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Drukhari, Mandrakes

10th Edition Index

I don't know too much about Mandrakes except that they appear and disappear on the battlefield all the time.

They are supposed to be fairly good in melee but they are generally known to arrive out of nowhere in an uncomfortable place and have fairly damaging shooting attacks.

They are 65pts for 5 and 120pts for 10 of them.

Let's check their stats!

Stats

Movement 8"
Toughness 3
Save 7+/5++(armor/invul/Feel No Pain)
Wounds 1
Ld 6+
OC 1

Weapons

Weapon Loadout: Baleblast, Glimmersteel Blade

Ranged Weapons

Baleblast

18" Range, 2 Shots, Hitting on 3+, S5, AP0 and 1 Damage each.
Assault (This weapon can be fired after this model Advances)
Devastating Wounds - Rolls of a 6 on the Wound roll score Mortal Wounds.

Melee Weapons

Glimmersteel Blade

3 Attacks, Hitting on 3+, S5, AP0 and 1 Damage each.

Abilities

Stealth - When targeted by a Ranged Attack, the enemy suffers a -1 to Hit.
Infiltrators - They can be set up in No-Mans-Land outside of 9" of the enemy Deployment Zone.

Fade Away

At the end of the opponent's turn, if this unit is not in Engagement range of enemy units, you can remove them from the battlefield and set them up on the board in your Reinforcements step anywhere on the Battlefield more thatn 9" away from enemy models.

Thoughts

Their shooting attack is not exactly over powered but can do a decent amount of damage. Their melee capability is fair.

Their main value comes from their ability to move quickly and reposition on the board a lot. As far as utility goes, they are amazing. Their redeploy is in the Movement phase and thus they are free to shoot and thus allowed to perform Actions.

This means a 65pts 5 man unit is great for Secondary objectives. Their damage output is something secondary that is there for in case of some small damage output.

Thank you for reading!

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I shall leave all Army and Detachment rules here and the few Chaos Daemon datasheets I have done already:

Army Rule and Detachment Rule Reviews

Faction	Detachment	Review Number
Agents of the Imperium		Army Rule #2
Aeldari		Army Rule #4
Astra Militarum		Army Rule #1
Astra Militarum	Combined Regiment	Detachment Rule #1
Astra Militarum	Bridgehead Strike	Detachment Rule #2
Chaos Daemons		Army Rule #10
Chaos Daemons	Daemonic Incursion	Detachment Review 15
Chaos Daemons	Blood Legion	Detachment Review 16
Chaos Daemons	Legion of Excess	Detachment Review 17
Chaos Daemons	Scintillating Legion	Detachment Review 18
Chaos Daemons	Plague Legion	Detachment Review 19
Chaos Daemons	Shadow Legion	Detachment Review 20
Chaos Knights		Army Rule #8
Chaos Knights	Tratoris Lance	Detachment Review #11
Chaos Knights	Iconoclast Fiefdom	Detachment Review #12
Death Guard		Army Rule Review #6
Death Guard	Plague Company	Detachment Review #4
Death Guard	Flyblown Host	Detachment Review #7
Imperial Knights		Army Rule #9
Imperial Knights	Noble Lance	Detachment Review #13
Imperial Knights	Questor Forgepact	Detachment Review #14
Space Marines		Army Rule #3
Space Wolves	Champions of Russ	Detachment Review #9
Space Wolves	Champions of Fenris	Detachment Review #10
Thousand Sons		Army Rule #7
Thousand Sons	Cult of Magic	Detachment Review #5
Thousand Sons	Hexwarp Thrallband	Detachment Review #8
World Eaters		Army Rule #5
World Eaters	Berzerker Warband	Detachment Review #3
World Eaters	Vessels of Wrath	Detachment Review #6

Datasheet Review list (Alphabetical)

Faction	Unit	Review Number
Drukhari	Archon	#419
Drukhari	Beastmaster	#420
Drukhari	Court of the Archon	#421
Drukhari	Cronos	#422
Drukhari	Drazhar	#423
Drukhari	Grotesques	#45
Drukhari	Haemonculus	#8
Drukhari	Hellions	#424
Drukhari	Incubi	#425
Drukhari	Kabalite Warriors	#426
Drukhari	Lelith Hesperax	#427
Drukhari	Raider	#35
Drukhari	Scourges	#7

Thank you for reading!

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