Four armed bros

x1 loss to scouts - some very poor shots, overcommitted with sapper, first time using them I guess? x1 loss to starstriders - got blasted early and lost a lot. Ran patriarch and he was a magnet for wounds. Both losses on ITD so maybe volkus would work better?

Four armed bros

Common Abilities and Options

Crossfire:
Whenever a friendly BROOD BROTHER operative is shooting against or fighting against an enemy operative, after resolving all of your attack dice, if that enemy operative is not incapacitated it gains one of your Crossfire tokens.

Whenever a friendly BROOD BROTHER operative is shooting against, fighting against or retaliating against an enemy operative that has any of your Crossfire tokens, you can remove any of those tokens. For each that you do, you can re-roll one of your attack dice.

Operatives

1. Lolmieh Yeiruh
Commander
A 2
M 6"
S 5+
W 8/8
Weapons
ATK
HIT
DMG
Laspistol (Rng 8")
4
3+
2/3
Power Weapon and Claw (Balanced, Lethal 5+)
4
3+
4/6
Abilities
CrossfireCoordinate

Coordinate: STRATEGIC GAMBIT. Select one enemy operative to gain one of your Crossfire tokens.

BROOD BROTHER, GENESTEALER CULT, BROODGUARD, LEADER, COMMANDER
2. Holzeans Nehod
Agitator
A 2
M 6"
S 5+
W 7/7
Weapons
ATK
HIT
DMG
Shock Maul (Shock)
4
4+
4/4
Abilities
CrossfireDevotedPsiren Caster

Devoted: Once per turning point, when this operative is fighting or retaliating, in the Resolve Attack Dice step, you can ignore the damage inflicted on it from one normal success.

Psiren Caster: Whenever a friendly BROOD BROTHER operative is shooting against, fighting against or retaliating against an enemy operative within 6" of this operative, you can re-roll one of your attack dice.

BROOD BROTHER, GENESTEALER CULT, BROODGUARD, AGITATOR
3. Kruzds Lisae
Iconward
A 2
M 6"
S 5+
W 7/7
Weapons
ATK
HIT
DMG
Large Knife
4
4+
3/5
Abilities
Broodmind DevotionCrossfireCult Icon

Broodmind Devotion: Once per turning point when a ready friendly BROOD BROTHER BROODGUARD operative is incapacitated while visible to and within 6" of this operative, you can use this rule. If you do, before that operative is removed from the killzone, it can perform a 1AP action for free (excluding Fight and Explosives) and you can change its order to do so. It is then incapacitated as normal.
You cannot use this rule and the Medic! Rule (See MEDIC datacard) on the same operative at the same time.

Cult Icon: Whenever determining control of a marker within 4" of this operative, treat the total APL stat of friendly BROOD BROTHER operatives that control it as 1 higher if at least one friendly BROOD BROTHER operative contests that marker. Note this is not a change to the APL stat, so any changes are cumulative with this.

BROOD BROTHER, GENESTEALER CULT, BROODGUARD, ICONWARD
4. Braakails Strinn
Veteran
A 2
M 6"
S 5+
W 7/7
Weapons
ATK
HIT
DMG
Combat Shotgun
Close Range (Rng 6")
4
3+
4/4
Long Range
4
5+
2/2
Bayonet and Claw (Balanced)
3
4+
2/3
Abilities
BodyguardCrossfireResilient

Bodyguard: You can use the Unquestioning Loyalty firefight ploy for 0 CP if this is the specified friendly BROODGUARD operative.

Resilient: Normal damage of 3 or more inflicts 1 less damage on this operative.

BROOD BROTHER, GENESTEALER CULT, BROODGUARD, VETERAN
5. Ovks Dhaimull
Gunner
A 2
M 6"
S 5+
W 7/7
Weapons
ATK
HIT
DMG
Plasma Gun
Standard (Prc1)
4
4+
4/6
Supercharge (Hot, Lethal 5+, Prc1)
4
4+
5/6
Bayonet
3
4+
2/3
Abilities
Crossfire
BROOD BROTHER, GENESTEALER CULT, BROODGUARD, GUNNER
6. Coccox Ginqok
Gunner
A 2
M 6"
S 5+
W 7/7
Weapons
ATK
HIT
DMG
Flamer (Rng 8", Sat, Tor 2")
4
2+
3/3
Bayonet
3
4+
2/3
Abilities
Crossfire
BROOD BROTHER, GENESTEALER CULT, BROODGUARD, GUNNER
7. Kruul Lim'ains
Gunner
A 2
M 6"
S 5+
W 7/7
Weapons
ATK
HIT
DMG
Grenade Launcher
Frag (Blast 2")
4
4+
2/4
Krak (Prc1)
4
4+
4/5
Bayonet
3
4+
2/3
Abilities
Crossfire
BROOD BROTHER, GENESTEALER CULT, BROODGUARD, GUNNER
8. Dramn Thraueix
Vox Operator
A 2
M 6"
S 5+
W 7/7
Weapons
ATK
HIT
DMG
Lasgun
4
4+
2/3
Bayonet
3
4+
2/3
Abilities
Crossfire1AP: Jam1AP: Signal

