This week’s pre-orderstees up a brutal Kill Team box called Shadowhunt. It drops you onto Garranox, where doomsday cults and dread fill Saint Meryn’s Heart.
Meanwhile, the Night Lords unleash a Murderwing to hunt for a dark power underground. However, the Adepta Sororitas Celestian Insidiants are on their trail, and they live to burn out psykers. So the set frames a clean clash of terror versus faith, with you deciding who rules. Also, the box includes two full kill teams, an 88-page Shadowhunt Dossier, and a new Descent killzone that splits fights into upper and lower layers. Then you get mission packs for co-op and competitive play, plus boards, transfers, datacards, and tokens. Finally, standalone XV26 Stealth Battlesuits and Wolf Scouts arrive too, with optional datacards for both.
Shadowhunt’s Setting and What’s in the Box
On Garranox, the vibe is straight horror movie alleyways, just with more flak armor. Deep below the settlement sits a “bad idea” power source, and the Night Lords go looking. Meanwhile, they are not exactly subtle, and flaying is basically a hobby. However, the Celestian Insidiants are built for this exact kind of nightmare. They are Sororitas witch-hunters focused on destroying psykers, and they track the Night Lords with grim purpose.
The box brings two kill teams and an 88-page dossier to run them. Also, the Descent killzone is the headline gimmick, since it lets you play across upper and lower layers. So your games can feel like a raid above, and a knife fight below. Then you get Joint Ops and Adversary Ops mission packs for new co-op and competitive formats. Finally, the set includes matching upper and lower game boards, transfer sheets for both factions, and the usual datacards and tokens.
Murderwing vs Insidiants: Six Fast Hunters and Nine Grounded Wardens
The Murderwing is a six-operative Night Lords team, and it leans hard into mobility. Their jump packs let them take weird angles and drop on targets like a jump-scare. So they should feel like true predators, not a normal line unit. Meanwhile, their whole identity is the thrill of the hunt, which fits the legion perfectly.
The Celestian Insidiants come as nine operatives, and they prefer boots on the ground. However, they do not read as slow, because their tools are built for pursuit. They bring anti-psyker weaponry and the skills to follow evasive targets. So the matchup looks like speed and fear versus discipline and denial.
More Hunters Incoming: XV26, Wolf Scouts, Datacards, and Warhammer+ Shows
If you want even more stalking and counter-stalking, two kill teams go up for standalone release. The XV26 Stealth Battlesuits box gives five multipart suits, two drones, and a Homing Beacon. Also, it includes a token sheet and a T’au Infantry transfer sheet with 177 transfers. Meanwhile, the pitch is classic T’au, since optical camouflage sets up nasty firing lines.
The Wolf Scouts bring six multipart minis, and there is a Fenrisian Wolf in the team. Also, you get tokens and a Space Wolves transfer sheet with 419 transfers, which is wildly generous. Then there are dedicated datacards for both teams, covering operatives, rules, equipment, and ploys. So you can keep the table cleaner and play faster.
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