Named characters & Epic Heroes
An Epic Hero is a unique, named character (Roboute Guilliman, Ghazghkull, Abaddon…). You may field at most one of each, they can't take Enhancements (their wargear is baked in), and they're usually a strong centrepiece and natural Warlord. A few legendary figures exist only in lore or were moved to Warhammer Legends — these have no current matched-play datasheet and are tagged LEGENDS below. Note that some titled units (the Emperor's Champion, the four Assassins, GSC Patriarch/Magus/Primus) are generic, not unique Epic Heroes.
Imperium
Ultramarines
Roboute GuillimanPrimarch & Lord Commander of the Imperium — massive melee beatstick + army-wide buff/CP warlord
Marneus CalgarChapter Master — durable melee leader and CP buffer
Chief Librarian TiguriusForemost psyker — defensive buffs and battle-tactics support
Captain Sicarius2nd Company captain (refreshed 2025) — aggressive melee leader
Chaplain Cassius LEGENDSAncient Master of Sanctity
Blood Angels
Commander DanteLord of the Blood Angels, oldest living Marine — flying melee warlord
MephistonLord of Death, Chief Librarian — premier melee-psyker beatstick
AstorathHigh Chaplain — buffs the Death Company
The SanguinorGolden guardian spirit — lone melee character-hunter
Dark Angels
Lion El'JonsonPrimarch, recently returned — melee beatstick + redeploy warlord
AzraelSupreme Grand Master — tough leader, invuln aura + CP buffs
BelialGrand Master of the Deathwing — Terminator melee leader
SammaelGrand Master of the Ravenwing — fast bike character
Space Wolves
Logan GrimnarGreat Wolf — melee warlord with army buffs (chariot variant)
Ragnar BlackmaneYoungest Wolf Lord — fast melee beatstick
Njal StormcallerRune Priest — psyker support
Bjorn the Fell-HandedOldest living Marine, in a Dreadnought — durable walker, +1 CP
Black Templars
High Marshal HelbrechtSupreme crusade commander — melee warlord granting re-rolls
Chaplain GrimaldusHero of Helsreach — Feel No Pain buffer + melee
The Emperor's ChampionBlack Sword duellist (generic character, not an Epic Hero) — character-killer
Grey Knights
Kaldor DraigoSupreme Grand Master — melee-psyker beatstick
Brother-Captain Stern LEGENDSDaemonhunter hero
Adepta Sororitas
Saint CelestineThe Living Saint — flying melee character that revives
Morvenn VahlAbbess Sanctorum, in Paragon armour — melee warlord + buffs
Junith EruitaCanoness Superior on her pulpit-craft — mobile melee + faith buffs
Astra Militarum
Lord Solar LeontusSupreme Guard commander, mounted — mobility + command buffs
Ursula CreedLord Castellan — infantry-buffing command character
Sly MarboThe 'One-Man Army' — deep-striking lone-operative assassin
Commissar YarrickHero of Armageddon (current plastic) — resilient command/morale support
Adeptus Custodes
Trajann ValorisCaptain-General — elite melee warlord + extra activations
Valerian & AleyaShield-Captain + Sister of Silence — melee + anti-psyker pair
Adeptus Mechanicus
Belisarius CawlArchmagos Dominus, architect of the Primaris — durable support/firepower warlord
Imperial Knights
Canis RexFamed Freeblade with ejected-pilot rules — lone Knight beatstick
Imperial Agents
Inquisitor GreyfaxOrdo Hereticus witch-hunter — anti-psyker support
Inquisitor CoteazOrdo Malleus daemonhunter — overwatch/support character
Eisenhorn LEGENDSRadical Inquisitor (Abnett novels)
The four AssassinsCallidus / Vindicare / Eversor / Culexus — generic lone-operative specialists
Chaos
Chaos Space Marines
