Malvin, Revenge Artist

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Malvin, Revenge Artist Mercenary, & Minion, Gobber Character Solo

Mark IV Status: Limbo - This model has not (yet) been updated with Mk IV rules, as of 2022.12. Privateer Press have promised it will get updated ... eventually. You can view the Mk3 models that have been updated on this page. Note that the rest of this page is about the model's Mark III rules.

After his defeat last season, Malvin (that wretch) fled from the smoldering ruin of his previous schemes and the victorious heroes who had bested him. Protected by his custom-built hazard suit and weaponry, Malvin scoured the wintertime wasteland for and opportunity to get back at the do-gooders. Luckily for Malvin, and unluckily for the rest of the world, he stumbled upon the Malignant Fusion of Karchev & Deathjack in the wastes and led them right to those who had done him wrong.

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 boardgame. RQ is set in an alternate and/or future timeline where the Infernals won the war. Some of the RQ models are slightly more goofy than their WMH equivalents.

Mastermind [ Gobber ] - This model can be included in any army that also includes another Gobber model, regardless of theme force restrictions. This model cannot be included in any army that doesn't also include another Gobber model.

Tip: When using Warroom you add Malvin to your army by attaching it to a Gobber model.

Abilities

• Gunfighter
• Immunity: Cold
• Creeper - This model can advance through other models if it has enough movement to move completely past them.
• Freezer - When an enemy model without Immunity: Cold ends its activation within 2" of this model, the enemy model becomes stationary for one round.
• Hazard Suit - This model does not suffer blast damage or collateral damage.

Weapons

Frost Gun
		RNG			ROF			AOE			POW
		8			1			3			12
Damage Type: Cold Damage Type: Magical Freeze - A model hit by this weapon becomes stationary for one round unless it has Immunity: Cold. Range Modulator - At the start of this model's activation, you can choose to make this weapon RNG SP 6 or RNG 12. If you do, this weapon becomes AOE - for one round.

Theme Forces

The Mastermind rule makes listing theme forces for Malvin a bit intricate. The main thing is that, as of 2020.08, every Faction can get access to a Gobber except for Convergence, Retribution, and Grymkin. Mercenary & Minion armies have the most Gobbers, and Cygnar have fairly easy access to Gobbers.

• Mercenaries
  • Flame in the Darkness
  • Llaelese Resistance
  • Soldiers of Fortune
  • The Irregulars
  • The Talion Charter

• Minions
  • The Blindwater Congregation - This theme normally allows "Gobber" models, but despite being a Gobber themselves M&M still require at least one other Gobber to go in this theme.
  • The Thornfall Alliance
  • Vengeance of Dhunia
  • Will Work for Food

• Other Factions
  • As mentioned above, most Factions can hire at least one Mercenary/Minion Gobber. However this will often "use up" your Mercanry/Minion slot. Refer to #Other Theme Forces, below.
    Also, special mention to:
  • Cygnar have an in-Faction unit of Gobbers (Field Mechaniks), so have fairly easy access to Melvin & Mayhem.
  • Flame in the Darkness is a multi-Faction theme that also happens to have Field Mechaniks.
  • Hearts of Darkness (Infernals) with Sloan or Crosse2 can get Gobbers.
  • Vengeance of Dhunia (Minion/Trollblood) has lots of Gobbers.

Thoughts on Malvin2

Malvin2 in a nutshell

Malvin2 is armed with a powerful freeze ray and had some shenanigans to get into a good location with Creeper, he has some awful match ups being unable to do anything versus cold immune enemies. But when you need to set up as assassination there are worse ways than a point blank aoe freeze.

Combos & Synergies

    Vengeance of Dhunia    

• Grim2 - Snipe and Mark Target from the feat are both excellent abilities for him, as it lets him freeze fools from far away.
• Gunnbjorn2 - Malvin gets to hide out in a foxhole and on feat turn the AOE does full damage on blasts. Bring it Down lets you fire the freeze gun a second time a turn.

    Anywhere else    

• Thagrosh Hellborne, Absylonia, Terror of Everblight - Blight Bursting frozen targets is a great play as it prevents shaking stationary.
• Man-O-War Demolition Corps - The freeze ray enables Shatter on these guys.
• Anything with Disruption to stop Warnouns from shaking Stationary.

