For those units that are generally rather slow, they make up for it with high resilience.

Ok you won’t see full fat air assaults staged by Mechanicum forces, but you do have fast moving and resilient Jump Infantry, nasty attack craft and a solid line of transports that make Land Raiders look weak. They have access to units that do very well in melee too. In the round the Mechanicum is a mostly shooting force but don’t let that dissuade you. They have different Universal Special Rules for their units and even now, after years of being in-game, players don’t always know what they can do and as a result, don’t know how to play against them. There are many different ways to play the Mechanicum though and variety is the spice of life for them. It’s mostly the exoticness of the army that increases their difficulty – they play entirely differently from Legiones Astartes. I say this up front to make it clear as day that some may find your fluffy or lore friendly army lists unappealing to fight against. Mechanicum are a fairly strong army to play. Mechanicum have plenty to be excited about. As discussed in the previous Starting Horus Heresy: article, if you aren’t invested in your chosen army, you won’t enjoy it. My second happened to be a Warhound Titan. It started with a pre-order of a very lovely model. My chosen second army of the Dark Mechanicum was actually my first purchase for Horus Heresy. There are plenty of choices out there, other Legions, Daemons of the Ruinstorm, Solar Auxilia, Militia and Mechanicum.

You’re less likely to be bored or find yourself hamstrung if you have a second army – especially so if it plays entirely different to what your other army does.

Credo OmnissiahĪnchor Photo Credit: Forgeworld, Edited and Effects added by ContentsĪs anyone who plays Horus Heresy will tell you, the yearning to start another army is an ever present strong feeling. There is no certainty in flesh, but death.

There is no constancy in flesh, only decay. There is no strength in flesh, only weakness. “There is no truth in flesh, only betrayal.

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