Below you will find a list of the operatives that make up a MURDERWING kill team, including, where relevant, any weapons specified for that operative.
1 MURDERWING CHAOS LORD operative with one option from each of the following:
Or the following option:
5 MURDERWING operatives selected from the following list:
Other than RAPTOR operatives, your kill team can only include each operative on this list once.
* You cannot select more than two operatives with these weapons combined.
| Nom | A | T | D | Règles | |
| Bolt pistol | 4 | 3+ | 3/4 | Range 8" | |
| Range 8" | |||||
| Plasma pistol (standard) | 4 | 3+ | 3/5 | Piercing 1, Range 8" | |
| Piercing 1, Range 8" | |||||
| Plasma pistol (supercharge) | 4 | 3+ | 4/5 | Lethal 5+, Piercing 1, Range 8", Hot | |
| Lethal 5+, Piercing 1, Range 8", Hot | |||||
| Lightning claw | 5 | 3+ | 4/5 | Rending, Lethal 5+ | |
| Rending, Lethal 5+ | |||||
| Power fist | 4 | 3+ | 5/7 | Brutal, Shock | |
| Brutal, Shock | |||||
| Power weapon | 5 | 3+ | 4/6 | Lethal 5+ | |
| Lethal 5+ | |||||
| Relic lightning claws | 5 | 3+ | 4/6 | Rending, Ceaseless, Lethal 5+ | |
| Rending, Ceaseless, Lethal 5+ | |||||
This operative starts the battle with 1 Damnation point. Once per action, you can attempt to use one Boon of Damnation when it specifies (see Boons of Damnation ability). If you do, roll one D6 and compare the result to the number of Damnation points this operative has; if the result is:
If this operative has 6 Damnation points, resolve the rule without rolling. Note that you cannot make an attempt more than once per action, regardless of the D6 result.
Boons of Damnation are as follows (resolved with a D6 roll, see Path to Damnation ability):
| Nom | A | T | D | Règles | |
| Bolt pistol | 4 | 3+ | 3/4 | Range 8" | |
| Range 8" | |||||
| Plasma pistol (standard) | 4 | 3+ | 3/5 | Piercing 1, Range 8" | |
| Piercing 1, Range 8" | |||||
| Plasma pistol (supercharge) | 4 | 3+ | 4/5 | Lethal 5+, Piercing 1, Range 8", Hot | |
| Lethal 5+, Piercing 1, Range 8", Hot | |||||
| Lightning claw | 5 | 3+ | 4/5 | Rending, Lethal 5+ | |
| Rending, Lethal 5+ | |||||
| Power fist | 4 | 3+ | 5/7 | Brutal, Shock | |
| Brutal, Shock | |||||
| Power weapon | 5 | 3+ | 4/6 | Lethal 5+ | |
| Lethal 5+ | |||||
| Relic lightning claws | 5 | 3+ | 4/6 | Rending, Ceaseless, Lethal 5+ | |
| Rending, Ceaseless, Lethal 5+ | |||||
This operative starts the battle with 1 Damnation point. Once per action, you can attempt to use one Boon of Damnation when it specifies (see Boons of Damnation ability). If you do, roll one D6 and compare the result to the number of Damnation points this operative has; if the result is:
If this operative has 6 Damnation points, resolve the rule without rolling. Note that you cannot make an attempt more than once per action, regardless of the D6 result.
