Warhammer 40K Hot Mess – Khorne Berzerkers!
Man why is the Khorne Berzerker so cool looking but feels like a limp noodle murder machine? What can we do to make this guy even better!
Do Khorne Berzerkers even feel angry or just – bored with life at the moment? I know they got a bit of an update with a quick White Dwarf release but that bit of info just didn’t feel proper killy. These guys need to be murder machines and the Berzerker losing some rules just feel – well anemic. With that in mind let’s do a wish list of what I want to see in the upcoming book for these guys and then we can see how much stays in.
Options to Get There!
These guys need a lot of help in getting there so this means lots of “charge” helping abilities. They need an Advance and Charge option – most likely with a CP or Blood Tithe like thing spent on it. They could also use more Rerolls to charge or some other bonus’s that isn’t attached to Abaddon just being nearby. Maybe a sweet 3d6 option for a unit or two might help spice up the murder chili a bit.
More Damage!
When the little update removed the double attacks on the Berzerkers I was pretty unhappy. I think they should readd that at minimum or at least make some kind of Aura off of a character option that gives the unit that. Then on top of that they should also always have exploding 6’s in close combat as it just makes sense for them to “explode” into violence at any chance they can get.
Give Berzerkers Cooler Weapons!
Ok so let’s just leave them a flat rule like the Chaos Terminators have with their weapons. Call them Blades of Khorne and have them get +1 to their strength, rend -2, and an extra attack for having them. One guy can get two as we call him King Murder Puncher. You throw in one or two Giant murder axes that are stronger but don’t convey the +1 attack with Damage 3. Heck give them some cool Plasma Pistol they can get too that allows the character to always have an extra shooting attack in close combat that is the Plasma Pistol. Just make all their options cools, make them free, and let me buzzsaw my way thru the burning smell of Plasma in the moonlight!
Make the Icon cooler!
Hey the Khorne icon in CSM is cool but make this one cooler. Maybe those exploding 6’s things comes from the Icon? Maybe some kind of weird Prayer thingie can come from the Icon bearer too? Oh have the upgrade make him into a Mini Priest with a bunch of cool prayers to help chain things out and just be a unique option for the blood thirsty power armored jerks of Khorne!
Make the Skull Faced Guy Cool!
Man let the skull helmet guy be someone important in the unit. Maybe it causes fear when you charge into enemies. Maybe it marks him as a Blessed Jerk of Khorne. Maybe it just makes him a heck of a lot cooler with some other fun options that coincide with a cool Relic. All of these things could make that unit and this option just more interesting.
I really want Khorne Berzerkers to be amazing and I hope the new book does that. These guys need to buzzsaw their way to your heart and make you think – why don’t I have a World Eaters army too? I just really want the book to shine in a unique way and amping this troop choice up will help make the army a glorious one for Khorne.
Let us know how you would fix the unit, down in the comments!
