Severa Blacktide

Found in the maelstrom of battle, her laughter punctuated by the crack of her pistols as she sows chaos and death, Severa Blacktide is a legendary Satyxis warrior. Blacktide is the finest Satyxis gunslinger alive and is counted among the premier gun mages in western Immoren. Each bullet through a rival gun mage’s skull or heart serves as another reminder that she has yet to meet her equal and perhaps never will.

Basic Info

Abilities

• Template:Gunfighter
• Template:Tough
• Template:Elite Cadre
• Template:Pistoleer
• Template:Reciprocate
• Template:Run & Gun

Weapons

Magelock Pistol (x2)
File:Gun icon.jpg		RNG			ROF			AOE			POW
		10			1			Template:-			10
Template:Magical Damage Template:Attack Type Template:Black Penny Template:Ghost Shot Template:Heart Seeker Template:Chain Attack Vortex Blast
Horns
File:Sword icon.jpg		RNG				POW				P+S
		0.5				3				8
Template:Critical Knockdown

Theme Forces

• Cryx
  • Template:Scourge of the Broken Coast

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

Thoughts on Severa Blacktide

Severa Blacktide in a nutshell

A character Satyxis Gunslinger, Severa brings strong magical attacks with some utility to the table. Run & Gun is an incredibly powerful ability that makes Satyxis Gunslingers a much more effective unit. Her shot types give her many options to choose from while Vortex Blast gives her a rather unique effect on the table.

Vortex Blast
The damage from Vortex Blast is still ranged attack damage, so ranged protection buffs will work normally. For instance, models with Deceleration will get +2 ARM vs it.

What is more interesting is that it stacks with Attack Type, and if you choose Heart Seeker all your Vortex Blast damage rolls will get a discard die too.

If you're in melee, Pistoleer means you get boosted damage on all the Vortex Blast damage - just be careful though, if you're close enough to use Gunfighter then you're close enough to kill Severa with her own Vortex!

Lastly, note that she can't trigger Gun and Run from a Vortex Blast, because it RFPs on boxed. (As of the 2018.09 errata)

Combos & Synergies

• She likes anyone who can put down a damaging template, such as Breath of Corruption or Void Field, which she can then drag models into with the Vortex and cause an auto-point of damage.
• She likes Scaverous' Feast of Worms spell because that puts down a -2 ARM template (making Vortex Blast effective POW 14) and her Vortex will drag more models into his soul-gathering area.
• She likes DEF raising skills like Skarre2's Feat when you find yourselve in a firefight against shooting infantry with average RAT. This might be risky but may prevent to be shot at by enemy models at all as your opponent might not want to lose more men than you in this situation.

Drawbacks & Downsides

• Watch out for models with Shield Guard because they can use that to "break" her Chain Attack.

Tricks & Tips

• Unless you're in melee with something that can't be targeted by ranged attacks, you should never make a melee attack. You have Pistoleer!
• Dodge (which she gets from the Scourge theme) triggers before her Reciprocate ability.

Other

Trivia

• Originally released in the Black Fleet CID (2017.11)