Editing Ironwing (section)

==Unique Units==
Despite the Ironwing being described as having the highest concentration of Terminators out of any Legion, and also being described as having Terminator Patterns that are unknown anywhere else, GW/FW missed a trick by not describing them or releasing any of them. 

In Horus Heresy 1.0 the benefits of the ''Scions of the Ironwing'' rule were generally a bit shit. They only really helped when shaking vehicles, and the jury was out on whether it even worked the way it was supposed to vs Extra Armour. It certainly wasn't great for a supposed formation of Terminator specialists in any case.

In Horus Heresy 2.0, the Ironwing option changed significantly. Now any Ironwing unit may reroll 1s to hit when the target is a vehicle, making it a functional option for Heavy Support choices. Additionally, Ironwing Vehicles can snap-fire at BS2. This makes the Dark Angels one of the better Legions when it comes to vehicular expertise: While the Iron Warriors hit tanks harder, the Iron Hands have regenerating tanks, and the Imperial Fists are more accurate with "traditional" vehicle weapons; the Ironwing have greater accuracy regardless of the weapon when the target is a tank, or if the tank doing the shooting is on the move, or both, since they stack.

The Ironwing are represented on the table top by an '''Excindio Class Battle-Automata''', an enslaved [[Men of Iron|Man of Iro...]] I mean: a completely ordinary Terran built combat robot.

While it does sound like it has the cool factor, there are issues with its cost and viability on the tabletop, not least the fact that if it gets wounded there is a 17% chance it will go on a rampage and start killing the nearest unit, including its allies. There is even an [[Derp|"upgrade"]] for Techmarines that allows them to try and kill the Excindio if this ever happens, which tells you about as much as you need to know about how the Ironwing were balanced... [[Fail|And this is the same for HH 2.0 as well.]]

Probably going to be a mod of the [[Legio_Cybernetica#Castellax-Achea_Class_Battle-Automata|Castellax]] molds because [[Games Workshop]] are slackers. Speaking of the [[Legio Cybernetica]]. Players are better off taking the options available through Forge Lords and Praevians. As you can have more than one Battle-Automata in a squad and their weapons are superior.
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