Heroes of the Uprising — Genestealer Cults Detachment Guide

Heroes of the Uprising makes the Cult's assassin-characters dependable. Broadly, it grants the KILLER-keyword characters re-rolls in melee (community reporting describes re-rolling 1s to hit and wound, sharpening their strikes), so units like the Sanctus and Locus stop whiffing at the critical moment. The design intent is reliability: assassins are only worth taking if they land their hits, and this detachment removes the variance. Confirm the exact re-roll wording and which models gain the KILLER keyword in the Faction Pack — reports vary on the precise list.

The new detachment's stratagems lean into lethal, target-focused play. Reporting describes a Gene-tailored Toxins-style stratagem that boosts the poison output of operatives like the Sanctus and Locus — enough to threaten even elite, tough targets — and a morale-flavoured Living up to Legend stratagem that rewards you for slaying enemy characters. Use your damage stratagem the turn an operative reaches its target; save the morale piece for the swing where killing a key character breaks the enemy's plan. Verify current names and CP costs in-app.

Enhancements here amplify your assassin-characters — improving their lethality, survivability, or ability to reach the target. Put your best offensive enhancement on the operative most likely to hit the enemy's most important model. Because these characters operate alone or in small squads, a survivability enhancement that gets them into striking range through overwatch and screens is often worth as much as raw damage. Exact enhancement effects are Faction-Pack-defined; confirm before relying on numbers.

The stars are the Cult's assassin-characters: the Sanctus (sniper/assassin), Locus (bodyguard-killer duellist), Kelermorph (gunslinger), and Reductus Saboteur (demolitions). Bring the ones whose job matches your targets — Sanctus and Locus for character-killing, Kelermorph for chipping infantry and characters, Reductus for objectives and vehicles. Support them with cheap hybrids to screen and control the board while the operatives do surgical work.

Take Heroes of the Uprising when the meta is full of key support characters worth assassinating, or when you simply love piloting operatives. It's more of a scalpel than a hammer — you're removing linchpins, not tabling the enemy — so it often shines as a themed core or as a DP-splice onto a horde or ambush detachment that supplies the board presence. Note the DP cost is reported inconsistently (1 vs 2 DP); confirm in the app before building.