Boons of Damnation are as follows (resolved with a D6 roll, see Path to Damnation ability):
| Nom | A | T | D | Règles | |
| Bolt pistol | 4 | 3+ | 3/4 | Range 8" | |
| Range 8" | |||||
| Plasma pistol (standard) | 4 | 3+ | 3/5 | Piercing 1, Range 8" | |
| Piercing 1, Range 8" | |||||
| Plasma pistol (supercharge) | 4 | 3+ | 4/5 | Lethal 5+, Piercing 1, Range 8", Hot | |
| Lethal 5+, Piercing 1, Range 8", Hot | |||||
| Power fist | 4 | 3+ | 5/7 | Brutal, Shock | |
| Brutal, Shock | |||||
| Power weapon | 5 | 3+ | 4/6 | Lethal 5+ | |
| Lethal 5+ | |||||
STRATEGIC GAMBIT. Remove your Challenge token from the enemy operative that has it (if any), then select one enemy operative to gain your Challenge token. Whenever this operative is fighting against or retaliating against an enemy operative that has your Challenge token, in the Select Weapons step, you can select one of the following weapon rules for this operative’s melee weapons to have until the end of the sequence: Balanced, Brutal, Punishing, Severe, Shock.
Whenever this operative incapacitates an enemy operative that has your Challenge token, you gain 1CP.
| Nom | A | T | D | Règles | |
| Bolt pistol | 4 | 3+ | 3/4 | Range 8" | |
| Range 8" | |||||
| Plasma pistol (standard) | 4 | 3+ | 3/5 | Piercing 1, Range 8" | |
| Piercing 1, Range 8" | |||||
| Plasma pistol (supercharge) | 4 | 3+ | 4/5 | Lethal 5+, Piercing 1, Range 8", Hot | |
| Lethal 5+, Piercing 1, Range 8", Hot | |||||
| Power fist | 4 | 3+ | 5/7 | Brutal, Shock | |
| Brutal, Shock | |||||
| Power weapon | 5 | 3+ | 4/6 | Lethal 5+ | |
| Lethal 5+ | |||||
STRATEGIC GAMBIT. Remove your Challenge token from the enemy operative that has it (if any), then select one enemy operative to gain your Challenge token. Whenever this operative is fighting against or retaliating against an enemy operative that has your Challenge token, in the Select Weapons step, you can select one of the following weapon rules for this operative’s melee weapons to have until the end of the sequence: Balanced, Brutal, Punishing, Severe, Shock.
Whenever this operative incapacitates an enemy operative that has your Challenge token, you gain 1CP.
| Nom | A | T | D | Règles | |
| Bolt pistol | 4 | 3+ | 3/4 | Range 8" | |
| Range 8" | |||||
| Mutated claws | 5 | 3+ | 4/5 | Rending | |
| Rending | |||||
If this operative is incapacitated during the Fight action, you can strike the enemy operative in that sequence with one of your unresolved successes before this operative is removed from the killzone.
BOOST action. Select one enemy operative within this operative’s BOOST ZONE. Both players roll one D6 and add their respective operative’s Wounds stat to their result. If your result is higher, remove that enemy operative from the killzone and set it back up within this operative’s BOOST ZONE or control range. It must be set up in a location it can be placed and cannot be set up further away from this operative than where it began. If that enemy operative is set up within this operative’s control range, the Fall Back or Reposition action ends (allowing this operative to end that action within control range of enemy operatives).
This operative cannot perform this action normally. Instead, it performs this action during the Fall Back or Reposition action after setting up from a BOOST.
| Nom | A | T | D | Règles | |
| Bolt pistol | 4 | 3+ | 3/4 | Range 8" | |
| Range 8" | |||||
| Mutated claws | 5 | 3+ | 4/5 | Rending | |
| Rending | |||||
If this operative is incapacitated during the Fight action, you can strike the enemy operative in that sequence with one of your unresolved successes before this operative is removed from the killzone.
BOOST action. Select one enemy operative within this operative’s BOOST ZONE. Both players roll one D6 and add their respective operative’s Wounds stat to their result. If your result is higher, remove that enemy operative from the killzone and set it back up within this operative’s BOOST ZONE or control range. It must be set up in a location it can be placed and cannot be set up further away from this operative than where it began. If that enemy operative is set up within this operative’s control range, the Fall Back or Reposition action ends (allowing this operative to end that action within control range of enemy operatives).
