Designation Force Astra Militarum detachment · 11th edition
What Designation Force does for Astra Militarum, in our own words: its rules and enhancements, any stratagems that change an attack, the units they name and how often winning lists take it.
In 0 of 2 winning Astra Militarum lists, August – September 2026: too few lists to judge. Astra Militarum on the Meta page ›
What its rules do
- Designated Targets: Signal Flares: an enemy within 12" is easier to detect.
In our own words, as the calculator applies them; see the codex for the rules.
Enhancements
The 2 enhancements Designation Force offers, with their points and who can take each, in our words.
- Long-Range Scout 10 pts · for SCOUT SENTINEL unit: Infiltrators.
- Recon Star 10 pts · for ASTRA MILITARUM INFANTRY PLATOON unit: An ingress move in the first Movement phase.
Stratagems that change an attack
The stratagem of Designation Force that changes the dice, in our words, as the calculator plays it.
- Cover 1 CP · when attacked · for INFANTRY
Units taken with Designation Force
How many of the 1 top-4 lists with Designation Force (the last three months) took each unit.
- A Attilan Rough Riders 1 of 1
- A Bullgryn Squad 1 of 1
- A Commissar 1 of 1
- B Death Korps of Krieg 1 of 1
- A Death Riders 1 of 1
- B Deathstrike 1 of 1
- S Gaunt’s Ghosts 1 of 1
- A Krieg Combat Engineers 1 of 1
Recent winning lists with Designation Force
Lists from grimstat-corpus (CC BY 4.0), published by their players and tournament organisers on MiniHeadQuarters.
Questions
Which units are best in Designation Force?
By our maths none of Designation Force's rules add to a unit's damage against Marine-type infantry.
How often is Designation Force played?
Designation Force is in 0 of 2 winning Astra Militarum lists, August – September 2026: too few lists to judge.
What enhancements does Designation Force have?
Designation Force offers 2: Long-Range Scout (10 pts) and Recon Star (10 pts).