Sanguinary Guard are powerful but not too powerful In other words, picking the Sanguinary Guard is a tradeoff that you can choose when creating an army and depending on your skill and knowledge, it will either be the wind in your sails or a bad gambit. Then again, if you go for the Inceptor and Assault Marine combo, you can do the same, depending on their loadouts. The Guard can attack twice in the same turn but it's not guaranteed and their loadout can make them highly efficient against heavy units and swarms. Total of 600 HP instead of 400 HP across all units.

access to Krak Grenades, Assault Tactics and Death From Above.

ability to attack with ranged and melee weapons in the same turn.

35 points left for army creation needs,.

On the flip side, if you were to pick an Assault Marine squad and an Inceptor squad instead, you would end up with: Their ability guarantees additional AP upon killing a model if used close to an HQ unit on top of increasing accuracy and crit chance for their already powerful weapons. With 80 HP per unit, they are not as squishy as Assault Marines but not as sturdy as Inceptors. The Sanguinary Guard are extremely mobile and have the firepower to rival Inceptors or melee capabilities that exceed the Assault Marines. That said, when used properly, these units are extremely deadly. For example, Blood Angels' Terminators and Sanguinary Guard squads each cost 195 points and should someone choose to incorporate them into the army, they will likely have to forego a Dreadnaught or another powerful unit. However, these units are appropriately expensive and can be played around. Each of the factions gets quite the bump in power when they purchase the aforementioned units, which may spell out 'pay-to-win' from the get-go.

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