Cephalyx Agitator

Agitators are the surgical knives of a Cephalyx force. These sinister specialists hover across the battlefield to apply precise pressure to the enemy in order to ensure their enslaved drudges and monstrosities are performing to the utmost of their capacity. An agitator can determine the necessary course of action in the heat of battle, whether it be stirring their drudges to a fever pitch, controlling the minds of the enemy, or blasting those minds with cruel psychic force.

Basic Info

Mercenary - This model will work for Template:Cryx Mercenary

Abilities

• Template:Pathfinder
• Template:Stealth
• Template:Anatomical Precision
• Template:Magic Ability
• Template:Sacrificial Pawn

Weapons

• Prosthetic Blades - 1" reach, P+S 11 melee weapon.

Spells

{{Category: Template:Influence AttackTemplate:Instigate }}[[Category: Template:Influence AttackTemplate:Instigate ]]

Theme Forces

• Mercenaries
  • Template:Operating Theater

• Cryx
  • As a Mercenary model it can be included in any Cryx theme, but because it isn't a Partisan it'll use up your "Up to one Merc" slot.
  • Template:Black Industries
  • Template:Dark Host
  • Template:The Ghost Fleet
  • Template:Scourge of the Broken Coast

Thoughts on Cephalyx Agitator

Cephalyx Agitator in a nutshell

The Cephalyx Agitator is a cheap solo that buffs your Monstrosities and, as every Operating Theatre list has at least two monstrosities, the question for the Cephalyx player isn't whether you want any Agitators but how many agitators you want (1-3). It also has the Influence attack but this is considered very situational.

Combos & Synergies

• Monstrosities. (Naturally). It buffs them and sacrificial pawns to them.

Drawbacks & Downsides

• Not much use if not near a monstrosity.
• Can be outrun by monstrosities.
• Only protected from ranged attacks by sac pawn.
• Unlike other Mercenary models, they can't go in most themes. So your list-building options are limited.

Tricks & Tips

• Use the blades to scratch up a monstrosity to put Focus on it.

Other

Trivia

• Released in a digital-only faction book Forces of Warmachine - Cephalyx expansion (2014)
• Reprinted in the Warmachine: Reckoning expansion (2015)