Bog Trog Ambushers

The fiercely territorial and primitive amphibians known as bog trogs thrive in swampy regions considered undesirable by humans and other more civilized species. Bog trogs are peerless masters of ambush, swimming silently and unseen just below the surface of a stream, river, or shallow pond before springing to attack.

Basic Info

Minion - Will work for Template:Circle minion, Template:Legion minion, Template:Skorne minion, or Template:Trollblood minion

Abilities

• Template:Advance Deployment
• Template:Amphibious
• Template:CMA
• Template:Pathfinder
• Template:Ambush2

Weapons

• Fish Hook - 2" reach, P+S 11 melee weapon
  • Template:Pull

Weapon Attachment

They can attach up to three Void Leeches. The Leech's info has been omitted from this page for brevity.

Theme Forces

• Minions
  • Template:Blindwater

• Other Factions
  • Minion models can be hired by other Factions. Normally those Factions' themes will have a limit on how many models they can hire. Refer to #Other Theme Forces, below.

Thoughts on Bog Trog Ambushers

Bog Trog Ambushers in a nutshell

Bog Trog Ambushers are a simple unit with one job- disrupt your opponent's plans. If you're not taking them for that, you're not getting your mileage out of them. They're seldom in range of support and not going to threaten anything beyond basic infantry or support solos; but that's still enough pressure to force an opening elsewhere.

Combos & Synergies

• The Bog Trog Mist Speaker gives them +1 to hit via Veteran Leader.
• Meatshields for Rask.
• Maelok doesn’t get much use out of the swamp shamblers and bricks often struggle on scenario - 1 min ambushing unit can be a saving grace.
• Decent fodder for Jaga-Jaga, the Death Charmer's feat. They can ambush in wherever you need spot removal and run to within 5" of whatever support staff needs killing. Blow them up for free POW 14's, which will kill most squishy backliners dead, and even the random element of her feat will always cover a full min-size unit of these guys.

Drawbacks & Downsides

• Farrow Slaughterhousers have a similar cost and threat profile - but hit a lot more accurately and harder.
• You pay a "points tax" for ambush - if you don't intend to use the ambush rule then you've wasted your points.
• The Gatorman Bokor and Bog Trog Swamp Shamblers are much better at the whole Rask-Meatshield thing with recursion and more bodies - but if you need that many you're probably doing something wrong.

Tricks & Tips

• The threat of ambushers is often more dangerous than the reality. But the threat matters.
• Coming in from the edge of the board is a place where you don't need accuracy, because you can instead get the back strike bonus.
• Budgeting yourself to a minimum sized unit will usually yield the same results as fielding them at max capacity while saving you 5 points.
• Pull on their melee weapons does more than you may think. If an enemy takes a free strike you can deny their escape with Pull

Other

Trivia

Released in Hordes: Evolution (2007)