Guardian Defenders

Guardian Defenders is a Battleline unit in the Aeldari faction for Warhammer 40k.

Points: 100 for 11 models.

10 Guardian Defenders, 1 Heavy Weapon Platform

Guardian Defenders are versatile support troops capable of unleashing withering hails of fire from their shuriken catapults. They also man anti-grav Heavy Weapon Platforms that can be fitted with a variety of powerful guns with which to sunder enemy armour or mow down swathes of infantry.

Standard kit: Every Guardian Defender is equipped with: shuriken catapult; close combat weapon. The Heavy Weapon Platform is equipped with: shuriken cannon; close combat weapon.

M: 7"
T: 3
Sv: 4+
W: 1
Ld: 7+
OC: 2

Weapons

Ranged weapons
Weapon	Range	A	BS	S	AP	D	Abilities
Bright lance	36	1	3	12	-3	D6+2	-
Missile launcher – starshot	48	1	3	10	-2	D6	-
Missile launcher – sunburst	48	D6	3	4	-1	1	blast
Scatter laser	36	6	3	5	0	1	sustained hits 1
Shuriken cannon	24	3	3	6	-1	2	lethal hits
Shuriken catapult	18	2	3	4	-1	1	assault
Starcannon	36	2	3	8	-3	2	-

Melee weapons
Weapon	A	WS	S	AP	D	Abilities
Close combat weapon	1	3	3	0	1	-

Abilities

Fleet of Foot: This unit can perform the Fade Back Agile Manoeuvre without spending a Battle Focus token to do so. It can do so even if other units have done so in the same phase, and doing so does not prevent other units from performing the same Agile Manoeuvre in the same phase.
Crewed Platform: When the last Guardian Defender model in this unit is destroyed, any remaining Heavy Weapon Platform models in this unit are also destroyed.

Core and army rules

Battle Focus (Faction)

Wargear options

The Heavy Weapon Platform’s shuriken cannon can be replaced with one of the following:
1 missile launcher
1 bright lance
1 scatter laser
1 starcannon

Keywords

Infantry
Battleline
Aeldari
Guardian Defenders
Guardians
Grenades

Faction keywords

Asuryani