast Pistol is retired haha

[@ForeverAbroad]

Hopefully Hierotek circle soon! I think they turned out pretty good, but would love your thoughts and review.

[@CanYouRollaCrit]

They're coming soon 👀

[@rosspowell4446]

Very sad face about losing the dash, but the pain token accrual Kinda balances it up. I sense they will struggle though. Voidscarred are gonna murder them

[@CanYouRollaCrit]

Yeah it's a weird gain and loss. Corsairs do mess em up

[@rosspowell4446]

@@CanYouRollaCrit I feel like day 1 data slate would be either to be able to get +1 inch move as a buff the injections OR put the +1 inch for a pain token which you can put up to 3 tokens on. You’re going to be more flush with tokens now by looks of it, so this might be a good use.

[@gbirdnonsense1084]

The free dash was useful but not neccesary in every activation before. Being able to take two Dark light guns, and gain pain tokens from simply wounding enemies is a huge win IMO

[@CanYouRollaCrit]

It was, especially TP1. You could always take 2 Darklight guns

[@KayLovesSUGAR]

There are specific teams where the dark lance is worse than the splinter cannon. Teams like VDT and mandrakes that ignore piercing.

[@CanYouRollaCrit]

Ah I'd still take the lance there as the damage is just too good

[@matteobarbato9408]

Do we still lose Omen if the assassin dies?

[@CanYouRollaCrit]

We would imo

[@lostchild0122]

Is the smaller base (25mm) really a net benefit? I was of the impression that the larger base, while limiting some psoitioning, let a model more easily be obscured.

[@CanYouRollaCrit]

Nope, smaller bases allow better base blocking and movement advantages

[@lostchild0122]

@CanYouRollaCrit I'll reference this the next my buddy gets on my case about putting my Kabalites on 28mm because I think it looks better 😉

[@akosszimeiszter6570]

Guys help i’m kinda new to the game. With the skysplinter assassin’s razorwing, can i attack basically anyone on the map no matter their cover? To my understanding they don’t need to be visible to me, because of the seek weapon rule

[@CanYouRollaCrit]

You still need them to be visible

[@davethompson114]

Going to post this in the discord, but I’d love your thoughts on this. Tac ops are selected in the first strategy phase as a gambit. If you are playing HotA and your opponent has initiative, they select theirs. Then you use the “cunning” ability to pass on your first opportunity to gain +1CP. Then they pass. Do you then have no tac op for the whole game? (And basically auto lose?)

[@davethompson114]

Edit: you’d still have a tac op, but you’d lose the choice of primary worth 50% more?

[@CanYouRollaCrit]

Only some tac ops trigger in the strategy phase and its a big gamble to be locked out of your own tac ops if opponent passes too

[@davethompson114]

@@CanYouRollaCritsorry, my first comment wasn’t clear. I mean in the first strategy phase, as a strategic gambit each player selects crit/kill/tac op as their primary. It seems like in theory using cunning would mean you have no primary

[@CanYouRollaCrit]

Ohhhh, yes lol

[@davethompson114]

@@CanYouRollaCritdefinitely something to be aware of to not get caught! Thanks for the reply, love the videos as always. Fantastic content. I have no idea how you have the time/energy on top of ICU nursing. I barely have the brainpower to play a game after a stretch in the unit lol. Huge respect ❤

[@Panta8472]

im not clear what happens if you take two agents? do they both gain a token when someone else does?

[@CanYouRollaCrit]

Only one does one per TP

[@MagicMaciek89]

Adrenalight worck only on start of the game, not every turn... I think.

[@CanYouRollaCrit]

It should work every tp

[@d-rex7043]

'Having almost all the teams, and the terrain, is plenty, particularly since I'm yet to play a game!' This statement before the new edition: 👍🏻 This statement after 2 team vids per day: 🤡

[@CanYouRollaCrit]

Haha nice collection still!