Kogan the Exile

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Kogan was a proud Tharn warrior who, like the rest of his tribe, managed to survive the apocalypse unscathed. While hunting in the wastes, Kogan had an unfortunate encounter with a large armored bear, which managed to tear his arm off before running away with it. It should have been the end of Kogan then and there, but as he lay bleeding out, he was discovered by another scavenger crew that took pity on him.

The crew nursed Kogan back to health while their mechanik built Kogan a new mechanikal arm out of scrap parts. Gracious for what they had done for him, Kogan spared the crew instead of bringing them back to his tribe as a meal. When Kogan returned, his tribe immediately spurned him for the metallic monstrosity that had replaced his natural arm.

They claimed he had defiled their tradition and god, and they cast him out. Exiled, Kogan now wanders the wastes as a lone survivor, but one who has had his eyes opened to the world around him. He isn’t trusting of many outsiders, but he is willing to give most a fair chance before deciding if they are a potential ally or his next meal.

Basic Info

Minion - This model will work for Template:Circle minion.

• Template:Partisan

Abilities

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• Template:Tough
• Template:Heart Eater
• Template:Rapid Healing
• Template:Treewalker
• Template:Unyielding

Weapons

Tharn Axe
File:Sword icon.jpg		RNG				POW				P+S
		2				5				16
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Theme Forces

• Minion
  • Template:Will Work For Food

• Circle
  • As a Minion model it can go in any Circle theme, however most of the time it'll use your "Up to one Minion solo" slot
  • Template:Secret Masters
  • Template:The Bones of Orboros
  • Template:The Devourer's Host. He doesn't use up your Minion slot in this theme. He begins the game with 1 corpse token.
  • Template:The Wild Hunt

Thoughts on Kogan the Exile

Kogan the Exile in a nutshell

Kogan hits like a heavy - his charge is a P+S 18 smiting attack, and if he's triggered Heart Eater somehow he can get extra follow-up attacks. And that's why you take him - he hits really hard, slamming as he does.

He hits very hard but he isn’t much tougher than standard Tharn Ravagers against ranged attacks, while costing more than 2 of them. Delivering him to bash in some faces will always be the tricky bit - at 6 points that can't be taken for free you need to make him "do work" to "earn back" his points.

His game plan isn’t overly complicated - charge in hard and fast and either wreck infantry or if you are stocked up on corpses go after something heavier, your output is insane.

Because he is a Partisan in circle he fits in every theme if you are willing to give up your minion solo. Bones of Orboros lacks any models that can collect corpses but often runs a Well of Orboros while not the best choice for every situation it does offer something a bit different for a theme with no dedicated combat solos

Combos & Synergies

Circle

• The Devourer's Host gives him a free heart. He also doesn't use up a minion slot and counts as a ravager.
• Wurmwood makes trees and debuffs enemies.
• Iona the Unseen and the Tharn Ravager White Mane give bonuses to their fellow Tharn.
• Baldur the Stonesoul - putting a wall template behind a model you are smiting allows for collateral damage. His feat also makes him Arm19 vs range and arm 21 vs melee. Which is hopefully enough to see him to the frontlines.
• Baldur the Stonecleaver anything that can be said about how he combos with normal Tharn Ravagers can be repeated here, forests, blast resistance and no knockdown + tough are all great.
• Well of Orboros available in any theme the Well can always hand out corpses with its gun.

Minions

• He's a decent free option for Azazello in Will Work for Food. He gets pretty scary under his feat and/or Storm Rager and Beacon gives him some extra inches on the charge. Riposte while sitting in a forest can make a great defensive piece with slams galore.
• Ledfoot & Tredz let him Ride Along for 2" and love it when he smites something so they get to Trash it afterwards.

Drawbacks & Downsides

• A boosted POW 12 can one-shot him on average rolls, and he's expensive.
  • If you want raw damage output in circle get Brighid & Caul for 1 point more. If you are taking Kogan you need to be slamming.
• Other than offering slams his power and output isn’t that different from a normal Tharn Male.

Tricks & Tips

• read up on how slams work his amazing slamming axe is the majority of his kit

Other

Trivia

• Released 2020.12