Hell Hound: Difference between revisions

** The Flesh Hounds of Khorne fit many of the motifs, although they look more like lizard-dog hybrids than the traditional hellhound. A Flesh Hound special character known as Karanak has three heads a la Cerberus, and is used by Khorne to hunt down and catch those mortals who earn his ire.

** The Imperial Guard has a unit called the Hellhound, which is simply a tank with a really big flamethrower. Although any soldier seeing one on the battlefield, and it's not on his side, is [[Kill It with Fire|usually doomed]]. The new{{when}} Imperial Guard Codex upgrades the hellhound to a fast tank and introduces two variants called the Devil Dog and the Bane Wolf: the Devil Dog has a melta AOE cannon, a melta weapon with AOE that wrecks tanks and Terminators, while the Bane Wolf has a Chemical Cannon that's really short ranged but is AP3, wounds on a 2, and ignores cover saves. The rightly feared multi-melta Bane Wolf can momve 12 inches and fire both weapons, meaning most heavy infantry are absolutely screwed, and its speed makes it difficult to kill in assault.

* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'':

** One of the oldest examples is [http://yugipedia.com/wiki/Flame_Cerberus the aptly named Flame Cerberus.] There's naturally also several cards themed around Anubis.