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Protectorate Warcaster

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Basic Info

Weapons and Attacks

• Oblivion- A good POW melee weapon with good range.
  • Damage Type: Magical
  • Chain Weapon
  • Trip (★ Attack) - If this attack hits, the target becomes knocked down.

Special Abilities

• Warcaster - All warcasters come with a stack of standard special rules - most notably being awesome. Click here for a newbie-friendly recap, or click here for the full rules.
• Parry
• Pathfinder
• Tough
• Field Marshal [Parry] - Warbeasts/warjacks in this model's battlegroup gain Parry.
• Preternatural Reflexes - This model cannot be targeted by CRAs or CMAs. Models do not gain back strike bonuses against this model.
• Steady - This model cannot become knocked down.

Feat : Union

• Every time Amon spends focus, he gets to allocate 1 focus to 1 warjack.

Spells

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! Upkeep

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Thoughts on High Allegiant Amon Ad-Raza

High Allegiant Amon Ad-Raza in a nutshell

Between Synergy, Field Marshal Parry, and Mobility Amon is arguably the best warjack caster in the Protectorate - especially in a warjack vs warjack beatdown where his jacks move fast and hit extremely hard. Difficulty rating: Moderate

Thoughts on when & how to use his feat and spells

Feat

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Spells

• Convection - can be used on the Feat turn if you have Focus to spare - 2 focus points spent will allocate 3 focus points to Amon's warjacks.
• Flashing Blade
• Fortify
• Mobility
• Synergy - cast it first turn and upkeep always. If dispelled, re-cast it at the first opportunity, unless you've run out of jacks.

Typical Army & Strategy

Strategy

• Building up a maximum Synergy bonus should be Amon's priority every turn. Identify the most important targets and attack them with your heavy hitters only once other warjacks have amassed the maximum bonus available.

• Amon is a capable warrior himself, but be careful not to overextend him as he is fairly fragile. If enemies venture close to his position, there's no reason not to use his attacks, though. You may want to:
  • cast Flashing Blade to clear jamming infantry off your warjacks as it (unlike other such methods like Thresher or Combustion) ignores friendlies
  • use the trip Special Attack to set up a target for your warjacks
  • just randomly hit something to build up Synergy bonus for your battlegroup

• Keep Amon safe! Every turn try to end your moves so that he's
  • behind a wall of warjacks (preferably a Fortified warjack) or terrain, or
  • behind a Vigilant and B2B with it, or
  • in Shield Guard range, or
  • protected from spells by a Devout or Scourge of Heresy

with some Focus to spare.

Combine the above depending on what the enemy force threatens you with.

Army

Amon is an excellent warjack caster so you want a lot of warjacks in his battlegroup. He offers a movement bonus (with the all important Pathfinder, gives Parry, buffs both attack and damage rolls and even provides an ARM buff. He's so good at running warjacks that you may even want to run him without any combat infantry or solos - just jacks and jack support.

All warjacks become excellent with numerous buffs he provides to his battlegroup, but there are some that deserve special mention.

• Dervish - a warjack often associated with Amon. Despite being very cheap it has incredible damage potential: with full Synergy bonus, Choir of Menoth Hymn of Battle and Combo Strike his P+S is considerably higher than ARM of a Khador heavy!
• Purifier - thanks to Parry and with the Mobility bonus it can run 14" deep into enemy formation, not caring about free strikes and spreading fire to everything it touches on the way.
• Castigator - relatively cheap but very powerful under Amon's spells, this heavy is also useful as it may kill enemy infantry jamming your lines with Combustion. Once again Parry and Mobility let it go much deeper into enemy formation than it would be able to without those bonuses.
• Vigilant - staying alive is much easier for Amon if he can hide behind this little jack, as the cover bonus it provides is enough to put Amon's DEF in the "almost unhittable" territory

In general a good mix of light and heavy warjacks is the way to go, ones with SPD5 or movement tricks (Side Step and Beat Back) being especially interesting as they are able to out-threat many enemy heavies instead of just breaking even their threat ranges.

