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Cyclops Raider

Skorne light warbeastTemplate:Battlebox

Weapons & Equipment

Heavy Riever - good range, average POW

• Burst Fire - Gain +1 to damage rolls with this weapon against medium-based models, and +2 to damage rolls against large- and huge-based models.

Punching Spike - melee last ditch weapon

• Open Fist

Special Abilities

• Light Warbeast
• Arcane Precision - If this model uses its Normal Movement to aim, it ignores Stealth that activation.

Animus

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! Turn

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Snipe - This attack gains +4 RNG.

Analysis of the Cyclops Raider

The Cyclops Raider in a nutshell

The Cyclops Raider is a solo or attachment hunter - able to take out a stealth solo from 14" away with a fully boosted attack, or a non-stealth solo from 20" away. It's not great in melee - but the ability to boost means it isn't completely terrible.

Changes from Mk2

In Mk2 Far Strike wasn't a cheap animus so you couldn't fully boost and use the animus - but it could be cast on other models. This meant you brought the Raider to give its animus to someone better at shooting. It's therefore now a much better solo hunter and no longer a support model at all; a minor change has entirely changed its role in a Skorne army. It also got slightly cheaper.

Combos & Synergies

• Paingiver Beast Handlers - clear off that fury after it's shot the solo.
• Supreme Aptimus Zaal and Void Seer Mordikaar - both of them have decent guns to use the Raider's animus. But it might be exposing either of them a little too much.

Drawbacks and Downsides

• Does little to either infantry or heavies.
• Rivals in the Basilisk Drake and Titan Cannoneer

Tricks and Tactics

• If you've no solos to shoot a pot shot can make the enemy caster keep their head down.