This operative cannot perform this action normally. Instead, it performs this action during the Fall Back or Reposition action after setting up from a BOOST.
| Nom | A | T | D | Règles | |
| Bolt pistol | 4 | 3+ | 3/4 | Range 8" | |
| Range 8" | |||||
| Great chainaxe | 5 | 4+ | 5/7 | Brutal | |
| Brutal | |||||
Whenever this operative incapacitates an enemy operative while fighting or retaliating, select one other enemy operative visible to and within 3" of either this operative or the incapacitated enemy operative. Subtract 1 from that enemy operative’s APL stat until the end of its next activation.
Inflict 2D3 damage on each other operative visible to and within 2" of this operative in an order of your choice (roll separately for each).
For the purposes of action restrictions and the Astartes faction rule, this action is treated as a Fight action. This operative cannot perform this action while it has a Conceal order, or during the same activation in which it performed the Slice From Above action (see faction equipment) or vice versa.
| Nom | A | T | D | Règles | |
| Bolt pistol | 4 | 3+ | 3/4 | Range 8" | |
| Range 8" | |||||
| Great chainaxe | 5 | 4+ | 5/7 | Brutal | |
| Brutal | |||||
Whenever this operative incapacitates an enemy operative while fighting or retaliating, select one other enemy operative visible to and within 3" of either this operative or the incapacitated enemy operative. Subtract 1 from that enemy operative’s APL stat until the end of its next activation.
Inflict 2D3 damage on each other operative visible to and within 2" of this operative in an order of your choice (roll separately for each).
For the purposes of action restrictions and the Astartes faction rule, this action is treated as a Fight action. This operative cannot perform this action while it has a Conceal order, or during the same activation in which it performed the Slice From Above action (see faction equipment) or vice versa.
| Nom | A | T | D | Règles | |
| Bolt pistol | 4 | 3+ | 3/4 | Range 8" | |
| Range 8" | |||||
| Power weapon | 5 | 3+ | 4/6 | Lethal 5+ | |
| Lethal 5+ | |||||
Whenever an enemy operative would perform the Fall Back action while within control range of this operative, if no other enemy operatives are within this operative’s control range, you can use this rule. If you do, roll two D6, or one D6 if that enemy operative has a higher Wounds stat than this operative. If any result is a 4+, that enemy operative cannot perform that action during that activation/counteraction (no AP are spent on it).
BOOST action. Inflict 2D3+1 damage on one enemy operative within this operative’s BOOST ZONE.
This operative cannot perform this action normally. Instead, it performs this action during the Fall Back or Reposition action after setting up from a BOOST.
| Nom | A | T | D | Règles | |
| Bolt pistol | 4 | 3+ | 3/4 | Range 8" | |
| Range 8" | |||||
| Power weapon | 5 | 3+ | 4/6 | Lethal 5+ | |
| Lethal 5+ | |||||
Whenever an enemy operative would perform the Fall Back action while within control range of this operative, if no other enemy operatives are within this operative’s control range, you can use this rule. If you do, roll two D6, or one D6 if that enemy operative has a higher Wounds stat than this operative. If any result is a 4+, that enemy operative cannot perform that action during that activation/counteraction (no AP are spent on it).
BOOST action. Inflict 2D3+1 damage on one enemy operative within this operative’s BOOST ZONE.
This operative cannot perform this action normally. Instead, it performs this action during the Fall Back or Reposition action after setting up from a BOOST.