Amon's army can benefit a lot from certain support models like

• Choir of Menoth - Under full Synergy and Hymn of Battle bonus even light warjacks threaten serious damage to even the most heavily armoured enemies. And giving the warjacks additional resistance to shooting or spells is even more important when there may be little more in the army than warjacks.
• Vassal of Menoth - Amon's battlegroup can always use some additional focus. What's more, thanks to the Parry ability, Enliven works excellently as it denies enemy the free strike he would get when the target warjack leaves his Melee Range. Setting up Enlivened and Fortified heavy forward as bait is a good way to make the enemy make some tough decisions.
• Hierophant and Wracks - Amon really needs all the additional focus he can get. Running a large battlegroup and casting important spells every turn is costly!
• Allegiant of the Order of the Fist - the monk is not only a suitable fluff choice for Amon as with mostly his battlegroup in the army and relatively small CTRL range Amon may have problems with contesting far scenario elements. Having a difficult to remove, cheap independent models to use on the flanks and contest distant flags or zones may be very useful.
• Wrack because extra focus is always good.

Drawbacks & Downsides

• VERY fragile. His DEF is very good but still it's not that difficult to hit by models with access to boosting. Also, even low POW attacks (like Blast Damage) can hurt Amon so it's good to keep some focus to reinforce, but do not think camping can save him from a dedicated attack. A buffed, charging heavy can even kill Amon in one hit with some luck, whether he reinforces his power field or not.
• Doesn't help warrior models in any way, so units and solos that rely on warcaster buffs aren't particularly good options with him.
• Relies heavily on spells so things that make spellcasting/upkeeping spells more difficult (like, for example Lamentation) seriously limit what he can achieve.

Tricks & Tips

• Synergy bonus works every turn, so you can build it up with Defensive Strikes and free strikes during the enemy turn. It resets to zero when your turn starts.

Comparison to Mk2

Amon gained a lot in the Mk3 transition. Although he himself remains largely unchanged, he gained Flashing Blade, which gives him a bit more melee power.

However, he gained a lot from the addition of Power Up - Probably more than any other caster. Amon's playstyle encourages you to take a lot of melee warjacks, which was previously impractical due to his low focus. Amon only saw play in Mk2 with gimmick lists composed of huge numbers of light warjacks, which would allow him to build their Synergy up to ridiculous proportions.

Although this is no longer possible, as Synergy is capped at +3, it is now practical to run lists with five, six, and even seven heavy warjacks in a 75 point game.

Field Marshal : Parry is another excellent bonus that Amon received. It makes having his battlegroup jammed with enemy infantry a bit less of a problem, and getting to the important targets easier

Amon went from being a rather poor niche caster in Mk2, to being one of the Protectorate's star casters in Mk3.

Other

Trivia

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Theme Forces this is a member of

Protectorate Theme Forces will be available from Jan 2017 in the 'Forces of Warmachine: Protectorate of Menoth Command' book.

Other faction models

Protectorate Index       (Edit)
Battlegroup & Similar
Warcasters	Amon - Cyrenia - Durant2 - Durst - Feora1 - Feora2 - Feora3 - Feora4 - Harbinger - Kreoss1 - Kreoss2 - Kreoss3 - Malekus - Reclaimer1 - Reclaimer2 - Reznik1 - Reznik2 - Severius1 - Severius2 - Thyra - Vindictus
Warcaster attachments	Hierophant - Madelyn Corbeau (Mercenary)
Other Warjack Controllers	BGC	Durant1 - Severius0
	Marshals	Bastion Seneschal - Reclaimer Gatekeeper
Light	Blessing of Vengeance - Dervish - Devout - Purifier - Redeemer - Repenter - Revenger - Vigilant
Heavy	Avatar of Menoth - Blood of Martyrs - Castigator - Crusader - Eye of Truth - Fire of Salvation - Guardian - Hand of Judgment - Indictor - Reckoner - Sanctifier - Scourge of Heresy - Templar - Vanquisher
Colossal	Judicator - Revelator
Units, Solos, Battle Engines, & Structures
Units	Choir of Menoth - Daughters of the Flame - Deliverer Sunburst Crew - Deliverer Skyhammers - Exemplar Bastions - Exemplar Cinerators - Exemplar Errants - Exemplar Vengers - Flame Bringers - Flameguard Cleansers - Holy Zealots - Idrian Skirmishers - Initiates of the Wall - Knights Exemplar - Temple Flameguard - Visgoth Juviah Rhoven & Honor Guard Ranking Officer CA: Attendant Priest
Solos	Allegiant of the Order of the Fist - Champion of the Order of the Wall - Covenant1 - Covenant2 - Deliverer Arms Master - Exemplar Warder Elias Gade - Exemplar Warder - Exemplar Bastion Seneschal - Exemplar Errant Seneschal - Hand of Silence - Hierophant - High Exemplar Gravus - High Paladin Dartan Vilmon - Initiate Tristan Durant - Knights Exemplar Seneschal - Menite Archon - Nicia, Tear of Vengeance - Paladin of the Order of the Wall - Pyrrhus, Flameguard Hero - Reclaimer Gatekeeper - Scrutator Potentate Severius - Vassal Mechanik - Vassal of Menoth - Wrack
Battle Engines & Structures	Vessel of Judgment (BE) - Shrine of the Lawgiver (Structure)
Theme Forces
Exemplar Interdiction - Guardians of the Temple - The Creator's Might - The Faithful Masses - Warriors of the Old Faith
Mercenaries
Refer to Who Works for Whom and/or Category: Protectorate of Menoth Mercenary
This index was last updated: 2021.11

