September FAQ - Elysians
The September FAQ came out last week. Overall Elysians received a nerf, but less of a nerf than the current heavy hitting army lists recieved, so overall we came out ahead. The previous Beta rules have been confirmed and are now officially part of matched play. That is the Battle brothers, psychic focus and character targeting rules. However I don't know anyone who wasn't using them rules anyway so there is no change there. The Tactical Reserves rule beta rule has been changed, as so will remain as a beta rule in the new form. This is where Elysians have taken the biggest nerf, in that now you can aerial drop no units in your first turn. I've been using this to protect units from round 1 shooting, and then aerial dropping them in to guarantee at least one round of shooting. I've found this was most effective with the Tauros Ventaors as they still shoot at full BS and get the 5+ invul save. It's also handy with flyers. Now if you want to shoot with a unit turn...