Shredder

Driven by ravenous hunger and murderous instinct, shredders are fearsomely effective at latching onto and tearing apart any foe unfortunate enough to face them. The smallest and simplest of the dragonspawn, shredders fight well in packs that swarm and devour their hapless victims.

Basic Info

• Template:Warbeast

Abilities

• Template:Eyeless Sight
• Template:Soulless
• Template:Adelphophagy
• Template:Flank
• Template:Snacking

Weapons

Bite
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Animus

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Theme Forces

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• Template:Oracles of Annihilation
• Template:Primal Terrors
• Template:Ravens of War. Shredders gain Mark Target in this theme.

Thoughts on Shredder

Shredder in a nutshell

Shredders are heat-seeking missiles that soften up, or finish, medium (or in some cases high) armour targets, relying on Flank to really crank the damage. Scurry is a corner-case animus, but can be useful, if there's an obstruction/obstacle in your way, or you have LOS to the enemy in the forest, but not enough movement to reach it without Pathfinder. The Shredder will not make its way into every single Legion list, but it is a relatively potent finishing piece for its point cost, and is a good option for the Spawning Vessel if you don’t need the animus of the Mechanoshredder.

Combos & Synergies

• Due to Flank, Shredders work well with each other, and other warbeasts, who have 2" melee reach (Scythean, Angelius, Proteus, Teraph, every Nephilim outside the Bolt Thrower]], etc).
• They offer Mark Target in the Ravens of War theme, though unlike the Harriers, you can't get them for free.
• Blight Wasps - Since their animus targets any lesser warbeast, you can cast it on a Shredder, and go on Killing Spree with it (especially if you can keep all your enemies within flank distance).
• Casters with universal STR buffs and/or options for a free charge can make Shredders very cost effective:
  • Kryssa - Feat
  • Lylyth1 - Parasite for damage, Blood Lure for free charges.
  • Bethayne - Disintegrate; cheap feat enablers.
  • Thagrosh2 - Manifest Destiny and Feat can make a small Shredder pack fairly efficient.
  • Absylonia2 - Special mention for Abby2, as on feat with Alpha Hunter and flank, small packs of Shredders or lone Shredders activating late in a turn can threat far, super accurate, and hit very hard. Plus they charge for free and don't need to use their animus thanks to feat flight.
• If you bring the Spawning Vessel, Shredders will almost always be the best choice to spawn for damage, as they hit fairly hard with Flank.
• The Beast Mistress is the dedicated "lesser warlock", who offers speed boost and free charges for the beasts under her care. Just remember to keep her safe from assassinations.

Drawbacks & Downsides

• Adelphophagy can prevent you from setting up opportunistic frenzies.
• Fragile, and lacks hitting power outside Flank-supported charges.
• Must pay for Pathfinder, cutting into damage output.

Tips & Tricks

• Adelphophagy will target enemy Shredders too, if they are the closest - remember that in a mirror match.
• You can force a normal frenzy by putting one Shredder behind the frenzying one. It must charge the one behind because it's closest, but it can't because it's out of LOS. This, however, will only be useful, if you run 3, or more Shredders:
  • Shredder A will frenzy next turn, Shredder B is in LOS of Shredder A, and Shredder C is behind Shredder A, closer to it than B, but not in LOS (and even so, B should be farther away, than an enemy in LOS).
• Flank works on your Frenzy attacks, and free strikes too.
• If the Shredder delivered the killing blow for a figure, you can RFP it, even when the Shredder itself is uninjured, to stop things like corpse token collection for the enemy.

Other

Trivia

Released way back in Primal Mk1 (2006)

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