Rules Clarifications

Rules Clarification:  : Magical Damage      (Edit) (Click Expand to read)

* The "Damage Type: Magical" is not inherited by "secondary" damage from a weapon. That is, stuff like arcs (Electro Leap) or hazards (Scather). (Infernal Ruling) All spells have "Damage Type: Magical" (refer errata). This is inherited by "immediate" secondary damage (such as Eruption of Spines). (Infernal Ruling) and might be inherited by "lingering" secondary damage (see below). If a spell leaves a template in play that does damage to models that walk around in it, then: if it is not described as a hazard it will do magical damage to models that walk around in it. (Example: Razor Wall) if it is a hazard then it will not do magical damage to models that walk around in it. Instead, it does whatever damage type is specified by the spell description. (Example: Breath of Corruption). (Infernal Ruling) If a weapon/spell includes Magic Damage and another kind of elemental damage it will still damage Incorporeal models. Incorporeal models are not affected by the rule "if an attack does multiple types of damage and a model is immune to at least one it is immune to the entire attack." The phrase "immune to non-magical damage" should be interpreted as "immune to damage that doesn't include Damage Type: Magical" (not interpreted as "has immunity to Corrosion and Electricity and Cold and etc.")

Rules Clarification:  : Warcaster      (Edit) (Click Expand to read)

