Croak Raiders
From LOS Warmachine University
Coordinated groups of skilled warriors, croak raiders employ a powerful two-pronged attack. Working in pairs, one raider lobs hollowed gourds to soak an enemy with a highly flammable liquid, and then another launches a flaming projectile from an atlatl to ignite the enemy in a pyre of flame. This devastating combination has allowed them to eradicate even more numerous and technologically advanced foes.
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Basic Info
| Croak Raiders | ||
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| SPD | 6 | |
| MAT | 5 | |
| RAT | 6 | |
| DEF | 13 | |
| ARM | 13 | |
| CMD | 7 | |
| Unit Size | 6/10 | |
| Cost | 10/17 | |
| 1.7 each | ||
Weapons
- Flaming Dart - 10" range, POW 10 ranged weapon.
- Oil Gourd - 8" range, 3" AOE, zero damage, ranged weapon.
- Alchemical Accelerant - This attack causes no damage. A model hit by this attack suffers Oil for one round. (Oil - When a model affected by Oil suffers a fire damage roll, the roll is automatically boosted.)
- Cumbersome - This model cannot attack with this weapon and with another weapon on the same activation.
- Hand Weapon - 0.5" reach, P+S 8 backup melee weapon.
Abilities
- Minion - Will work as a Circle, Legion, Skorne, or Trollbloods
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Advance Deployment -
Amphibious -
Immunity: Corrosion - Gang - When making a melee attack targeting an enemy model in the melee range of another model in this unit, this model gains +2 to melee attack and melee damage rolls.
Thoughts on Croak Raiders
Croak Raiders in a nutshell
Croak Raiders are a strong unit of ranged skirmishers, able to shoot effectively and to advance deploy and with a decent melee game.
Combos & Synergies
- Road Hog - it loves oiled targets.
- Gatorman Witch Doctor Tough makes skirmishers much harder to deal with.
- Bloody Barnabas Pop & Drop
- Any debuffs like Parasite from Calaban the Grave Walker or Mortality from Maelok the Dreadbound
Drawbacks & Downsides
- They die to blast damage.
- They need to bunch up to do well in melee
- They struggle against Armour
Tricks & Tips
- Expect skirmishers, not the Mk2 killers
- Try out the frogs with Dominar Rasheth: Move up the raiders to do their thing, but position one frog next to enemy models. Rasheth then casts Breath of Corruption, targeting the frog in the back (so he hits on 3+ (7+ if the frog got too close and is in melee). The frog cares not as it is immune to Corrosion spells, but the spell is an AOE and will affect close models. The AOE even stays for a round, causing enemy to take additional damage or move away and take a free strikes from the frog.
Other
Trivia
- Although the box they come in labels them a "Minion Gatorman Unit" this is a holdover from Mk2. Croaks are their own thing.
- Released July 08, 2015
Theme Forces
Other Minion models
Rules Clarifications
Placeholder I will fill this in after CID is finished juckto (talk) 02:00, 28 September 2017 (EDT)
