Chaos Daemons – Shalaxi Helbane
| No | NAME | M | WS | BS | S | T | W! | A | Ld | Sv | Snapping Claws | Base |
240 Shalaxi Helbane (base: 100mm) |
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| 1 | 240 Shalaxi Helbane |
14" | 2+ | 2+ | 6 | 7 | 9-16 | 6 | 10 | 6+ | 4 | 100mm |
| 11" | 2+ | 2+ | 6 | 7 | 5-8 | 5 | 10 | 6+ | 3 | |||
| 7" | 2+ | 2+ | 6 | 7 | 1-4 | 4 | 10 | 6+ | 2 | |||
Shalaxi Helbane is a single model equipped with: living whip; snapping claws; Soulpiercer. You can only include one of this model in your army.
WEAPON | RANGE | TYPE | S | AP | D | ABILITIES |
| Living whip | ||||||
| Living whip | 6" | Assault 6 | 6 | -2 | 2 | - |
| Snapping claws | ||||||
| Snapping claws | Melee | Melee | User | -3 | 3 | When the bearer fights, it makes a number of additional attacks with this weapon equal to the number shown in its damage table. When resolving an attack made with this weapon, on a wound roll of 6+ this weapon has an Armour Penetration characteristic of -4 for that attack. |
| When the bearer fights, it makes a number of additional attacks with this weapon equal to the number shown in its damage table. When resolving an attack made with this weapon, on a wound roll of 6+ this weapon has an Armour Penetration characteristic of -4 for that attack. | ||||||
| Soulpiercer | ||||||
| Soulpiercer | Melee | Melee | x2 | -4 | D6 | When resolving an attack made with this weapon against a CHARACTER unit, on a wound roll of 6+ this weapon has a Damage characteristic of 6 for that attack. |
| When resolving an attack made with this weapon against a CHARACTER unit, on a wound roll of 6+ this weapon has a Damage characteristic of 6 for that attack. | ||||||
WARGEAR OPTIONS | |
WARGEAR OPTIONS |
• This model can have a shining aegis instead of being equipped with 1 living whip.
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ABILITIES | |
ABILITIES |
Daemonic, Quicksilver Swiftness, Daemonic Ritual Greater Daemon: When a Morale test is taken for a friendly SLAANESH DAEMON unit within 6" of this model, you can use this model’s Leadership characteristic instead of that unit’s. Mesmerising Aura: When resolving an attack made with a melee weapon against this model, subtract 1 from the hit roll. Cloak of Constriction: When resolving an attack made with a melee weapon against this model, subtract 1 from the wound roll. Delicate Precision: When resolving an attack made by this model, re-roll a wound roll of 1. Shining Aegis: +10 If this model has a shining aegis, then when it would lose a wound, roll one D6; on a 6 that wound is not lost. If that wound would be lost as a result of a mortal wound, that wound is not lost on a 5+ instead of 6.Monarch of the Hunt: This model can perform a Heroic Intervention if there are any enemy units within 6" of it instead of 3" if any of those enemy units is a CHARACTER, and when doing so can move up to 6" instead of 3" so long as it ends that move closer to the closest enemy CHARACTER model. In addition, when this model makes a pile-in move within 6" of any enemy CHARACTER units, it can move up to 6" instead of 3" so long as it ends that move closer to the closest enemy CHARACTER model. |