General Damage from a feat is neither an attack nor Damage Type: Magical (unless the feat says it is). FOCUS (uppercase) is the stat printed on the warcaster's card. Focus (lowercase) refers to focus points a model currently has. Your CTRL area is double your FOCUS stat, not double your focus points. (Infernal Ruling) Casting spells or using feats is an anytime ability with the added restriction that you can't use them on the same turn you run even before you run. See also the clarifications on Any Time abilities (below). Some warcasters are also Battle Engines and thus follow all the Battle Engine special rules. There is no particular interaction between the Battle Engine rules and the Warcaster rules. Work out all damage modifiers (such as Decapitation doubling the damage that exceeds ARM) before reducing it with the Power Field. (Infernal Ruling) Restrictions on "Any Time" abilities     (Edit)         [Show/Hide] "Any Time" abilities can be used at any time during a model/unit's activation, except: Before any compulsory forfeiture of movement/action. See step 2 of the activation sequence, appendix A. After the model with the "Any Time" ability has had their activation end "prematurely". By this I mean you resolved something which includes the phrase "its activation ends". Examples include: Running, failing a charge, or failing a slam. Abilities that include "then its activation ends" (such as Reposition and Teleport). In between declaring your charge target and making your charge movement. (Infernal Ruling) In between completing your charge movement and determining whether it was a successful charge. (Infernal Ruling) When you're in the middle of moving. (Note: Impact Attacks count as being in the middle of movement). When you're in the middle of an attack. Which also includes effects that occur "after the attack is resolved". (Although the attack is "resolved" at Step 11, in terms of using an "Any Time" ability the attack is not "finished" until after Step 14. Refer to the first paragraph of Apdx A.) Your opponent interrupted your activation to trigger one of their own abilities (such as Countercharge). Warcasters/warlocks/etc can normally cast a spell or use their feat "At any time". However, there is a core rule saying they cannot do so on the same activation that they run. So, they are subject to all the same restrictions listed above, plus they can't cast/feat before running. Units: See below. In general you can use "Any Time" abilities while you're knocked down or stationary (except Spells and Feats which specify you can't). If you have a gun with a random ROF, you can use an "Any Time" ability inbetween rolling the number of shots and actually making the first attack. (Infernal Ruling) Units with "Any Time" abilities You cannot use an "Any Time" ability before issuing/receiving orders. See step 1 and 2 of the activation sequence, appendix A. A model in a unit can't use an "Any Time" ability after they run (Infernal Ruling) or fail a charge. Because that makes that specific model's activation to end even though the unit's activation is still ongoing, and you can't use abilities on models that are not active. You can use an "Any Time" ability before running, however. A model in a unit can't use an "Any Time" ability after anyone in the unit has begun a Reposition move. (Infernal Ruling) Warcaster/Warlock Cavalry ( Edit ) Warcasters/Warlocks can't cast spells or use their feat while resolving Impact Attacks. Because Impact Attacks occur during movement - you can use spells or feat before moving, or after moving, but not during movement. Exception: If your Impact target(s) include your charge target, then your movement has ended (refer rulebook, last paragraph of 'Impact Attacks') and thus you're fine to use "any time" abilities before starting the Impact attacks. Rules Clarification:  : Warcaster Unit or Warlock Unit     (Edit) (Click Expand to read) This summary is specific to Warcaster/Warlock units. You may also want to check the Warcaster and Warlock pages respectively, for the "regular" rules clarifications. All models in the unit count as part of the battlegroup. So, for instance, Butcher3's argus can be moved via his Energizer spell. Warcaster units can have attachments. They can even attach units (such as the WSC). (Infernal Ruling) The non-caster models are trooper models but are not normally Grunt models. Therefore they're not normally eligible for stuff like Revive. If any member of the unit start to do their reposition movement, the warcaster or warlock in the unit would no longer be able to feat.(Infernal Ruling) Press Forward Order vs Spells cast at Any Time (Edit) You must issue orders before anything else. If you issue a Press Forward order, you must run or charge. If you cast spells before moving, you can't run so you must charge. If you cast spells before moving, then start the spellcaster's Normal Movement but have no valid charge targets, you are in a situation where you must charge but cannot charge. In this situation the spellcaster must either: forfeit their Combat Action, use their Normal Movement to make a full advance, then their activation ends. (Note that you cannot cast more spells after the full advance). forfeit their Normal Movement, then their activation ends. (Infernal Ruling) Steamroller 2018 The non-caster models can contest scenario zones & flags. The caster model cannot contest. The caster model can control zones and flags by itself, but: to control a zone, the entire unit remaining in play needs to be in formation. to control a flag, the entire unit remaining in play must be within 4" of the flag. Units Buying Attacks (Edit) If you make attacks with model [A], then start making attacks with model [B], you cannot 'go back' and buy more attacks with [A]. Because: A model can only buy additional attacks during its Combat Action. A model in a unit must complete its Combat Action before the next model starts theirs (with some exceptions, like CMA). Rules Clarification : Unit of Warcasters or Warlocks     (Edit) Even though they're warcasters, if they're out of formation they suffer the normal penalties (can't make attacks, actions, spells, etc). They can't upkeep each other's spells. They can only dominate one SteamRoller scenario element at a time. Each warlock/warcaster can have different upkeeps on them if those upkeeps are "target SELF" or "target model". If you cast an upkeep that is "target model/unit", that is the only upkeep any of them can have. Units Buying Attacks (Edit) If you make attacks with model [A], then start making attacks with model [B], you cannot 'go back' and buy more attacks with [A]. Because: A model can only buy additional attacks during its Combat Action. A model in a unit must complete its Combat Action before the next model starts theirs (with some exceptions, like CMA). The Legion Twins Rhyas cannot dominate a zone while out of formation. Rhyas can use the feat while out of formation. Haley3 Only Haley Prime is an 'actual' warcaster model, and as such she is the only one that can dominate a scenario element. The echoes can Control/Contest scenarios like a normal unit. Haley Prime can dominate an element even if the echoes are out of formation.

Rules Clarification : Chain Weapon - None yet. (Edit)

Rules Clarification : Trip      (Edit) Knockdown (Edit) - Remember, knockdown only prevents what it says it does. Refer to the Knockdown page for a recap of what a model can/can't do.

Rules Clarification : Field Marshal      (Edit) Field marshal only grants the ability to warjacks/warbeasts in the battlegroup, so (normally) the caster does not have the Field Marshal ability. However if it is listed on the caster's card separately, such as on Magnus2, then they do have it. (Closed thread)

Rules Clarification : Parry - None yet. (Edit)
Rules Clarification : Preternatural Reflexes - None yet. (Edit)

Rules Clarification : Steady      (Edit) If you are hit by a knockdown effect during your own turn then ... nothing happens. Unless it was a Slam or a Throw that knocked you down. In that situation, there is a core rule that says "models immune to knockdown that become knocked down from a slam or throw must forfeit either movement or action when they activate". But that core rule doesn't apply to other knockdowns (lots of players assume it does) Steady models are still susceptible to other effects of knock-down attacks (if there are any). For instance, a Head Butt attack causes damage and knockdown - a Steady model would still take the damage. A knocked down model that gains Steady will remain knocked down, because the "cannot be knocked down" is not retroactively applied. Steady models who make a tough check during an advance can continue advancing. (Locked Thread)

Rules Clarification : Convection      (Edit) A warjack can benefit from Convection multiple times. A warjack cannot go over its normal focus limit (which is 3 for most jacks) as a result of Convection. Refer to the Cortex rules.

