To make matters worse, the range to get off The Eternal Dance At the start of each of the controlling players Shooting phases choose one dance to perform.

This isn't a bad replacement, but with the Masque not being able to join a unit and weak defenses turns the power into a serious blow for the unit. Instead of having a stout 3+ invulnerable save we get Unnatural Reflexes The Masque of Slaanesh re-rolls all failed invulnerable Saves. The Masque playability would be greatly increased if she had some Telapathy to augment her other abilities. It isn't any surprise to see all the Daemon gifts gone, but the real loss is not replacing them with any Psychic powers. The Masque still has two wounds and toughness three, making her an easy Instant Death target. These changes are designed to make the Masque more killy, but in no way grant the Masque any more survivability.

Like most characters in the codex the Masque got stat increases. This point change doesn't really do much to change the effectiveness of the unit though, because taking up the all important HQ slots is more an issue than anything else. The Masque got a sizable point reduction.

The masque of slaanesh