‘Plague Zombies are Chaos Cultists that have the Fearless, Feel No Pain and Slow and Purposeful special rules and cannot purchase options other than to add additional models to the unit.’
The text in the CSM Codex then explains what the Plague Zombies are armed with, only a close combat weapon, then goes on to say, "any guns are used strictly for the purposes of clubbing their victims to death!"
Now, originally, I took that to mean that they were armed just like Chaos Cultists but could only use their guns in close combat, no firing allowed (though how cool would it have been if there was a chance for the club-gun to misfire while being swung around?). Reading it again after the FAQ release, I'm wondering if that is the case. Do the models holding a close combat weapon and a gun get 2 close combat weapons in assaults? Or is it a single close combat weapon, and no additional attacks (except for charging)?
Just one close combat weapon, so no extra attacks. Plague Zombies are best used as bullet screeens for advancing troops or as objective holders. HOWEVER you don't have to field them as zombies. You "nominate" cultists units to become zombies at the start of the game. Really important. It means you can look at your opponants army, the mission and the objectives before deciding if you need cultists or zombies (or a mix of both) in any particular game.
ReplyDeleteDoes mean that if you've forked out the extra 1pt per model to give them autoguns that you waste the points by making them zombies, but surely that's no great loss in return for flexibility?
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