| This model can attempt to manifest two psychic powers in your Psychic phase and attempt to deny one psychic power in your opponent’s Psychic phase. It knows Smite and two psychic powers from the Slaanesh discipline. | |
WARLORD TRAIT! | |
WARLORD TRAIT! |
Quicksilver Duellist: You can re-roll failed hit and wound rolls for attacks made by your Warlord in the Fight phase against CHARACTERS. |
| FACTION KEYWORDS: CHAOS, DAEMON, SLAANESH | |
| KEYWORDS: CHARACTER, MONSTER, PSYKER, KEEPER OF SECRETS, SHALAXI HELBANE | |
Datasheet-related Stratagems
2CP | ||
SOUL SACRIFICE Chaos Daemons Stratagem A daemonic pact of terrible power can be assured for a price… Use this Stratagem before a CHAOS CHARACTER from your army attempts to summon a unit of DAEMONS to the battlefield using a Daemonic Ritual. That character suffers D3 mortal wounds, but you can roll up to 4 dice rather than 3 for the summoning roll. In addition, re-roll hit rolls of 1 for the summoned unit while it is within 6" of the character that performed the Daemonic Ritual. | ||
1CP/3CP | ||
REWARDS OF CHAOS Chaos Daemons Stratagem The Dark Gods sometimes bestow their daemonic lieutenants with powerful artefacts and rewards. Use this Stratagem before the battle. Your army can have one extra Hellforged Artefact for 1 CP, or two extra Hellforged Artefacts for 3 CPs. All of the Hellforged Artefacts that you include must be different and be given to different DAEMON CHARACTERS. You can only use this Stratagem once per battle. | ||
1CP | ||
DAEMONIC PACT Chaos Daemons Stratagem Many foul champions are adept at summoning daemonic allies. Use this Stratagem after a CHAOS CHARACTER from your army summons a unit of DAEMONS to the battlefield using a Daemonic Ritual. That character can immediately attempt to summon a second unit of Daemons to the battlefield by performing another Daemonic Ritual. | ||
1CP | ||
LOCUS OF GRACE Slaanesh Daemons Stratagem Slaanesh’s favoured Daemons lead their minions in an exquisite choreographed dance, every movement of which severs an enemy’s limb or lops off their head. Use this Stratagem at the start of any Fight phase. Select a SLAANESH DAEMON CHARACTER from your army – until the end of the phase, each time you make a wound roll of 6+ for a friendly SLAANESH DAEMON unit within 6" of that character, the model that made that attack can immediately make an extra attack against the same target using the same weapon. These bonus attacks cannot themselves generate any further attacks. | ||
Psychic Powers
Smite
Smite has a warp charge value of 5. Add 1 to the warp charge value of this psychic power for each other attempt that has been made to manifest this power by a unit from your army in this phase, whether that attempt was successful or not. If manifested, the closest enemy unit within 18" of and visible to the psyker suffers D3 mortal wounds. If the result of the Psychic test was 11 or more, that unit suffers D6 mortal wounds instead.- Warp Charge 5: A Psychic test of 5+ is required to manifest Smite.
- Warp charge increases by 1 for each other attempt to manifest Smite made in this phase.
- If manifested, closest visible enemy unit in 18" suffers D3 mortal wounds.
- If manifested with a Psychic test result of 11+, enemy instead suffers D6 mortal wounds.
