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Mekanolyth Legion Mekanonyss Warlock

Fluff

Spoilers only The only information released about this model is spoilers (so far).

Basic Info

Lylyth4
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Riot Quest - Although this model has rules which allow it to be played in Warmachine and Hordes, it was primarily designed for the Riot Quest boardgame. RQ is set in an alternate and/or future timeline where the Infernals won the war. Some of the RQ models are slightly more goofy than their WMH equivalents.

Warlock - All warlocks 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.

Feat: Troubleshoot

While in Mekanolyth's control range, friendly Faction models can reroll ranged attack and ranged damage rolls, and their ranged weapons gain +2 RNG. Troubleshoot lasts for one turn.

Abilities

• Construct
• Eyeless Sight
• Pathfinder
• Arcane Machinery - Once per turn at any time during its activation, this model can use one of the following effects. Arcane Machinery effects last for one round.
  • Arcane Reconfiguration - Change the COST of each spell on this model's card to 2. - Change the cost of each spell on her card to 2
  • Kinetic Invigoration - Warbeasts in this model's battlegroup gain Run & Gun. (Run & Gun - At the end of its activation, if a model with Run & Gun destroyed one or more enemy models with a ranged attacks during that activation, it can make a full advance.) - Her battlegroup gains Run & Gun.
  • Target Lock - Enemy Models cannot use Shield Guard when this model makes a ranged attack. Additionally, this model gains boosted ranged attack rolls. - Choose an enemy model in her control range. She gains +2 to hit that model.

Weapons

Gatling Bow
		RNG			ROF			AOE			POW
		12			3			-			12
Damage Type: Magical

Spells

Theme Forces

• Children of the Dragon. She gains Tactician [Blighted] in this theme.
• Oracles of Annihilation. In this theme she can start the game with friendly upkeeps in play.
• Primal Terrors
• Ravens of War

Thoughts on Lylyth4

Lylyth4 in a nutshell

Mekanolyth is a battlegroup oriented range powerhouse. She wants to run as many beasts with guns as her average Fury stat can handle. She then makes these beasts hit like a semi-truck with Broadside giving them all an additional shot. She provides a very potent to hit, and damage buff in the form of Mortality. With this being said she has some flaws that her previous versions did not. For one she doesn't have stealth, Wind wall, or prowl to keep her safe from shooting. This in combination with being somewhat Fury starved she is very easy to kill from a distance.

Spell thoughts

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Feat thoughts

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Drawbacks & Downsides

• No backup melee weapon, and no Gunfighter. Hellish Volley alleviates this somewhat - just don't get stuck in melee and in a "no spell" zone at the same time! Also watch out for models that cannot be targeted by ranged attacks.
  • Also you cannot voluntarily fail a charge roll to get further up on the field.
• She will spark endless discussions about how Riot Quest models are ruining the aesthetic integrity of the game.
• Bethayne1 and Bethayne2 have much easier times applying their (multiple) debuffs and also making their troops tougher into guns. So detractors will call her a discount version of two of the faction's best warlocks.

Tips & Tricks

• Between Feat and Far-strike from a Nephilim Bolt Thrower she can get a 25" threat range on her bow. This is a huge threat vector and an unsuspecting caster can easily get three mostly boosted POW 12s to the face.
• Arcane Reconfiguration does not change the cost of your animi since they are not "on your card" but rather being cast as "one of its own".

List Building Advice

Strategy

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Theme thoughts

    Children of the Dragon    
Children generally struggles into Tough-focused lists, which Mortality solves. She also gains access to three character beasts with excellent guns and there is a lot of solos and units in here with guns.

• Azrael - Azrael has "premium gun" written all over him. Two spears per activation and a reroll mean he has a high chance of smiting something, too.
• Zuriel - Hits like an absolute truck with Mortality and Broadside means he can lay down 3 sprays per turn and still bring the heat in melee, then Run & Gun away.
• Typhon - Three sprays base and an extra one with Broadside.
• Blighted Nyss Archers - Mortality makes them hit harder, which is amazing with 22 shots per unit and the reolls make RAT 5 less of an issue
• Craelix - Motality + Poison mean he starts to hurt warbests with his bow
• Virtue Champion - Blight Cloud and Deflection make these almost impossible to take down at range and they extend this quality to the Virtue Host. Also they have quality guns that leave behind Scathers.
• Blight Archon - Mortality ups their output significantly and you can outsource support beasts (Mekanoshredder, Blood Seer, Naga) onto them.
• Spell Martyr - You want to land those Mortalities at a safe distance, so these guys are mandatory.

Battlegroup

• Archangel - The biggest and most devastating gun platfrom in the faction! It loves +2 to hit, +2" RNG, rerolls, Motality and extra shots.
• Blightbringer - Getting two Blights Ash AOE onto the board can be really good for the rest of your army. Consider this in PT with Warspears.
• Naga Nightlurker - Strongly consider this one so you can bypass Wind Wall and Hymn of Passage.
• Nephilim Bolt Thrower - There is natural synergy here due to the Far Strike Animus and getting an extra shot out the Thrower thanks to Broadside is pretty neat, too.
• Ravagore - Arguably better to take two rather than an Archangel. They have a higher base POW on their guns, better range, and benefit from Kinetic invigoration. Two shoot as much under broadside as the Angel does.

Starting a 25 point Brawl list

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Other

Trivia

Spoiled 2020.12

Other Legion models

Legion Index       (Edit)
Battlegroup & Similar
Warlocks	Absylonia1 - Absylonia2 - Anamag - Bethayne1 - Bethayne2 - Fyanna2 - Kallus1 - Kallus2 - Kryssa - Lylyth1 - Lylyth2 - Lylyth3 - Lylyth4 - Rhyas1 - Saeryn1 - Saeryn2 & Rhyas2 - Thagrosh1 - Thagrosh2 - Vayl1 - Vayl2
Other Warbeast Controllers	Beast Mistress - Blight Archon - Thagrosh0
Lesser	Blight Wasps - Shredder - Harrier - Mekanoshredder - Stinger
Light	Afflictor - Naga Nightlurker - Nephilim Bloodseer - Nephilim Bolt Thrower - Nephilim Protector - Nephilim Soldier - Raek - Teraph
Heavy	Angelius - Azrael - Carnivean - Golab - Neraph - Proteus - Ravagore - Scythean - Typhon - Seraph - Zuriel
Gargantuans	Archangel - Blightbringer
Units, Solos, & Battle Engines
Units	Blackfrost Shard - B.N. Archers - B.N. Hex Hunters - B.N. Legionnaires - B.N. Raptors - B.N. Scather Crew - B.N. Swordsmen - B. Rotwings - B.O. Warmongers - B.O. Warspears - Chosen - Grotesque Banshees - Grotesque Raiders - Hellmouth - Ice Witches - Strider Blightblades - Strider Scouts - Spawning Vessel - Virtue Host
Solos	Ammok - Annyssa Ryvaal - Beast Mistress - Blight Archon - B.N Shepherd - B.N. Sorceress - B.N. Warlord - Craelix - Forsaken - Fyanna1 - Grotesque Assassin - Incubi - Spell Martyr - Strider Deathstalker - Succubus - Thagrosh0 - Virtue Champion - B.O. Warmonger War Chief - Yssylla
Battle Engines	Throne of Everblight
Theme Forces
Children of the Dragon - Oracles of Annihilation - Primal Terrors - Ravens of War
Minions
Refer to Who Works for Whom and/or Category: Legion of Everblight Minion
This index was last updated: 2021.11

Rules Clarifications

Note to self: I need to update this rules section after the rules are finalised - juckto.