Editing Warhammer 40,000/8th Edition Tactics/Imperial Guard (section)

===Emperor’s Blade Assault Companies===
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The mechanized formation, your standard troopers and transports, aka {{W40Kkeyword|Company Commanders}}, {{W40Kkeyword|Platoon Commanders}}, {{W40Kkeyword|Command Squads}}, {{W40Kkeyword|Infantry Squads}}, {{W40Kkeyword|Veteran Squads}}, {{W40Kkeyword|Special Weapon Squads}}, {{W40Kkeyword|Chimeras}}, and {{W40Kkeyword|Tauroxes}} all gain the {{W40kKeyword|Emperor's Blade}} keyword. This one just screams Steel Legion, doesn't it?

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<big>'''Stratagems'''</big>
*'''Rapid Redeploy (1CP):''' Disembark one unit at the end of the movement phase. It cannot move further that phase, though it can charge. Only Catachan would care about that, but it does combine with '''Head First''' for +2" Chimera disembark charges.
**Positioning is good, but how badly do you need it, especially when it's limited to a single unit of mere mortals per turn? Armageddon may be the vehicle regiment, but Catachans '''Burn them out!''' order depends on short ranged flamers and removes the target(''s'') cover, making it vulnerable to the rest of your army. You could also use it on Mordian ''plasma snipers'' and '''Form firing squad!''' into Rapid Fire range, just don't disembark this unit alone. Or use it to get a unit into grenade range and use the '''Grenadiers''' stratagem to lob 10 grenades into the enemy(ies).
*'''Mechanised Fire Support (1CP):''' A Chimera/Taurox within 6" of a charged infantry unit can overwatch and hit on 4+. ''Doesn't stack with the Defensive Gunners stratagem because that's a lesser boost''.
**Keep those Mordian Chimeras near each other and it'll be hitting on a 3+.

<big>'''Warlord Trait'''</big>
*'''Mechanized Commander:''' Warlord can issue orders to {{W40kKeyword|emperor's blade}} units from inside a vehicle in the same detachment and counts as being within 3" of a vox. This right here makes the detachment pay for itself since it normally costs you one CP per turn to use the Mobile Command Vehicle stratagem to do the exact same thing, and unlike MCV this can also be used from inside a Taurox. ''Splendid synergy with Armageddon units''.

<big>'''Heirloom of Conquest'''</big>
*'''The Shield of Mortwald:''' A 3+ Invuln that cannot be re-rolled for any reason, and stops working the first time it fails. Essentially a weaker version of the Drukhari shadowfield, and like it, you can choose which save you use. Though the {{W40kKeyword|Emperor's Blade}} wearer will be hidden away inside a transport, so, it may not see actual use.
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