Slaanesh
| D6 | PSYCHIC POWER |
| 1 | CACOPHONIC CHOIR The psyker emits an ear-piercing chorus of screams that shatters the sanity of its foes. Cacophonic Choir has a warp charge value of 6. If manifested, roll 2D6 (adding 2 to the result if the Psychic test result was more than 10). The closest enemy unit that is within 18" of the psyker and visible to it suffers a mortal wound for each point that the total exceeds their highest Leadership characteristic. |
| 2 | SYMPHONY OF PAIN The psyker’s chants unleash destructive Chaos energy. Symphony of Pain has a warp charge value of 6. If manifested, the nearest enemy unit that is within 18" of the psyker and visible to it is struck by unbearable pain. Your opponent must subtract 1 from all hit rolls made for this unit until the start of your next Psychic phase. |
| 3 | HYSTERICAL FRENZY The psyker sends out a psychic lash that goads its allies. Hysterical Frenzy has a warp charge value of 8. If manifested, select a single friendly SLAANESH DAEMON unit within 18" of the psyker that is within 1" of an enemy unit. That unit can fight as if it were the Fight phase. |
| 4 | DELIGHTFUL AGONIES The psyker manipulates the pleasure centres of its allies’ minds, causing even great pain to register as sheer ecstasy. Delightful Agonies has a warp charge value of 5. If manifested, select a single friendly SLAANESH DAEMON unit within 18" of the psyker. Until the start of your next Psychic phase, roll a D6 each time a model in that unit loses a wound – on a 6 that model does not lose a wound. |
| 5 | PAVANE OF SLAANESH As the psyker sings, its spasming victims’ flesh tears and bones snap as they dance themselves to death. Pavane of Slaanesh has a warp charge value of 6. If manifested, select an enemy unit that is within 18" of the psyker and visible to them. Roll a D6 for each model in the unit; the unit suffers a mortal wound for each roll of 6. |
| 6 | PHANTASMAGORIA The psyker summons illusions to terrify and entice their foes. Phantasmagoria has a warp charge value of 6. If manifested, enemy units must subtract 1 from their Leadership characteristic until the start of your next Psychic phase whilst they are within 12" of the psyker. |
This datasheet has HQ Battlefield Role. Full list of Chaos Daemons units sharing same Battlefield Role follows:
Select Weapon
When a model makes a close combat attack, it must do so using a melee weapon (i.e. a weapon that has the ‘Melee’ type). The weapons a model is equipped with are described on its datasheet. If a model is not equipped with any melee weapons, or if it cannot make an attack with any of the melee weapons it is equipped with, then that model makes its attacks using a close combat weapon, which has the following profile:
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If a model has more than one melee weapon, select which it will use before resolving any attacks. If a model has more than one melee weapon and can make several attacks, it can split them between these weapons however you wish – declare which attacks are being made with which weapons before any attacks are resolved. If the selected weapon has more than one profile that you must choose between, you must declare which profile is being used at the same time. Different attacks made with such a weapon can be made using different profiles if you wish.
If your unit is making attacks with more than one melee weapon against a unit, and those weapons have different characteristics profiles, then after you have resolved an attack with one of those weapons you must, if any other weapons with the same characteristics profile are also being used to make attacks against that unit, resolve those attacks before resolving any attacks against the target with a weapon that has a different characteristics profile. Note that all the attacks you have declared are always resolved against the target unit even if, when you come to resolve an individual attack, no models in the target unit remain in range (this can happen because of models being destroyed and removed from the battlefield as the result of resolving other attacks made by the attacking model’s unit first).
- Each close combat attack is made with a melee weapon.
- A model makes attacks using the close combat weapon profile if it has no other melee weapons.
- If a unit attacks with multiple weapons, all attacks made with weapons that have the same profile must be resolved before resolving attacks with the next.
Daemonic
The denizens of the warp do not have a true physical form; they are beings of energy, given fell shape and terrible purpose. Such a creature defies the natural laws of the universe, and many of the most powerful weapons are all but useless against them.
Units with this ability have a 5+ invulnerable save.The CHAOS and CHARACTER keywords are used in the following Chaos Daemons datasheets:
HQ
Elites
The KHORNE keyword is used in the following Chaos Daemons datasheets:
HQ
Troops
Elites
Lords of War
Fortifications
The TZEENTCH keyword is used in the following Chaos Daemons datasheets:
The NURGLE keyword is used in the following Chaos Daemons datasheets:
HQ
Elites
Lords of War
Fortifications
The SLAANESH keyword is used in the following Chaos Daemons datasheets:
HQ
Troops
Elites
Lords of War
The CHARACTER and KHORNE keywords are used in the following Chaos Daemons datasheets:
HQ
Lords of War
The KHORNE and DAEMON keywords are used in the following Chaos Daemons datasheets:
HQ
Troops
Elites
Lords of War
Fortifications
Daemonic Ritual
Through dark pacts and blasphemous rituals, a champion of Chaos can weaken the fabric of reality to create a gateway to the warp. From this rent pour forth the Daemons of that realm, ready to rend and tear those who stand against the Ruinous Powers.
