Stonecold Black Bella

Template:Mercbox This model is playable only in an Unlimited format.

The Duchess of Dread, the Larceny Lass, that filthy Thamarite pirate...Bella has gone by many names over the years. These days, folks call her by a name that best matches her demeanour towards others: Stonecold.

Before the apocalypse, Bella enjoyed her position as first mate for the infamous pirate warcaster, Fiona the Black. It was Fiona who taught Bella all she truly needed to succeed in life: how to fight, how to steal, how to stab someone in the back. Fiona wasn’t the least bit surprised when Bella inevitably betrayed her over the biggest haul they’d ever scored and then set sail on her own journeys. It comes with the territory.

Basic Info

Mercenary - This model will work for Template:Crucible Guard Mercenary, Template:Cryx mercenary, Template:Cygnar Mercenary, Template:Khador mercenary, and the Template:Protectorate Mercenary.

Abilities

• Template:Call to Sacrifice
• Template:Dual Attack
• Template:Money is Power

Weapons

Frostwing
File:Gun icon.jpg		RNG			ROF			AOE			POW
		12			1			Template:-			12
Template:Black Penny Template:Scavenge
Telescoping Blade
File:Sword icon.jpg		RNG				POW				P+S
		1Template:/4				4				10
Template:Chain Weapon Template:Weapon Master Template:Blood Reaper Template:Chain Strike

Theme Forces

• Mercenary
  • Template:Flame in the Darkness
  • Template:The Irregulars
  • Template:The Talion Charter - she gains Sacrificial Pawn: Sea Dog Trooper

• Other Factions
  • Infernal players can use this model in the Template:Hearts of Darkness theme, but only if Crosse2 is leading the army.
  • Furthermore, Mercenary models can be hired by other Factions. Normally those Factions' themes will have a limit on how many models they can hire. Refer to #Other Theme Forces, below.

Thoughts on Black Bella2

Black Bella2 in a nutshell

She's a combat solo with a boosting ability. She sits back plinking dudes and earning loot until she has a chance to charge a good target, then gets stuck in and threshers everything to death.

She can destroy a whole host of infantry in the exact same way as Bella1 if she gets the chance, but she won’t be a drain on your clock in the same way killing spree can be.

Outside of the Talion Charter she is quite difficult to deliver as her defensive stats are above average but merely ok; a wandering AOE can take her out fairly trivially.

Combos & Synergies

Non-casters

• She's both a Privateer and a Thamarite as such she benefits from any and all of their support solos.
• The Morrowan Archon pushes her DEF even higher, wheras the Thamarite Archon gives her re-rolls for missed attacks.

Casters

• Captain Allison Jakes - In Flames in the Darkness Black Bella becomes a Cygnar model, so she can feat on her. Blood Reaper, 4" range, and E-Leaps can turn entire infantry lines to dust.
• Zerkova1 has clouds that also apply -2 to enemy attack rolls.
• She is one of the better throw-away targets for Shae's Storm Rager spell, turning her into a fearsome missile. As with other pirates he gives her absurd threat ranges.
• Rahera's black spot spell allows her to earn multiple loot tokens with her owl before she goes in to spend them all on threshers. The DEF debuff Blackspot provides also helps her puny RAT of 6. Her feat also helps her earn loot and reducing RNG on enemy guns helps everyone.
• Stryker1 or Ossrum offer Snipe so the owl can pilfer loot at RNG 16".
• Crosse2 - Ghost Walk is pretty neat on her. With Run & Gun you can also back up after you killed something with the owl, Meaning you can potentially cheat out another turn with her after you committed her into melee, as Run & Gun occurs at the end of your activation.
  • In Hearts of Darkness you'll want an Umbral Guardian to protect her from blast damage.
• Shae1's spell Storm Rager makes her easy to deliver, especially in Talion Charter with plenty Sea Dogs around for her Call to Sacrifice.
• Damiano her bird can trigger Road to War for him while she nabs a Loot Token and on feat turn her whip sword becomes extremely deadly. Dead Eye can ensure she gets the loot train rolling.

Drawbacks & Downsides

• She's dependant on Sea Dogs to stay alive, else she dies to blast damage like any other low ARM solo.
• Anything that RFPs before disabled (such as Consume) or prevents models removing damage (such as Entropic Force) will negate Call to Sacrifice.
• RAT 6 and only a single shot per turn means she might have trouble amassing loot.
• Blood Reaper is not optional. With a 4" reach she can be a real danger to your own troops once battlelines get mixed up.

Tricks & Tips

• If you're in melee, do the ranged attack first, get a loot token, and use that to boost your melee attack.
  • Even if you charge, Dual Attack lets you do the ranged attack first.
  • You still get the boosted charge attack damage roll on your melee attack against your original charge target, even if you do a ranged attack first.
  • With Dual Attack you can shoot anyone, not just who you're in melee with. So target someone easy to hit.

Other

Trivia

• Released 2020.12

Rules Clarifications

Template:RC Black Penny Template:RC Scavenge }} Template:RC Chain Weapon Template:RC Weapon Master Template:RC Blood Reaper Template:RC Chain Strike