Let’s talk about the top new 40K unit Enhancements from the new Xenos mini detachments. I’m looking over every faction from Aeldari to the Votann!
There is a lot to love in the Xenos update for 11th Edition with a ton of powerful upgrades, enhancements, and just fun abilities to add to your armies. I don’t know how many we’ll see and these are just the coolest ones I have seen in each armies update. They might not show up as the rest of the detachment isn’t nearly as good but it might be worth it to build around the Enhancement.
Aeldari – Twilight Flickers – 1DP –
Prelude Performer – Models unit gets Scout 6″
Having your dancing army of dancers move faster is a very powerful thing. Just having more movement to get set up and ready to do things is great and the scout ability also allows some other fun redeployment action. If you remember Board Control is going to be an important factor in a lot of armies mission to win the game.
Tyranids – Warrior Bioform Onslaught – 1DP
Elevated Might – Gives Tyranid Prime Full Wound Rerolls and +1 AP in melee
Makes the Whip Prime pretty gnarly and the other ones a lot more brutal. Just being able to pick up smaller MSU units is powerful on a unit you can easily run by itself. I also expect these smaller Tyranid Warriors to show up in units and just be a brutal beatstick to worry about if they get near.
Orks – Taktikal Brigade – 1DP
Slippery Git – Gives a foot Warboss (not Mega Armored) Infiltrator and Stealth
This has to let him join Kommandos so you could have a brutal little pressure unit that can get there and get Krumpin. I also just love the name as it feels so Orky. The new Warboss would love to be sneaky and get mixed in especially as you can utilize him and Snikrot to have a brutal quick punch if you need too.
Leagues of Votann – Hearthguard Covenant – 1DP
High Kahl – Lets the Kahl give a Fights on Death to his unit on a 4+
Giving multiple units in an army Fight on death is a good thing and I know I have used it in the past. It does suck when you don’t roll that 4+ but when it works – it works well. I just love having the chance at it as you can play a bit more aggressively into an assault army and dare them to come closer to your grumpy Space Dwarf trap.
Drukhari – Kabalite Agonysts – 1DP
Contempt for Rivals – Gives the Archon and unit he is attached to Precision on their attacks
Precision is going to be the ability that will just make opponents very sad when their leaders take all the bad saving rolls. It is a powered up ability but will definitely make you play wrong as Precision lets you pick out one leader and not all the leaders in the squad. I still just like it as a method to remove whatever special ability they might have in the unit.
T’au Empire – Auxiliary Cadre – 1DP
Student of Kauyon – Kroot Shaper can give Deep strike to 3 Carnivore/Farstalker Units
The Kroot army can just throw so many bodies all over the place so having even more deployment options seems like a powerful idea. You can already push the opponent out more and now Rapid Ingress in to secure a piece of terrain. The ability to deploy differently with an army that has a ton of deployment options just feels like a powerful piece of tech.
Necrons – Skyshroud Spearhead – 1DP
Deepening Madness – Gives your Destroyer Cult Mounted the Assault keyword on their shooting
This seems petty good as it lets your models move more and shoot more as needed. I really wish they had come out with a new regular Destroyer model because they have given so many rules for that army that it needs an updated kit. The Heavy one works even if it is kind of weird and we need some matching crazy jerks to help out.
GSC – Heroes of the Uprising – 1DP
Gene-Tailored Toxins – Gives your Locus or Sanctus +1 damage
Having abilities that add more damage seems like a powerful option – especially on these killer models. I love getting the extra pip of damage for World Eaters and I am sure GSC would like some of those options too. This lets you go ham into some of the tougher units as well.
~Good hunting on the tabletop!
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