Instead of moving in their Movement phase, any CHAOS CHARACTER can, at the end of their Movement phase, attempt to summon a DAEMON unit with this ability by performing a Daemonic Ritual (the character cannot do so if they arrived as reinforcements this turn, or if they were themselves summoned to the battlefield this turn).If they do so, first choose one of the four Chaos Gods – KHORNE, TZEENTCH, NURGLE or SLAANESH. A CHARACTER who owes allegiance to one of the Dark Gods can only attempt to summon the units of their patron – for example, a KHORNE CHARACTER could only attempt to summon KHORNE DAEMONS.
Roll up to 3 dice – this is your summoning roll. You can summon one new unit with the Daemonic Ritual ability to the battlefield that has a Power Rating equal to or less than the total result so long as it has the same Chaos God keyword you chose at the start (in the case of units that have a choice of allegiance, such as Furies, the unit when summoned will have this keyword). This unit is treated as reinforcements for your army and can be placed anywhere on the battlefield that is wholly within 12" of the character and more than 9" from any enemy model. If the total rolled is insufficient to summon any unit, the ritual fails and no new unit is summoned.
If your summoning roll included any doubles, your character then suffers a mortal wound. If it contained any triples, it instead suffers D3 mortal wounds.
Manifesting Psychic Powers
When you select a PSYKER unit to manifest psychic powers, you select one psychic power that unit knows and attempt to manifest it. With the exception of Smite, you cannot attempt to manifest the same psychic power more than once in the same battle round, even with different PSYKER units. The same PSYKER unit cannot attempt to manifest Smite more than once during the same battle round.To manifest the psychic power, you must first pass a Psychic test. The opposing player can then select one of their PSYKER units that is within 24" of the PSYKER unit attempting to manifest the power and attempt to deny that power before its effects are resolved by passing a Deny the Witch test.
So long as the Psychic test was successful and the psychic power was not denied by a successful Deny the Witch test, the psychic power is successfully manifested and its effects, which will be described in the power itself, are then resolved. If the PSYKER unit can attempt to manifest more than one psychic power in its Psychic phase, you can then attempt to manifest those, one at a time, as described above. The number of psychic powers each PSYKER unit can attempt to manifest in its Psychic phase is listed on its datasheet.
- Select psychic power.
- You cannot select the same psychic power more than once per battle round, unless that power is Smite.
- Attempt to manifest the psychic power by taking a Psychic test.
- The opponent can attempt to deny the psychic power by taking a Deny the Witch test.
- If successfully manifested, resolve the psychic power’s effects.
- Select another psychic power.
Deny the Witch
When a PSYKER unit attempts to deny a psychic power, you must take a Deny the Witch test for that unit by rolling 2D6. If the total is greater than the result of the Psychic test, the Deny the Witch test is passed and the psychic power is denied. Only one attempt can be made to deny a psychic power. If a PSYKER unit can attempt to deny more than one psychic power in a psychic phase, this will be listed on its datasheet.- Deny the Witch: Passed if 2D6 exceeds result of the opposing PSYKER’s Psychic test.
- Only one attempt can be made to deny each psychic power.
Mortal Wounds
Some attacks inflict mortal wounds – these are so powerful that no armour or force field can withstand their fury. Each mortal wound inflicts 1 point of damage on the target unit, and they are always applied one at a time. Do not make a wound roll or saving throw (including invulnerable saves) against a mortal wound – just allocate it as you would any other attack and inflict damage to a model in the target unit. Unlike damage inflicted by normal attacks, excess damage from mortal wounds is not lost. Instead, keep allocating damage to another model in the target unit until either all the damage has been allocated or the target unit is destroyed.If an attack inflicts mortal wounds in addition to the normal damage, resolve the normal damage first. If an attack inflicts mortal wounds in addition to the normal damage, but the normal damage is subsequently saved, the target unit still suffers the mortal wounds, as described before. If an ability modifies the damage inflicted by a weapon, and that weapon can inflict mortal wounds in addition to the normal damage, the modifier does not apply to any mortal wounds that are inflicted (unless the rule specifically states otherwise).
