Convergence of Cyriss is a small cult of humans who worship Cyriss, the clockwork goddess of logic and mathematics who lives in one of the moons. (Or maybe she is the moon?) The Convergence are by far the most technologically advanced of the human factions - although they can't really be counted as human anymore given that most members have had their souls magically encapsuled in mechanical bodies called clockwork vessels.

For more backstory refer to Lore - Cyriss.

Mini-Faction
As with all Factions released after 2013, Convergence of Cyriss has a much smaller range of models than the pre-2013 Factions. The upside is that it's easier to complete your collection, the downside is that list-building has less variety.

As an in-game counterbalance to this low variety, the synergies within the Faction are strong and/or models have uniquely powerful abilities. Some Mini-Factions even have rules that affect the core rules of the game.

Cipher

Convergence for Beginners

Enigma Foundry

Faction Aesthetic & Playstyle

Aesthetically, the faction is all smooth lines and sleek profiles. Inspiration was drawn from the 1927 Metropolis film, although you'd be forgiven for instead being reminded of the Cybermen from the modern series of Doctor Who.

In terms of playstyle, they are all about inter-model synergies, with your entire army interacting like cogs in a clock. This means they are unbelievably demanding when it comes to synergy, and while they can do powerful focus shenanigans and synergize their units like the best of 'em, they demand a skillful player. They are not recommended for inexperienced players.

General differences to other Factions

Being magically transmuted into clockwork bodies, nearly the entire army are Construct models. The living are so far and few between we made a Category: Living Convergence. Being Constructs makes the army immune to things that affect living models, such as Bloodthirst or Consume. However, it does make you more susceptible to anti-construct abilities like Dismantle or Erosion.
Repair ready - Convergence has many sources of repair and since skill checks are gone, you can reliably restore lost boxes on your wounded models.
Clockwork Vessels - They may be robots, but they're still being piloted by a soul. Enemy Soul Takers will still be coming for them.
Order of activation and synergies - As you have relatively few units to choose from, you must learn to master each and every unit's strengths and weaknesses, much more than with any other faction.
- An example: there are very few units with magic weapons, but your Optifex Directive can hand it to any friendly construct model.
Prime numbers - Most weapon's range and/or POW is a prime number, slightly better than other Faction's comparable model. For instance, instead of having range 10 POW 10 guns, they have range 11 POW 11 guns. This means you can often attack the enemy while staying outside of their threat range.
The Puncture weapon trait is unique to Convergence. The Prime Axiom has Puncture coupled with its Drag ability, which practically guarantees it'll drag its target - which is why enemies fear coming near it.

Warcasters

When compared to other factions, Convergence Warcasters tend to have more HP and better ARM. Consequently, assassinations against them often require more work. 4 out of the 8 casters are repairable, so they are less susceptible to having small amounts of damage chipped onto them in the early game.

Warjacks

Convergence Warjacks are called Vectors and have several unique rules (see below). Each chassis has some distinctive traits:

The tripod lights have Circular Vision, which denies back strikes,
Most of the floating lights have Flight,
The walking heavies are slow and Steady,
The floating heavies are somewhat faster and have Pathfinder.

Vector's damage grid layout is quite different to normal Factions, and as a consequence it takes a lot of damage to completely disable a system. Convergence also has lots of models that can Repair, and you'll see why it is not a good idea for the enemy to leave many half-dead vectors around.

Units and Solos

You have access to tough, multi-wound troops.
You also have four types of single-wound infantry units, the Reductors, Obstructors, Negation Angels, and Clockwork Angels.
The Enigma Foundry is a great way to increase their usefulness by bringing them back from the dead.
The heavy infantry have "Variable weapons", which let you adapt their abilities to meet your combat needs - for example, setting their spears for defense, or making a more powerful thrust with them on the attack.

Unique Core Rule : Vectors

There are three things that set Convergence warjacks (Vectors) apart from normal warjacks:

They don't have a blasphemous Cortex, and don't get a free focus from Power Up.
Instead they have an Induction Node which lets the Convergence player reuse the same focus over and over again on multiple Vectors - but only if the Vectors position themselves in harmony.
The Vectors don't have their own MAT/RAT stat. Instead the Vector's MAT/RAT stat is always equal to their controller's stat.
Nearly every Convergence warcaster has a unique Field Marshal ability which gives all their Vectors an extra ability. What that ability is changes from caster to caster.

So between the Field Marshal and MAT/RAT, the same Vector can perform quite differently simply by swapping casters. Add the different spells that the caster has that can buff Vectors further and there is a lot more variety to this Faction than first appears.

For more info, refer to the basic training article: LPG - Convergence

Starter Sets

Mk3 Battlegroup Set - Unfortunatetly, Convergence wasn't given an official battlegroup box for Mk3, but Journeyman events still use the Mk2 Battlegroup set.

2017 Army Box (limited availability)

Contents: Iron Mother Directrix warcaster, a Corollary light vector, a Mitigator light vector, a Monitor heavy vector, an Assimilator heavy vector, a Modulator heavy vector, a 5-man unit of Reciprocators, and a 3-man unit of Optifex Directive

As of March 2019, this is still in stock at Privateer Press' website.

Mk2 Battlegroup Set (limited availability)

Contents: Forge Master Syntherion warcaster, a Mitigator light vector, a Galvanizer light vector, and a Cipher heavy vector.

