Doom Reaver Swordsmen
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Doom Reaver Swordsmen
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The Doom Reavers are convicts chained to infamous Orgoth weapons, the gibbering Fellblades. These swords whisper constantly to their wielders, turning them from ordinary crooks into insatiable engines of destruction. Doom Reavers terrorize the battlefield and mow through enemy models like weed whackers through grass.
Only the most courageous of Greylords are chosen to accompany the barbarous Doom Reavers into battle. These escorts are invariably experts in the field of Orgoth studies as well as formidable arcanists. Moving amidst the Doom Reavers like a handler of vicious beasts, the Greylord carries a staff of Orgoth origin. His will is exerted through this dark artifact, restraining the Doomreavers from murdering one another when they rip into the enemy. He channels that rage to provide a necromantic imperviousness to the effects of injuries. Gaping wounds close of their own accord as the Orgoth weapons chatter obscenely amongst themselves.
Basic Info[edit]
Doom Reavers[edit]
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Abilities[edit]
- Advance Deployment - Models with advance deployment are placed after normal deployment and may be placed up to 6" further forward.
- Spell Ward - This model cannot be targeted by spells.
- Tough - When this model is disabled, roll a d6. On a 5 or 6, remove 1 damage point from this model; it is no longer disabled and becomes knocked down. While knocked down this model loses Tough.
- Berserk - When this model destroys one or more models with a melee attack during its Combat Action, immediately after the attack is resolved it must make one additional melee attack against another model in its melee range.
Weapons[edit]
- Fellblade - 2" reach, POW 5, P+S 12 melee attack
- Damage Type: Magical - This weapon deals Magical damage.
- Weapon Master - When attacking with this weapon, add an additional die to its damage rolls.
Greylord Escort[edit]
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Abilities[edit]
- Advance Deployment
- Spell Ward
- Greylord - This model is a Greylord model. However, the unit remains a Doom Reaver unit.
- Officer - This model is the unit commander even if the unit has a Leader model.
- Immunity: Cold - This model does not suffer cold damage.
- Combat Caster - When this model's unit receives the Press Forward order, before its Normal Movement, this model can make one Magical Ability special action or special attack. It can then run or charge normally.
- Granted: Silence - While this model is in formation, models in its unit gain Silence. (Silence - This model doesn't have to make additional attacks due to Berserk.)
- Magic Ability [ 7 ] - This model can use its Combat Action to cast spells. Offensive spells are a (★ Attack) and friendly spells are a (★ Action).
- Death Strider (★ Action) - Models in this unit gain Relentless Charge. (Relentless Charge - While advancing as part of a charge, a model with Relentless Charge gains Pathfinder.)
- Fell Curse (★ Action) - While within 5˝ of this Escort, enemy models lose Tough and cannot have damage removed from them. Fell Curse lasts for one round.
- Frostbite (★ Attack) - 8" Spray, POW 12 Cold Damage (as well as Magical Damage).
- Sacrificial Pawn [Doom Reaver] - When this model is directly hit by an enemy ranged attack, you can have one friendly, non-incorporeal Doom Reaver model within 3" of it hit instead. That model is automatically hit and suffers all damage and effects.
Weapons[edit]
- Orgoth Staff - 2" reach, P+S 10 melee attack
- Damage Type: Magical - This weapon deals Magical damage.
Theme Forces[edit]
Wolves of Winter - This unit can potentially gain Apparition in this theme.
Recent Changes[edit]
2019.01 Cornucopia Errata
- Reavers went down to 10 points (from 13)
- Escort got buffs:
Thoughts on Doom Reaver Swordsmen[edit]
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Doom Reaver Swordsmen in a nutshell[edit]
Doom Reavers are your hammer, when it comes to striking at the enemy lines. They cannot directly be buffed by spells, but their raw damage output, plus the fact, that enemy spells will rarely harm them provide an adequate compensation.
Equally adept at damaging high ARM targets, and mulching infantry screen thanks to Berserk, they are rightully feared, even by the strongest gunlines and the best armoured brawlers. AD + Tough assures them reaching the front fast and in-tact, while their UA now mainly helps them to get the job done, even after getting knocked down by a Tough check.
Thoughts on the CA[edit]
The CA on this unit is not that great. Doom Reavers can be stopped from killing themselves by clever positionig, so Silence's use is limited. Rise is nice but nothing crucial, especially since you could the points you spend on Doom Reaver CAs to just simply... bring more units Doom Reavers (as in, it is more efficient to bring four units without CA, than 3 units with), in which case you should have about the same number of battle ready Reavers anyway. The might have some use with the Koldun Lord, which is, however, not that great of a solo anyway.
