In this case, Shrike would be the biggest example. The last little trick this codex adds is the ability to take characters to help them work a little better. This does require the timing to be right, but if it works it turns out to be a great strategy. This can be a good trick if it is more beneficial to have the enemy unit you are attacking to be able to get shot at and then charged yet again in your next turn. This allows a unit to voluntarily fail a leadership test. The second trick from this codex is the Combat Tactics rule. A word of caution though as a 5 man squad can often have troubles getting to the assault and still have enough attacks to make a successful assault. This is a nifty little trick that is very helpful when it comes to covering more ground with a smaller number of starting units. The first and foremost is the ability to combat squad, turning one 10 man unit into 2 5 man units. Now this codex doesn't change much from the humble assault marine, but it does add some neat tricks for the unit to make them better. You can add up to two flamers or 2 plasma pistols into the squad to allow them to have some extra bite to the enemy which really helps tip the scales in their favor Looking at the marine codex's in general, the assault marine squad is one of the most recognizable and in most cases the best bang for your buck as far as points are concerned. Of course the unit can be used in a number of ways allowing them to be very tactically flexible and accomplish a great many tasks (such as point contesting, key unit strikes, and flanking maneuvers). This is a pretty large charge radius on the table top. The jump pack allows them a 12' movement making them deadly up to 18' away. Armed with a bolt pistol and a close combat weapon, this bumps them to 2 attacks base with a 3rd on the charge. Of course we all know that these marines strive to hit close combat as that is what they are geared to achieve. So lets take a closer look at this agile and unique unit. A while back I was having a conversation regarding the Black Templar assault marines, and it lead to a larger conversation about the assault marines from every marine codex. So today I will be taking a closer look into what makes the Jump Infantry units unique in the Imperium of Man specifically the ones belonging to the Angels of Death.

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