Devout

Faith alone is insufficient to protect the faithful. Thus, the Devout was built to guard the Protectorate’s leaders from heretics and engraved with holy inscriptions to protect its controller from accursed magic. The Dervish, on the other hand, is a divinely inspired weapon that uses its chassis’ unparalleled reflexes wholly for offense. The Purifier, crafted as a literal interpretation of wrathful scripture, has a singular drive to eradicate unbelief through the cleansing fires of the Creator.

Basic Info

Abilities

• Template:Construct
• Template:Defensive Strike
• Template:Shield Guard
• Template:Spell Barrier

Weapons

• Shield - 0.5" reach, P+S 11 melee attack.
  • Template:Shield
• Pole Axe - 2" reach, P+S 13 melee attack.

Theme Forces

• Protectorate
  • Template:Exemplar Interdiction. This model gains Blessed melee weapons in this theme.
  • Template:Guardians of the Temple
  • Template:The Creator's Might
  • Template:The Faithful Masses
  • Template:Warriors of the Old Faith

• Other Factions
  • Infernal players can take this warjack in the Template:Hearts of Darkness theme, but only if Feora is leading the army. It gains Accumulator [Soulless] in this theme.
  • Khador players can take this warjack in the Template:Warriors of the Old Faith theme.

Thoughts on Devout

Devout in a nutshell

The Devout is a protector - between Shield Guard, Spell Ward, and Defensive Strike it stands between your caster and the enemy and helps prevent them making it through.

Despite it's role it is on the chassis with the lowest base armour in the protectorate, so it can't stand up to punishment as well as the Revenger or Vigilant but it but does have a bargain basement cost and some great utility.

Combos & Synergies

• Harbinger of Menoth - that parade float is a big target (see also both versions of Reznik).
• In Guardians of the Temple it's this or the Templar if you want a shield guard.
• Durst not only gains spell protection while B2B but also gains +2 defence and knockdown immunity, with his feat and deceleration assassination is not really possible.
• Severius0 and Tristan1 are both squishy battlegroup controllers, so they love a Shield Guard and Spell Barrier to keep them save.

Drawbacks & Downsides

• Spell assassination enemies can pull the Devout, eliminating the spell barrier.
• It's an expensive shield guard. The enemy can attrition against you by simply ignoring it if they weren't planning to assassinate.
• If you just want a shield guard for a couple of shots, High Paladin Dartan Vilmon is significantly cheaper and Visgoth Juviah Rhoven & Honor Guard costs the same but is a pair of shield guards with some utility.
• Being in base to base with your caster means that it's vulnerable to boosted blast damage.

Tricks & Tips

Be on the look out for ways to use Defensive Strike like putting a Devout behind small base units to get a free melee attack on models that engage.

Other

Trivia

Released in Warmachine: Escalation (2004)