Warhammer Grotmas Day 10 – Grey Knights New ‘Warpbane Task Force’ Arrives

It’s the Grey Knights turn to get their Grotmas Gift. A new detachment brings more tools to hunt creatures of the warp!

When it’s time to take on the corruption of the warp few do it better than the Grey Knights. Now they have a new detachment and the Purifiers are taking front and center!

via Warhammer Community

“The Grey Knights strike to cleanse unhallowed ground and restore the sanctity of the Emperor’s domain. The Warpbane Taskforce is raised when only the most obscure and esoteric rituals of purgation will drive the taint of Chaos back into the depths of the Warp. Striding fearlessly into malignant hellscapes, the warriors of the Order of Purifiers lead the assault. “

Download the Warpbane Task Force Detachment Rules Here

Grey Knights Warpbane Task Force

The theme of this detachment is bringing loads of Purifier units and allow them to “cleanse” the area. So if you’ve wanted to run lots of Purifiers this is the one for you. The core rule of the detachment is Hallowed Ground and it’s an interesting one. The areas designated Hallowed Ground grant buffs to your Grey Knight units in general. This is a basic re-roll of 1s to hit.

However, Purifiers just get a blanket re-roll to hit. And, if I’m reading this correctly, Purifiers also generate Hallowed Ground. So in essence this detachment just gives Purifiers re-rolls to hit all game.

As we’ve seen with all the previous detachments we’re also getting four new enhancements as well as six stratagems. The Warpbane Task Force has access to some good options here. Radiant Champion adds some extra umph to a model’s melee attacks. Seems like that would pair nicely with a character added to a purifiers unit.

Another gnarly trick is the Repelling Sphere stratagem as you can cause your enemies to get a -2 to their charge roll. That can really mess with the math for them.

If you’re running a Grey Knights army and you’re a fan of Castellan Crowe and the Purifiers you should absolutely check this out. It’s free to download and if you’ve got the models you should try it. Purifiers really make Hallowed Ground easy to generate and it’s just a nice boost across the board for Grey Knights.

Cleanse the corrupt!

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