Exemplar Bastion Seneschal

Such is the power of faith in an Exemplar bastion seneschal that his presence allows brother bastions to endure impossible punishment while firmly holding the line against the Creator’s enemies. Exemplar bastion seneschals are uniquely entrusted with the command of the Protectorate’s warjacks in support of their fellow Exemplar knights, joining the power of those machines to the bastions’ unbreakable wall.

Basic Info

Abilities

• Template:'Jack Marshal
• Template:Drive Rhythm of Steel
• Template:Defensive Strike

Leadership

While within {{{d}}} of this model, friendly [[{{{model}}}]] models gain [[:Category:{{{ability}}}|{{{ability}}}]].

• Template:Set Defense
• Template:Tactician

Weapons

• Consecrated Halberd - 2" reach, P+S 13 melee weapon.
  • Template:Weapon Master
  • Template:Magical Damage
  • Template:Blessed

Theme Forces

• Protectorate
  • Template:Exemplar Interdiction. He gains Aegis in this theme.

• Other Factions
  • Infernal players can use this model in the Template:Hearts of Darkness theme, but only if Feora is leading the army.

Thoughts on Exemplar Bastion Seneschal

Exemplar Bastion Seneschal in a nutshell

The Exemplar Bastion Seneschal is now a core piece in Exemplar Interdiction lists with a lot of infantry - Tactician is amazing with medium bases, allowing your units to avoid jamming each other up. His jack marshall drive is okay but hard to turn on effectively as getting Exemplar Bastions into position is hard work. The leadership ability is more of a bonus if you happen to be taking Bastions, it doesn’t change how they play, but improves their staying power marginally.

Combos & Synergies

• Tactician helps Exemplar Bastions, Cinerators, Exemplar Vengers, and High Exemplar Gravus navigate around each other. Note that the LOS feature works for defensive strikes,
• Marshalling a Repenter - a RAT 7 Spray is effective. And between the Seneschal and the Choir of Menoth it hits hard in melee.
• Dervish - The cheapest jack in the faction, on par with the Repenter, but it has two initials and Side Step, so it can make excellent use of Flank. With the Choir, Chrush! and Flank, that is two MAT 9, P+S 17, Weapon Master initials. Not bad for a 7 point light at all!
• Marshalling a Sanctifier - Oof the few melee heavies you actually want to marshal thanks to it generating it own focus from collected souls. Three potential focus plus blessed, Hand of Fate, Flank and the the Crush! drive can be terrifying.
• Vassal of Menoth - Empower for his jack, if you brought any, so it can charge and Crush!

Drawbacks & Downsides

• It gets shot (like most marshals) and has the weaknesses of not having focus.
• all of his defensive tech is vs melee and 11/16 isn’t the hardest to kill if left unscreened.

Tricks & Tips

• You can reposition through your own models using Tactician.

Other

Trivia

Released in Warmachine: Vengeance (2014)