Combos & Synergies[edit]
Caster
- Sorcha1's feat will set up nice, stationary targets, while Fog of War helps against early shooting.
- All of Vlad's incarnations can push their threats on the double.
- Vlad1 gives Signs & Portents
- Vlad2 is all about his feat, and a MAT10 SPD9 Doomie is not to be taken lightly. Especially not D3+3 of them.
- Vlad3 can give them some extra speed and surprising attack vectors with Dash, so you can dig deep into the enemy lines, before start slicing them up. Wind Wall will also protect them from shooting, if you can place them close enough.
- Irusk1 - It is impressive what Khador's premiere infantry caster can provide the fraction's deadliest troops with. Battle Plans for pathfinder. 4+ tough under his feat with no knockdown, paired with a MAT that rivals the Butcher's. Cover and tactician on Irusk2, as well as Solid Ground for some good old MK2-style Tough roll. And that is before counting the de-buffs for their targets.
- Butcher2's token gathering feat can be utterly devastating. You can accumulate it from the kills of other units, such as the Widowmakers, or you can charge in, kill a few infantry, and get the token-train going. Few thing is as scary, as a charging Doomie with boosted attack roll and 4D6 on the damage roll... Maybe only a charging Doomie with 5D6 under Butcher1's feat.
- Malakov2 can use his battle plans to buff them (as they're not spells), handing out prowl or allowing one to knock down a hard target for the rest to mulch with ease.
Non-caster
- Saxon Orrik - They are advance deploying troops, they like to be in the front, they live to charge, and they lack Pathfinder. Since you cannot improve their mobility with spells, Saxon is a near-mandatory. Not must-have though, because you can choose...
- Fenris - Despite the hefty price tag, he can keep pace with the running units, and handle them his relentless charge aura.
- The usual mercenary suspects (Aiyana, Gorman, Ragman) help them to cause even greater carnage, while Eiryss2 can remove annoying DEF buffs to make their hits connect. Keep in mind that you'll need Valachev to make Aiyana a friendly faction unit.
Drawbacks & Downsides[edit]
- One of the most expensive single wound infantry unit around (costing as much as a full unit of Winter Guard Rifle Corps)
- Average DEF and ARM without the opportunity of boosting them directly with spells. Blast damages will likely trigger a tough check.
- Enemies rightfully fear them, placing them high on the target list.
Tricks & Tips[edit]
- Just because they cannot directly be targeted by spells, doesn't mean they cannot benefit from them. Spells like Signs and Portents or Fog of War will boost Doom Reavers without actually targeting them.
- That goes the other way around too. Watch out for chaff/flanking units, who might run up as a target for the spells, just so your Doom Reavers can be damaged by sprays / AoEs / electro leaps.
- Watch out for RFP effects and attacks, as well as Grievous Wounds and Snipers. If the enemy has any of them, you can be sure it will target the Doom Reavers.
- The CA can Sac Pawn to Reavers that are in other units.
Other[edit]
Trivia[edit]
- The unit (not including CA) was released in Warmachine: Prime (2003)
- The CA was released in Forces of Warmachine: Khador (March 2010)
Other Khador models[edit]
Rules Clarifications[edit]
Rules Clarification : Weapon Master - None yet. (Edit)
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Rules Clarification: : Magical Damage (Edit) |
* The "Damage Type: Magical" is not inherited by "secondary" damage from a weapon. That is, stuff like arcs (Electro Leap) or hazards (Scather). (Infernal Ruling)
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Rules Clarification : Advance Deployment - None yet. (Edit)
Rules Clarification : Tough - None yet. (Edit)
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Rules Clarification : Berserk (Edit)
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Rules Clarification : Sacred Ward and/or Spell Ward (Edit)
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Rules Clarification : Officer (Edit)
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Rules Clarification : Cold - None yet. (Edit)
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Rules Clarification : Tactics vs Granted (Edit)
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Rules Clarification : Tactics vs Granted (Edit)
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Rules Clarification : Silence - None yet. (Edit)
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Rules Clarification : Magic Ability (Edit)
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Rules Clarification : Frostbite - None yet. (Edit)
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Rules Clarification : Combat Caster (Edit)
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Rules Clarification : Death Strider (Edit)
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Rules Clarification : Fell Curse - None yet. (Edit)
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Rules Clarification: : Sacrificial Pawn and/or Sucker! and/or Grim Salvation (Edit) |
Differences
From here down, the terms Sacrificial Pawn, Grim Salvation, and Sucker! are interchangeable
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