Add to that the immunity to the Lance and Melta special rules and the Land Raider Achilles became pretty resilient. Penetrating hits were only at -1, which meant that an actual, natural roll of a 6+ was needed to Wreck it. reduces the effects of all rolls on the damage chart made against it, by -1'īefore: Back then everyone was super excited, because it meant that a regular, non AP1 Glancing Hit couldn't even immobilize a Land Raider Achilles without actually destroying all of its weapons first, since a roll on the damage chart would have been at -3. Notice, for example, the original point cost of 300 points (compared to the actual, current point cost of 325 points.) Here are the early 'Experimental Rules' of the Land Raider Achilles, as posted on the Forge World website as soon as the Land Raider Achilles was announced.

was the Land Raider Achilles an early sign for the Hull Points system - perhaps one of the biggest changes brought to us by 6th Edition? I think so.īut let me clarify the actual fact of the matter here: even before that - when the first 'concrete' rumors and leaks flooded the blogosphere.īefore I added the side sponsons. This has been bothering me ever since 6th edition came out.

Land raider achilles rules