Druids of Orboros

The blackclads are few in number, but their work is constant and endless.

The masters of the wilderness are cunning.

Younger initiates to the Circle, these Druids bring a mastery of elemental forces against their enemies. With a wave of their hands they can uproot and throw enormous rocks, wreath themselves in wind and mist to confound their foes, or disrupt and unravel the magic of enemy spellcasters.

Basic Info

Abilities

• Entire Unit
  • Template:Pathfinder
  • Template:Magic Ability
  • Template:Prowl

• Overseer only
  • He has a better statline and 1 extra spell.
  • Template:Officer
  • Template:Granted (Template:Apparition-alt)
  • Template:Tactics (Template:Sacred Ward-alt)

Weapons

Voulge
File:Sword icon.jpg		RNG				POW				P+S
		2				4				10
Template:Magical Weapon

Theme Forces

• Template:Secret Masters. This unit gains Sacrificial Pawn [Minion Warrior] in this theme.

Thoughts on the Druids of Orboros

File:Druid of Orboros Overseer.png

Command Attachment

Druids in a Nutshell

A unit of toolbox utility skirmishers and spellcasters. They knock models down, move them around, and can block line of sight.

Thoughts on adding the CA

Apparition, Sacred Ward, and the ability to cast Elemental Immunity come at the cost of more than half the base unit. Druids aren't generally worth it, but if you're going to buy Druids then 2" extra threat range, immune to incoming spells, and the ability to be immune to some incoming attacks is a substantial upgrade. It's probably overpriced though.

Combos & Synergies

• The Woldwrath gives boosted attack rolls on their offensive spells with its animus.
• The Celestial Fulcrum increases their ability to hit.

Drawbacks & Downsides

• Not a lot of killing power
• Vulnerable to blasts
• Hard to now get in front of the rest of the army to cloud wall
• The cloud wall dies when they do

Tricks & Tips

• Knock Shield Wall models out of B2B to lower their ARM by 4.
• Push people around to set up charge lanes.

Other

Trivia

• Base unit released way back in Primal Mk1 (2006)
• CA released in Hordes: Metamorphosis (2009)