Bloat Thrall

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	Bloat Thrall Cryx Thrall Solo

The bloat thrall is crudely assembled from the bodies of half a dozen men with no regard for anatomy, only usefulness. Necrotechs then select as many as a dozen humans and animals to be skinned alive in order to provide the epidermis necessary to cover these monstrosities. The flesh, left uncured, is stretched over the thrall's mechanikal skeletal armature. Finally, the disgusting necromantic construct is fitted with a thick iron valve mounted directly into its bowels. Before each battle, massive storage tanks are latched to the valve and their bodies are pumped full of caustic sludge. The bloat thrall is an abomination in both form and function, and the armies of the living are wise to fear it.

Basic Info

Bloat Thrall
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Abilities

• Undead - This model is an undead model and not a living model.
• Steady - This model cannot be knocked down.
• Death Blast - When this model is disabled, center a 5" AOE on it, then remove this model from play. Models in the AOE suffer the Corrosion continuous effect.

Weapons

• Bludgeon - 0.5" reach, P+S 10 melee attack
• Despoiler - 12" range, 4" AOE, POW 14 ranged attack
  • Arcing Fire - When attacking with this weapon, this model can ignore intervening models except those within 1" of the target.
  • Damage Type: Corrosion - This weapon does corrosion damage.
  • Continuous Corrosion - A model hit by this attack suffers continuous corrosion, which has a chance of doing a single point of damage each turn.

Theme Forces

• Cryx
  • Infernal Machines
• Mercenaries
  • Operating Theater

Thoughts on Bloat Thrall

Bloat Thrall in a Nutshell

Ranged combat solo that plays more akin to an artillery piece. Also basically a big fat Bile Thrall.

Combos & Synergies

• They kind of need Mobius.
• Anything that can help them shoot better and hit harder.

Drawbacks & Downsides

• They're stuck in Infernal Machines which is considered the worst theme force.
• Not a great model for its points cost.
  • The lack of speed really hurts in a game as aggressive as Warmachine.
  • It's not great at shooting. It's trying to be a shooty model in a non-shooty faction.
• Fragile. Don't be fooled by their 8 HP and ARM 14. They will die to any two direct hits and with DEF 10, even the most inaccurate model will hit them on average dice.

Tricks & Tips

• Activate and shoot it first, before charging your army in. Otherwise you're likely to drift AOEs on top of your own troops.

Other

Trivia

• Originally released in Warmachine: Escalation (2004)
• Sculptor: Jason Hendricks

Other Cryx models

Cryx Index       (Edit)
Battlegroup & Similar
Warcasters	Agathia - Aiakos2 - Asphyxious1 - Asphyxious2 - Asphyxious3 - Coven - Deneghra1 - Deneghra2 - Deneghra3 - Goreshade1 - Goreshade2 - Goreshade3 - Mortenebra1 - Mortenebra2 - Rahera - Scaverous - Skarre1 - Skarre2 - Skarre3 - Sturgis2 - Terminus - Venethrax
Warcaster attachments	The Withershadow Combine - Satyxis Blood Priestess - Skarlock Thrall - Madelyn Corbeau (Mercenary)
Other Warjack Controllers	Iron Lich Overseer (Marshal) - Aiakos1 (BGC) - Deneghra0 (BGC)
Light	Cankerworm - Deathripper - Defiler - Helldiver - Nightwretch - Ripjaw - Scavenger - Shrike - Stalker
Heavy	Barathrum - Corruptor - Deathjack - Desecrator - Erebus - Harrower - Kharybdis - Inflictor - Leviathan - Malice - Nightmare - Reaper - Seether - Slayer
Colossal	Kraken - Sepulcher
Units, Solos, Battle Engines, & Structures
Units - Living	BO Boarding Party - BO Ironmongers - BO Smog Belchers - Bloodgorgers - Marauders - Cephalyx Drudges - Cephalyx Overlords - Satyxis Gunslingers - Satyxis Blood Witches - Satyxis Raiders - Scharde Dirge Seers - Scharde Pirates
Units - Undead	Bane Knights - Bane Riders - Bane Warriors - Bile Thralls - Carrion Thralls - Mechanithralls - Necrosurgeon - Revenant Cannon - Revenant Crew - Soulhunters - The Withershadow Combine
Solos - Living/Construct	Aiakos1 - Axiara - Darragh Wrathe - Deneghra0 - Gerlak - Misery Cage - Satyxis Blood Priestess - Satyxis Raider Captain - Severa Blacktide - Warwitch Siren
Solos - Undead	Agrimony - Bane Lord Tartarus - Bloat Thrall - BTO Mobius - Captain Rengrave - Hellslinger - Iron Lich Overseer - Machine Wraith - Necrotech - Pistol Wraith - Scrap Thrall - Skarlock Thrall - Soul Trapper
Battle Engines & Structures	Wraith Engine
Theme Forces
Black Industries - Dark Host - The Ghost Fleet - Infernal Machines - Scourge of the Broken Coast - Slaughter Fleet Raiders
Mercenaries
Refer to Who Works for Whom and/or Category: Cryx Mercenary
This index was last updated: 2019.02

Rules Clarifications

Rules Clarification : Arcing Fire      (Edit) Arcing Fire lets you ignore models but not terrain. You don't ignore clouds, forests or buildings.

Rules Clarification : Corrosion      (Edit) A weapon can inflict continuous corrosion without itself being a corrosion damage weapon (for example, the Acidic Touch animus). In this case, the attack can hurt models with Immunity: Corrosion it just won't apply the continuous effect.

Rules Clarification : Undead - None yet. (Edit)

Rules Clarification : Steady      (Edit) Steady models are still susceptible to other effects of knock-down attacks (if there are any). For example, a steady model hit with a Head butt won't be knocked down but will take damage. A knocked down model that gains Steady will remain knocked down, because the "cannot be knocked down" is not retroactively applied.

Rules Clarification : Death Blast - None yet. (Edit)