Drawbacks & Downsides

• No melee weapon, meaning no charges, and no attacks at all if ranged attacks are shut off for him.
• If you take him you cannot take Malvin & Mayhem and vice versa. Then again casters who want them don't really want Malvin2 and vice versa.
• As a ranged solo, he is pretty unremarkable compared to his peers. You take him if you want to freeze some fools, and that's it.

Tricks & Tips

• Remember his gun is magical, so he can remove the odd Gremlin Swarm from the table, or freeze a Protectorate jack under Hymn of Passage.
• He doesn't actually have Attack Types, so if you get a bonus attack the gun is "stuck" in the same shot type as the last time you used it.

Other

Trivia

• Released 2021.10

Rules Clarifications

Rules Clarification : Mastermind      (Edit) If a Mastermind is taken in a theme with a bonus that says "All models in this theme are considered to be [X] Faction" (such as Vengeance of Dhunia) then the Mastermind will change to that Faction, too. (Locked Thread)

Rules Clarification:  : Gunfighter      (Edit) (Click Expand to read)

General You cannot Aim if you start your activation in melee. (Infernal Confirmation) A free strike with a ranged weapon still gets the +2 to hit and boosted damage (I'm pretty sure - I'd like to double check it though). If you have a Gunfighter stuck in melee and the Gunfighter wants to shoot a friendly model, then you can only do so if that friendly is within the Gunfighter's melee range. Also, if that friendly model is engaged by an enemy, that friendly model will always get the +4 DEF bonus (because the point of origin of the attack, the Gunfighter, is not "in melee" with the friendly model). Targeting Outside of melee If the Gunfighter isn't in melee, and didn't charge this turn, then it shoots just the same as a normal model. In melee, but didn't charge If it didn't charge, it can target anyone it's "in melee" with. This can be any model in the Gunfighter's melee range, plus any models that have the Gunfighter in their melee range. If a Gunfighter kills all the enemies it is in melee with, and still has the ability to make more ranged attacks, then those attacks just follow the normal Ranged Attack rules. (Infernal Ruling) Charged into melee If it did charge, its initial attacks can only target models that are in the Gunfighter's melee range. If all models in the Gunfighter's melee range are killed before it makes its initial attacks, it loses any unspent initial attacks. (Infernal Ruling) However if it can purchase additional attacks (via Reload for instance) and/or get free attacks (via Black Spot for instance), then those non-initial attacks can target anyone it's "in melee" with, as per #2 above. Other targeting notes Remember, you can never be "in melee" with a friendly model, so a Gunfighter can pretty much never choose to target a friend while it's in melee. If the gunfighter is unengaged, it can still shoot a friendly model, which would just be a normal ranged attack. Gunfighter doesn't change the RNG of your gun, it just provides you an ability to use it while in melee and imposes some targeting restrictions. If you're affected by a debuff that reduces your RNG to 1", that will further limit who you can target. If you're affected by a debuff that reduces your RNG to 0", you cannot make attacks (refer 'Weapon Statistics', page 19 of rulebook). Attack Roll You use the Gunfighter's RAT for the attack roll. Gunfighters do not ignore the Cover/Concealment bonus. (Infernal Ruling) How the +4 DEF bonus for "being in melee" works with Gunfighters is: they always ignore it vs enemies, because the "point of origin of the attack is in melee with the target". they never ignore it vs friendlies, because you cannot be in melee with a friendly target. Incorporeal Gunfighters Note that enemy models without magic weapons can't hurt you in melee, but they can engage you. If they engage you then you're in melee and your target selection is limited to just models in melee (as explained above). Gunfighter + an AOE weapon If you miss then the AOE will deviate as per the normal AOE rules. Not very far, though, considering the max distance you'll be apart is 2". If you use an AOE weapon to make a free strike, you get the +2 to hit and you get boosted damage against everything under the blast template. Gunfighter + a spray weapon Who you can target with the spray is limited as described above, but you get to put the whole spray template down and potentially hit models well outside the melee. If you use a spray weapon to make a free strike, you get the +2 to hit and you get boosted damage against everything under the spray template. Units of Gunfighters If a unit of Gunfighters successfully charge, but someone else in their unit kills their charge target before they get a turn to attack, then they may redirect their attack. Redirected attack: If they're still engaged, their initial attack (s) must be vs someone in their melee range. If they're still engaged, but no one is in their own melee range, they don't get any initial attacks. If they're unengaged, they are now free to shoot anyone within the gun's normal range. Other interactions Gunfighter vs Point Blank (Edit) If a model has both Gunfighter and Point Blank, then you should declare whether you're using it as a ranged attack or melee attack whenever you shoot the gun. Because that can limit what other initial/additional attacks you can make. (Infernal Ruling) These two abilities are subtly different, but it's an important difference. Gunfighter allows you to make ranged attacks while in melee. Point blank allows you to make melee attacks with your ranged weapon. Since you can't make both ranged and melee attacks in the same turn, a Gunfighter model has a choice of either initial melee attack(s) or initial ranged attack(s). (unless it has Virtuoso or something). Whereas a Point Blank model chooses to make initial melee attacks, and then gets to make attacks with both weapons. Furthermore, the types of bonuses, penalties, and special effects you (or your opponent) can trigger will change dramatically: Any buffs/triggers on ranged attacks (such as Evasive, Shield Guard, Deadeye, etc) will affect Gunfighter attacks, but not Point Blank attacks. Any buffs/triggers on melee attacks (such as Battle Lust, Riposte etc) will affect Point Blank attacks, but not Gunfighter attacks. Gunfighter & Cavalry ( Edit ) A cavalry model that charges then makes a Gunfighter attack will not gain a boosted charge attack roll, because a ranged attack is not a charge attack. (Infernal Ruling) You also won't gain a boosted charge damage roll, as per normal for a Gunfighter. Gunfighter vs RNG modifiers (Edit) Unlike what most people might tell you, Gunfighter doesn't have a "range", it just lets the model make ranged attacks while in melee. The gun's actual RNG is unaffected though, until you put something like Windstorm (-5 RNG) on it. Then what happens is: If the gun is RNG 7, Windstorm will reduce it to 2". Thus it won't affect any Gunfighter attacks. If the gun is RNG 6, Windstorm will reduce it to 1". Thus you can only make Gunfighter attacks vs models within 1" (if you can - charging Gunfighters may be more limited). If the gun is RNG 5, Windstorm will reduce it to 0". Thus you can't make any attacks as per 'Weapon Statistics' (page 19 of the core rulebook). (Infernal Ruling)