You may not be able to find this any more, as it has gone out of production.

Other worthwhile early purchases

Aurora, Numen of Aerogenesis

The Convergence is primarily a warjack faction and played in Destruction Initiative, though Clockwork Legions can also be played warjack-heavy too - yes you can use the infantry and it's good, but almost all convergence players start with the more stereotypical and interesting Vectors.

Forge Master Syntherion is an excellent all-round starting caster, with a MAT of 6, RAT of 5, and with Synergy to boost the MAT. It's precisely this jack-of-all-trades nature that means he's not played at high level as most people prefer more of a plan, but he's great to learn on. Father Lucant is another great starting caster, as his defensive feat and Field Marshal: Shield Guard ability is more forgiving of mistakes, plus he is equally comfortable running either vectors or infantry. And almost every list you ever play is going to use a Corollary (and many use a Diffuser) so these are obvious early buys. As is an Algorithmic Dispersion Optifex which increases the range that you can transfer focus between your vectors, letting you spread out a little more.

But the big problem is which heavy vectors to buy as your Vectors; the same vector will behave very differently with Axis' MAT 7 RAT 2 than it will with Orion's MAT 4 RAT 5. If you are good at modelling then the ideal solution to this is to magnetise your heavies so you can treat them differently with different casters. But the "default" ranged heavy is the Assimilator and the default melee heavy is the Inverter, and the Cipher makes a great all-around vector due to its variable weapon, with the other Vectors being more situational. As for that matter are the Transfinite Emergence Projector and the two Colossals, of which the Prime Axiom is vastly more popular.

Line of Sight article : Brawlmachine List Building - Convergence
In 2021.01 Phillip Melvin, one of the LOS authors, wrote an excellent article for how to start Convergence. It is based on the newbie-friendly Brawlmachine format (25 point limit).
The article contains a different list for each Convergence theme, and advice on how to expand those lists beyond 25 points.

Starting a Theme Force

Algorithmic Dispersion Optifex

Unlike the main Factions, starting a Theme Force with a limited faction is much more simple. For starters, there are only three Convergence themes. They are essentially the "Warjack Theme" the "Troops Theme" and the “Speedy cross faction Solo Theme” (not for beginners) pick either of the first 2 (which ever one you prefer) then leave Strange Bedfellows until you are more confident in your playstyle or interested in starting Cryx, Mercenaries, or Cygnar.

As of 2020.06, Destruction Initiative and Strange Bedfellows are considered to be Convergence's strongest themes.

Theme Forces

Clockwork Legions

This is Convergence's infantry-centric theme list, with no battle engine or servitors, and buffs for infantry. Its requisition points can be spent on light vectors and solos (including large base solos).

The models allowed in Clockwork Legions are: [Show/Hide]

This list was last updated: 2020.04 (Edit)

Warcasters

All Convergence warcasters

Warjacks

All non-character Convergence warjacks

Solos

Units

Mercenaries

Void Archon (★)
Up to one solo
Up to one unit

(★) These models are specifically allowed, so don't use up your "Up to one Mercenary" slot

Here's some examples of the model aesthetic for this theme

Destruction Initiative

This is Convergence's vector-centric theme list, with models limited to pretty much just your battlegroup. Its requisition points can be used to get servitors and priest models.

The models allowed in Destruction Initiative are: [Show/Hide]

This list was last updated: 2021.11 (Edit)

Warcasters

All Convergence warcasters

Warjacks

All non-character Convergence warjacks

Battle Engines

Solos

Units

Optifex Directive

Mercenaries

Up to one Mercenary solo
Up to one Mercenary unit

Here's some examples of the model aesthetic for this theme

Strange Bedfellows

This theme is shared with the Mercenary and it allows you to mix Cryx, Convergence, Mercenary, and Cygnar models in the same force.

As of 2021.09, this is the most popular theme for Convergence in tournament play, and includes the newest additions to Convergence.

The models allowed in Strange Bedfellows are: [Show/Hide]

This list was last updated: 2021.02 (Edit)

Warcasters

Warjacks

All non-character Convergence warjacks
All non-character Mercenary warjacks
Mortenebra only: all non-character Cryx warjacks
Character warjacks can be taken, but only if they have a bond and they're in their bonded model's battlegroup.

Note 1: Warcasters can take any mix of warjacks they like, regardless of their original Faction.

Note 2: Vectors keep their Induction node, and Warjacks keep their Cortex, regardless of who their controller is.

Note 3: Asphyxious4 and Nemo4 can also take Cryx or Cygnar warjacks respectively, due to their own special rules.

Battle Engines

Nemo4 ("Junior Warcaster")
Transfinite Emergence Projector

Units

Solos

Here's some examples of the model aesthetic for this theme:

Models

Model Gallery

Refer to Convergence Gallery

Warcasters

Aurora 1	Aurora, the Numen of Aerogenesis
Aurora 2	Archnumen Aurora

Axis 1	Axis, The Harmonic Enforcer

Directrix 1	Iron Mother Directrix & Exponent Servitors

Locke 1	Aurum Lucanum Athanor Locke

Lucant 1	Father Lucant, Divinity Architect

Nemo-1	Nemo, Ordinator of Electrogenesis (Not tournament legal)

Orion 1	Eminent Configurator Orion

Syntherion 1	Forge Master Syntherion