Stormblade Captain
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Stormblade Captain |
Prime This model is available in one Prime Army, Storm Knights. 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. |
Armed with the mighty nexus blade, the Stormblade Captain is a fearsome warrior and peerless leader. A master of the storm knight's tactics, the captain drills his men until they can perform unstoppable charges and precisely maneuver through and around their peers.
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Basic Info
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Abilities
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Immunity: Electricity
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'Jack Marshal
- Desperate Pace [ Stormblade or Stormguard ] (★ Action) - RNG CMD. Target friendly Stormblade or Stormguard unit. If the unit is in range, Stormblade or Stormguard models in the unit gain +2" movement during their Normal Movement this turn.
- Drive: Reposition [5"] - While in this model's command range, a warjack under its control gains Reposition [5"]. (Reposition [5"] - At the end of an activation in which it did not run or fail a charge, a model with Reposition [5"] can advance up to 5", then its activation ends.)
- Iron Sentinel - While B2B with a friendly Faction warjack, this model gains +2 DEF and ARM and cannot become knocked down.
- Quick Work - When this model destroys one or more enemy models with a melee attack during its Combat Action, immediately after the attack is resolved it can make one basic ranged attack.
- Tactician [ Storm Knight ] - While in this model's command range, friendly Storm Knight models can ignore other friendly Storm Knight models when determining LOS. Friendly Storm Knight models can advance through other friendly Storm Knight models in this model's command range if they have enough movement to move completely past them.
Weapons
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RNG | ROF | AOE | POW | ||||||||||
8 | 1 | - | 14 | |||||||||||
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RNG | POW | P+S | |||||||||||
1 | 7 | 13 | ||||||||||||
Theme Forces
- Cygnar
- Storm Division. This model gains Unyielding in this theme.
- Other Factions
- Infernal players can use this unit in the Hearts of Darkness theme, but only if Sloan is leading the army.
Thoughts on Stormblade Captain
Stormblade Captain in a nutshell
The Stormblade Captain is simultaneously a Storm Knight support model (most useful to allow Storm Lances to run straight over the Silver Line Stormguard), a Jack Marshal, and a respectable melee solo. With Iron Sentinel and Unyielding he can survive well in melee.
He can run a Warjack as a Jack Marshal but it forms quite an expensive package together, he is most commonly seen with a Firefly (to double up on support duties), the Sentinel (because it doesn’t need the focus) or a Reliant to get the best of both worlds by powering up and using ‘take aim’.
The addition of Desperate Pace has made the Stormblade Captain a much more valuable support model, everyone appreciates a little bit of threat extension but once battle lines are joined he is good to throw into the fight because he can deal damage and stay alive well with unyielding.
Combos & Synergies
- Storm Knight models for Tactician.
- Whatever warjack he marshals - suggestions are the Sentinel (as ever) or if you're going for Storm Knights, the Firefly
- Stormclad or Reliant - possibly the cheapest way of giving it that extra focus
- Standard Storm Knight combos Major Katherine Laddermore and Lieutenant Gwen Keller
Drawbacks & Downsides
- Tactician and Desperate Pace already make him a high-priority target - and a marshaled jack paints a bullseye on his head.
- Losing your model with Tactician can lead to positioning disaster the next turn.
Tricks & Tips
- Remember Storm Knights can move through the Stormblade Captain, as well as each other.
- You don't have to be in B2B with your marshalled jack - this ability triggers on any friendly faction warjack.
- Just like Runewood's, his Drive with the Hurry command can yield a surprisingly mobility for SPD4 jacks. Trample forward 4+3", then reposition another 5; that's 4" more than you would get with running.
- Stick him to the back of a warjack to make him really annoying to deal with thanks to Iron Sentinel. This becomes doubly true with any warcaster that has a Control Area DEF or ARM buff.
Other
Trivia
- Released in the Warmachine: Vengeance expansion (2014)
Other Cygnar models
Rules Clarifications
Rules Clarification : Weapon Master - None yet. (Edit)
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Rules Clarification : Electricity (Edit)
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Rules Clarification : 'Jack Marshal (Edit)
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Rules Clarification : Desperate Pace (Edit)
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Rules Clarification : Drive (Edit)
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Rules Clarification : Reposition (Edit)
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Rules Clarification : Iron Sentinel - None yet. (Edit)
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Rules Clarification : Quick Work (Edit)
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Rules Clarification : Tactician and/or Operations Command (Edit)
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