Satyxis Raider Captain

Satyxis Raider Captain Cryx Solo

Prime This model is available in one Prime Army, Black Fleet. 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.

Raider Captains are some of the fiercest pirates to sail the black waves of the Meredius. Each commands a crew of Satyxis and other inhuman monsters kept in line by barbaric punishments and promise of pillage and bloodshed.Once the inertia of violence has taken a raider captain, she becomes caught up in the slaughter, leaping from victim to victim as the deck runs slick with blood and the air grows heavy with the screams of the dying.

Basic Info

Satyxis Raider Captain
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Abilities

• Tough
• Relentless Charge - While advancing as part of a charge, this model gains Pathfinder.
• Sprint - At the end of an activation in which it destroyed or removed from play one or more enemy models with melee attacks, this model can immediately make a full advance, then its activation ends.
• No Sleeping on the Job [ Satyxis ] - This model and Satyxis models in its command range cannot become knocked down.

Weapons

• Lacerator - 2" reach, P+S 9 melee attack
  • Damage Type: Magical
  • Chain Weapon
  • Weapon Master
  • Feedback - If this weapon damages a warjack that is part of a battlegroup, the warjack's controller suffers 1 damage point.
  • Knockdown - When a model is hit by an attack with this weapon, it becomes knocked down.
• Horns - 0.5" reach, P+S 8 melee attack
  • Knockdown - When a model is hit by an attack with this weapon, it becomes knocked down.
• Hand Cannon - 12" range, POW 12 ranged attack

Theme Forces

• Cryx
  • Scourge of the Broken Coast

• Other Factions
  • Infernal players can use this model in the Hearts of Darkness theme, but only if Mortenebra is leading the army.

Thoughts on Satyxis Raider Captain

Satyxis Raider Captain in a Nutshell

The Satyxis Raider Captain is a combat solo useful for causing havoc on single targets. She has decent defense, but is likely to attract enemy attacks more than capable of killing her. Her survival depends on using reposition and LOS to keep her safe until it is time to engage the enemy line.

She has two attacks with elite level MAT that knockdown on hit. This is combined with Relentless Charge and a good speed score. This can help other units who might otherwise struggle to hit their target.

Her gun relies on her average RAT (can be improved with aiming), which is essentially something for her to do before she fully engages the enemy.

Combos & Synergies

• Since she has knockdown on both melee weapons (not just critical knockdown), a Satyxis Raider Captain can be a good addition to armies who might struggle to consistently land hits. For instance, Iron Lich Asphyxious hits very hard but not necessarily accurately, and he can put Parasite on an enemy model, Scything Touch on a Captain and have her knock down the target so it's DEF 5 and takes -5 to ARM.

• The No Sleeping on the Job is a great boon for Satyxis Raiders, Skarre1, and/or Skarre2, as those models rely on high DEF to stay alive and being knocked down makes high DEF moot.
  • Other Satyxis models also benefit, of course, but the Raiders and Skarre stand out particularly as getting "the most bang for their buck".

Drawbacks & Downsides

• Rather easy to kill.
• She fills a similar niche to the Warwitch Siren - the same points cost, and a comparable level of offensive and defensive power (although for completely different reasons). However the Siren brings options for offense (Venom), support (Empower), and board control (Influence) ... whereas the Captain is (pretty much) limited to just killing stuff.

Tricks & Tips

• An optimal activation will see the Captain trying to charge two targets - one to kill and trigger sprint, and one just to hit and knockdown so the rest of your army can whale on it.

