Warhammer 40k - Review Library 395 - Chaos Daemons, Karanak

2025-05-16T20:21:15
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Hello everyone! Zak Ludick here from Cape Town, South Africa and this is a Warhammer 40k - Datasheet Review post!
What is it all about? It is not there to just give a stat. It is there to give MY review of the unit in the game of Warhammer 40,000

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Chaos Daemons, Karanak

10th Edition Index
This iconic Khornite character is a Hounds of Khorne Epic Hero leader that of course leads other Flesh Hounds.
Katanak is 75pts, let's see if he is worth that investment!
Let's see what it does!

Stats

Movement 12"
Toughness 4
Save 7+/4++(armor/invul/Feel No Pain)
Wounds 5
Ld 7+
OC 3

Weapons

Standard weapons: Scalding roar; Soul-rending fangs; Brass Collar of Bloody Vengeance.

Ranged Weapons

Scalding roar

12" Range, D6+3 Shots, Hitting on Auto, S5, AP-1 and 1 Damage each.
Torrent (This weapon hits automatically, just roll for number of attacks.)
Ignores Cover (The enemy does not get Benefit of Cover against this attack)

Melee Weapons

Soul-rending fangs

6 Attacks, Hitting on 2+, S6, AP-2 and 2 Damage each.
Precision (This attack's wounds can be allocated directly to the leader)
Anti-Character 3+ (This attack critically wounds a Character unit on a 3+ regardless of Toughness)

Abilities

Deep Strike - If this unit arrives on the Battlefield from Reserves, it can be set up anywhere on the battlefield more than 9" from enemy models.

Wargear Abilities

Brass Collar of Bloody Vengeance

This model has a 3+ Feel No Paid against Psychic attacks and Mortal Wounds.

Pack Leader

While leading a unit, this model's unit can re-roll Charge rolls and Advance rolls.

Prey of the Blood God

Start of the battle, pick a unit, this model's unit can re-roll Wound rolls against that unit. If that unit is destroyed, select a new prey target.

Thoughts

Karanak is amazing! A Character assassin, a unit booster for damage and speed... for 75pts he sure does a lot! If you need fast beasts, he is your doggo! Also, he is OC3 for some reason. That's great!
Also... great for hunting wizards!
That makes 29 Chaos Daemon Datasheets Reviewed putting them on 58% Completed! The total of the remaining Index reviews is now 104.
Thank you for reading!

Warhammer Review Library

I shall leave all Army and Detachment rules here and the few Chaos Daemon datasheets I have done already:

Army Rule and Detachment Rule Reviews

Datasheet Review list (Alphabetical)

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