Abaddon the DespoilerWarmaster of Chaos — melee beatstick + army-wide CP/Stratagem warlord
Haarken WorldclaimerHerald of the Apocalypse — jump-pack melee character
Fabius BileRenegade fleshcrafter — buffs/enhances his unit
Be'lakorThe Dark Master, first Daemon Prince — flying monster psyker (datasheet under Daemons)
Death Guard
MortarionDaemon Primarch of Nurgle — flying monster psyker, tanky beatstick + debuff aura
TyphusHerald of Nurgle — psyker, Poxwalker buffer + melee
Thousand Sons
Magnus the RedDaemon Primarch of Tzeentch — premier psyker beatstick (mandatory Warlord)
AhrimanArch-Sorcerer — psyker/buffer with redeploy utility
World Eaters
AngronDaemon Primarch of Khorne — flying melee blender + army melee aura
Khârn the BetrayerKhorne's chosen champion — pure melee beatstick
Emperor's Children
FulgrimDaemon Primarch of Slaanesh — flying melee blender + poison shooting
Lucius the EternalImmortal swordsman — duelist / character-hunter
Chaos Daemons
SkarbrandKhorne — Greater Daemon of pure rage; melee beatstick + aura
Kairos FateweaverTzeentch — Lord of Change; psyker/buffer warlord
RotigusNurgle — Great Unclean One; psyker + movement debuff
Shalaxi HelbaneSlaanesh — Keeper of Secrets; mobile character-hunter
Ka'bandha LEGENDSKhorne Bloodthirster (Horus Heresy / Forge World only)
Xenos
Orks
Ghazghkull Thraka & MakariProphet of Gork & Mork + grot banner-bearer — centrepiece Warlord, Waaagh!/melee aura
Mad Dok GrotsnikInsane cybersurgeon — grants Feel No Pain, heals models
Boss SnikrotKommando ambush master — infiltrate/redeploy + cover buffs
Necrons
The Silent King (Szarekh)Last ruler of the Necrontyr — command + firepower centrepiece
Imotekh the StormlordPhaeron of Sautekh — extra CP + lightning-storm mortals
Trazyn the InfiniteEccentric archeovist — redeploy + body-swap survivability
Orikan the DivinerAstromancer Cryptek — support that transforms into a melee threat
Tyranids
The SwarmlordReincarnated Hive Mind war-leader — melee Monster + synapse/command buffs
Old One EyeAncient regenerating Carnifex — durable self-healing melee
DeathleaperLegendary Lictor assassin — infiltrating character-hunter/debuffer
Genestealer Cults
The PatriarchProgenitor Genestealer (generic rank) — psyker melee leader
MagusPsychic figurehead (generic rank) — support psyker
PrimusMilitary mastermind (generic rank) — combat leader, +1 to hit buff
Aeldari
Eldrad UlthranMost renowned Farseer of Ulthwé — psyker, army buffs
AsurmenHand of Asur, first Phoenix Lord (new 2025 model) — resilient melee lord
Jain ZarPhoenix Lord of the Howling Banshees — fast melee character
Yvraine / The Visarch / The YncarneYnnari trio (Devoted of Ynnead) — psyker support / melee champion / teleporting monster
Drukhari
DrazharMaster of Blades, lord of the Incubi — elite melee beatstick
Lelith HesperaxGladiatrix queen — peerless melee duellist
Urien RakarthMaster Haemonculus — buffs Wracks/Covens, resilient
Harlequins
The SolitaireMasterless dancer (Epic Hero in Codex: Aeldari) — fast lone-operative melee assassin
T'au Empire
Commander ShadowsunForemost living commander — stealth suit, drones + target-marking buffs
Commander FarsightRenegade hero, wielder of the Dawn Blade — aggressive melee Crisis commander
Aun'shi / Aun'va LEGENDSEthereal blademaster / Master of the Undying Spirit
Leagues of Votann
Ûthar the DestinedDestined Kâhl (the faction's sole Epic Hero) — tough melee warlord, invuln + CP buffs
GrimnyrAncestral psyker (generic rank) — psyker support