Herne & Jonne
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Herne & Jonne |
This unique pair of Dwarf and Ogrun bring massive firepower to your army. Hire Herne Stoneground, the dwarven weapon inventor and his companion, Arquebus Jonne with his triple barrelled barrage arquebus and watch them lay waste to the enemy - at a very safe distance.
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Basic Info
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Mercenary - This unit will work for Crucible Guard, Cygnar, Khador, or Protectorate.
Abilities
- Herne
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Officer
- Artillerist (★ Action) - RNG CMD. Target friendly Faction model gains +2 RAT when making its next AOE ranged attack this turn. If the attack does not directly hit, you can reroll the direction and/or distance of its deviation. Each roll can be rerolled only once as a reasult of Artillerist.
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- Jonne
Weapons
- Herne
- Pistol - 8" range, POW 10 ranged attack.
- Axe - 0.5" reach, P+S 9 melee attack.
- Jonne
- Barage Arquebus - 12" range, 3" AOE, POW 14 ranged attack.
- Scattershot (★ Attack) - To make a scattershot special attack, this model must be within 1˝ of Herne. Make a basic attack with this weapon. After determining the point of impact for that attack, roll deviation for two additional 3" AOEs centered on that point. Models in the AOE are hit and suffer a POW 7 blast damage roll.
- Great Axe - 1" reach, P+S 13 melee attack.
- Barage Arquebus - 12" range, 3" AOE, POW 14 ranged attack.
Theme Forces
- Mercenaries
- Hammer Strike. Herne gains Tough in this theme.
- Operating Theater (Only if a Cephalyx Dominator is attached)
- Soldiers of Fortune
- The Irregulars
- Other Factions
- Infernal players can use this model in the Hearts of Darkness theme, but only if Crosse2 is leading the army.
- Furthermore, Mercenary models can be hired by other Factions. Normally those Factions' themes will have a limit on how many models they can hire. Refer to #Other Theme Forces, below.
Recent Changes
2021.10 Mega Update
- Scattershot becomes 1" (instead of B2B)
Thoughts on Herne & Jonne
Herne & Jonne in a Nutshell
Herne and Jonne are an anti-infantry unit with a bit of suppport tossed in in the form of Artillerist. In the right matchups, they are great, though such matchups are not common.
Herne can support other models but Jonne is a bit limited in his apication, his power 14 does hurt but you mainly play him to scatter AOEs and hope for the best.
Combos & Synergies
- Durgen Madhammer for lots of blast fun
- Remember that Herne's Artillerist ability doesn't have to be used on Jonne - Herne works well with other sources of AoEs.
- Before the Siege Crawler and Horgenhold Artillery became prominent, General Ossrum often cast Fire For Effect on them.
Drawbacks & Downsides
- Blasts don't kill much other than light infantry
- Because light infantry are so vulnerable to blasts, most people build lists with ways to allow their infantry to shrug them off either through Dig In, Iron Flesh, Recursion or Unhallowed.
Tricks & Tips
- Herne doesn't have to use Artillerist on Jonne.
- Firing at very short ranges can sometimes pay off. A POW 7 blast is unlikely to hurt either of them, but often will softer targets like Satyxis, Eyriss, or other stealthy models that might be lurking.
- Speculative shots can be well worth it as long as you have no light infantry likely to be hit; with the initial scatter and the extra blasts you have a good chance of something interesting happening.
- If there's a big target in the centre of the enemy lines you can aim for it and hope for useful scatters.
- The extra AOEs are part of the original attack (not additional attacks) therefore Jonne is a great target for something that buffs your "first" or "next" attack. ie Fire for Effect from Ossrum.
Other
Trivia
Released way back in Warmachine: Prime (2003)
Other Theme Forces
{Protectorate of Menoth (Edit)
Cygnar (Edit)
Khador (Edit)
| Crucible Guard (Edit)
Other Mercenary models
Rules Clarifications
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Rules Clarification : Officer (Edit)
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Rules Clarification : Tough - None yet. (Edit)
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Rules Clarification : Artillerist and/or Lucky Shot and/or Spotter (Edit)
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Rules Clarification : Scattershot (Edit)
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- Mercenary
- Rhulic
- Character
- Unit
- Model
- Crucible Guard Mercenary
- Cygnar Mercenary
- Khador Mercenary
- Protectorate of Menoth Mercenary
- Officer
- Artillerist
- Tough
- Scattershot
- Hammer Strike
- Operating Theater
- Soldiers of Fortune
- The Irregulars
- Hearts of Darkness
- Exemplar Interdiction
- Guardians of the Temple
- The Creator's Might
- The Faithful Masses
- Gravediggers
- Heavy Metal
- Sons of the Tempest
- Storm Division
- Armored Korps
- Jaws of the Wolf
- Legion of Steel
- Winter Guard Kommand
- Magnum Opus