Totem Hunter

Totem Hunter Minion Solo

From across the southern ocean comes a frightening and alien creature. Little is known of its culture, its beliefs, or its civilization, but its motives are clear: it lives to hunt. It values only the kill, reaping grisly trophies from the most formidable adversaries it can track down. This practice is a sacred ceremony to the Hunter, whereby each ritual kill adds to its strength, drawing on the vital energies of the slain.

Basic Info

Special Order Model This model is no longer available through normal US distributors (as of 2018.04). Instead your local game store needs to order it through PP's Special Order Service. More info is available at PP Retailer Support As of 2019.09, PP have removed the SOS info from the Retailer Support website. International distributors can still access the entire catalog of models. See also the Official Press Release and/or Category: Special Order Model.

Totem Hunter
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• Minion - Works as a Circle, Legion, Skorne, or Trollbloods.

Abilities

• Pathfinder
• Stealth
• Jump - After it makes a full advance during its Normal Movement but before it performs its Combat Action, you can place this model anywhere completely within 5" of its current location. Any effects that pervent charging also prevent this model from using Jump.
• Prey - After deployment but before the first player's turn, choose an enemy model/unit to be this model/unit's prey. This model gains +2 to attack and damage rolls against its prey. When the prey is destroyed or removed from play, choose another model/unit to be the prey.
• 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.
• Tracker - This model ignores forests when determining LOS when declaring a charge.

Weapons

• Kelkax - 2" reach, P+S 14 melee weapon
• Spiked Buckler - 0.5" reach, P+S 11 melee weapon
  • Buckler

Theme Forces

Minions

• The Blindwater Congregation
• Will Work for Food

Non-Minion themes

This solo may be used in the following theme forces without using their single minion solo option:

• Disciples of Agony (Skorne)
• Oracles of Annihilation (Legion) - In this theme, this Minion becomes a Blighted model. Also, enemy models that end their activation within 2" of this model suffer continuous corrosion.
• Secret Masters (Circle)

As a minion solo, they can also be taken in a bunch of other Faction's themes as their single allowed minion solo. Refer to #Other Theme Forces.

Thoughts on Totem Hunter

Totem Hunter in a nutshell

The Totem Hunter is a solo that hunts other solos, declaring them its prey and making them hang well back from its 14" threat range.

Combos & Synergies

• It doesn't need much support - just to threaten things.
• It's the joint most expensive thing you can get for free in The Blindwater Congregation (alongside the Thrullg) and is definitely worth taking in Blindwater.

Drawbacks & Downsides

• It's a special order model
• While still an overall fierce solo, he struggles to assassinate casters. He can threaten one who has already sustained a couple hits, but he won't one-shot an unscathed caster and won't last a round of sustained combat against one.

Tricks & Tips

• Between the kelkax and the buckler it can normally kill something then Sprint to a new position, even if it can't get at its Prey target.
• Deploy it on the edges and sprint into the back arc of enemies - or to engage their ranged units. The Hunter can be fairly hard to kill in melee.

Other

Totem Huntress, limited edition sculpt

Trivia

• Released way back in Primal Mk1 (2003)
• Prior to mk3 it was a character model. When it became FA:1 in mk3 it made some players hypotheses that Zu was going to be the new Hordes faction (that was before we found out it was Grymkin, obviously).
• 2018 Limited Edition Sculpt

Other Theme Forces

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

Legion of Everblight (Edit)

• Ravens of War
• Children of the Dragon
• Oracles of Annihilation. In this theme (1) There is no limit on the number of Minion solos you can take, (2) Minions become Blighted models, and (3) enemy models that end their activation within 2" of a Blighted model in this theme suffer continuous corrosion.
• Primal Terrors

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

Trollbloods (Edit)

• Band of Heroes
• Kriel Company
• Power of Dhunia
• Storm of the North

Rules Clarifications

Rules Clarification : Shieldand/or Buckler     (Edit) The only time you lose the Shield bonus is when the weapon is crippled, or if the attack originates in your back arc. (Infernal Ruling) In other words, you still get the Shield bonus while knocked down or stationary. You don't get the Shield bonus vs stuff originating in your back arc. This includes stuff that "leaps" off models in your back arc, such as Electro Leap. (Locked thread)

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

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.

Rules Clarification : Bounding Leapand/or Jump     (Edit) You cannot use Jump or Bounding Leap if you forfeit your movement. "After making a full advance" is a conditional requirement. (Infernal Ruling) You can only use Jump or Bounding Leap after a full advance, which means you can't do it after a Slam, Trample, or Charge. You can use "At any time" abilities between completing your move and doing the Jump/Leap. (Infernal Ruling) Jumps & Leaps are a "placement". They do not trigger free strikes, and you can even jump over solid buildings of infinite height. If you cannot advance more than 0" (for example suffering from Shadow Bind) then you can Jump/Leap. Making an advance of 0" is sufficient to trigger Jump/Leap. Jump only You cannot use Jump if you are suffering "any effect which prevents charging". So... If you forfeit your Normal Movement, you cannot Jump. (For the same reason as given above.) If you forfeit your Combat Action, you cannot Jump. (Infernal Ruling) If you "cannot make attacks" (such as with Morvahna1's feat), you cannot charge, therefore cannot Jump. (Locked Thread) Unit with Jump Complete all the models' Normal Movement before starting any Jumps. Then do all Jumps (that you can do and/or want to do) before starting any Combat Actions. (Infernal Ruling) Models in a unit can Jump even if they don't receive a Press Forward order (failing to be told to charge is not the same as being prevented from charging). (Infernal Ruling)

Rules Clarification : Prey     (Edit) When you declare your Prey target, it has to be used on a model that is currently on the table. You can't use it on models that are in Ambush, Burrow, etc. (Infernal Ruling) If you have both Prey and Ambush, then you declare your Prey target at the normal time (even though the Prey-er isn't currently on the table). (Infernal Ruling) Prey bonuses apply to "non-attack" damage, such as Electro Leap. (Infernal Ruling) If you hit your Prey target, but your attack is "shifted" to a non-Prey model (via Shield Guard etc) then you don't get the damage bonus vs the new target.

Rules Clarification : Sprintand/or Run & Gun     (Edit) You cannot use this ability after an out-of-activation attack (such as Countercharge), only during real activations. (Locked thread) You can't purchase additional attacks after the move, because you can only buy attacks during your Combat Action and by definition "the end of your activation" happens after "your Combat Action". Differences With Sprint, you cannot trigger other abilities that also occur "at the end of activation" (such as Reposition), because Sprint includes the phrase "and then its activation ends". Click here for a detailed explanation Run & Gun doesn't have this restriction. Run & Gun won't trigger if you RFP the model, but Sprint will.

Rules Clarification : Tracker - None yet. (Edit)