Prime
This model is available in one Prime Army, Army of the Western Reaches. 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.
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Praetorians stand as paragons of the warrior caste, their traditions irrevocably rooted in the hoksune code. These soldiers form the backbone of all house armies as well as the Army of the Western Reaches. Praetorian swordsmen require superlative skill to master their distinctive two-weapon fighting style. The keltarii wield their double bladed glaives with unsurpassed speed and precision, able to deflect incoming projectiles as easily as they slice through flesh and steel.
Basic Info
| Praetorian Keltarii |
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| COST |
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| UNIT SIZE |
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| FA |
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| Warcaster 0 |
| BASE |
Small |
| SPD |
7 |
| STR |
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| MAT |
6 |
| RAT |
N/A |
| M.A. |
N/A |
| DEF |
13 |
| ARM |
14 |
| CMD |
8 |
| ESSENCE |
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| FOCUS |
N/A |
| FURY |
N/A |
| THRS |
N/A |
| HP |
1 |
| F. Field |
N/A |
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| WJP |
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| WBP |
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| IHP |
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| FA |
U |
| UNIT SIZE |
6 or 10 |
| COST |
8 or 13 |
| 1.3 pts each |
| N/A |
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| Warcaster 1 |
| COST |
N/A |
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Understanding
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Abilities
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Combined Melee Attack
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Parry
- Blade Shield - This model gains +2 DEF vs ranged attack rolls.
- Rapid Strike - This model can make one additional melee attack each Combat Action.
- Reposition [3"] - At the end of an activation in which it did not run or fail a charge, this model can advance up to 3", then its activation ends.
Weapons
- Double-Bladed Glaive - 2" reach, POW 4, P+S 10 melee attack
Theme Forces
Thoughts on Praetorian Keltarii
Praetorian Keltarii in a nutshell
Praetorian Keltarii are an exceptionally mobile skirmishing unit, able to slide through the enemy and get to squishy support models. And hard to shoot and with enough armour to deflect much blast damage.
They don’t hit hard at all so they need to choose the right targets their high speed and parry allows them to do this quite well.
Combos & Synergies
- Void Seer Mordikaar loves models that will go wherever he wants them to so he can essence blast them. And likes Hollow units to gather souls from.
- Naaresh and a Basilisk Krea together can make these guys practically immune from shooting!
- Hexeris1 as an exceptionally model unit they love Death March - also parasite may see them actually damage a hard target.
- Zaadesh2 his feat covers all of their weaknesses giving them a bit more omph when lines clash. Reach and Defensive Strike is also a winning combo.
Drawbacks & Downsides
- They really don't hit hard. Good enough for infantry but not for anything armoured. And their MAT is relatively low to kill infantry too although you can use two person CMAs against DEF 14+ enemies.
Tricks & Tips
- Charge in then Reposition out of the way to give other units a go. Or charge in and reposition deeper into the enemy to jam them up solidly.
Other
Trivia
- The Praetorian units are named after the ancient Roman "Praetoriani" the elite of the elite Roman legionaries meant to guard the most important military leaders. In lore, praetorian are relatively high-class warrior, since the actual peons of the armies aren't playable, likely they aren't worth the cost of sending them through the desert to the western realms.
- Released in Hordes: Exigence (2014)
Other Skorne models
Rules Clarifications
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Rules Clarification : Combined Melee Attack (Edit)
- Each CMA only counts as a single attack, no matter how many participants are involved. This means, for example, that if Satyxis Raiders damage a warjack and trigger their Feedback ability, the enemy warcaster will only take 1 damage total, not 1 for every Raider.
- Any bonuses (such as back strike) or penalties (such as intervening terrain) are determined according to the model leading the CMA (the attack leader).
- If the participants have buffs/debuffs but the attack leader doesn't ... then the CMA doesn't because only the attack leader matters. Simple as that.
- A single unit can perform multiple CMAs, utilising different groupings of models. eg a unit with 10 models could make one 10-man CMA, or two 5-man CMAs, or five 2-man CMAs, or etc.
- CMA for units that have more than one melee weapon (the short version)
- Once you have more than one melee weapon, charging becomes a bit complicated. There are two important rules:
- A model which charges must use its first attack to make a charge attack. It can't "skip ahead" to contributing its second non-charge attack before it's resolved its first attack.
- For a CMA to gain the charging bonus, then all contributors must be contributing a charge attack.
- These two rules have a few, slightly confusing implications. Click the expand box below for a full breakdown.
| CMA for units with more than one weapon (the long version) (Edit)
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The following example is about Satyxis Raiders, but is equally applicable to other units with two CMA:
- Each Raider gets two attacks. Both, one, or neither can be a CMA as you choose.
- If you are doing two CMA in a row, then you should note that the second CMA doesn’t have to use the same “primary attacker” or the same “participants” as the first CMA.
- For instance, you could have the first CMA with raider A being the "primary attacker" and raider B being the "participant",
- then for the second CMA have raider B the "primary attacker" and raider A the "participant".
- Or leave A alone for a moment and use B plus C. Whatever takes your fancy.
- Primary attackers and participants don't have to use the same weapon. So, continuing with the above example, you could have primary A use lash and participant B use horns, then primary B use lash and participant A use horns. Effectively granting you two lash attacks with CMA bonuses!
- Combined Melee Attack and charging
- Remember the 2 rules above?
- Rule 1 means you cannot contribute your second, non-charge attack before you have resolved/contributed your first attack.
- Rule 1 means you cannot "skip ahead" to resolving your second, non-charge attack before you have resolved/contributed your first attack.
- but wait, there's more!
- However, thanks to the "Units with Combined Melee Attack ignore the rule that one trooper's combat action cannot begin until the previous model's combat action ends" rule, you can "pause" your second attack if you want to do a CMA with it later. For example:
- Model A performs its charge attack.
- Model B performs its charge attack. (Interrupting A)
- Model C performs its charge attack. (Interrupting B)
- CMA using A, B & C's remaining attack.
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Rules Clarification : Parry - None yet. (Edit)
Rules Clarification : Blade Shield - None yet. (Edit)
Rules Clarification : Rapid Strike - None yet. (Edit)
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Rules Clarification : Reposition (Edit)
- Models out of formation cannot move via Reposition. Refer to the "Out of Formation" rules in the core rulebook.
- End of Activation (Edit)
- You cannot resolve two end-of-activation movement effects (refer to "End of Activation Movement" in the core rulebook). For EOA stuff that doesn't involve movement, though, it gets a bit more murky:
- Some EOA abilities explicitly state your activation ends as part of resolving the ability (like Reposition), and some don't (like Refuge).
- Whether it is explicit it or not, by definition an EOA ability is the last thing you can do for that activation. For instance, if you resolve Refuge and then continue your activation to cast more spells, then you have not used Refuge at the end of your activation.
- You cannot do an "at any time" ability during or after triggering an EOA ability; you cannot cast spells, purchase additional attacks, use a mini-feat, etc.
- If you start resolving an EOA movement (such as Reposition) then you cannot trigger abilities that occur "at any time" (such as Go To Ground). Because you can't trigger it while resolving the EOA movement, and after the EOA movement your activation has ended. (Infernal Ruling)
- For units: if any model in the unit starts resolving the unit's EOA movement, then no model in the unit can trigger an any-time ability. (Infernal Ruling)
- See also the training article: LPG - End of Activation.
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