Imperial Agents: Ordo Hereticus Purgation Force Detachment Guide (11th Edition)

The signature effect is about stripping the enemy's protection and punishing massed foes: reviewers describe ranged attacks gaining an Ignores Cover-style benefit, with an added damage rider (such as extra sustained hits) when firing into larger Chaos units. The design intent is clear — heretics get no shelter from your guns, and the bigger the traitor mob, the harder you hit it. Treat the specific keyword names and the model-count threshold as general here and check the exact wording in the pack before you build around it.

Pick this when you expect Chaos, Death Guard, cultist hordes or other traitor infantry across the table. Cover-ignoring shooting is broadly useful — it neutralises a defensive layer many armies rely on — and the anti-horde ramp turns your firepower vicious against exactly the kind of massed unit that would otherwise grind you down. It's the most 'shoot the bad guys off the board' of the Agents detachments, with a satisfying thematic focus.

Lean into ranged units that can take advantage of ignoring cover, and add anti-psyker tools — witch-hunting is thematically and practically part of this detachment's job against Chaos casters. Inquisitors anchor and support; a Vindicare still earns its keep removing enemy characters. As with the other elite detachments you'll want some cheap bodies for objectives, since firepower alone doesn't score. Verify which units and enhancements are current in the 11th-edition pack.

Prioritise targets where ignoring cover swings the maths — dug-in infantry on objectives, screens hiding behind terrain — and save your ramped shooting for the big traitor blocks where the bonus damage compounds. Because your killing is in the guns, protect your shooters with screens and positioning rather than trading them forward. Against non-Chaos armies you lose the anti-horde rider, so plan your target priority around the cover-negation half of the rule and keep expectations measured.