Jam (1AP): Select one ready enemy operative that is a valid target for this operative, or visible to this operative instead if you spend 1 additional AP. Roll 1D6, until the end of the turning point, that enemy operative cannot be activated or perform actions until it is the last enemy operative to be activated, or until your opponent has activated a number of enemy operatives after this action equal to the roll (whichever comes first)

This operative cannot perform this action while within control range of an enemy operative.

Signal (1AP): SUPPORT

Select one other friendly BROOD BROTHER BROODGUARD operative visible to and within 6" of this operative. Until the end of that operative's next activation add 1 to its APL stat.

This operative cannot perform this action while within control range of an enemy operative.

BROOD BROTHER, GENESTEALER CULT, BROODGUARD, VOX OPERATOR
9. Nosers Oldries
Sapper
A 2
M 6"
S 5+
W 7/7
Weapons
ATK
HIT
DMG
Demolition Charge (Rng 3", Blast 2", HVY(Repos), Lim1, Prc1, Sat)
4
3+
4/6
Bayonet
3
4+
2/3
Abilities
CrossfireFinal DefianceGrenadier1AP: Explosives

Final Defiance: If this operative is incapacitated, it can perform a free Explosives unique action before it is removed from the killzone.

Grenadier: This operative can use frag and krak grenades (see universal equipment). Doing so does not count towards any limited uses you have (i.e, if you also select those grenades from equipment for other operatives). Whenever it is doing so, improve the Hit stat of that weapon by 1.

Explosives (1AP): The first time this operative performs this action during the battle, place your Explosives marker within its control range. The second time this operative performs this action during the battle, inflict 2D6 damage on each operative within 2" of that marker (roll separately for each) unless Heavy Terrain is wholly intervening between that operative and that marker.

This operative cannot perform this action more than twice per battle, while within control range of an enemy operative, or during the same activation in which it performed the Charge, Dash or Fall Back action (or vice-versa).

BROOD BROTHER, GENESTEALER CULT, BROODGUARD, SAPPER
10. Altieth
Patriarch
A 4
M 6"
S 4+
W 21/21
Weapons
ATK
HIT
DMG
Claws (Relentless, Rnd)
5
3+
5/6
Abilities
Alpha PredatorCrossfireMonster1AP: Into Shadow2AP: Mind Control

Alpha Predator: Whenever an operative is shooting this operative, ignore the Piercing weapon rule. You can activate this operative twice during the turning point as long as it has AP to spend (it stays ready while it can still be activated a second time). Per turning point it cannot move more than 9" and you cannot spend more than 4AP in total for it.

Monster: This operative cannot use any weapons that are not on its datacard, or perform unique actions (excluding Into Shadow and Mind Control). Whenever your opponent is selecting a valid target, if this operative has a conceal order, it cannot use Light terrain for cover. While this can allow this operative to be targeted (assuming it is visible), it does not remove its cover save (if any).

Into Shadow (1AP): Change this operative's order.

This operative cannot perform this action while within control range of an enemy operative.

Mind Control (2AP): PSYCHIC

Select one enemy operative visible to and within 2" of this operative. Both players roll 1D6 and add their respective operative's APL stat to the total. If your total is higher than your opponent's you can resolve this action's second effect.

Until the end of the activation, that enemy operative is a friendly operative (an enemy operative for you opponent), you can change its order and it can immediately perofrm one free action. It cannot perform an action in which it moves other than Dash (in which case specify the location for your opponent to move this operative to). You can only resolve this action's second effect once per battle.

This operative cannot perform this action while within control range of an enemy operative, unless the only enemy operative it is within control range of is selected for this action.

