The webway is an ancient warren of extradimensional tunnels and passages that exists in interstitial space separate from both the warp and the material world, used by the Aeldari to travel interstellar distances at speed. And when battle draws near to the network of gates, the Aeldari love nothing more to pop out from the aether like a vengeful genie.
The webway may be aeons old, but Fortifications are easier than ever to deploy in Warhammer 40,000 thanks to Chapter Approved 2022, and the new Codex: Aeldari has fresh ways to power them up. In short, Webway Gates are back to perplex your opponents with devious deployment shenanigans.
Much like Aeldari Guardians, who are soon strapping into upgraded armour, the Webway Gate has received a defensive boost of its own. In fact, it's now almost completely invincible.
You read that right – these once-fragile gates are now as immune to harm as the terrain that surrounds them. They even provide Light and Heavy cover to your nearby troops and inspire them to stand and fight in the direst circumstances.
But they aren’t just big, pretty barricades for Dark Reapers to rest their shiny new reaper launchers on. Deep striking is the name of the webway’s game, and the Aeldari know exactly how to use their gates for lightning attacks.
You can now deploy the gate close to critical objectives for an overwhelming advantage once your reserve troops start pouring through, and there’s now no danger of losing access to the webway.
The true strength of the gates, however, lies in the ability to set your strongest combat troops up as close as you like to enemy forces. Get within Engagement Range of your target and you’ll even count as having charged, with the added bonus of being safe from Overwatch fire.
This immensely powerful ability does require a foe to approach the gate, but by plonking it on top of a vital objective they’ll have to come close eventually.
Troops must be held in Strategic Reserve to emerge through the webway, so the gate’s architects have taken a leaf from Prince Yriel’s playbook to halve the Command point cost. Now, for a paltry 1CP, you can even crash-land the immensely powerful Avatar of Khaine into the thick of combat.
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