Knights Exemplar Seneschal

A living pillar of faith, this holy knight feels the demise of every Menite like a blade cutting his flesh, fuelling his otherworldly resolve and righteous fury. The Exemplar Seneschal is nothing less than a force of nature, wading diligently through the enemy, sowing death as he goes. Those unfortunate enough to become the object of the Seneschal's wrath are smote by the sheer power of his holy rage, cast aside as if struck by a great wave smashing the shore.

Basic Info

Abilities

• Template:Inhuman Resolve
• Template:Righteous Fury

Weapons

• Relic Blade (x2) - 1" reach, P+S 11 melee weapons.
  • Template:Weapon Master
  • Template:Magical Damage
  • Template:Chain Attack Smite

Theme Forces

• Protectorate
  • Template:Exemplar Interdiction. He gains Aegis in this theme.

• Other Factions
  • Infernal players can use this model in the Template:Hearts of Darkness theme, but only if Feora is leading the army.

Thoughts on Knights Exemplar Seneschal

Knights Exemplar Seneschal in a nutshell

The Knights Exemplar Seneschal is a solo who wrecks things. A weapon master with high MAT and Chain Attack: Smite, he does a lot of damage for a solo. He's also excellent at contesting scenario, and can throw your opponent's order of activations in a loop if they want him dead.

In case you missed it: Inhuman Resolve makes him nigh-unkillable because instead of going disabled-boxed-destroyed he goes disabled-wait until next Maintenance Phase-destroyed and while he waits he can get healed by anyone else that dies.

Combos & Synergies

• Infantry to sac for Inhuman Resolve. Exemplar Errants are the most proficient at dying among the Exemplars.
• Harbinger can keep him alive even longer via Martyrdom, and she loves having a powerful combat solo.
• Gravus can keep him from being knocked down.

Drawbacks & Downsides

• Slow and easy to jam
• Easy to prevent his healing mechanisms with some lists.

Tricks & Tips

• Chain Attack Smite means that his smites are very aimable if you get it right - smite one tough model into or over others. You can also do this to your own models, although finding one that will survive his attacks might be difficult.
• All your opponent has to do to counter Inhuman Resolve is ignore the Seneschal until the end of their turn, then kill him last. Thus, you should play the Seneschal aggressively and make him something they can't ignore until the end of their turn.
• He likes to have squishy models stay in his command range, so he can heal when they get squished.

Other

Trivia

Released in Warmachine: Escalation (2004)