Rules Clarification : Cold - None yet. (Edit)
Rules Clarification : Creeper - None yet. (Edit)

Rules Clarification : Freezer      (Edit) You can reapply Freezer turn after turn, because stationary models still have to activate. If the model that has Freezer doesn't move away or get killed, the next turn the stationary model is forced to activate, does nothing, ends its activation still within the Freezer effect, and will be made stationary again. Despite the odd wording, stuff that happens "at the end of activation" (such as Sprint and Reposition) occurs during the activation. So those things happen before Freezer has a chance to trigger. For instance an enemy can advance next to the Freezer model, attack it, then Sprint away and not be affected by Freezer. Freezer won't affect models that end an out-of-activation move in the Freezer range (such as Countercharge and Vengeance). Remember, stationary only prevents what it says it does. Refer the recap on stationary for what models can/can't do. 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 : Hazard Suit - None yet. (Edit)

Rules Clarification:  : Magical Damage      (Edit) (Click Expand to read)

* 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) All spells have "Damage Type: Magical" (refer errata). This is inherited by "immediate" secondary damage (such as Eruption of Spines). (Infernal Ruling) and might be inherited by "lingering" secondary damage (see below). If a spell leaves a template in play that does damage to models that walk around in it, then: if it is not described as a hazard it will do magical damage to models that walk around in it. (Example: Razor Wall) if it is a hazard then it will not do magical damage to models that walk around in it. Instead, it does whatever damage type is specified by the spell description. (Example: Breath of Corruption). (Infernal Ruling) If a weapon/spell includes Magic Damage and another kind of elemental damage it will still damage Incorporeal models. Incorporeal models are not affected by the rule "if an attack does multiple types of damage and a model is immune to at least one it is immune to the entire attack." The phrase "immune to non-magical damage" should be interpreted as "immune to damage that doesn't include Damage Type: Magical" (not interpreted as "has immunity to Corrosion and Electricity and Cold and etc.")

Rules Clarification : Freeze      (Edit) Remember Stationary only prevents what it says it does. Refer the page on Stationary for a refresher.

Rules Clarification : Range Modulator - None yet. (Edit)