Warhammer 40K: Updated Plagueburst Crawler Confirmed
The Death Guard’s mighty siege Daemon engine is back with an updated set of stats for 9th edition. Take a look.
This image from a miniature assembly guide has been doing the rounds. It appears to be from a new repacked 9th Edition Plagueburst Crawler. It is all over facebook, and various forums.
Updated Plagueburst Crawler
Some items from the updated statlines:
- BS increases from 4+to 3+
- Attacks increase from 3 to 4
- Rothail volleygun changes from Heavy 3 to Rapid fire 3, changes from AP-2, to AP-1
- Plagueburst Mortar loses minimum range, changes from D:d3 to D:2
- Entropy Cannon changes from D:d6 to D:3+3
- Plaguespitter changes from S:User to S:6
Notes
This is a huge increase in effectiveness and lethality across the board. As have seen with other Daemon engines, the BS increases to 3+. The bonus Attack is a nice perk. But it is the across the board increase in lethality for the weapons that is the big news. The reduction of random damage is the new trend in 9th, and the Mortar and Entropy Cannon are now really really mean. The Plagueburst Crawler was already a standard part of Death Guard Armies and this will only further cement its role as a pillar of the army. Nicely done GW!
I assume the full datasheet will arrive in codex Death Guard along with the new points.
All praise Grandfather Nurgle!