- Each mortal wound inflicted on a unit causes one model in the unit to lose one wound.
- No saving throws can be made against mortal wounds.
- Mortal wounds inflicted by attacks in addition to normal damage always apply, even if normal damage saved.
Psychic Tests
When a PSYKER unit attempts to manifest a psychic power, you must take a Psychic test for that unit by rolling 2D6. If the total is equal to or greater than that power’s warp charge value, the Psychic test is passed. If you roll a double 1 or a double 6 when taking a Psychic test, that unit immediately suffers Perils of the Warp.- Psychic test: Passed if 2D6 equals or exceeds psychic power’s warp charge.
- If double 1 or double 6 rolled, PSYKER suffers Perils of the Warp.
Smite
Smite has a warp charge value of 5. Add 1 to the warp charge value of this psychic power for each other attempt that has been made to manifest this power by a unit from your army in this phase, whether that attempt was successful or not. If manifested, the closest enemy unit within 18" of and visible to the psyker suffers D3 mortal wounds. If the result of the Psychic test was 11 or more, that unit suffers D6 mortal wounds instead.- Warp Charge 5: A Psychic test of 5+ is required to manifest Smite.
- Warp charge increases by 1 for each other attempt to manifest Smite made in this phase.
- If manifested, closest visible enemy unit in 18" suffers D3 mortal wounds.
- If manifested with a Psychic test result of 11+, enemy instead suffers D6 mortal wounds.
The Warlord
While mustering your army, you can nominate one model (except a model with the FORTIFICATION keyword) to be your Warlord. That model gains the WARLORD keyword. If this model is a CHARACTER, you can also assign a Warlord Trait to it. Note, that more than one model in your army can have a Warlord Trait (e.g. by using Stratagems), but they are only considered your Warlord for the purpose of that trait.
The CHAOS keyword is used in the following Chaos Daemons datasheets:
HQ
The DAEMON keyword is used in the following Chaos Daemons datasheets:
HQ
Heavy Support
The CHARACTER keyword is used in the following Chaos Daemons datasheets:
HQ
Elites
The PSYKER keyword is used in the following Chaos Daemons datasheets:
HQ
Troops
Hit Roll
When a model makes an attack, make one hit roll for that attack by rolling one D6. If the result of the hit roll is equal to or greater than the attacking model’s Ballistic Skill (BS) characteristic (if the attack is being made with a ranged weapon) or its Weapon Skill (WS) characteristic (if the attack is being made with a melee weapon), then that attack scores one hit against the target unit. If not, the attack fails and the attack sequence ends.If an attack is made with a weapon that has an ability that says it ‘automatically hits the target’, no hit roll is made – that attack simply scores one hit on the target unit. An unmodified hit roll of 6 always scores a hit, and an unmodified hit roll of 1 always fails. A hit roll can never be modified by more than -1 or +1. This means that if, after all the cumulative modifiers to a hit roll have been calculated, the total modifier would be -2 or worse, it is changed to be -1. Similarly, if, after all the cumulative modifiers to a hit roll have been calculated, the total modifier would be +2 or better, it is changed to be +1.
The DAEMON and CHARACTER keywords are used in the following Chaos Daemons datasheets:
HQ
Elites
Characters
Some models have the CHARACTER keyword. These models can make Heroic Interventions in Charge Phase and are not easy targets in the Shooting Phase (see Look out, Sir, rule). If your Warlord has the CHARACTER keyword he may be able to have a Warlord Trait (see Warlord Trait section on model’s faction page).Note that CHARACTERS cannot use their Aura Abilities while performing actions.
