Swamp Horror

Few men have survived an encounter with the swamp horrors that lurk in the marshlands. Survivors speak of great beasts rising from the swamp in a flurry of tentacles and seizing entire hunting parties in their slimy grip. Once ensnared, a swamp horror’s victims can only struggle futilely as they are pulled into its bone-crushing maw. Only the very strongest gatorman bokors and shamans can hope to control these primal beasts, so taming one is viewed as a show of great power.

Basic Info

• Template:Warbeast

Abilities

• Template:Amphibious
• Template:Impervious Flesh
• Template:Steady

Weapons

Beak
File:Sword icon.jpg		RNG				POW				P+S
		1				6				16
Template:Critical Amputation
Tentacle (×3)
File:Sword icon.jpg		RNG				POW				P+S
		2				2				12
Template:Open Fist Template:Chain Weapon Template:Chain Strike Template:Pull

Animus

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Theme Forces

• Minion
  • Template:Blindwater
  • Template:Will Work for Food

• Other Factions
  • Skorne players can use this model in the Template:Disciples of Agony.
  • If taken by a Gatorman Lesser Warlock (ie Wrong Eye or Underchief Mire), it can be in dozens of theme forces. Omitted here for brevity.

Thoughts on the Swamp Horror

Swamp Horror in a nutshell

The Swamp Horror is not here to fight with heavies- the Swamp Horror wants to rip apart units of single-wound infantry, and shines under the Will Work for Food theme. There are situations where you can beef it up enough that it can tussle with other heavies thank to it's beak and critical amputation, but that's not why you bring it. It's not a warbeast for everyone, but the ones who like it will find a beast that's fun to play and can make its points back.

Combos & Synergies

• Blackhide Wrastler - it really likes the STR buff, and the Wrastler likes the added threat range.
• Barnabas0, especially in Will Work for Food. Barnabas first gives it extra speed with Battle Host, Murderous makes it accurate, and then Blood Quenched can make it really nasty when the tentacles have destroyed infantry. Finally the theme gives it Overtake to scythe through infantry.
• Other models without reach, such as the Bokor, can gain a surprise threat range increase from the animus.
• Wrong Eye & Snapjaw Starcrossed and Impervious Flesh is infuriating. Also under Wrong Eye the Horror can be fielded in many different factions.
• Casters like Bloody Barnabas and Jaga-Jaga, the Death Charmer when using Will Work for Food, can turn the Horror into an infantry lawnmower thanks to Pop N' Drop and Signs& Portents respectively.
• Rask is a toolbox caster and the Horror is a toolbox warbeast- pair them together and you get a living swiss army knife. Fury can bump it's damage up significantly, Boundless Charge can give it even more threat range, and admonition lets it snag solos, lights and wayward infantry that wander too close to Rask or other valuable support units.

Drawbacks & Downsides

• It's difficult to picture a situation where shaving a couple of points from somewhere and upgrading to a Blackhide Wrastler isn't a good idea.
• Likewise, one can make an argument that the Ironback Spitter can play the anti-infantry game from a safer distance with similar defense against ranged attacks, all for 1 point less.
• Impervious Flesh is great but it's still pretty squishy. At armor 15, Heavies boosting for damage and weapon master infantry can still roll close to straight damage against it, and Def 10 makes it very easy to hit.
• Without support its tentacles are pitiful even against lights and anything it can't drag can often avoid the beak.
• While it has a lot of initials, its low FURY stat means you might not be able to make as many beak attacks as you'd like against heavier targets.

Tricks & Tips

• Its animus increases threat ranges. Use appropriately.
• Focus on infantry first and foremost. It can threaten heavies with buffs like Rage or Fury, but you should save that for finishing off any wounded heavies late-game.
• Despite its low SPD, it has an average to long threat range thanks to Chain Strike, and Pull allows it to act as a pseudo-threat extender for the rest of your models, bringing whatever it charged up to 4" closer to the rest of your force.

Other

File:Swamp Horror alt.jpg

Swamp Siren - Limited Edition sculpt

Trivia

• Released in Hordes: Domination (2011)
• Limited Edition sculpt.