Una the Skyhunter

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

During her time tending the far-flung griffon roosts of the Circle, Una developed an unparalleled affinity with the winged beasts and now employs them to cut down opponents without mercy. Having refined her arcane command over the elements, she is able to call upon the howling gales and updrafts of the highest mountain peaks to shape the flow of battle.

Basic Info

• This model is a Warlock.

Warlock Rules A warlock is an Independent Model. a Leader model. a Battlegroup Controller controls warbeasts. Warlocks use Fury Manipulation Uses ARC to determine how many fury points it gains each turn. Begins the game with a number of fury points equal to its ARC. Cannot exceed its ARC stat in fury points as a result of leeching. Can spend fury points only during its activation (unless a special rule states otherwise) for the following: Buy additional attacks Boost attack rolls Boost damage rolls Shake some effects Can leach fury points from warbeasts in its battlegroup in its control range. Spirit Bond allows the warlock to gain a fury for each of its dead battlegroup warbeasts. Reaving allows the warlock to pull fury points from a warbeast in its battlegroup when it dies.

Feat: From on High

1. Friendly Faction models with Flight currently in Una's Template:CTRL range gain +2 SPD for one turn.
2. Additionally, while in Una's Template:CTRL range friendly Faction light warbeasts with Flight cannot be targeted by melee attacks.

From on High lasts for one turn.

Abilities

• Template:Bird of Prey
• Template:Hawker

Weapons

Wind Strike
File:Gun icon.jpg		RNG			ROF			AOE			POW
		10			1			Template:-			10
Template:Magical Weapon Template:Attack Type Template:Black Penny Template:Snipe Attack Template:Thunderbolt Template:Reload
Talonstrike
File:Sword icon.jpg		RNG				POW				P+S
		2				4				9
Template:Magical Weapon

Spells

{{Category: Template:Hand of FateTemplate:MirageTemplate:TwisterTemplate:Wind Wall }}[[Category: Template:Hand of FateTemplate:MirageTemplate:TwisterTemplate:Wind Wall ]]

Theme Forces

• Template:Secret Masters. This model gains Sacrificial Pawn [Minion Warrior] in this theme.
• Template:The Bones of Orboros. This model can start the game with friendly upkeeps in play in this theme.
• Template:The Devourer's Host
• Template:The Wild Hunt

Thoughts on Una2

Una2 in a nutshell

Before Una, the Griffons were seen as middling light warbeasts. She gets rid of all of their weaknesses and turns everything up. One of her possible army lists basically writes itself: bring Griffons and bring a lot of them. She functions equally well as a combined arms warlock; Hand of Fate and Mirage are both excellent spells on units. Although not personally hardy or hard-hitting, her gun can be used to unjam your lines and offers a bit of control as well.

Feat thoughts

Her feat is useful for allowing your birds to get the alpha on the enemy, especially in conjunction with Hunter's Mark and/or Mirage. On a cursory glance, the second part essentially grants Parry, but its application is a bit more nuanced, making them immune to out-of-activation attacks by the enemy such as Defensive Strike and Counter Charge. Although it won't come up every game, it's still something to be considered.

Spell Thoughts

• Hand of Fate is an excellent offensive buff. Put it on your favorite warbeast or unit and watch them wreak havoc. It's especially potent on models with lots of attacks, such as the Storm Raptor and Tharn Wolf Riders.
• Mirage is both an efficient threat extender and allows for whatever it's on to disengage from the enemy, as placing don't provoke free strikes.
• Twister is a weak nuke with board control aspects. You're usually better off shooting her gun, but you can also use it to interfere with enemy movements with careful applications of the spell.
• Wind Wall grants Una and whatever is closest to her protection from non-magical shooting. It's great for her personal safety and escorting key pieces up the board.

Drawbacks & Downsides

• Not very impressive with anything that's not a Griffon. Note the Storm Raptor is not a griffon, so he doesn't get Flank, Sprint, or half the feat.
• She gives Sprint in a relatively low range. Beware of exposing yourself to try to use it.
• Kaya the Wildheart runs griffons almost as well as Una2 does and all other warbeasts better (although has no unit support from Mirage and Hand of Fate).
• The griffons need flank to damage heavies. It means you need to bring a lot of them, and losing them early means a huge loss in hitting power.

