Devout

Devout Protectorate Light Warjack

Prime This model is available in two Prime Armies, Final Interdiction and Temple Guardians. It can also be used in the Unlimited game mode. You can view the other Mk3 models that made it into a Legacy Army at this page. Note that the rest of this page is about the model's Mark III rules.

Faith alone is insufficient to protect the faithful. Thus, the Devout was built to guard the Protectorate’s leaders from heretics and engraved with holy inscriptions to protect its controller from accursed magic. The Dervish, on the other hand, is a divinely inspired weapon that uses its chassis’ unparalleled reflexes wholly for offense. The Purifier, crafted as a literal interpretation of wrathful scripture, has a singular drive to eradicate unbelief through the cleansing fires of the Creator.

Basic Info

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Warjack - All warjacks share the same set of special rules. Most notably being big and stompy. Click here for a newbie-friendly recap, or click here for the full rules.

Abilities

• Construct
• Defensive Strike - Once per turn, when an enemy advances into and ends its movement in this model's melee range, this model can immediately make one basic melee attack against it.
• Shield Guard - Once per round, when a friendly model is directly hit by a non-spray ranged attack during your opponent's turn while within 3" of this model, you can choose to have this model directly hit instead. This model is automatically hit and suffers all damage and effects. This model cannot use Shield Guard while it is incorporeal, knocked down, or stationary. The Shield Guard special rule can only trigger once per attack roll.
• Spell Barrier - While this model is B2B with its battlegroup controller, its battlegroup controller cannot be targeted by enemy spells.

Weapons

Shield
		RNG				POW				P+S				LOCATION
		0.5				2				11				Left
Shield
Pole Axe
		RNG				POW				P+S				LOCATION
		2				4				13				Right

Theme Forces

• Protectorate
  • Exemplar Interdiction. This model gains Blessed melee weapons in this theme.
  • Guardians of the Temple
  • The Creator's Might
  • The Faithful Masses
  • Warriors of the Old Faith

• Other Factions
  • Infernal players can take this warjack in the Hearts of Darkness theme, but only if Feora is leading the army. It gains Accumulator [Soulless] in this theme.
  • Khador players can take this warjack in the Warriors of the Old Faith theme.

Thoughts on Devout

Devout in a nutshell

The Devout is a protector - between Shield Guard, Spell Ward, and Defensive Strike it stands between your caster and the enemy and helps prevent them making it through.

Despite it's role it is on the chassis with the lowest base armour in the protectorate, so it can't stand up to punishment as well as the Revenger or Vigilant but it but does have a bargain basement cost and some great utility.

Combos & Synergies

• Harbinger of Menoth - that parade float is a big target (see also both versions of Reznik).
• In Guardians of the Temple it's this or the Templar if you want a shield guard.
• Durst not only gains spell protection while B2B but also gains +2 defence and knockdown immunity, with his feat and deceleration assassination is not really possible.
• Severius0 and Tristan1 are both squishy battlegroup controllers, so they love a Shield Guard and Spell Barrier to keep them save.

Drawbacks & Downsides

• Spell assassination enemies can pull the Devout, eliminating the spell barrier.
• It's an expensive shield guard. The enemy can attrition against you by simply ignoring it if they weren't planning to assassinate.
• If you just want a shield guard for a couple of shots, High Paladin Dartan Vilmon is significantly cheaper and Visgoth Juviah Rhoven & Honor Guard costs the same but is a pair of shield guards with some utility.
• Being in base to base with your caster means that it's vulnerable to boosted blast damage.

Tricks & Tips

Be on the look out for ways to use Defensive Strike like putting a Devout behind small base units to get a free melee attack on models that engage.

Other

Trivia

Released in Warmachine: Escalation (2004)

Rules Clarifications

Rules Clarification : Shield and/or Buckler     (Edit) The only time you lose the Shield bonus is when the weapon is crippled, or if the attack originates in your back arc. (Infernal Ruling) In other words, you still get the Shield bonus while knocked down or stationary. You don't get the Shield bonus vs stuff originating in your back arc. This includes stuff that "leaps" off models in your back arc, such as Electro Leap. (Locked thread)

Rules Clarification : Warjack      (Edit) The Cortex/Induction core rule means a warjack cannot have more than 3 focus at any time (maybe 4 if they're really special). Many abilities give out focus and don't state an upper limit (such as Convection and Empower). Despite not stating an upper limit, they are always "hard-limited" by the core rule. A warjack can have more than 3 focus during a turn, though. For instance, a knocked down warjack can Power Up and be Allocated 2 focus, then spend 1 to shake knockdown, then another model could Empower it back up to 3. Warjacks cannot spend focus outside of their activation. For instance, they can't boost free strikes or trigger Powerful Attack on Broadsides. (Infernal Ruling) Inert warjacks Abilities that say they cannot be used if the model is stationary (such as Shield Guard) cannot be used while a warjack is inert, either. Refer "Warcaster Destruction", page 59 of the core rulebook.

Rules Clarification : Construct - None yet. (Edit)

Rules Clarification : Defensive Strike      (Edit) If an enemy doesn't stop in your melee range, but continue all the way through it and out the other side, you won't get to make a Defensive Strike. You will get to make a free strike as per normal, though.

Rules Clarification : Shield Guard and/or Shadow Guardian     (Edit) You can't use this ability vs spells. You shift all effects onto the new model, including stuff that triggers on "when this attack hits". When you use this ability vs an AOE attack, the template moves too. Because, with reference to Apdx A, the hit 'moves' at Step 6 and the template placement is determined at Step 7. This ability doesn't work vs Point Blank attacks. Because Point Blank attacks are melee attacks that are made using a ranged weapon. On the other hand, it will work vs Gunfighter attacks. Shield Guard only Since Shield Guard specifies "opponent's turn", it can't be used against stuff that shoots in your own turn (such as Watcher or Counterblast). The Shield Guard does not necessarily need to be in the attacker's LOS or range. The Shield Guarder is always hit even if they have an ability that makes them automatically get missed, such as Stealth. (Automatically missing is determined earlier in the timing sequence than the Shield Guard moving the hit.) (Infernal Ruling)

Rules Clarification : Spell Barrier      (Edit) The warcaster can still be affected by spells, such as AOEs, just not targeted.