Editing Sonic Weaponry (section)

===8th Edition===
With the advent of [[Warhammer 40,000 8th edition|8th edition]], a few changes were made to the weapons:

* The Sonic Blaster is 4 pt upgrade from the regular Boltgun: with the same 24" S4 AP0 D1 profile. But with Assault 3 making for a far more flexible weapon capable of 3 shots at 24" rather than one. While also allowing shooting after advancing. As a sonic weapon it denies the enemy bonuses to their saves due to cover. 
* The Blastmaster has two firing modes either: 36" S4 AP-1 D1 Assault D6, or 48" S8 AP-2 DD3 Heavy D3, both of which ignore cover bonuses. Making it superior to a missile launcher in every way. In its assault mode it has 12" less range but AP-1. In its heavy fire mode its essentially a D3 Krak [[Missile Launcher]] that costs 5 points less. Blastmasters are not as powerful as they once were against power armor; but are far better against characters, Terminators, vehicles, and multi-wound models in general. Averaging 2 shots at S8 AP-2 D2, but possibly doing 9 damage in a single shooting phase, at 20 pts they cost 5 pts less than a Missile Launcher or [[Lascannon]]! The Varied Frequency setting will see far more use than in the past as well; averaging 3.5 S4 AP-1 D1 shots, with the potential for 6 shots, it's got a slightly better rate of fire than a Sonic Blaster, and a much-improved AP of -1.
* The Doom Siren is now a heavy flamer with 8" S5 AP-2 D1 Assault D6 that auto-hits, and does not allow cover bonuses for 8 pts.
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