40K Rumors: Deathwatch & Harlequins Getting Some Love

The rumor mill is spinning up with some new info on the Deathwatch and Harlequins. Get ready for a Primaris upgrade and some new ways to get your clowns into the action!

We know the next three codexes on deck are Imperial Knights, Harlequins and Deathwatch. And now the rumormongers are starting to spill all the latest info. Could this be another massive leak like the Necron book or is this all just wish-listing? Standard Salt caveat applies.

via Chapter Master Valrak (youtube)

Deathwatch Rumors:

• Lots of Primaris units and options
• Mixed Primaris units: Inceptors/Intercessors/Aggressors in the same unit (similar to mixed Kill-Teams)
• New Teleportarium Stratagem to get units Deepstrike access
• A way to get Sniper vs xenos
• Rule/ability to get re-roll to wounds
• A way to “remove T’au Markerlights”

In addition to those Primaris details, Chapter Master Valrak also broke down some more rumors from a French Youtube channel:

This comes from a French Youtube Channel a couple weeks ago. This is from the youtube channel French Wargame studio latest live, they said this yesterday and they were totally right about drukhari leaks in the live before this one.

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Codex Deathwatch:
This is the go codex for primaris: they called it the codex Primawatch
For primaris You can mix unit like this : 5 intercessors ( barebone) + a mix of 5 other miniatures from primaris ( for example agressors, hellbasters, interceptors)

Tactical flexibility stratagem to split your squad
There will be a stratagem ( Teleportarium) to deepstrike a unit of death watch.
Stratagem to give sniper rules on death watch unit against xenos . ( they take for example hellblasters sniping synapse tyranid)
Stratagem auspex scan but work without deepstrike against xenos ( they take examples pointys ears that come at 12”inch and you shoot at them)
Something to reroll wounds against troops? not precised if stratagem
They talk about something that can remove tau markerlights? no idea of what type of things that can be

Codex Harlequins:
There will be a Portal Fortification, 120Pts Not under 14HP 3+ 5++ T8, that you will set everywhere on the table but more than 12″ of enemy and more than 6″ of objective, that will give the possibility to Deepstrike units from it, with a stratagem similar to Necron if he is destroyed you can set them. After the portal is destroyed unit are not forced to be more than 9’’ to the enemy. Strongly implied that this unit will be available to aeldari.

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A warptime spell for Harlequin unit

Kill Team will be out the same month than deathwatch codex

Wow! That is a lot of stuff to chew on. It’s no surprise that Primaris Marines are making their way to the Deathwatch. That’s going to be pretty interesting to see how that mixed unit works. Hellblasters and Aggressors in the same unit? Sure – how is that going to function mechanically?

And how about those Harlequin rumors? Oh man crazy teleporting clowns…it’s a personal nightmare of mine. Plus we get a tidbit about Kill Team coming in the same month as Deathwatch. That seems appropriate.

So what do you think? Deathwatch and Harlequins back at it again?

Author: Adam Harrison

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