Keep in mind technically only Codex Space Marine pods can come in turn one right now, until what many expect to be a post chapter codex FAQ update. (Obviously, maybe don’t give each one a storm shield). It just comes down to how many points you want to put into these guys. If you drop a squad of ten Veterans downloaded with all the dakka and Storm shields, they’ll be able to pop screens with hellfire rounds and then be a serious speed-bump that the enemy has to deal with. The next wombo combo that came to mind was a Drop Pod full of Deathwatch Veterans with Storm Bolters.

Especially if players bring more than one drop pod full of them. With a 24″ range, Tank Commanders, Dreadnoughts, and Knights will be melted by these guys. If you drop down a squad of Grav Devastators, that would be 16 shots at S5 AP-3 and D3 damage (if the save is 3+ or higher). Thanks to their new Stratagem called Gravitic Amplification. For 1CP, you can reroll all failed wound and damage rolls for Grav weaponry. One of the hottest bombs we might see are Devastator Squads with Grav-Amps coming in. However, for the most part, it seems like the most effective option is going to be alpha-strike shooting. We can make a case for some Black Templar melee squads being loaded up in them and making use of their new “re-roll failed charges” rule. However, they still have to end their move more than 9″ away. So while Drop Pods can come in turn one and the units inside can deploy. What Units Can We Expect to See Coming in Drop Pods?

The petals do two things, deny your enemy valuable battlefield space, and also hold objectives as well. If you glued your doors together because you were tired of them banging around constantly, you might want to pop those bad boys back open!

That means that when you spider the doors out on the table, you’ll be able to take up a bigger footprint helping to deny any counter-deepstrike and even sit on an objective or two. But if you can deploy the doors down, you don’t have to measure from the hull anymore. It really comes down to how you built your model.

Warhammer 40k drop pod