When the Daughters of Khaine reach the height of their battle fervour, and the blessings of their god shower down like a crimson rain, they beseech great iron effigies to fight alongside them. These Avatars of Khaine – no, not those ones – are animated engines of murder incarnate, and they’re easier than ever to field in this Saturday’s upcoming Battletome: Daughters of Khaine.
In days past, your Avatars needed a constant stream of praise and sacrifices just to roll out of bed and get to work – we know the feeling. These new Avatars have a bit more self-motivation, and don’t need the tender ministrations of a PRIEST to stretch their iron limbs. They can also embark on a brutal Monstrous Rampage, despite not technically being classed as a MONSTER themselves.*
Whatever dark artifice allows the Avatars to walk unaided now also protects them from harm, granting a shiny new ward of 5+ even before your improved Blood Rites kick in with Unquenchable Fervour toward the end of the game.
Combined with their newfound freedom to spread the good word of Khaine wherever they please on the battlefield – and perhaps a helpful blessing from a friendly PRIEST, now that they don’t have to spend time keeping it mobile – this extra durability makes your metallic monstrosities the perfect anchors for a wavering front line, where lightly armoured Witch Aelves would lose ground.
Although they still provide a bonus to nearby chanting rolls – excellent news for the Hag Queen, whose newly-reliable Touch of Death no longer requires a guessing game – Avatars find their true calling in the bloody press of battle, and should be aimed like an iron-tipped missile right at your opponent’s most vital units.
Smashing through enemy troops and emerging from the other side like a gore-slicked tornado benefits you in more ways than the obvious. A new grand strategy means you can earn extra victory points for planting your flag – your giant, stomping, blood-soaked flag – deep within enemy territory.
Get your own Avatar of Khaine roaring and ready to murder this Saturday, as Battletome: Daughters of Khaine goes on pre-order alongside the sinister Battletome: Nighthaunt** and a bloody cauldron full of releases for Warhammer Age of Sigmar.
* Anyone at the receiving end might say otherwise.
** If you picked up Arena of Shades just a few months ago, this is the perfect time to expand your army.