Tricks & Tips

• Her gun is awesome. Shoot it every time you have range. Just don't go crazy spending her fury reloading or boosting with it, she can die easily
• A Scarsfell with flank, primal, and hand of fate will be Mat 9 3D6 (drop lowest), and P&S 13 4D6 (drop lowest, with 5D6 on a charge), with max 6 attacks. 2 Scarsfells can kill a heavy, 3 can take down a colossal

List Building Advice

Strategy

• Her feat and special rules call for bringing plenty of griffons. Scarsfell Griffins are favored due to their animus, Stealth, and three initial attacks.
• She has an assassination with her beasts flying straight over the enemy skirmish screen to charge their caster.
• Her lights hit well above their weight class, meaning she attritions well against small model count armies
• Windwall means that she can usually advance with impunity. Just watch out for magical guns.
• Although much of her kit is geared toward griffins, Mirage and Hand of Fate are both excellent force multipliers for infantry, allowing her to be run in combined arms forces.

Theme Thoughts

Una can play this theme very effectively with a swarm of griffins and/or a Storm Raptor. Free/reduced cost animi are great on all the birds. Mirage is helpful for speeding up Warpborn Skinwalkers, while Hand of Fate can help deal with the relatively low POW of the infantry. It's especially useful on Reeves, further decreasing the chances of low rolls for big CRAs.

Una likes turning up already good infantry into powerhouses, and Tharn are quite powerful already.

• Tharn Ravagers really appreciate Mirage, adding onto their non-linear threat alongside Vengeance. Hand of Fate is great on them as well, especially for when you're going for large Overtake chains.
• Tharn Wolf Riders threat an impressive 16" in melee with Mirage, and their high volume of attacks makes them great targets for Hand of Fate.
• Brighid & Caul both appreciate Hand of Fate. Additionally, Wind Wall can keep the two safe, especially Caul.
• You can put Hand of Fate and Divine Inspiration from the Tharn Blood Shaman on Lord of the Feast to make him blend all but the hardest targets he gets on.

Una can use this theme decently. Hand of Fate works well on Druids of Orboros and the Celestial Fulcrum, though you might lack the points for hitting power against high ARM lists. She doesn't use Minions especially well, but can protect them with Wind Wall.

• Shifting Stones - Always useful Fury management, and can help Una get around as well.

• Lanyssa Ryssl, Nyss Sorceress - Because Hunter's Mark rocks. See also Blackclad Wayfarer

Battlegroup

• Scarsfell Griffon - Does everything well. Is difficult to kill with guns thanks to Stealth and high DEF, gets to hide behind forests thanks to Tracker, and has 3 initials, meaning it can strike up to 6 times.
• Rotterhorn Griffon and Razorwing Griffon - The two other griffons deal with infantry better than the Scarsfell. They are often considered inferior, however, bringing one or two can be helpful depending upon your tastes.
• Storm Raptor - Her feat buffs its threat range, and Hand of Fate is especially good on it for both melee and ranged attacks. It also works on its Plasma Nimbus, making it potentially more costly for your opponent to assault.
• Gorax Rager - For when you want to put Primal on one of your Griffons and let a flanking griffon hit like a heavy. Really useful for a feat-fuelled charge to assassinate a caster.
• Pureblood Warpwolf - Wraithbane on a griffon can help overcome targets that are buffed with spells

First Seven Purchases

A few veteran players have put their heads together and tried to figure out the seven best things to buy for this specific caster. This is not designed to add up to a nice round points limit, nor be balanced vs other "First Seven" lists you find on this website. It is simply going to give you some of the essentials this caster needs most of the time.

1. Warbeast: Scarsfell Griffon
2. Warbeast: Scarsfell Griffon
3. Warbeast: Scarsfell Griffon
4. Warbeast: Scarsfell Griffon
5. Solo: Tharn Ravager Shaman
6. Solo: Tharn Ravager White Mane
7. Unit: Tharn Ravagers + CA

Other

Trivia

Released 2016.11

Video Battle Reports

• 2019.03 Arcane Assist, vs Vyros2
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