Blood of Martyrs

Fueled by vengeance, Blood of Martyrs demonstrates an insatiable desire to unleash its twin blades upon infidels who spill Menite Blood. Only its mistress, Thyra, Flame of Sorrow, matches Blood of Martyrs’ thirst for retribution, and the two are a scything whirlwind of righteous destruction on the battlefield.

Basic Info

Abilities

• Template:Construct
• Template:Bond (Template:Apparition-alt)
• Template:Hand of Vengeance
• Template:Side Step

Weapons

Blade (x2)
File:Sword icon.jpg		RNG				POW				P+S
		1				4				16
Template:Grievous Wounds

Theme Forces

• When taken by Thyra
  • Template:Exemplar Interdiction. Blood of Martyrs gains Blessed melee weapons in this theme.
  • Template:Guardians of the Temple
  • Template:The Creator's Might
  • Template:The Faithful Masses
  • Template:Si

• When taken by anyone else
  • Template:Guardians of the Temple

Thoughts on Blood of Martyrs

File:ThyraFlameOfSorrow.jpg

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Blood of Martyrs in a nutshell

Blood of Martyrs is an assassin. 13" natural threat range with its two Side Steps, MAT 9, and the hitting power of a Crusader. If it reaches an enemy caster with 3 focus still remaining it's lights out, even if it "wasted" its initials to Side Step into position. And Blood will kill most heavies if it tries.

Combos & Synergies

• Skirmish infantry to die and trigger Hand of Vengeance.
• Thyra, Flame of Sorrow - it's her warjack. An extra 2" of movement is always nice, and add on her feat for another 2" place and you're up to a 17" non-linear threat range. Carnage brings it up to MAT 11, which is disgusting when you add Hand of Vengeance and Choir buffs.
• Anyone else that gives it extra movement so it can get to the enemy caster from further away. Amon can run it well due to his Field Marshall granting it Parry and his Mobility spell, as well as Synergy dramatically increasing its hitting power.
• Choir of Menoth because of course it does.

Drawbacks & Downsides

• Blood of Martyrs has literally no ability that keeps it safe. And with the defensive stats of a Crusader it's squishy for a 4 point upgrade cost.
• It's locked into the factions hands down worst theme and not many casters who would even look to play in Guardians to begin with would want to take it.

Tricks & Tips

• Look for angles for the sidestep assassination.

Other

Trivia

Released in the Warmachine: Wrath expansion (2011)