Theme - Storm Division
Theme - Storm Division Cygnar Theme Force |
Cygnar’s Storm Division is an autonomous military force that delivers the flash of lightning and the roll of thunder to the battlefields of Immoren. The division couples the latest voltaic weaponry and hardware produced by the Cygnaran Armory with the service of skilled soldiers. More Storm Knights fight with the Storm Division than with any other force in Cygnar, and with the aid of accomplished stormsmiths these elite warriors make up a highly mobile army capable of bringing the fury of the storm to Cygnar’s enemies.
Theme Rules
- For the core rules on how Theme Forces work, see this article.
Theme Restrictions
An army made using the Storm Division theme force can include only the following Cygnar models:
- Cygnar warcasters
- Non-character warjacks
- Brickhouse
- Dynamo
- Thunderhead
- Artificer Prime Nemo
- Mechanik models/units
- Storm Knight models/units
- Stormsmith models/units
- Journeyman Warcaster solos
- Lieutenant Allison Jakes
- Savio Montero Acosta
- Squire solos
- This army can also include one Mercenary solo and one Mercenary unit that will work for Cygnar.
- These models/units can be included even if they have the Partisan [Cygnar] rule.
- Mercenary units can have attachments, but not a Ranking Officer.
Full model list
This list was last updated: 2020.02 (Edit)
Warcasters
- All Cygnar warcasters
Warjacks
- All non-character warjacks
- Brickhouse
- Dynamo
- Thunderhead
- Other character warjacks can be taken, but only if they're in their bonded model's battlegroup.
Units
- Field Mechaniks
- Silver Line Stormguard
- Storm Lances
- Stormblade Infantry
- Stormguard Infantry
- Stormsmith Grenadiers
- Stormsmith Storm Tower
- Trencher Combat Engineers
Solos
- Captain Arlan Strangewayes
('Jack Marshal) - Lieutenant Gwen Keller
- Major Katherine Laddermore
- Sir Dreyfus the Storm Knight
- Stormblade Captain
('Jack Marshal) - Stormsmith Stormcallers
- Journeyman Warcaster
("Junior Warcaster") - Jakes1
("Junior Warcaster") - Savio Montero Acosta (★)
- Squire
(Warcaster Attachment)
Battle Engines
Mercenaries
- Up to one unit
- Up to one solo
(★) Because these models are specifically allowed in this theme, they don't use up your Mercenary slot.
Requisition Points
You can spend each Requisition Point on either:
- One Stormsmith weapon crew unit
- One Cygnar CA
- Three Stormsmith Stormcaller solos
- One small- or medium-based Cygnar solo
Theme Bonuses
- Cygnar models/units in this army gain Immunity: Electricity.
- Storm Knight models in this army gain Unyielding.
- Unyielding - This model gains +2 ARM against melee damage rolls.
Recent Changes
2021.06 Storm Division Dynamic Update
- No changes to the theme itself, but lots of models within the theme got errata'd.
Thoughts on Storm Division
Storm Division in a nutshell
Do you like Storm Knights or Stormsmiths? Well, good news! This is the theme for you. If you intend to maximise the benefits from the theme, you are likely to have quite a strong melee force. Before the 2021 June Dynamic Update this almost exclusively meant Storm Lances since the rest of the (mainly single-wound infantry) choices were questionable at best. It is yet too early to say how the update shapes this theme on the long run but it surely brought some quality-of-life updates to the maligned models in general.
The main selling points are:
- Every friendly Cygnar model is safe from your electro leaps and lightnings - worry not of shooting near your repair crews.
- Most of your troops sport decently high accuracy and damage.
- Cygnar's low ARM casters are protected from Electro-Leap lightning shenanigans.
- This can alleviate problems when facing other Cygnar armies which rely on lightning weapons
- It also offers protection from certain models in Retribution of Scyrah, Trollbloods and Circle Orboros.
Theme Weaknesses
Terrain Mitigation
Pathfinder is quite limited. For an army that can skew towards melee quite easily, this can become a big issue. Your only way to grant Pathfinder in this theme is via warcasters or your single Mercenary solo:
- Onslaught on Major Beth Maddox
- Captain Jeremiah Kraye's Iron Horse ability - which includes only his battlegroup
- Ghost Walk on Major Prime Victoria Haley
Low to medium model count
Being an army of elite soldiers typically means you might have a lowish model count. Also, they have average DEF and ARM scores - the latter is somewhat alleviated in melee thanks to the theme benefit.
- Protect your investment of expensive elite soldiers with abilities that improve their armor.
List Building Advice
- Stormblade Captain - if you favor Storm Knights, his Tactician rule makes like a lot easier for getting your different units into place.
- Taking a Journeyman Warcaster is almost always worth it. Both Stormblade Infantry and Storm Lances have decent armor that can be made pretty great by the inclusion of Arcane Shield.
- It's all about the lightning, so bringing models such as the Firefly to increase your damage output is a good idea. Just keep in mind that all of your in-faction models are unable to arc lightning into the enemy. That goes to your mercenary choices who are Partisans.
- Your mercenaries are not safe from lightning. Keep that in mind if you sent an important support solo within arcing range. On the flip side, get your cheap cannon fodder troop run forward (even outside formation) to act as a "spark-node" to call down lightning on demand into a squishy but important enemy model without remorse.
Starting a 25 point Brawl list
In 2020.09 Phillip Melvin, one of the LOS authors, put together this list for the Brawlmachine format. He even wrote about it's playstyle and expanding it beyond 25 points, which you can read here.
- Stormblade Captain: [5 pts]
- Stormblade Infantry: [9 pts]
- Command Attachment: [Free] (5 pts)
- Stormsmith Storm Tower: [4 pts]
Total RRP: USD $171 (based on PP's online store prices 2021.05)
For more Brawlmachine list ideas, see Category: Brawl List
Caster Thoughts
She has a great spell list for Storm Division.
- Stormblades make particularly good use of Dauntless Resolve because they cannot be knocked down the turn they use Iron Zeal making them potentially very difficult to kill.
- Onslaught can provide the Faction-wide pathfinder you need to deliver your powerful melee attacks across the battlefield.
- Her feat Thundering Rage heavily amps up the power your Stormknights already powerful attacks. It should allow you to crack some very hard armor skews.
- Being a Stormknight herself, she will benefit from Laddermore or any Stormblade Captains you include.
Armor skew list with ability to remove single heavy targets and annihilate infantry.
- Playing the Storm Strider in a pair plus a Hurricane can be incredibly durable with invincibility with two of them being ARM 27. Add some Fireflies and the electrical guns are accurate and can crack armor rather effectively.
He favors melee oriented gameplay making him good for Storm Division.
- Deflection can make Stormknights hard to kill at range with small arms fire.
- Stormknights are also very grateful recipients of Strkyer 2's feat. The extra movement and attack are very powerful seeing as they operate off of their powerful attacks.
She has a wide set of tools allowing the Storm Division to operate in a wide number of matches.
- Storm Lances are absolutely worth reviving and can use the Ghost Walk to disengage and/or reposition without risking free strikes.
Other
Trivia
- Released near the start of Mk3 (2016)
- This is Lord Commander Stryker's personal division.
Other Cygnar themes
Rules Clarifications
Rules Clarification : Unyielding - None yet. (Edit)
Rules Clarification : Electricity (Edit)
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