Swamp Gobber River Raider

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Swamp Gobber River Raider Mercenary, & Minion, Gobber Privateer Sea Dog Solo

Although many gobbers have gained acceptance at the fringes of society, swamp gobbers have always held a particularly unsavory reputation, and those who serve as river raiders among the pirate crews that prey on western Immoren are no exception. With rusted hooks, axes, and swords, they hack into their enemies with a savagery common only to the wilds.

Basic Info

Swamp Gobber River Raider
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• Mercenary - Works for Cryx.
• Minion - Works for Circle, or Skorne.

Abilities

• Dual Attack - This model can make melee and ranged attacks in the same activation. When this model makes its initial melee attacks or a power attack, it can also make its initial ranged attacks. This model can make ranged attacks even while in melee.
• Prowl - While this model has concealment, it gains stealth.

Weapons

• Harpoon Pistol - 6" range, POW 10 ranged weapon.
  • Reel In - When this attack hits an enemy model, immediately after the attack is resolved place this model B2B with the enemy model.
• Poisoned Hand Weapon - 0.5" reach, P+S 6 melee weapon.
  • Weaken - A living model hit by this weapon/attack suffers -2 STR and DEF for one round.

Theme Forces

• Mercenaries
  • The Talion Charter. Swamp Gobber River Raider gains Sacrificial Pawn [Sea Dog trooper] in this theme.

• Minions
  • The Blindwater Congregation
  • Will Work for Food

• Other Factions
  • Hearts of Darkness (Infernals) This model/unit can only go in this theme if Crosse2 is leading the army. It becomes an Infernal model/unit in this theme.
  • Disciples of Agony (Skorne)
  • Secret Masters (Circle) - this model may be taken as a requisition option in this theme despite not being a Circle solo
  • As a mercenary model/unit, it can also be hired out to a bunch of other Faction's themes by using their single merc/minion slot. Refer to #Other Theme Forces.

Recent Changes

2019.05 Talion Charter Dynamic Update

• You used to purchase them in groups of 3 solos for 4 points (1.33 points each) and were FA 3. Now they're a 1-to-1 ratio and FA 9.

Thoughts on Swamp Gobber River Raider

Swamp Gobber River Raider in a nutshell

Swamp Gobber River Raiders are fantastic throwaway bodies. They are cheaper per model than just about any unit except Mechanithralls and can fill the pesky final point in your army. On the table, they block charge lanes or get in weird places.

They are tremendous scenario pieces allowing you to contest things far away without giving anything of value up, and occasionally they'll hit a Weaken on a Titan or Dire Troll or something. Plus they score flags.

Combos & Synergies

• First Mate Hawk - Privateer Sea Dogs. POW 6 with 3 damage dice against warriors! Arrr!
• Anyone that can make them more likely to hit
• They have an impressive synergy with Helga the Conqueror's feat. Swamp Gobbers move forward, reel in and are placed into the back arc of the enemy. They now have a rather good chance of hitting the enemy and slamming the models forward and thus closer to your own models. Assumes you hit both attacks of course. They are also pretty good for triggering Gang Fighter.
• Fiona the Black likes cheap models to channel through that can get to weird places.
• They are the second cheapest choice for Barnabas, Lord of Blood to trigger with his feat, with only the shamblers from the Gatorman Bokor & Bog Trog Swamp Shamblers being cheaper.
• Anything you would put an arm buff on - Run these guys by your high arm models and put pillows on the fists of any enemy heavy warbeast who eyeballs them the wrong way. The enemy now needs to waste attacks trying to hit annoying little gobbers or accept that their heavies are now even easier to hit and punch like lights.

Drawbacks & Downsides

• They're a special order model.
• You get what you pay for. DEF 14 models that cost less than most conscript infantry and have both a ranged and melee attack.
• One of the few mercenary models that doesn't work for The Irregulars.

Tricks & Tips

• Hold them back and run to contest.

Other

Trivia

• Released 2015.10

Other Theme Forces

Cryx (Edit)

• Black Industries
• Dark Host
• The Ghost Fleet
• Scourge of the Broken Coast

Circle Orboros (Edit)

• Secret Masters. This theme doesn't have a limit on how many Minion solos you can take. Also, you can spend Requistion Points on Minion solos.
• The Bones of Orboros
• The Devourer's Host
• The Wild Hunt

Skorne (Edit)

• Disciples of Agony. There is no limit to the number of Minion solos you can take in this theme.
• The Exalted
• Masters of War
• Winds of Death

Rules Clarifications

Rules Clarification : Poisoned Hand Weapon The Poisoned Hand Weapon will benefit from Hawk's buff to Sea Dog Hand Weapons. (Infernal Ruling)

Rules Clarification : Reel In     (Edit) Reel In is compulsory. Nothing happens if the original attack destroys the target.

Rules Clarification : Weaken - None yet. (Edit)

Rules Clarification : Dual Attack     (Edit) If you have multiple ranged attacks and/or melee attacks, you can intermingle them in any order. (Infernal Ruling) You can charge, make a ranged attack, then make your charge melee attack. Even though you made a ranged attack, that doesn't change the fact that your first melee attack is the charge attack. (Infernal Ruling) You must complete all initial attacks before buying attacks. You can't go: Make an initial melee attack, then buy a melee attack, then make an initial ranged attack. (Locked Thread) You can't use Dual Attack with a (★) attack. Dual Attack only lets you make either: Initial melee attacks and initial ranged attacks. Power attack and initial ranged attacks. Any other combination of (★ Attack) and initials is disallowed. See this thread for full explanation and links to relevant Infernal Rulings. There is no penalty for shooting an enemy you are in melee with. Your ranged attack(s) can target a model you are not in melee with. (Infernal Ruling) Dual Attack & Drag ( Edit ) This is pretty-much limited to just the Prime Axiom under Syntherion If you charge model A then utilise Dual Attack to make a ranged attack vs the same model, then you would get the free melee attack from Drag. The Drag attack is a charge attack. (Infernal Ruling) If you charge model A then utilise Dual Attack to make a ranged attack vs a different model, then you would lose the free melee attack from Drag. Your first melee attack must be versus the charge target, and you cannot save the Drag attack for later. (Infernal Ruling) If you didn't charge then ... just go nuts. There's no restrictions that I know of.

Rules Clarification : Prowl     (Edit) Whether you can trigger Prowl is a bit awkward; As long as you have concealment you can trigger Prowl ... even if the attacker ignores concealment, (such as with Hunter). If you're standing in a cloud, and the attacker "ignores clouds for LOS" (such as Bird's Eye) you get Prowl. If you're standing in a cloud, and the attacker "ignores clouds completely" (such as Alchemical Mask) you don't get Prowl. (Infernal Ruling) Similar for standing in a forest. If a debuff removes Stealth, Prowl does not reapply stealth. But this ruling is being rechecked. (Infernal Checking) Rules Clarification : Stealth     (Edit) "Automatically missing" is not the same as "cannot be hit by". For instance, a stealth model can still be the target of an AOE attack and although it auto-misses, if the AOE deviates onto them they will get damaged.