Trencher Cannon Crew

Trencher Cannon Crew Cygnar Trencher Weapon Crew Unit

"Put some cannons on that hill, and I guarantee we'll still hold it next winter" - Captain Maxwell Finn

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.

Trencher Cannon Crew
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Abilities

• Entire unit
  • Advance Deployment - Models with advance deployment are placed after normal deployment and may be placed up to 6" further forward.
  • Tough - When this model is disabled, roll a d6. On a 5 or 6, remove 1 damage point from this model; it is no longer disabled and becomes knocked down. While knocked down this model loses Tough.
  • Dig In (★ Action) - This model gains cover, does not suffer blast damage, and does not block LOS. The model remains dug in until it moves, is placed, or is engaged. It can begin the game dug in.
• Gunner only
  • Officer - This model is the unit commander even if the unit has a Leader model.
  • Man-Sized - This model is on a large base, but is treated as being on a small one.
  • Mobile Artillery - When this model moves, it gains 1" additional movement for each Grunt nearby.
  • Take Up - If this model is destroyed, you can choose a Grunt in this unit within 1" of it to be destroyed instead. Effects on this model expire, and it gains the effects on the chosen Grunt. Remove the Grunt from the table instead of this model. This model has the same number of unmarked damage boxes as the chosen Grunt.

Weapons

• Gunner
  • Cannon - 13" range, 3" AOE, POW 13 ranged weapon
    • Brutal Damage - On a direct hit, gain an additional die on this weapon's damage rolls against the target directly hit.
  • Trench Knife - 0.5" range, P+S 9 melee weapon
• Grunts
  • Military Rifle - 10" range, POW 11 gun.
  • Trench Knife - 0.5" range, P+S 9 melee weapon

Theme Forces

• Cygnar
  • Gravediggers. This unit gains Rise in this theme.

• Other Factions
  • Hearts of Darkness. They can only go in this theme if Sloan is leading the army. They become Infernal models in this theme.
  • Llaelese Resistance. They become Llaelese Mercenary models in this theme and gain Pathfinder.

Recent Changes

No changes since 2017

Thoughts on Trencher Cannon Crew

Trencher Cannon Crew in a nutshell

The Trencher Cannon Crew is mobile artillery that hits what it hits pretty hard.

Combos & Synergies

• Captain Victoria Haley - it loves both her Temporal Barrier and her feat
• Anything in the Trencher theme, especially Captain Maxwell Finn
• A Grenadier can get the reload from the Grunts, but also from the Cannon itself, being itself a Trencher model. If Dug In, it can be placed before the cannon and won't block LoS, and it can also protect the unit from menaces that get too close. You have to position them carefully though, if you want to move them afterwards.

Drawbacks & Downsides

• It's a special order model.
• It's fragile if the enemy gets in range.
• Trencher Express Teams usually do the job better, with longer range, better utility and higher mobility.

Tricks & Tips

• Use it on a hill.
• Keep the grunt just under 1" from the gunner. It's a waste of a medium AoE just to take them out - but if you get too close a small AoE will do it.
• Watch out for RFP abilities, that target the Gunner - in that case, there will be no Take Up by the Grunt.
• Set it up carefully. You might not get to deploy it again.

Other

Trivia

• Released in Warmachine: Legends (2008)