| Nom | A | T | D | Règles | |
| Bolt pistol | 4 | 3+ | 3/4 | Range 8" | |
| Range 8" | |||||
| Plasma pistol (standard) | 4 | 3+ | 3/5 | Piercing 1, Range 8" | |
| Piercing 1, Range 8" | |||||
| Plasma pistol (supercharge) | 4 | 3+ | 4/5 | Lethal 5+, Piercing 1, Range 8", Hot | |
| Lethal 5+, Piercing 1, Range 8", Hot | |||||
| Chainsword | 5 | 3+ | 4/5 | ||
Whenever this operative does a BOOST during its activation:
| Nom | A | T | D | Règles | |
| Bolt pistol | 4 | 3+ | 3/4 | Range 8" | |
| Range 8" | |||||
| Plasma pistol (standard) | 4 | 3+ | 3/5 | Piercing 1, Range 8" | |
| Piercing 1, Range 8" | |||||
| Plasma pistol (supercharge) | 4 | 3+ | 4/5 | Lethal 5+, Piercing 1, Range 8", Hot | |
| Lethal 5+, Piercing 1, Range 8", Hot | |||||
| Chainsword | 5 | 3+ | 4/5 | ||
Whenever this operative does a BOOST during its activation:
| Nom | A | T | D | Règles | |
| Bolt pistol | 4 | 3+ | 3/4 | Range 8" | |
| Range 8" | |||||
| Chainsword | 5 | 3+ | 4/5 | ||
Whenever an enemy operative is within 3" of this operative, your opponent must spend 1 additional AP for that enemy operative to perform the Pick Up Marker and mission actions.
Whenever determining control of a marker, treat the total APL stat of enemy operatives that contest it as 1 lower if at least one of those enemy operatives is within 3" of this operative. Note this isn’t a change to the APL stat, so any changes are cumulative with this.
Select one enemy operative that’s visible to and within 6" of this operative. Alternatively, select one enemy operative within this operative’s BOOST ZONE (at which point this becomes a BOOST action). If enemy operatives are within control range of this operative, you cannot select an enemy operative that isn’t. Inflict D3 damage on the selected operative and subtract 1 from its APL stat until the end of its next activation.
This operative cannot perform this action while it has a Conceal order. If you’re selecting an enemy operative within this operative’s BOOST ZONE, this operative cannot perform this action normally. Instead, it performs this action during the Fall Back or Reposition action after setting up from a BOOST.
| Nom | A | T | D | Règles | |
| Bolt pistol | 4 | 3+ | 3/4 | Range 8" | |
| Range 8" | |||||
| Chainsword | 5 | 3+ | 4/5 | ||
Whenever an enemy operative is within 3" of this operative, your opponent must spend 1 additional AP for that enemy operative to perform the Pick Up Marker and mission actions.
Whenever determining control of a marker, treat the total APL stat of enemy operatives that contest it as 1 lower if at least one of those enemy operatives is within 3" of this operative. Note this isn’t a change to the APL stat, so any changes are cumulative with this.
Select one enemy operative that’s visible to and within 6" of this operative. Alternatively, select one enemy operative within this operative’s BOOST ZONE (at which point this becomes a BOOST action). If enemy operatives are within control range of this operative, you cannot select an enemy operative that isn’t. Inflict D3 damage on the selected operative and subtract 1 from its APL stat until the end of its next activation.
This operative cannot perform this action while it has a Conceal order. If you’re selecting an enemy operative within this operative’s BOOST ZONE, this operative cannot perform this action normally. Instead, it performs this action during the Fall Back or Reposition action after setting up from a BOOST.
