August Balance Update Recalibrates 40k Factions, Detachments, and Maps

The Warhammer 40,000 August Update delivers targeted points changes for Chaos Daemons, Emperor’s Children, Adeptus Custodes, Astra Militarum, Death Guard, and Aeldari, while Orks wait for their codex; detachments with prior restrictions are being loosened to expand list-building options; Death Guard can now combine Mortarion’s Hammer with Contagion Engines; map layouts are adjusted to reduce first-turn advantages, with more six-objective Disruption setups; September’s update will be the last monthly balance pass before switching back to a quarterly cycle, with August data informing September’s changes, and updated Munitorum Field Manual and related documents available on Warhammer Community Downloads.