Merec's Bane, Blood Claws Pack

 Merec’s Bane, Blood Claws Pack

A recent addition to The Blackmanes, Merec's Bane is a Blood Claws Pack that fills the close combat assault niche that was missing in the initial wave of Primaris unit releases. Obviously, they are actually a Primaris Assault Intercessor Squad, but I can do whatever I want with naming conventions to fit my head-canon.

With the 'Furious' ability, which most of this army shares, each model will be hitting with 4 Attacks each on the Charge with their Close Combat Weapons, while the two models upgraded with Energy Hammers will be hitting with 3 Attacks each (but are likely to get extra hits with the 'Blast' special ability of those weapons).

However, I plan on attaching Haldor Icepelt, The Blackmane's Battle Leader, to Merec's Bane, and his War Chant ability will give everyone in the unit one additional Attack in close combat when charging into melee.  Additionally, they'll be using one of the Impulsor Anti-Grav APCs to keep them safe as they move into position to assault.