Raven Guard

"The First Axiom of Victory is to be other than where the enemy desire you to be" -Corvus Corax, Primarch of the XIX^th Legion

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Faction Overview

The Raven Guard (RG) are one of the playable Factions in The Horus Heresy: Legions. Control the shadows with the masters of subterfuge. With a play style focused on hiding from the enemy, striking, and delivering powerful burst damage, your enemies won't know what hit them. With the most "guerrilla" tactics of any Legion, the RG bring some of the best combos for denying the enemy board control (including their warlord). The Raven guard were the 7th Faction to be reworked, moving their original pool of cards to Legacy.

Strengths:

• The most amount of stealth troops, and several ways to make them re-enter it.
• Because of the previous point, you can trigger Ambush more than once per turn.
• Great "combo" cards.
• Powerful burst damage in the form of Sentence (which stacks).
• Very fast Faction, with a lot of flankers and unstoppable units.
• Great at controlling the enemy board.

Weakness:

• Most Factions have some type of anti-stealth, which severely lessens what you can do.
• On that regard, a lot of your troops get their value from their Ambush, so loosing it means that they won't give you any advantage.
• Generally weak troops, which makes them very susceptible to board or random damage (both ignores stealth).
• No Ordnance, so you'll have a harder match against vehicles.

Warlords

Standard

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  Corvus Corax
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  Agapito Nev
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  Pious Vex
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  Branne Nev
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  Gherith Arendi

Legacy

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  Corvus Corax
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  Agapito Nev
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  Vincente Sixx
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  Nykona Sharrowkyn

Troops and Tactics

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  Troops
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  Tactics

Traits and Available Effects

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Gameplay

The RG Troops main gameplay revolves around triggering Ambush or setting Sentence.

The RG Tactics main gameplay revolves around controlling the board and burst damage.

Most of the RG Warlords focus on burst damage.

The RG have Archetypes like: Control, Aggro, Burn, Duelist.

For a more complete look on the Faction gameplay, check — How to Play: Raven Guard

Collection and Cosmetics

The RG cards can be obtained from the Dropsite Massacre Crate and the Galaxy in Flames Crate, or bought in the Daily Shop.

The RG Card Backs and Badge Cosmetics can be obtained randomly from the Cosmetics Crate, or bought in the Daily Shop.

Premium Cards appear randomly in any Crate, and can be bought from the Collection tab.

Additional Information

Balance History
Date	Changes	Notes
03 may 2024	Agapito Nev: Increase initiave from Medium to High.
07 dec 2023	Kariasus Squad: Lower damage from Ambush to 1 from 2 Sergeant Vykus: Lower Health from 4 to 3 Varaevar Squad: Lower Health from 4 to 3 Vigilator Aajz: Lower Health from 4 to 3 Voyde Dark Furies: Lower Health from 5 to 4 Shadow Lord: Lower stats from 8/8 to 7/7 One with the Shadows: Increase cost from 2 to 3
10 oct 2023	Unseen Strike: Increase the cost from 3 to 4. Ligeia Sky-hunters: Lower Health from 3 to 2. Sergeant Ruwan: Lower Health from 6 to 5. Voyde Dark Furies: Change stats to 4/5. Warriors of Deliverance: Change description to: ‘Draw 3 cards. Lower the cost of any Raven Guard troops drawn by 1’ (instead of lowering the cost by 2).
07 sep 2023	Branne Nev: Change description to ‘After attacking an enemy troop, give it Sentenced 1 this turn’ (instead of any enemy) Champion Vorkyl: Lower damage from Ambush from 4 to 3 Mordaris Squad: Lower Health from 4 to 3 Vigilator Aajz: Lower Health from 5 to 4 Sergeant Rhyke: Lower stats from 6/4 to 5/3 Unseen Strike: Increase cost from 2 to 3
18 aug 2023	Faction Reworked

Lore

From its earliest days, the warriors of the XIXth Legion were known as cunning and patient hunters, adept at biding their time until the moment to strike was at hand. Known for their cool-headed, even intellectual temperament, their superb infiltration skills and skill at furious, close-quarters engagements, the Raven Guard are the masters of unseen and guerrilla warfare, only engaging in frontal assaults when no other option presents itself. When the Legion was united with its Primarch -- Corvus Corax, the Raven Lord, theirs was a form of warfare exemplifying speed, stealth and precision which was codified into their doctrine, and under the Primarch, the XIXth Legion carved its name in the annals of the Great Crusade. As the tragic histories of the Horus Heresy were recounted, however, the Legion's glories were to be scattered upon the black sands of Isstvan V during the Drop Site Massacre, and the Imperium was almost shorn of one of its greatest champions. Saved that day by Commander Branne Nev, Corax and a handful of his Legion survived (only 3000 of 80000 originally), where he would travel to Terra to speak with the Emperor and seek a way to replenish his numbers. His gene-father would show him the secrets he had been asking for - the gene forging tech used to create the Primarchs by the Emperor himself. With this great knowledge, Corax returned to Deliverance (the airless mining moon of Lycaeus, with Ravenspire as the Raven Guard's fortress-monastery) and start creating a new, enhanced batch of Astartes. These new warriors were faster, stronger, and more intelligent than any of the older warriors of the Legion and were given the moniker "Raptors". Word of this reached the ears of Omegon, twin primarch of the Alpha Legion, whom had been laying dormant on Lycaeus and stirring up a rebellion on the world, manage with his operatives to spike the gene tech with a daemon blood poison, now only able to create deformed monsters. The attempt to rebuild the XIXth Legion's strength was now in ruins. This did not mean, however, that the Raven Guard would renounce taking part in the fight against Horus. Over the following years the Raven Guard would attack convoys, sabotage weapons deliveries, decimate planetary occupation forces, destroy orbital shipping yards, liberate worker camps and generally be a thorn in Horus' side. This became the Ravens Guard's new mode of thinking -- if you could not strike at the enemy directly, hit them where it hurt.

Trivia

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Notes

If looking for more info on how to play (in general) or aspects of the game, check our Guides:

• New Player Guide -The basics of the game are here.
• Advance Guide -More complex mechanics and variations of gameplay.
• Buyers Guide -For the Daily Shop, and an overall idea of what to spend your Gems.
• Deck Building Guide -The basics of how to build Decks (for all Factions).
• Community Decks -Decks made by the Player's base.

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