Other Cygnar models

Cygnar Index       (Edit)
Battlegroup & Similar
Warcasters	Caine1 - Caine2 - Caine3 - Constance - Darius - Haley1 - Haley2 - Haley3 - Jakes2 - Kraye - Maddox - Nemo1 - Nemo2 - Nemo3 - Sloan - Stryker1 - Stryker2 - Stryker3 - Siege1 - Siege2 - Sturgis1
Warcaster attachments	Squire (Cygnar) - Madelyn Corbeau (Merc) - Reinholdt (Merc) - Wyshnalyrr (Merc)
Other Warjack Controllers	"Junior" Warcasters: Caine0 - Jakes1 - Journeyman - T. Warcaster Lieutenant 'Jack Marshals: Runewood - Strangewayes - Anson Hitch - Stormblade Captain - T. Master Gunner - Gun Mage CA - Stormblade CA - Sword Knights CA
Light	Charger - Firefly - Grenadier - Hunter - Lancer - Minuteman - Sentinel Ace - Thorn
Heavy	Avenger - Centurion - Cyclone - Defender - Hammersmith - Ironclad - Reliant - Stormclad Brickhouse - Dynamo - Gallant - Ol' Rowdy - Thunderhead - Triumph
Colossal	Stormwall - Hurricane
Units, Solos, Battle Engines, & Structures
Units	Arcane Tempest Gun Mages - Black 13th Gun Mage Strike Team - Field Mechaniks - Legion of Lost Souls - Long Gunner Infantry - OoI Resolutes - OoI Vigilants - Precursor Knights - Rangers - Silver Line Stormguard - Storm Lances - Stormblades - Stormguard - Stormsmith Grenadiers - Storm Tower - Sword Knights - Tempest Blazers - Tr Cannon Crew - Tr Chain Gun Crew - Tr Commandos - Tr Express Team - Tr Long Gunners - Tr Infantry - Tr Mechaniks Special CA : Captain Jonas Murdoch (Mercenary unit) - Special WA: Morrowan Battle Priest (any unit)
Solos	Arcane Tempest Rifleman - Archduke Runewood - Captain Arlan Strangewayes - Captain Maxwell Finn - Commander Anson Hitch - Grand Master Gabriel Throne - Glyn Cormier, Illuminated One - Gun Mage Captain Adept - Journeyman Lieutenant Allister Caine - Journeyman Warcaster - Harlan Versh, Illuminated One - Lieutenant Allison Jakes - Lieutenant Bastian Falk - Lieutenant Gwen Keller - Major Katherine Laddermore - Major Harrison Gibbs - Morrowan Archon - Savio Montero Acosta - Sir Dreyfus the Storm Knight - Squire - Stormblade Captain - Stormcallers - Tr Buster - Tr Master Gunner - Tr Patrol Dog - Tr Warcaster Lieutenant - Viktor Pendrake
Battle Engines & Structures	Storm Strider - Trencher Blockhouse
Theme Forces
Flame in the Darkness - Gravediggers - Heavy Metal - Sons of the Tempest - Storm Division
Mercenaries
Refer to Who Works for Whom and/or Category: Cygnar Mercenary
This index was last updated: 2019.07

Rules Clarifications

Rules Clarification : Brutal Damage      (Edit) Brutal Damage only applies to the model directly hit, so it never affects blast damage.

Rules Clarification : Officer      (Edit) Even if they're not on the Officer's card, an Officer can give (and benefit from) any non-standard orders that are on the unit's card (such as Shield Wall). Refer main rulebook. A Ranking Officer can't do this, though. When the Officer dies, the Leader model becomes the new Unit Commander (you don't get to choose). But if your unit doesn't include a Leader model, then you do get to choose any of the remaining models to be the new Unit Commander. You don't swap the model, but it may be worth putting a token down so you can tell that grunt apart.

Rules Clarification : Tough - None yet. (Edit)

Rules Clarification : Man-Sized      (Edit) Despite being mounted on a large base, the model counts as a small-base for any and every rule. (Infernal Ruling) This includes Ranking Officers being able to join them. (Infernal Ruling) This includes being able to take them as a Requistion Option (if you have a Man-Sized solo in a theme that allows free solos). (Locked Thread) This includes abilities that only work vs small-based models (such as Consume, Trampling over them, etc). Those work just fine vs Man-Sized models. When drawing LOS it blocks LOS across the full width of its base (some players think you should swap it for a small proxy base when trying to draw LOS past the edge of its base ... don't do that). Since it only counts as a small-based model, it only blocks LOS to other small-based models. You can see medium and larger bases through it just fine.

Rules Clarification : Mobile Artillery - None yet. (Edit)

Rules Clarification : Take Up      (Edit) The model taken off the table is effectively killed by Take Up, not the original attack, so it will stop abilities like Berserk and Killing Spree. (Locked thread)