The Devil's Shadow Mutineers

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Wild-eyed sailors tell a tale of the nefarious pirate ship Devil’s Shadow and its mysterious disappearance. Of the ship’s crew, only three souls ever returned, now guided by some unseen evil. This trio disperses as quickly as an ill wind, staying only long enough to form contracts with desperate men. Their goals remain a mystery, and the three otherwise go wherever the gales send their cursed ship.

Basic Info

Mercenary - This unit will work for Template:Cryx mercenary.

• Template:Partisan

Abilities

• Mar, Morland, & Zira
  • Template:Tough
  • Template:Blood-Bound

• Mar only
  • Template:Officer
  • Template:Berserk

• Zira only
  • Template:Eyeless Sight
  • Template:Gunfighter

Weapons

Mar	Saber File:Sword icon.jpg  RNG   POW   P+S  1 3 9 Template:Magical Weapon Template:Weapon Master
Morland	Cutlass (x2) File:Sword icon.jpg  RNG   POW   P+S  1 4 11 Template:Magical Weapon Template:Combo Strike Pistol File:Gun icon.jpg  RNG   ROF   AOE   POW  8 1 Template:- 10 Template:Magical Weapon
Zira	Cursed Pistol (x2) File:Gun icon.jpg  RNG   ROF   AOE   POW  8 1 Template:- 10 Template:Magical Weapon Template:Weapon Master Template:Black Penny

Theme Forces

• Mercenary
  • Template:Flames in the Darkness. They gain Vengeance in this theme.
  • Template:Operating Theatre Only if a Cephalyx Dominator is attached
  • Template:The Irregulars
  • Template:The Talion Charter

• Cryx
  • As a Mercenary unit, they can go in every Cryx theme. However, they'll use up your "Up to one Mercenary unit" slot most of the time.
  • Template:Black Industries
  • Template:Dark Host
  • Template:The Ghost Fleet
  • Template:Scourge of the Broken Coast. They don't use up your Merc slot in this theme.

• Other Factions
  • Cygnar and Khador players can also use them in the Flame in the Darkness theme. They gain Vengeance in this theme.

Thoughts on The Devil's Shadow Mutineers

The Devil's Shadow Mutineers in a nutshell

On a good day the Devil's Shadow Mutineers are a really annoying recursive unit that keeps coming back again and again as Zira (normally) snipes off enemy infantry and solos. On a bad day they are an expensive and squishy unit. Zira is really good with her guns. Morland occasionally delivers a POW 15 charge, and if your opponent is careless, Mar might take a Payday from Rockbottom and mulch an entire unit. Keep them in the second wave for unjamming duty.

Combos & Synergies

• They are Privateer Sea Dogs. Therefore Lord Rockbottom is amazing:
  • Money Shot on Zira is a good way to bring back Mar and Morland
  • Pay Day turns Mar into a berserk overtaking infantry blender with boosted attack rolls; though her 1" reach prevents her from easily rampaging through entire units.
• Bosun Grogspar can provide anti-KD.
• Doc Killingsworth provides improved Tough.
• Captain Phinneus Shae has a number of synergies with them, including his feat Coup de Main, and Mar being a good target for Storm Rager
• Fiona the Black can use them as a hard to get rid of unit of cultists and or models that won't die when she channels through them as they have multiple hit points.
• Rahera can deliver them easier and offer out sprint to 2 out of 3 of them.
• The Thamarite Archon can give them rerolls.

Drawbacks & Downsides

• RFP effects neuter them.
• Their main schtick depends on your opponent obligingly providing you with living targets.
• Significantly weaker than other 3-person character units fielded by other factions.
• First Mate Hawk doesn't buff the melee attacks of the Devil's Shadow (as her ability only affects weapons that are actually named "Hand Weapons", whereas the DSM carry "Saber" & "Cutlass").
• Mar and Morland want to charge. Zira wants to hang back and shoot.

Tricks & Tips

• Keep Zira in the rear away from enemies, so she can survive and bring the other two back
• Be on the lookout for opportunities to use Payday on the unit and have Mar combine Berserk, Overtake and boosted attack rolls. If you want to get really janky, have Wrongeye bring a Swamp Horror and cast Elasticity on her for 2" melee range berserk overtakes. Put Storm Rager on Mar for the final piece of the puzzle.
• If played in Flames in the Darkness under a Cygnar caster you can attach Battle Priests to them, which grant the trio Rise, and they can return the priests with Blood Bound.

Other

Trivia

• Released in the Warmachine: Reckoning expansion book (2015)
• Sculptor = Javier G. Ureña
  • Mar
  • Zira
  • Morland
• Nicknames = DSM
• The Mutineers appear in the Watery Graves novel as antagonists.