BROOD BROTHER, GENESTEALER CULT, BROODCOVEN, LEADER, PSYKER, PATRIARCH
11. Empheth Qharkrud
Knife Fighter
A 2
M 6"
S 5+
W 7/7
Weapons
ATK
HIT
DMG
Poisoned Fighting Knives (Ceaseless, Lethal 5+)
4
3+
3/4
Abilities
AssassinCounterattackCrossfire

Assassin: This operative can perform the Charge action while it has a Conceal order.

Counterattack: Whenever this operative is fighting or retaliating, whenever your opponent resolves a normal success, inflict 1 damage on the enemy operative in that sequence.

BROOD BROTHER, GENESTEALER CULT, BROODGUARD, KNIFE FIGHTER

Equipment

Covert Disguises

After revealing this equipment option, roll 1D3. As a STRATEGIC GAMBIT in the first turning point, a number of friendly BROOD BROTHER BROODGUARD operatives equal to the result that are wholly within your drop zone can immediately perform a free Reposition action, but must end that move wholly within 3" of your drop zone.

Cult Knives

Friendly BROOD BROTHER BROODGUARD operatives have the following melee weapon:

NameATKHITDMG
Cult Knife34+3/4
Cult Talisman

Once per turning point, when an operative is shooting a friendly BROOD BROTHER operative (Excluding Patriarch), in the roll defence dice step, you can retain one of your normal successes as a critical success instead.

Lookout

STRATEGIC GAMBIT: Select one enemy operative visible to a friendly BROOD BROTHER operative to gain one of your Crossfire tokens.

Ploys

Cult Devotion
Strategy Ploy

Whenever a friendly BROOD BROTHER operative (excluding PATRIARCH) is incapacitated when fighting or retaliating, if you have any unresolved attack dice, you can roll 1D6. If the result is a success as if it were the Roll Attack Dice step of that sequence (i.e, using the same weapon, but with no re-rolls), you can strike the enemy operative in that sequence with one of your unresolved normal successes, or any of your successes instead if the 1D6 result is a critical success. In either case, that friendly operative is removed from the killzone afterwards.

Embedded
Strategy Ploy

Whenever an enemy operative is shooting a friendly BROOD BROTHER operative, if you can retain any cover saves as a result of Heavy terrain, you can retain one additional cover save.

Pervasive
Strategy Ploy

During friendly BROOD BROTHER operative's activation, you can ignore the first vertical distance of 2" they move during one climb up.

Uprising
Strategy Ploy

The first time each friendly BROOD BROTHER operative performs either the Shoot or Fight action during each of its activations, if its order was changed from Conceal to Engage at the start of that activation, the enemy operative selected as the valid target or to fight against gains one of your Crossfire tokens as soon as it is selected (instead of after resolving your attack dice).

This ploy has no effect if that friendly operative was activated within control range of an enemy operative.

Note this ploy cannot come into effect more than once per activation (you cannot use it during both the shoot and the fight action in the same activation).

Idolisation
Firefight Ploy

Use this firefight ploy when a friendly BROOD BROTHER operative (excluding LEADER) within 6" of a friendly BROOD BROTHER LEADER or friendly BROOD BROTHER ICONWARD operative is shooting, fighting or retaliating, in the Roll Attack Dice Step. You can retain one of your fails as a normal success instead of discarding it, or retain one of your normal successes as a critical success instead.

Insidious
Firefight Ploy

Use this firefight ploy after an activation. Before the next activation, you can perform a free Dash action with one friendly BROOD BROTHER operative, as long as it is not a valid target for an enemy operative when it starts and ends that action. You cannot use this ploy during the first turning point.

Ruthless Coordination
Firefight Ploy

Use this firefight ploy when selecting a valid target for a friendly BROOD BROTHER operative. Until the end of the action, determine Visibility as normal, but you can instead determine intervening (for cover and obscured) from another friendly BROOD BROTHER operative that both that friendly operative and the potential valid target are visible to, but that is not itself within control range of enemy operatives.

Note the friendly operative does not gain the additional benefits of Vantage terrain if the other operative is on it (e.g, to target an enemy operative that has a conceal order that is in cover provided by only Light Terrain.

