Olovec’s Deadeyes and Wyvald Wyrmblade’s Elimination Packs

 Olovec’s Deadeyes and Wyvald Wyrmblade’s Elimination Packs

These two Elimination Packs, Olovec's Deadeyes and their sister unit, Wyvald Wyrmblade's Pack, fill an important niche in Warhammer 40k and now also in Grimdark Future (GDF).  The 'Sniper' ability on their Sniper Rifles allows each Eliminator to shoot with a Quality of 2+ (meaning they hit on rolls of 2+, before applying any potential Cover from Terrain, or target unit abilities, like Stealth, or Shield Wall).  Furthermore, they may pick one model from an enemy unit as their target, and treat that model as a unit of 1.  Therefore, they're perfect for picking off the individual models with unique upgrades that would otherwise be "hidden" within their units; forcing them to be removed first, rather than last.

For their other abilities, these two units also have 'Stealth' which gives enemy units -1 to hit when shooting at them, which can also stack with the -1 to hit that they would also get when hiding in Terrain that grants Cover.  They also have 'Scout' which allows them to be set up last, after all other friendly and enemy units, and then take a free 12" move, ignoring Terrain, before the first turn of the game.  This ability allows a player to get the unit set in an advantageous firing position from which to "snipe" from, at the onset of the battle.