| Nom | A | T | D | Règles | |
| Bolt pistol | 4 | 3+ | 3/4 | Range 8" | |
| Range 8" | |||||
| Flamer | 4 | 2+ | 3/3 | Range 8", Saturate, Torrent 2" | |
| Range 8", Saturate, Torrent 2" | |||||
| Meltagun | 4 | 3+ | 6/3 | Devastating 4, Piercing 2, Range 6" | |
| Devastating 4, Piercing 2, Range 6" | |||||
| Plasma gun (standard) | 4 | 3+ | 4/6 | Piercing 1 | |
| Piercing 1 | |||||
| Plasma gun (supercharge) | 4 | 3+ | 5/6 | Lethal 5+, Piercing 1, Hot | |
| Lethal 5+, Piercing 1, Hot | |||||
| Fists | 4 | 3+ | 3/4 | ||
| Nom | A | T | D | Règles | |
| Bolt pistol | 4 | 3+ | 3/4 | Range 8" | |
| Range 8" | |||||
| Flamer | 4 | 2+ | 3/3 | Range 8", Saturate, Torrent 2" | |
| Range 8", Saturate, Torrent 2" | |||||
| Meltagun | 4 | 3+ | 6/3 | Devastating 4, Piercing 2, Range 6" | |
| Devastating 4, Piercing 2, Range 6" | |||||
| Plasma gun (standard) | 4 | 3+ | 4/6 | Piercing 1 | |
| Piercing 1 | |||||
| Plasma gun (supercharge) | 4 | 3+ | 5/6 | Lethal 5+, Piercing 1, Hot | |
| Lethal 5+, Piercing 1, Hot | |||||
| Fists | 4 | 3+ | 3/4 | ||
| Nom | A | T | D | Règles | |
| Lightning claws | 5 | 3+ | 4/5 | Rending, Ceaseless, Lethal 5+ | |
| Rending, Ceaseless, Lethal 5+ | |||||
When setting up this operative before the battle, you can set it up in the warp instead: place it to one side instead of in the killzone. In the first Firefight phase, when this operative is activated, place one of your Warp markers wholly within your territory, then expend this operative.
In the second Firefight phase, when this operative is activated, set it up with an order of your choice in a location it can be placed either wholly within your drop zone, or wholly within your territory contesting your Warp marker. Continue its activation as normal, but during that activation it cannot perform more than two actions and cannot use more than 4" of move distance. Until the Ready step of the next Strategy phase, this operative is obscured to operatives more than 3" from it.
Whenever this operative is in the warp, it cannot be the ready friendly MURDERWING operative for the Malicious Narcissism firefight ploy.
| Nom | A | T | D | Règles | |
| Lightning claws | 5 | 3+ | 4/5 | Rending, Ceaseless, Lethal 5+ | |
| Rending, Ceaseless, Lethal 5+ | |||||
When setting up this operative before the battle, you can set it up in the warp instead: place it to one side instead of in the killzone. In the first Firefight phase, when this operative is activated, place one of your Warp markers wholly within your territory, then expend this operative.
In the second Firefight phase, when this operative is activated, set it up with an order of your choice in a location it can be placed either wholly within your drop zone, or wholly within your territory contesting your Warp marker. Continue its activation as normal, but during that activation it cannot perform more than two actions and cannot use more than 4" of move distance. Until the Ready step of the next Strategy phase, this operative is obscured to operatives more than 3" from it.
Whenever this operative is in the warp, it cannot be the ready friendly MURDERWING operative for the Malicious Narcissism firefight ploy.
Whenever a friendly MURDERWING operative is performing the Charge, Fall Back or Reposition action during its activation, at the start of any straight-line increment, as long as no part of its base is underneath Vantage terrain, it can do a BOOST for that increment. If it does, don’t move it for that increment. Instead, remove it from the killzone and set it back up wholly within x" horizontally of its original location. X is a distance of your choice (rounded up to the nearest inch, as per the Reposition action), but it’s added to the total move distance used for that action (in other words, move plus BOOST cannot exceed the action’s move allowance).
That operative must be set up in a location it can be placed and cannot be set up with any part of its base underneath Vantage terrain. In addition, unless it’s the Charge action, it cannot be set up within control range of an enemy operative. It can continue moving after a BOOST if it has any move distance remaining and the action allows it.
In a killzone that uses the close quarters rules, e.g. Killzone: Tomb World, the x" cannot be measured over or through Wall terrain, and that operative cannot be set up on the other side of an access point – in other words, it cannot BOOST through an open hatchway.
Some actions are known as BOOST actions. These are actions performed during other actions when a BOOST is used. Each operative cannot perform more than one BOOST action per activation/counteraction.
Most BOOST actions affect enemy operatives within a friendly MURDERWING operative’s BOOST ZONE. This is the horizontal area between a friendly MURDERWING operative’s current location and the location from which it used BOOST. A marker the same size as the operative’s base can be temporarily placed to help determine this. Enemy operatives with any part of their base underneath Vantage terrain are not within friendly MURDERWING operatives’ BOOST ZONEs.
