#News_lampPost #AoS Новая статья с обзором подфракций в новой редакции! Героические действия удалены, но героический час перекочевал в том штормовкастов! Способности Scions of the Storm остались на месте, но для удобства разделены на две части: увод моделей в азир и прибытие из него. Некоторые способности являются командными способностями. Приводится пример восстановления одного отряда пехоты или кавалерии штормкастов в половине моделей в 9" от противника. Так же приводится пример из 2 подфракций: Thunderhead Host и Lightning Echelon. Первые получают баф для отрядов Warrior Chamber, когда они находятся полностью в 12" от союзных отрядов не имеющих этого кейворда Вторые позволяют отрядам Extremis Chamber (Stormdrake Guard и Dracothian Guard) получить на 3+ биться первыми если они совершали чарж в этом ходу https://www.warhammer-community.com/2024/04/12/how-battle-traits-and-battle-formations-shape-your-army-in-newaos/ The way you build your armies has changed in the new edition of Warhammer Age of Sigmar, and these changes can affect everything else in the game, from the priority roll to your command point economy. We’ve talked about regiments – individual heroes and their retinues of units – and now it’s time to look at the primary rules that govern your army – Battle Traits and Battle Formations. Battle Traits Battle Traits are a series of widespread abilities that are unique to your army. Some of these will feel similar to existing army rules, but they’ve all been tightened up and codified to work with the new ability system. For instance, the Stormcast Eternals have four different Battle Trait abilities that apply to the army as a whole. While heroic actions are gone, many of those ideas live on, and Their Finest Hour continues to power up a Stormcast Eternals unit for a turn at a time. Scions of the Storm returns as a way to blast your gleaming silver warriors into the thick of battle on bolts of lightning, and it now applies to all Stormcast Eternal armies, rather than needing to pick between this ability and the territory-holding prowess of the Stormkeeps. As a movement phase ability, it’s paired with a deployment ability called The Celestial Realm, allowing you to keep your units in High Azyr before battle. Some Battle Trait abilities may be commands with an associated cost, such as Heavens-sent. This powerful once-per-battle ability can return a destroyed unit to the battlefield at half-strength, ready to smash aside the enemies of Sigmar once again. Battle Formations You will also pick a Battle Formation when constructing your army. These work like subfactions of old, and exemplify the way a specific force might do battle or represent the specific tactics it employs – but they’re no longer tied to a particular colour scheme or location in the world, encouraging players to express their creativity and craft their own creations. Each Faction Pack – the decks of cards released alongside the new edition – contains four Battle Formations, so you can lean into particular strategies and experiment with new army options from the start. Take the Thunderhead Host, which prioritises mixing and matching units from the various Chambers with its Synchronised Strikes passive ability, empowering Warrior Chamber units in combat while they are within 12” of a unit from members of a different Chamber. Stormdrake Guard, Dracothian Guard, and other warriors and heroes of the Extremis Chamber often battle within a Lightning Echelon, their Oncoming Storm ability conferring one unit per turn the Strikes-first effect in combat on a roll of 3+. This kind of flexibility extends across the Factions, and we’ll be seeing more of what they can do when we come to the Faction Focuses next month. Next week, we’ll be digging into the guts of the combat phase, and brushing up on the pious and the profane as we examine the spell casting and prayers in the new edition of Warhammer Age of Sigmar.