Rules Clarification : Flashing Blade      (Edit) Flashing Blade is an unlimited spell. Flashing Blade is optional. All attacks generated are basic attacks. Flashing Blade will not hit friendly models. Simultaneous melee attack (Edit) There are several abilities/spells that allow a model to make simultaneous melee attacks vs everything in range (Blood Reaper, Cyclone, Flashing Blade, High-Impact, Thresher)       Some have Infernal Rulings that pertain only to themselves, but the clarifications below are applicable to all of these abilities:   [Show/Hide] Targeting/Timing To make a multi-melee-attack (MMA) you have to make individual melee attacks vs every model, and this means you need to target every model with a melee attack. If a model "may not be targeted by melee attacks" (such as Una2's feat) then you have to 'skip' it when you resolve the attack. (Infernal Ruling) The attacks are effectively multiple separate attacks. If you have a buff to your "next attack" (such as Tune Up) then it only works vs the first model you roll dice against, not vs every enemy. (Infernal Ruling). The attacks are simultaneous. If a model is out of LOS when you start the MMA, then you may not attack it during the MMA (even if the MMA kills what is blocking your LOS). You need to target everything, then resolve all effects that trigger on "target" before starting any attack rolls. Then complete all attack rolls and do everything that triggers on "hit" before starting any damage rolls, and etc. In practice and to save time though, if neither player has effects that trigger on "being targetted, hit, damaged, etc" then they'll normally do the hit and damage rolls on a model-by-model basis. If a model collects tokens from destroyed models (for instance the Cryx Harrower that collects souls), it cannot collect any tokens until all MMA are resolved. Charging If you charge and cast a spell to generate MMA, then none of those MMA count as a charge attack. You've "paused" your charge. If the charge target survives the spell, then you get to make a normal charge attack vs it. If your MMA is simply tied to your weapon, then only the damage roll against your charge target is automatically boosted - other models caught in the MMA suffer an unboosted damage roll (although you can spend focus/fury to boost it) Triggering other abilities Most abilities that give the attacker a bonus move/attack tend to use the phrase "destroy one or more enemy models with a melee attack" and as such you'll only trigger this ability once. For example Berserk, Quick Work, Black Spot, etc Other abilities, that trigger on "hit" or "damage", can be triggered from every attack in the MMA. Many abilities only trigger off a basic melee attack, so don't work with special MMA (like Thresher). But if your MMA is basic (like High-Impact), things might get a bit complicated. In particular: If you have Beat Back on the attacker, it is resolved after the attack. Every model that survives the MMA is eligible to be Beat Back-ed, and the attacker chooses the order. Pick one, push it and follow it, then decide if you want to Beat Back another survivor. Each push will recenter the directly away / directly toward part of the push. (Infernal Ruling) If you have Electro-Leap on the attack, it is resolved after all attack rolls but before any damage rolls. The models that you just attacked will have electo-leaps bounce between them (as they will generally be the closest to each other). After the Electro damage is resolved, you can roll melee damage vs any models that survived the electric damage. (Infernal Ruling)

Rules Clarification : Fortify and/or Bracer     (Edit) If an attack causes a push/throw/etc, it may still target a Fortified model. All damage and effects will still occur as normal, except the movement. Place effects (such as Telekinesis) can still move Fortified models.

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

Rules Clarification : Synergy      (Edit) Synergy is not retroactive. Synergy must be cast (or upkept from the previous cast) before any attacks will start adding to the bonus. (Infernal Ruling) You gain +1 bonus per model that hits. Not +1 per attack that hits. The Synergy bonus affects other battlegroup models. The currently active model doesn't benefit from any bonus that it earns. Frenzy attacks can contribute to the Synergy bonus. It is possible to earn Synergy bonuses during the opponent's turn, if they're letting you get lots of free strikes. If you have lots of out-of-activation attacks (such as the aforementioned free strikes), you may create a bookkeeping nightmare thanks to the "only get bonuses from other model's attacks" rule. Good luck!