Lucius “the Eternal” is
still floating around the HQ slot for Chaos. He is the best of the best when it
comes to close combat Chaos Marines who favor Slaanesh. He still has the same sad tale of being a super
swordsman. If he does get killed in close combat, the slayer of Lucius will eventually morph and change into Lucius (insert Circle of Life song here). I still find him
pretty blah and question why he is still a HQ choice.
Aright, Mr. “the
Eternal” has WS 7, BS 5, strength and toughness 4, initiative 6, 3 attacks and
wounds, leadership 10 and a 3+/5++ save. He comes armed with a Doom Siren (so…BS
5 not needed), power sword, usual grenades, Mark of Slaanesh, Lash of Torment and the Armor of Shrieking Souls.
He has the Champion of Chaos, Independent Character, Fearless, Vets o’ that
tedious War, and the Duelists Pride rules. He also unlocks Noise Marines as a
troops choice. Lucius cost 165 points.
Lash of
Torment- gives Lucius’s attacks the Shred rule (re-roll wounds) and reduces
the attacks by 1 of anyone in base-to-base with him.
Armor of Shrieking
Souls- gives him a 3+/5++
save, and some extra defense. When Lucius makes
armor/invul saves count them. For every save made the
unit that hit him takes the same amount of S 4 AP2 wounds. These auto hit and
allow no cover saves. Great! Grand! Wonderful! A quasi- Soul Blaze
ability.
Duelists
Pride- is an ability that
forces Lucius to fight up or down to his opponent’s
skill level. When in a challenge. Lucius's attack
characteristic becomes the same as the WS of the opponent. Thus if he is
fighting a standard Marine sergeant, he will have 4
attacks. If he is fighting a Bloodthirsther, he will
have 10.
For me, Lucius brings very little to the Headquarter table. He does
come armed with a Doom Siren which is pretty boss! Sure he unlocks Noise
Marines, but so can a much cheaper Chaos Lord with a Slaanesh tattoo. He should be descent in most challenges,
except when fighting anything over toughness 4. With the name “the Eternal” it
would make sense to give the guy the Eternal Warrior rule, but that is too much
to ask. Plus it would probably drive him up to 200 points or more. Lucius just looks and feels more like he should be a unit
upgrade than an HQ. He doesn’t look or sound like leader to me. Why not give him
the same treatment as Lukas the Trickster? Then maybe I would consider using
him, but as a pure HQ he is a waste of points and time for me.
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| Who is Lucius's biggest fan? This guy. |
Small correction: The Armour of Shrieking Souls yields S4 AP2 hits with the Ignores Cover special rule upon each successful save.
ReplyDeleteAlso, the Shred rule means he's wounding T4 75% of the time, T5 56%, and T6-7 31% of the time. Against T3 he's wounding 88% of the time, which is pretty decent. And his BS5 can be used to hurl his stock of grenades, although I'm pretty sure that given the range you're better off using the Doom Siren.
ReplyDeleteThanx for correcting me with the AP2 bit.
ReplyDeleteEven with the math breakdown I still find Lucius lacking. The Doom Siren is really the only appealing thing about him for me.