Lord Rockbottom
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Lord Rockbottom |
Mark IV Status: Prime - This model is available in one Prime Army, Talion Charter. 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.
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The Rhulic pirate Lord Joln Rockbottom is Captain Shae's expedition financier. He ensures the pirates are well paid and equipped for the bloody work ahead. Coin is not his only weapon, for Lord Rockbottom enjoys employing a fire-belching firearm that has ended the lives of many who underestimated him.
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Basic Info
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Mercenary - This model will work for Crucible Guard, Cygnar, Cryx, Khador, or Protectorate.
Abilities
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Tough
- Coin - This model gains +1 CMD for each of its unmarked coin boxes.
- Paymaster [ Privateer ] - At any time during this model's activation, you can mark one or more coin boxes on its card (there are 5 coin boxes). For each coin box you mark, you can use Paymaster once. When you do, choose one of the following incentives. Incentives are RNG CMD and can target only friendly Privateer units. A Privateer unit can only benefit from one Incentive per turn. When all five of its coin boxes have been marked, this model loses Paymaster for the rest of the game.
- Money Shot - Affected models gain +2 to ranged attack and ranged damage rolls for one turn.
- Payday - Affected models gain boosted melee attack rolls and Overtake. Payday lasts for one turn. (Overtake - When a model with Overtake destroys one or more enemy models with a basic melee attack during its Combat Action, after the attack is resolved it can immediately advance up to 1".)
- Walk It Off - If the affected models were suffering from continuous effects, knockdown, and stationary, those effects immediately expire.
Weapons
Fire Breather | ||||||||||||||
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RNG | ROF | AOE | POW | ||||||||||
SP 8 | 1 | - | 12 | |||||||||||
Cutlass | ||||||||||||||
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RNG | POW | P+S | |||||||||||
0.5 | 4 | 10 | ||||||||||||
Theme Forces
- Mercenaries
- The Irregulars
- The Talion Charter. Lord Rockbottom gains Sacrificial Pawn [Sea Dog trooper] in this theme.
- Other Factions
- Hearts of Darkness. This model/unit can only go in this theme if Crosse2 is leading the army. It becomes an Infernal model/unit in this theme.
- As a mercenary model/unit, it can also be hired out to a bunch of other Faction's themes. Refer to #Other Theme Forces.
Thoughts on Lord Rockbottom
Lord Rockbottom in a Nutshell
Rockbottom's function is to enhance the performance of the otherwise lackluster Sea Dog units with his coins. He is indispensable in a privateer army and should always be taken with Shae, or any privateer army that runs infantry-heavy.
Rockbottom is one of the five privateer support solos alongside Hawk, Killingsworth, Dougal and the Bosun. He is arguably the best of the five because his boosts work on the Commodore Cannon.
Combos & Synergies
Any Privateer unit will appreciate his coins. That's what he was made for.
- Money Shot works only on ranged attacks, Privater units with guns include:
- Scharde Pirates (in The Talion Charter) - Money Shot is simply brutal on RAT 5 POW 12 assault sprays. Especially with No Quarter, where they go far.
- The Commodore Cannon & Crew love Money Shot, as does the Sea Dog Deck Gun.
- Payday works on melee focused Privateers:
- Press Gangers use Payday for Overtake and boosted attack rolls to help them maximize their Gang and Shanghai abilities.
- The following units will appreciate both, depending on the situation
- The Devil's Shadow Mutineers Money Shot works for Zira and Morland to a lesser extent. Pay Day can theoretically allow Mar to kill lots of infantry since she has Berserk, but this is an opportunity that doesn't come along often.
- Sea Dog Pirates can benefit from either Payday or Money Shot. Payday is especially effective on them as they gain Overtake as well as a second boosted melee attack. Money Shot on Riflemen and Mr Walls with Dougal's mini feat and No Quarter can make them quite devastating at range.
- First Mate Hawk - Object of Desire stacked with Payday on Press Ganges or Sea Dogs makes them devastating into living models
Drawbacks & Downsides
- He only has five coins. Once they're gone, he doesn't have much to do. He'll look for a flag to score or a zone to contest.
- Despite being a dwarf, he isn't a Rhulic model and isn't allowed in Hammer Strike.
In the fluff he's been excommunicated from Rhul, or something.
Tricks & Tips
- The combos described above outline what he does. It's up to you to figure out how best to spend those coins.
- He can spend coins on units. Not solos.
Other
Trivia
Released in Pirates of the Broken Coast (2007)
Other Theme Forces
Cygnar (Edit)
Khador (Edit)
Protectorate of Menoth (Edit)
Crucible Guard (Edit)
Other Mercenary models
Rules Clarifications
Rules Clarification : Tough - None yet. (Edit)
Rules Clarification : Coin - None yet. (Edit)
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Rules Clarification : Paymaster (Edit)
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Rules Clarification : Money Shot - None yet. (Edit)
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Rules Clarification : Payday (Edit)
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Rules Clarification : Walk It Off - None yet. (Edit)
- Privateer
- Character
- Solo
- Mercenary
- Model
- Does have Mk4 rules
- Crucible Guard Mercenary
- Cygnar Mercenary
- Cryx Mercenary
- Khador Mercenary
- Protectorate of Menoth Mercenary
- Tough
- Coin
- Paymaster
- Money Shot
- Payday
- Walk It Off
- Continuous Fire
- Fire Damage
- The Irregulars
- The Talion Charter
- Hearts of Darkness
- Gravediggers
- Heavy Metal
- Sons of the Tempest
- Storm Division
- Armored Korps
- Jaws of the Wolf
- Legion of Steel
- Winter Guard Kommand
- The Creator's Might
- Exemplar Interdiction
- The Faithful Masses
- Guardians of the Temple
- Magnum Opus