Boss MacHorne

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Boss MacHorne Mercenary Ordic Solo

Fluff

Basic Info

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• Riot Quest - Although this model has rules which allow it to be played in Warmachine and Hordes, it was primarily designed for the Riot Quest game. RQ is set in an alternate and/or future timeline where the Infernals won the war. Some of the RQ models have a deliberately goofy aesthetic.
• Mercenary - She will work for Crucible Guard, Cygnar, and the Protectorate.

Abilities

• 'Jack Marshal
• Dismantle - This model gains an additional die on damage rolls vs construct models.
• Drive: Dismantle - While in this model's command range, a warjack under its control gains Dismantle (as above).
• Repairable - This model can be targeted with Repair special actions as if it were a construct model.

Weapons

• Rocket Punch (x2) - 3" reach, POW 3, P+S 14 melee attacks
  • Chain Strike - This weapon becomes RNG 4 during this model's activation.
  • Combo Smite (★ Attack) - The model hit is slammed d6" directly away from this model. If the model hit has a larger base than the attacking model, it is moved only half the distance rolled. When resolving damage for this attack, the model hit suffers a damage roll with POW equal to the STR of this model plus twice the POW of this weapon. The POW of collateral damage is equal to the STR of this model.

Theme Forces

• Mercenary
  • Llaelese Resistance
  • The Irregulars

• Other Factions
  • Hearts of Darkness. She can only go in this theme if Crosse2 is leading the army. She becomes an Infernal model in this theme.
  • As a Mercenary model she can also be hired in a bunch of other Faction's themes. See #Other Theme Forces.

Thoughts on MacHorne2

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MacHorne2 in a nutshell

Boss Machorne is an attempt to get folks to try jack marshaling. The incentive is to bring her in Irregulars with a marshalled warjack to leverage Dismantle and Flank for massive damage on construct models, which most armies do have.

Combos & Synergies

• In The Irregulars, she can marshal a warjack which, without any other help, will have no problems absolutely wrecking any construct that crosses it's path. The theme force gives marshalled warjacks Flank with warrior models, and her drive gives it an additional D6. Thanks to her 3" melee range she is able to set up said Flank bonus quite easily.
• A Mangler charges for free and, on the charge, will deal P+S 18 on FIVE D6 damage, assuming MacHorne or another warrior is engaging the target.
• If immortals got you down, try a Mariner. The extra die from Dismantle applies to ranged attack damage rolls and AOE damage rolls as well, so the Mariner can mince Immortals both in melee and at range.
  • General Ossrum can cast FFE on her Mariner, making for some very dangerous shooting into all forms of Constructs
• Shae still loves himself some marshalled Freebooters, and Freebooters under Sam will be the hardest hitting you can field (against constructs which is what Shae struggles most with). She also makes for a good Storm Rager target and the combostrike even knocks down tagets for the Freebooter to Trash.
• When if comes to marshaling, Lanyssa, Bamfist, Widget and even Asphyxious4 (possibly with a Diffuser) support the jacks very well, handing out threat extention and free charges, focus, extra attacks, and Flank enablers with Dark Shroud.
• She (and her past self) are the only jack marshals in Llaelese Resistance, where her jack can receive Choir buffs. Just keep in mind that there is no way to make jacks charge for free in LR, so you need to give her a ranged jack or a Mangler if you ever want to make the most of her jack marshalling, which is a costly endeavour.

Drawbacks & Downsides

• The usefulness of Dismantle depends entirely on what the lists of your enemies look like. If you exclusivley face hordes armies without Clocatrices, Wolds, Immortals and the like, she effectively got no drive. Thankfully the chances for that are slim.

Tricks & Tips

• Unless you try to set up a slam and/or knock down, two rocket punches will likely yield more damage against a construct than a single combo smite.

Other

Trivia

• Spoiled on a livestream (2019.08)

Other Theme Forces

Crucible Guard (Edit)

• Magnum Opus

Cygnar (Edit)

• Gravediggers
• Heavy Metal
• Sons of the Tempest
• Storm Division

Retribution of Scyrah (Edit)

• Defenders of Ios
• Forges of War
• Legions of Dawn
• Shadows of the Retribution

Rules Clarifications

Rules Clarification : 'Jack Marshal      (Edit) If a warjack gets a marshal benefit (such as Crush) but then moves out of the marshal's CMD range, it keeps the benefit. (Infernal Ruling) Marshals can control character warjacks. (Closed thread) Although they never get the Power Up bonus, a marshaled warjack can gain focus via other means (such as Accumulator, Empower, Spirit Harvester, etc). They can do this even after the Marshal dies and they become autonomous. 'Jack Marshal & Ranking Officer (Edit) If a Ranking Officer joins a unit with the 'Jack Marshal ability, then they can still only take Mercenary warjacks - they don't gain access to Faction warjacks. (Infernal Ruling) They can control that mercenary warjack as normal, even though they're technically no longer the same faction as the jack. (Infernal Ruling)

Rules Clarification : Dismantle - None yet. (Edit)

Rules Clarification : Drive      (Edit) If the Drive is on an Officer model, and that model dies, then the new unit commander does not inherit the Drive.

Rules Clarification : Repairable - None yet. (Edit)

Rules Clarification : Chain Strike and/or Lunge     (Edit) The extra melee range kicks in the instant you start your activation, and if that makes you engage an enemy then it means you can't aim. The extra range does apply during Frenzies (because that is defined as an activation) The extra range doesn't apply during free strikes or when your opponent takes control of your model. It doesn't increase the range of Power Attacks, because you do not apply weapon special rules to Power Attacks (unless they specifically reference Power Attacks, like Hard Head does). (Locked Thread) If you're affected by another range-altering rule (such as Jakes2's feat) then that won't override Chain Strike. (Infernal Ruling)

Rules Clarification : Smite      (Edit) This rule changed in Mk3 to no longer say it "adds the weapon's POW". It still does add the POW, however, because the whole section on calculating Slam damage was reworded in the main rulebook. Smite is not a Power Attack Slam, it is just an attack which causes a model to be slammed. As such, you can smite friendly models. You can trigger Critical Smite on a free strike. If you Smite on a charge, then the slam damage will be boosted. Chain Attack Smite only - Unlile the other versions of Smite, a Chain Attack one doesn't have the distance halved when a smaller base model smites a larger. The Knights Exemplar Seneschal is just that awesome. See also the clarifications on being slammed