Editing Daemon Brute (section)

==Crunch==

These guys only appear in the [[Horus Heresy]] under the Daemons of the Ruinstorm codex. Daemon Brutes are the elite units. While not quite as strong as a [[Greater Daemon]], these guys are still plenty strong for Infantry and possess three wounds each. In addition, you can buy up to three of these guys to act as a bodyguard for your footslogging Daemon Lord, giving a massive wall of bodies. Can guarantee to materialize in the mortal realm on the first turn. They can have up to two Emanation options.

The auto arrive turn one cannot be overstated enough. In an army where you will pretty much be deploying nothing on the board, these guys stop you losing turn one right off the bat due to bad dice rolls or oppression from afar. Give them the 3+ right away, just do it. These guys are basically [[Legio Cybernetica#Castellax Class Battle-Automata|Castellax]] when they arrive just without the guns, so taking a couple of units of these with a 3+ and rending gives you some really durable units turn one that can crump mortals pretty reliably. Other emanations are good, but you really want that armour save if you can, otherwise you're at the mercy of [[autocannon]]s and [[heavy bolter]]s which are a lot more common than you think.

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