Totem Hunter

Template:Minionbox This model is playable only in an Unlimited format.

From across the southern ocean comes a frightening and alien creature. Little is known of its culture, its beliefs, or its civilization, but its motives are clear: it lives to hunt. It values only the kill, reaping grisly trophies from the most formidable adversaries it can track down. This practice is a sacred ceremony to the Hunter, whereby each ritual kill adds to its strength, drawing on the vital energies of the slain.

Basic Info

• Minion - Works as a Template:Circle minion, Template:Legion minion, Template:Skorne minion, or Template:Trollblood minion.

Abilities

• Template:Pathfinder
• Template:Stealth
• Template:Jump
• Template:Prey
• Template:Sprint
• Template:Tracker

Weapons

• Kelkax - 2" reach, P+S 14 melee weapon
• Spiked Buckler - 0.5" reach, P+S 11 melee weapon
  • Template:Buckler

Theme Forces

• Minions
  • Template:Blindwater
  • Template:Will Work For Food

• 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 Totem Hunter

Totem Hunter in a nutshell

The Totem Hunter is a solo that hunts other solos, declaring them its prey and making them hang well back from its 14" threat range.

Combos & Synergies

• It doesn't need much support - just to threaten things.
• It's the joint most expensive thing you can get for free in The Blindwater Congregation (alongside the Thrullg) and is definitely worth taking in Blindwater.
• Maelok - Tough is one of the main things that will deny the Totem Hunter’s sprint - Mortality fixes this but Incorporeal and +2 armour (+4 on feat turn) are all useful

Drawbacks & Downsides

• While still an overall fierce solo, he struggles to assassinate casters. He can threaten one who has already sustained a couple hits, but he won't one-shot an unscathed caster and won't last a round of sustained combat against one.

Tricks & Tips

• Between the kelkax and the buckler it can normally kill something then Sprint to a new position, even if it can't get at its Prey target.
• Deploy it on the edges and sprint into the back arc of enemies - or to engage their ranged units. The Hunter can be fairly hard to kill in melee.

Other

File:Totem Huntress.jpeg

Totem Huntress, limited edition sculpt

Trivia

• Released way back in Primal Mk1 (2006)
• Prior to mk3 it was a character model. When it became FA:1 in mk3 it made some players hypotheses that Zu was going to be the new Hordes faction (that was before we found out it was Grymkin, obviously).
• 2018 Limited Edition Sculpt