Scrap Thrall

Scrap Thrall Cryx Solo

Prime This model is available in one Prime Army, Dark Host. 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.

Scrap thralls are made by Necrotechs from heaps of bone and metal taken from corpses and destroyed 'jacks. Once animated, these thralls shamble forth as delivery vehicles for necrotite-enhanced bombs.

Basic Info

Scrap Thralls
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	COST {{{cacost}}} UNIT SIZE {{{casize}}} FA {{{cafa}}} Warcaster 0 BASE Small SPD 5 STR 4 MAT 5 RAT N/A M.A. N/A DEF 11 ARM 12 CMD N/A ESSENCE {{{essence}}} FOCUS N/A FURY N/A THRS N/A HP 1 F. Field N/A WJP {{{wjp}}} WBP {{{wbp}}} IHP {{{ihp}}} FA 3 UNIT SIZE N/A COST 2 points for 3 solos 0.7 pts each N/A FA 3 means three "sets" of 3 models each (so 9 models at max FA) Warcaster 1 COST N/A N/A Understanding the Statblock

Abilities

• Undead
• Thrall Bomb - When this model is disabled, center a 4" AOE on it, then RFP this model. Models in the AOE are hit and suffer a POW 8 blast damage roll.

Weapons

Mechano-Claw
		RNG				POW				P+S
		0.5				4				8
Death Burst (★ Attack) - This model makes a melee attack. (HIT) If that attack hits, instead of dealing damage normally, center a 4" AOE on the model hit and RFP this model. The model hit suffers an POW 16 damage roll. (MISS) If the attack misses, center the AOE on this model and RFP this model. (BLAST) Other than the model directly hit, models in the AOE are hit and suffer an unboostable POW 8 blast damage roll. Detonation damage is unboostable.

Theme Forces

• Cryx
  • Black Industries
  • Dark Host

• Other Factions
  • Infernal players can use this model in the Hearts of Darkness theme, but only if Mortenebra is leading the army.
  • Mercenary players can use this model in the Operating Theater theme.
  • Mercenary and Convergence players can use this model in the Strange Bedfellows theme. This model gains Swift Vengeance in this theme

Thoughts on Scrap Thrall

Scrap Thrall in a Nutshell

Scrap Thralls are a very cheap option. They are one of the cheapest models in the game and this shows in their stats & abilities (or lack thereof). But if you need some cheap troops to cast spells on, or just like the idea of exploding troops, or a cheap option to block charge lanes, Scrap Thralls are your men.

Combos & Synergies

Being the extremely cheap units, this actually makess them useful to a number of caster who sacrifice their own troops.

• Necrotechs can make new ones.
• You can use them as Sacrificial Pawns for Terminus.
• They can be used as targeting beacons for AoE spells and attacks against units who otherwise cannot be hit.
• Fuel for Goreshade2's feat.
• Fuel for Mortenebra1's Sacrificial Lamb spell.
• Fuel for Skarre1's Ritual Sacrifice spell.
• The Strange Bedfellows theme lets them get up the board quickly.

Drawbacks & Downsides

• You can't leave them too close to your own lines, because they'll get exploded by enemy ranged attacks And Cryx infantry generally don't have enough ARM to survive random explosions.
• You can't leave them too close to each other, because they'll daisy chain with the explosion of one causing others to explode (unless that was your plan).
• They're great against enemy low-ARM infantry, but typically such enemy infantry has enough SPD to simply avoid Scrappies.
• You can't use Death Burst on a free strike or with Swift Vengeance

Tricks & Tips

• Run Scrap Thralls into the enemy, then shoot them in the back.
  • Set up a daisy chain, so that one exploding will set the next off.
  • Shoot them with Bloat Thralls, for even more AOE fun.
  • Shoot them with AOE spells while they stand next to Spell Warded targets.

Other

Trivia

• Released way back in Warmachine: Prime (2003).
• The models can be bought as either 3 Scrap Thralls in a single pack, or 1 Scrap Thrall plus 1 Necrotech.

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 : Detonation and/or Death Burst     (Edit) The Servitor / Scrap Thrall is on the table for the attack roll, but it is removed before the damage roll. So stuff that affects a model's damage roll (like Positive Charge) won't apply to the damage. (Infernal Ruling) Damage is never boosted, even if the model charged before making the melee attack. Not considered an attack & "Non-attack damage roll" (Edit)   [Show/Hide] There are two ways you can get these "non-attack" damage rolls. Type 1 - A secondary damage roll that is not considered to be an attack. Some attacks create a second damage roll that is explicitly "not considered an attack" (such as Electro Leap). (Note that although the secondary damage roll is not an attack, the original attack certainly is and will trigger stuff normally. These clarifications don't apply to the original attack.) Type 2 - A damage roll that's not from an attack. Some special abilities & special actions tell you to make a damage roll without mentioning whether it is considered an attack or not (such as Vent Steam and Flak Field). When it comes to other abilities that trigger on damage (such as Vengeance) both types function the same way. For brevity we'll refer to both as "Pure Damage". Pure damage is not an attack, so doesn't trigger stuff like Vengeance. Pure damage is not an attack, so doesn't benefit from stuff that affects 'attack damage rolls' (such as Bethayne1's feat). (Infernal Ruling) Pure damage (normally) doesn't actually hit the model(s) it damages, so doesn't trigger stuff like Shock Field. (A few of them do specify they hit, though, like Warhead.) Pure damage is not from an attack, but it is (normally) damage from the original model. This has two implications: It's not an attack from a weapon so: it won't gain damage buffs from the weapon (such as Poison). it won't gain any Damage Types from the weapon. (Infernal Ruling) It is a damage roll from a model so: it can be boosted. (Infernal Rulings) ... unless the rule specifically says it can't, like a Scrap Thrall explosion or Lightning Generator. it will gain benefits that worded "this model gains ... on damage rolls" (such as Prey). (Infernal Ruling) warbeasts with a Crippled Body will roll one less die. (Infernal Ruling) Exception: Some damage is not from an attack and not from a model (for example, Collateral damage). In this case, you should reverse the stuff listed under #2 above.

Rules Clarification : Undead - None yet. (Edit)
Rules Clarification : Thrall Bomb - None yet. (Edit)