During each friendly MURDERWING operative’s activation, it can perform either two Shoot actions or two Fight actions. If it’s two Shoot actions, a bolt pistol must be selected for at least one of them.
Each friendly MURDERWING operative can counteract regardless of its order.
Whenever a friendly MURDERWING operative is at least 2" higher than the killzone floor, its weapons have the Balanced weapon rule. Whenever a friendly MURDERWING operative does a BOOST, its weapons have the Balanced weapon rule until the end of that activation.
Whenever a friendly MURDERWING operative is shooting or fighting, its weapons have the Punishing weapon rule if any of the following are true for the operative that friendly operative is shooting or fighting against:
Whenever an operative is shooting a friendly MURDERWING operative that’s at least 2" higher than the killzone floor, or that did a BOOST during this turning point, you can re-roll one of your defence dice.
Whenever a friendly MURDERWING operative is fighting, Normal Dmg of 3 or more inflicts 1 less damage on it.
Use this firefight ploy when it’s your turn to activate with a friendly operative, if only one friendly MURDERWING operative is ready. Until the end of the turning point, whenever any ready enemy operatives are in the killzone, you can skip your activations (in other words, you can delay that friendly MURDERWING operative’s activation). Note that you cannot counteract until that friendly MURDERWING operative is expended.
Use this firefight ploy when an enemy operative ends the Charge, Dash, Fall Back or Reposition action within 3" horizontally and more than 2" lower than a friendly MURDERWING operative (or in close quarters, within 2" and that enemy operative must be in a different room to where it started that action). Interrupt that enemy operative’s activation/counteraction and immediately perform a free Charge action with that friendly operative. It must end that action within control range of that enemy operative. If this isn’t possible, the interruption is cancelled and this rule hasn’t been used.
Use this firefight ploy when a friendly MURDERWING operative is fighting or retaliating, when you resolve a critical success. Instead of striking or blocking, end that sequence (any remaining attack dice are discarded) and immediately perform a free Fall Back action up to 3" with that operative (then the Fight action ends). That operative can do so even if it’s performed an action that prevents it from performing the Fall Back action.
Use this firefight ploy when a friendly MURDERWING operative is performing the Fall Back or Reposition action, when it does a BOOST. That operative can be set up an additional 3" away during that BOOST (adding this to the permitted move distance), but it cannot perform the Shoot, Fight or Carving Blow (see DEPREDATOR operative) action until the next turning point. You cannot use this ploy during the first turning point.
Friendly MURDERWING operatives can perform the following unique action:
BOOST action. Inflict D3+1 damage on one enemy operative within this operative’s BOOST ZONE.
An operative cannot perform this action normally. Instead it performs this action during the Fall Back or Reposition action after setting up from a BOOST. A DEPREDATOR operative cannot perform this action during the same activation in which it performed the Carving Blow action (or vice versa).
Friendly MURDERWING operatives can perform the following unique action:
BOOST action. Inflict 1 damage on one enemy operative within this operative’s control range, then the Charge action ends.
An operative cannot perform this action normally. Instead, it performs this action during the Charge action after setting up from a BOOST.
Once per turning point, when an enemy operative ends the Fall Back action during its activation, if at least one friendly MURDERWING operative was within its control range at the start of that action, you can use this rule. One of those friendly operatives can immediately perform a free Reposition or Charge action, but cannot use more than 3" of move distance. Note that if the enemy operative doesn’t perform the Fall Back action during its own activation, this has no effect.
Once per turning point, one friendly MURDERWING operative can perform the following unique action:
Each enemy operative within 3" of this operative takes a stun test. For an operative to take a stun test, roll one D6: on a 3+, subtract 1 from its APL stat until the end of its next activation.
An operative cannot perform this action while it has a Conceal order.