Wound Roll
Each time an attack scores a hit against a target unit, make a wound roll for that attack by rolling one D6 to see if that attack successfully wounds the target. The result required is determined by comparing the attacking weapon’s Strength (S) characteristic with the target’s Toughness (T) characteristic, as shown on the following table:
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If the result of the wound roll is less than the required number, the attack fails and the attack sequence ends. An unmodified wound roll of 6 always successfully wounds the target, and an unmodified wound roll of 1 always fails. A wound roll can never be modified by more than -1 or +1. This means that if, after all the cumulative modifiers to a wound roll have been calculated, the total modifier would be -2 or worse, it is changed to be -1. Similarly, if, after all the cumulative modifiers to a wound roll have been calculated, the total modifier would be +2 or better, it is changed to be +1.
Army List
Datasheets collatedHeavy Support
Fortifications
Morale Tests
To take a Morale test, roll one D6 and add the number of models from the unit that have been destroyed this turn. If the result is equal to or less than the highest Leadership (Ld) characteristic in the unit, the Morale test is passed and nothing else happens. An unmodified roll of 1 also always results in a passed Morale test, irrespective of the total result. In any other case, the Morale test is failed, one model flees that unit, and you must then take Combat Attrition tests for the remaining models in the unit. You decide which model from your unit flees – that model is removed from play and counts as having been destroyed, but it never triggers any rules that are used when a model is destroyed.- Morale test = D6 + number of models destroyed this turn.
- Unmodified roll of 1 always a success (no models flee).
- If Morale test exceeds unit’s Ld, one model flees and other models must take Combat Attrition tests.
The MONSTER keyword is used in the following Chaos Daemons datasheets:
HQ
ASSAULT
Assault weapons fire so rapidly or indiscriminately that they can be shot from the hip as warriors dash forwards into combat.If a unit includes any models equipped with Assault weapons, that unit is still eligible to shoot with in your Shooting phase even if it has Advanced this turn, but you can only resolve attacks using those Assault weapons when you select that unit to shoot with. If a model shoots an Assault weapon in the same turn in which its unit has Advanced, subtract 1 from hit rolls when resolving that weapon’s attacks.
- Can be shot even if firing model’s unit Advanced.
- Subtract 1 from hit rolls if the firing model’s unit Advanced.
Quicksilver Swiftness
Slaanesh’s Daemons are graceful and impossibly quick, moving to strike their foes faster than the eye can see.
This unit always fight first in the Fight phase, even if it didn’t charge. If the enemy has units that have charged, or that have a similar ability, then alternate choosing units to fight with, starting with the player whose turn is taking place.The SLAANESH and DAEMON keywords are used in the following Chaos Daemons datasheets:
HQ
Troops
Elites
Lords of War
The SLAANESH keyword is used in the following Chaos Daemons datasheets:
HQ
Troops
Elites
Lords of War
The SLAANESH, DAEMON and CHARACTER keywords are used in the following Chaos Daemons datasheets:
HQ
Lords of War
Living whip used in the following datasheets:
Snapping claws used in the following datasheets:
Performing a Heroic Intervention
When a unit performs a Heroic Intervention, you can move each model in that unit up to 3" – this is a Heroic Intervention move. Each model in the unit must finish its Heroic Intervention move closer to the closest enemy model. Remember that a unit must finish any type of move in unit coherency.- Heroic Intervention: Move up to 3".
- Must end closer to the closest enemy model.
Pile In
When a unit piles in, you can move each model in that unit up to 3" – this is a pile-in move. Each model in the unit must finish its pile-in move closer to the closest enemy model. A model that is already touching an enemy model cannot move, but still counts as having piled in. Remember that a unit must finish any type of move in unit coherency.- Pile in: Move up to 3".
- Must end closer to the closest enemy model.
The KEEPER OF SECRETS keyword is used in the following Chaos Daemons datasheets:
Lords of War