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{{Cryxbox|{{Cryx}} {{Blighted Trollkin}} {{Character}} {{Solo}} }} [[Category: Model]]
{{4P|'''Black Fleet'''}}

''Gerlak Slaughterborn is a hulking monster of battle. His infamous brutality has caused brave men to fall to their knees in terror at the mere sight of him, unable even to defend themselves. Leading his notorious Bloodgorgers, this horribly blighted trollkin has earned his reputation with a century of massacre. Bloodgorgers claim that if piled into the deep, the bodies of his slain would create a grisly bridge reaching all the way from Garlghast to the mainland. Cryx has found better use for Slaughterborn's death toll: necrotechs follow in his wake and pick among the cleft bodies like carrion crows. From his detritus rise mechanithralls, brute thralls, and endless other unliving soldiers of Cryx.''

=Basic Info=
{{Infobox-Model
| name  = {{PAGENAME}}
| image = Gerlak.jpg
| base  = Medium
| spd   = 5
| str   = 8
| mat   = 8
| rat   irrelevant 
| def   = 12
| arm   = 17
| cmd   = 9
| hp    = 8
| cost  = 5
| fa    = C
}}

===Abilities===
* {{Tough}}
* {{Berserk}}
* {{Bloodthirst}}
* {{Overtake}}
* {{Unyielding}}
* {{Elite Cadre|Bloodgorgers|Berserk (as above)}} [[Category: Berserk Elite Cadre]]
* {{Veteran Leader|Blighted Trollkin|other friendly Blighted Trollkin}}

===Weapons ===
* '''Great Axe''' - 1" reach, POW 5, P+S 13 melee weapon
** {{Weapon Master}}
**{{Grievous Wounds}}

===Theme Forces ===
* '''''Cryx
** {{Scourge of the Broken Coast}}

* '''''Other Factions
** '''[[Infernal]]''' players can use this model in the {{Hearts of Darkness|notbold=}} theme, but only if [[Mortenebra]] is leading the army. 


=Thoughts on {{PAGENAME}}=
==={{PAGENAME}} in a Nutshell===
Gerlak Slaughterborn is the leader of the Bloodgorgers, and is able to turn them into a wrecking crew able to scythe through infantry with a Berserk/Overtake combination.

He is scary against hordes of infantry, as he can attack one, make an Overtake move, make a Berserk attack, make another move, rinse and repeat until they're all dead or you make a bad dice roll.

===Combos & Synergies===
* Most of the time he'll be taken in the [[Scourge of the Broken Coast]] theme (where he'll be free) alongside Bloodgorgers and/or Marauders.
** [[Bloodgorgers]] - making them good is his job. He only needs to be in the same list to give them Elite Cadre.
** To a lesser extent, [[Blighted Trollkin Marauders]] like him for the +1 to hit.
** When taken with either Bloodgorgers or Marauders, [[Jussika Bloodtongue]] still counts as a "Bloodgorger" model, and therefore benefits from his Elite Cadre.
* Anyone who can reliably deliver him. P+S 13 with Weapon Master can ruin a good few units' days, especially when sufficiently debuffed by Cryx's warcasters.
** [[The Witch Coven of Garlghast]] excels at this. [[Bane Witch Agathia]] to a slightly lesser extent.
** [[Black Ogrun Smog Belchers]] and [[Scharde Dirge Seers]] are also options to help him get up the board, if your list has them!
* [[Sturgis the Corrupted]] or [[Scaverous]] can extend his threat range, widely broadening his area of operations.
* Anyone who can make him hit harder (using [[Scything Touch]] or [[Curse of Shadows]] or any of our other debuffs).
** With the amount of attacks you want Slaughterborn to be making, you want to limit the amount of 'failed attacks' you're getting out of him. [[Iron Lich Asphyxious]] can get him killing ARM 20 single-wound models even on triple-one damage rolls!
** In addition, [[Deneghra, the Soul Weaver]] and [[Lich Lord Venethrax]] both have [[Mortality]], which gives Slaughterborn +2/+2 to hitting and damage. Pretty good for mitigating the amount of 'failed attacks' he'll make.
*** However, in order to even make a swing, he's got to get there first.
* The [[Withershadow Combine]] can give him Puppet Master, to reduce the odds of a bad dice roll stopping his Pacman attack.
** Unfortunately the WSC and their reroll are not available in Scpurge, so you need to play out-of-theme for that combo, or use [[Eilish Garrity, the Occultist|Eilish]].
* Remember, P+S 13 Weapon Master is the equivalent damage output of a [[Bane Warriors|Bane Warrior]]. If there's no infantry for him to mulch, Gerlak can at least make a dent in something heavier.

===Drawbacks & Downsides===
* You don't want him without Bloodgorgers
* Swathes of infantry are currently rare so it's a target poor environment.
** The addition of Weapon Master, though, gives him something to do against harder targets.

===Tricks & Tips===
* It's often worth running with him rather than charging - get him into position for the Bloodgorger wave.


=Other=
===Trivia===
* Released in [[Legends|Warmachine: Legends]] (2008)
* Nicknames: Pacman.

===Other Cryx models===
{{Index Cryx}} 
 
===Rules Clarifications===
{{RC Weapon Master}}
{{RC Grievous Wounds}}

{{RC Tough}}
{{RC Berserk}}
{{RC Bloodthirst}}
{{RC Overtake}}
{{RC Unyielding}}
{{RC Leadership}}