Unquestioning Loyalty
Firefight Ploy

Use this firefight ploy when a friendly BROOD BROTHER LEADER operative is selected as the valid target of a Shoot action or to fight against during the Fight action. Select one other friendly BROOD BROTHER BROODGUARD operative (excluding LEADER) visible to and within 3" of that LEADER operative to become the valid target or to be fought against (as appropriate) instead (even if it normally would not be valid for this. If it is the Fight action, treat that other operative as being within the fighting operative's control range for the duration of that action. If it is the Shoot action, that other operative is only in cover or obscured if the original target was.

This ploy has no effect if it is the Shoot action and the ranged weapon has the Blast or Torrent weapon rule.

Tac Ops

Plant Banner
Security

Reveal: When you perform the Plant Banner action.

Mission Action: Plant Banner (1 AP)

  • Place your Banner mission marker within the active operative's control range, wholly within your opponent's territory and more than 5" from a neutral killzone edge. Operatives can perform the Pick Up Marker action on your Banner mission marker.
  • An operative cannot perform this action during the first turning point, while within control range of an enemy operative, or if a friendly operative has already performed this action during the battle.

Victory Points:

At the end of each turning point after the first, if your Banner mission marker is wholly within your opponent's territory and friendly operatives control it, you score 1VP; if that's true and no enemy operatives contest it, you score 2VP instead. Note your Banner mission marker must be in the killzone (not being carried) to score.

Martyrs
Security

Reveal: The first time a friendly operative is incapacitated while contesting an objective marker.

Additional Rules:

Whenever a friendly operative is incapacitated while contesting an objective marker, that marker gains one of your Martyr tokens.
Note that this is only the first time each operative is incapacitated, so if an operative is incapacitated, set back up (e.g. HIEROTEK CIRCLE Reanimation Protocols) and then subsequently incapacitated again, a second Martyr token cannot be gained as a result.

Victory Points:

At the end of each turning point after the first, if friendly operatives contest an objective marker that has one or more of your Martyr tokens, you can remove any of those tokens. For each token you remove, you score 1VP; if friendly operatives also control that marker, you score 2VP instead.

You cannot score more than 2VP from this op per turning point.

Envoy
Security

Reveal: The first time you select an envoy.

Additional Rules:

As a STRATEGIC GAMBIT in each turning point after the first, select one friendly operative to be your envoy until the Ready step of the next Strategy phase. You cannot select an operative you selected during a previous turning point or an operative that's ignored for the kill op.

Victory Points:

At the end of each turning point after the first, if your envoy is wholly within enemy territory and not within control range of enemy operatives, you score 1VP; if this is true and your envoy has not lost any wounds during that turning point, you score 2VP instead.

Track Enemy
Infiltration

Reveal: The first time you score VP from this op.

Additional Rules:

An enemy operative is being tracked if it's a valid target for a friendly operative within 6" of it. That friendly operative must have a Conceal order, cannot be a valid target for the enemy operative it's attempting to track, and cannot be within control range of enemy operatives.

Victory Points:

At the end of each turning point after the first:

  • If one enemy operative is being tracked, you score 1VP, or 2VP instead if it's the fourth turning point.
  • If two or more enemy operatives are being tracked, you score 2VP.

You cannot score more than 2VP from this op per turning point.

Plant Devices
Infiltration

Reveal: The first time a friendly operative performs the Plant Device action.

Mission Action: Plant Device (1 AP)

  • One objective marker the active operative controls gains one of your Device tokens.
  • An operative cannot perform this action during the first turning point, while within control range of an enemy operative, or if that objective marker already has one of your Device tokens.

Victory Points:

At the end of each turning point after the first:

  • If your opponent's objective marker has one of your Device tokens, you score 1VP.
  • For each other objective marker enemy operatives contest that has one of your Device tokens, you score 1VP.

You cannot score more than 2VP from this op per turning point.

Steal Intelligence
Infiltration

Reveal: The first time an enemy operative is incapacitated.

Additional Rules:

Whenever an enemy operative is incapacitated, before it's removed from the killzone, place one of your Intelligence mission markers within its control range.

Friendly operatives can perform the Pick Up Marker action on your Intelligence mission markers, and for the purposes of that action's conditions, ignore the first Intelligence mission marker the active operative is carrying. In other words, each friendly operative can carry up to two Intelligence mission markers, or one and one other marker.

Victory Points:

At the end of each turning point after the first, if any friendly operatives are carrying any of your Intelligence mission markers, you score 1VP.

At the end of the battle, for each of your Intelligence mission markers friendly operatives are carrying, you score 1VP.