I’d put them on the same tier as Drukhari, Imperial Guard, or Sisters. Not the S-tier of GSC, but not in the dumpster with Space Wolves.

No FLY anywhere in the codex – even on the hoverboats.

Not great native screening options to keep deep striking threats or fast melee units away.

No pskyers, removing participation in a sometimes very significant part of the game.

Between Stygies VIII, Terrax Drills and Duneriders, the army is surprisingly flexible and mobile.

Very good counter charge and first turn pressure melee units that can disassemble the unprepared.

Every slot has great shooting options that work against elite and horde armies alike The kickin’ rad forces of the Adeptus Mechanicus: PC Zuul the Cat Without further ado then, let’s talk about the forces of the Adeptus Mechanicus. the Tech-priest Manipulus and the new Skorpius tanks) and briefly touch on the Forge World units added by Warhammer Community. Finally, although this is primarily a discussion of the codex we will talk about the recently-released units that came after the book was out (i.e. We will cover the unique-to-this-book stratagem Knight of the Cog though, since that does have a big effect on what a Knight can do.

We’re also going to mostly exclude Knights from this – the Imperial Knights book is the “real” Knights codex, and the ones included in Ad Mech don’t really benefit much from being in here. For Ad Mech this is a little easier than most, because the Codex unit selection is a bit thin. Instead, each section will give a brief summary of what’s available, picking up on key units/relics/stratagems, highlighting clear trap choices, and then discussing how best to utilise the good stuff.

Want to play robots who aren’t dumb space robots that lost to elves? Want to play a killer gunline that isn’t anime fish? Are you into body horror that isn’t torture porn or supernatural? Are you into SCIENCE? Then Adeptus Mechanicus is the faction for you.Īs with the rest of these articles, the idea is not to give an exhaustive review of every single unit and option.

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