Editing Triarch Stalker (section)

===9th Edition Zoomer Primer===

Everyone's best friend is probably better than ever in 9th Ed. It still provides the same reroll bonus and is now one of the rare no-conditions buff in the Codex/game, giving rerolls of 1s to hit to any NECRON unit that shoots at what you just managed to hit. While it's other main rule, Quantum Shielding, has received some change, they haven't significantly affected the mathhammer of it.

As for the Stalker itself it has received nothing but buffs, the most straightforward being an extra 2 wounds, bringing it up to 12. Every single one of its guns has also been buffed, making the choice of it extremely tough.
* '''[[Heat Ray]]''''s range has been buffed - it is now 2D6 shots of S5 AP-1 2d at 12" _or_ 2 shots of S8 AP-4 D6d at 24". Flexibility is always good, and this one fits especially an aggressive playstyle against hordes based armies. A somewhat situational other advantage is that the sweeping close range profile autohits like a flamer, meaning that it doesn't suffer if you operate at a lower bracket BS.
*'''[[Particle Shredder]]''' lost a pip of strength (S6) but gained two shots (8!) and hits with flat 2 damage at 24". This makes it almost perfectly designed to knock out 2W marines and elite infantry in general.
*'''[[Heavy Gauss Cannon|Twin Gauss Heavy Blaster]]''' is now 6 S7 D3 damage with a beefy AP-3 at 30". While its damage is less dependable than the Particle Shredder, it hits targets harder and at longer range. This also gives it the edge if your goal is merely to soften up a target and apply the reroll rule so your Doomsday Ark or Doomstalker can obliterate it more easily.

Its melee weapon is really beefy as well, hitting at S7 AP-3 3d. With three such attacks, it can seriously bust through vehicles or monsters, though its number of attacks means it can still get tarpitted. At least it can no longer get tripointed and has stratagems to get out of dodge.

While an effective unit, it's another example of [[Dreadknight|"GW originality"]]; it's pretty much the love-child of the alien tripods from H.G wells War of the Worlds and the [http://masseffect.wikia.com/wiki/Geth_Colossus Geth Colossus] of [[Bioware|Mass Effect]].

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