Five changes stand out for competitive play in Warhammer 40K’s 11th Edition, with detachment choice now also determining a player’s primary mission and potentially reshaping which builds are actually strongest.
Terrain and line-of-sight rules also shift sharply: vehicles can again shoot through terrain by touching it, while tables may need to be reconfigured before every game based on mission cards.
Wound allocation is being reworked into weapon-by-weapon save pools, a system meant to speed resolution but one that can create unusual interactions with leaders and Precision attacks.
Classic stratagems are changing too, with Overwatch moved to the end of the movement phase, Heroic Intervention broadened, and a 1-stratagem-per-unit-per-phase limit likely boosting some advance-and-charge and reroll-heavy units.
The new list builds on the core rules PDF released earlier, which already outlined broader 11th Edition changes to saves, movement, charges, terrain and objective play.