Other

Trivia

• Released in Forces of Warmachine: Cryx (June 2010)

Other Cryx models

Cryx Index       (Edit)
Battlegroup & Similar
Warcasters	Agathia - Aiakos2 - Asphyxious1 - Asphyxious2 - Asphyxious3 - Coven - Deathjack2 - Deneghra1 - Deneghra2 - Deneghra3 - Goreshade1 - Goreshade2 - Goreshade3 - Mortenebra1 - Mortenebra2 - Rahera - Scaverous - Skarre1 - Skarre2 - Skarre3 - Sturgis2 - Terminus - Venethrax
Warcaster attachments	The Withershadow Combine - Satyxis Blood Priestess - Skarlock Thrall - Doctor Stygius (Partisan) - Madelyn Corbeau (Mercenary)
Other Warjack Controllers	Jack Marshals: Iron Lich Overseer       "Junior Warcasters": Aiakos1 - Asphyxious4 - Deneghra0
Light	Cankerworm - Deathripper - Defiler - Helldiver - Nightwretch - Ripjaw - Scavenger - Shrike - Stalker
Heavy	Barathrum - Corruptor - Deathjack1 - Desecrator - Erebus - Harrower - Kharybdis - Inflictor - Leviathan - Malice - Nightmare - Reaper - Seether - Slayer
Colossal	Kraken - Sepulcher
Units, Solos, Battle Engines, & Structures
Units	Asphyxious4 - Bane Knights - Bane Riders - Bane Warriors - Bile Thralls - BO Boarding Party - BO Ironmongers - BO Smog Belchers - Blackbane's Ghost Raiders - Bloodgorgers - Marauders - Carrion Thralls - Cephalyx Drudges - Cephalyx Overlords - Mechanithralls - Necrosurgeon - Revenant Cannon - Revenant Crew - Satyxis Gunslingers - Satyxis Blood Witches - Satyxis Raiders - Scharde Dirge Seers - Scharde Pirates - Soulhunters - The Devil's Shadow Mutineers - The Withershadow Combine
Solos	Aiakos1 - Agrimony - Axiara - Bane Lord Tartarus - Bloat Thrall - BTO Mobius - Captain Rengrave - Darragh Wrathe - Doctor Stygius - Deneghra0 - Gerlak - Hellslinger - Iron Lich Overseer - Machine Wraith - Master Gurglepox - Misery Cage - Necrotech - Ol' Grim - Pistol Wraith - Satyxis Blood Priestess - Satyxis Raider Captain - Scrap Thrall - Skarlock Thrall - Severa Blacktide - Soul Trapper - Warwitch Siren
Battle Engines & Structures	Wraith Engine
Theme Forces
Black Industries - Dark Host - The Ghost Fleet - Scourge of the Broken Coast
Mercenaries
Refer to Who Works for Whom and/or Category: Cryx Mercenary
This index was last updated: 2021.11

Rules Clarifications

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 : Chain Weapon - None yet. (Edit)
Rules Clarification : Weapon Master - None yet. (Edit)

Rules Clarification : Feedback      (Edit) Feedback only triggers on damage, not on hits. (Infernal Ruling) Feedback doesn't affect 'Jack Marshals, because they don't have a battlegroup. If Feedback is on a CMA, it will only be triggered once (not once per participant). Because it's only one attack. Warcasters can spend focus to negate Feedback damage. Backlash + Feedback (Edit) If you stack Backlash and Feedback on the same enemy warjack, then the warcaster will take two damage every time the warjack is damaged. Furthermore, the warcaster has to spend two focus to negate this damage. Because it's two different effects which are both resolved at Step 10a of the Attack Sequence (Apdx A of core rulebook) but have to be resolved one at a time (refer 'Triggers' in the core rulebook).

Rules Clarification : Knockdown      (Edit) Knockdown (Edit) - Remember, knockdown only prevents what it says it does. Refer to the Knockdown page for a recap of what a model can/can't do.

Rules Clarification : Relentless Charge      (Edit) Pathfinder (Edit) - Pathfinder does not apply to involuntary movement (pushes & slams). (Infernal Ruling)

Rules Clarification : Sprint  and/or Run & Gun     (Edit) You cannot use this ability after an out-of-activation attack (such as Countercharge), only during real activations. (Locked thread) Run & Gun won't trigger if you RFP the model, but Sprint will. 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.

Rules Clarification : No Sleeping on the Job      (Edit) If a model is already knocked down, and is then affected by NSotJ, it doesn't get to stand up. The "cannot be knocked down" isn't retroactively applied.

Rules Clarification : Tough - None yet. (Edit)