Blind Walker

Massive gators of voracious appetite, blackhide wrastlers easily drag the mightiest foes down to be shredded in a flurry of teeth and claws. Moreover, a bokor can subjugate and ritually alter a blackhide to create an even darker threat: a blind walker. The beast becomes a necromantic conduit—a mindless horror that lives only to obey its master’s commands.

Basic Info

Abilities

• Template:Amphibious
• Template:Eyeless Sight
• Template:Shield Guard

Weapons

Claw (x2)
File:Sword icon.jpg		RNG				POW				P+S
		1				3				14
Template:Open Fist

Animus

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Theme Forces

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

• Other Factions
  • Skorne players can use this warbeast in 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 Blind Walker

Blind Walker in a nutshell

The Blind Walker is a heavy with the toughness of a heavy, an arc node, Shield Guard, and the points cost of a light. So where's the catch? It hits like a light and it isn't good at channeling.

Combos & Synergies

• Calaban the Grave Walker The offensive spell slinger loves something to channel through
• Maelok the Dreadbound Mortality and Venom are both excellent spells to channel and Maelok sends its already high ARM upwards on feat turn.
• Blackhide Wrastler - it might have a low MAT but with two claws and three Fury it's still worth putting Rage on.
• Makeda3 - Similar in cost and general ability to a Cyclops Brute. Less accurate, hit harder and probably overall harder to kill. Incite push his offensive stat well into the respectable category. Arc nodes also aren't a bad thing to have with her.

Drawbacks & Downsides

• MAT 5, P+S 14 - the Blind Walker can't do the work of a heavy and shouldn't be thought of as one. Fortunately it now has the cost of a light.
• The channeling animus has a number of issues
  • It hurts the Blind Walker to use (obviously)
  • Because it requires the animus the Blind Walker needs to activate before the caster
  • No running and animusing means no running and channeling.

Tricks & Tips

• Remember you can slam. Frequently the best use of the offensive capabilities of the Blind Walker

Other

Trivia

Released in Hordes: Devastation (2015)