Krueger the Stormseer

Krueger is a long-lived warlock due to his clever strategies and willingness to sacrifice others for the cause. This version of Krueger, however, shows him in his slightly more idealistic youth, when he was not quite yet willing to sacrifice anyone and anything for power. That doesn’t mean, of course, that he isn’t above stealing a little power boost from time to time.

Basic Info

Abilities

• Template:Immunity: Electricity
• Template:Pathfinder
• Template:Bleed Power
• Template:Lesser Warlock
• Template:Lifeline

Weapons

Lightning Blast
File:Gun icon.jpg		RNG			ROF			AOE			POW
		10			1			3			Template:Star
Template:Damage Type: Electricity Template:Damage Type: Magical Template:Electric Field Template:Reload
Lightning Spear
File:Sword icon.jpg		RNG				POW				P+S
		2				7				12
Template:Damage Type: Magical

Spells

{{Category: Template:Fleeting StormTemplate:Lightning Blade }}[[Category: Template:Fleeting StormTemplate:Lightning Blade ]]

Theme Forces

• Template:Bones of Orboros
• Template:Call of the Wild
• Template:Si
• Template:Secret Masters. In this theme this model gains Sacrificial Pawn [Minion Warrior].

Thoughts on Krueger0

Krueger0 in a nutshell

Krueger0 brings plenty of control elements and a great gun, that fries infantry. He has bleed power which can keeps him relevant and spellcasting all game even after his warbeast expires and lifelink to survive a bit of attention. Like the rest of the blackclads his defensive stats aren't much to write home about but his kit and cloud protection can make a big difference.

Because of Lightning Blade he can also support living warbeast casters like Kaya or Una by amping the damage & threat range of key beasts.

Spell Thoughts

• Fleeting Storm - a cloud with a bit of added utility to models inside it. It's slightly paradoxical in it's intent as you need to be behind the cloud to block LoS but inside it to get the range reduction. It is by no means a bad spell but it's not the reason to bring Krueger to the table.
• Lightning Blade - A living warbeast damage buff that extends threat ranges and reminds people of Kreuger1's signature spell. This spell will only have an eligible target in Bones of Orboros if you take someone who brings a non-Megalith character beast with them.

Warbeast thoughts

Since he can get fury from non-warbeasts, and since his spells aren't locked to his battlegroup, there's a case to be made that he wants as small a battlegroup as possible. Any warbeast that Kreuger0 might want to buff could probably do better in the main warlock's battlegroup and still get those buffs. So when it comes to Krueger's battlegroup you'll be looking for a beast that provides a useful buff (such as the Moonhound) or has a useful animus that Krueger0 can cast (such as the Gorax) to save on your main warlock's fury.

• Wild Argus - Doppler Bark is a nice animus to enable assassinations. Add Shivers and you can Doppler 3 times.
• Argus Moonhound - Mark Target to improve the RAT of Krueger's ranged weapon.
• Gorax - A cheap animus bot, it also takes Blade well.
• Wold Wight - A cheap way to get Bleed Power online.

Combos & Synergies

• The Celestial Fulcrum is his Veteran Leader, and is a Construct as well.
• Una2 loves living warbeasts and frequently runs double raptors. One of them can take Blade just fine.
• Una1 - A Storm Raptor run by her can benefit from Lightning Blade, Bird's Eye, Dog Pile and Guardian Beast all at the same time.
• Shifting Stones - Mainstay Constructs for any Circle army and thus a way for him to Bleed Power.
• Mohsar master and apprentice have some good synergy as pillar of salt coupled with clouds is a good way to block line of sight. With his arm debuff you can also create a +4 damage swing for 1 beast.
• The Storm Raptor, Ghetorix and Brennos are heavy and colossal living warbeasts that see regular play, making them decent targets for Blade. The Storm Raptor also provides +2 to Lighting damage.
• The entire Warpwolf and Satyr line up are great targets for Lighting Blade.
• Kaya2 - She is all about beasts, but her only damage buff is Forced Evolution, which is single target. Lighting Blade helps with this.
• Kaya3 - Is also all about her beasts and loves Lighting Blade on one of them to Kickstart a Synergy chain.
• Tanith - Among free Primals, Lighting Blade and Scything Touch she can crank damage pretty well and does hit-fixing like no tomorrow.
• Kromac1 - Another beats caster.

Drawbacks & Downsides

• In Bones of Orboros he will rarely have a valid target for Lightning Blade. It's limited to just living character warbeasts with their bonded warlocks.
• Match ups like Storm Division really neuter his effectiveness as a ranged solo.

Tricks & Tips

• Bleed Power
  • It happens before "any time" abilities. So you can't cast spells and then use Bleed Power to top up your fury.
  • It triggers off any kind of Construct, not just Wolds. Heck, it even triggers off a Steamroller objective (as of the 2021 SR).
  • Remember you bleed power after upkeeping so there is less reason to drop upkeeps
• Lifeline can be used on beasts not in his battlegroup.
• Extending a model's melee range does not affect power attacks other than throw (because the others are not tied to a weapon).

Other

Trivia

• Released 2021.10
• Released to celebrate the 15th anniversary of Warmachine, alongside Thagrosh0, Madrak0, Makeda0, and Barnabas0. Four of them are characters from the 2006 Primal rulebook, and the 5th is Barnabas.