Titan Cannoneer

Favored warbeasts of the skorne, the versatile titans can be conditioned and equipped for a variety of battlefield roles. The titan gladiator is armed with massive spiked war gauntlets and uses its weapons and its armored body to pulverize enemy troops and warbeasts. The titan cannoneer is a mobile siege engine, blasting apart enemy formations with its gargantuan siege cannon. Finally, the titan sentry is a living wall, immovable and nearly impervious to enemy attacks behind its heavy shield and thick armor.

Basic Info

Abilities

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Weapons

Siege Gun
File:Gun icon.jpg		RNG			ROF			AOE			POW
		12			1			4			15
War Mace
File:Sword icon.jpg		RNG				POW				P+S
		1				4				16
Tusks
File:Sword icon.jpg		RNG				POW				P+S
		1				3				15
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Animus

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Theme Forces

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• Template:Masters of War
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Thoughts on the Titan Cannoneer

Titan Cannoneer in a nutshell

It's a titan with a big gun. A big gun that shoots hard and, when the time for shooting is done, the Cannoneer is surprisingly effective in melee. It does everything you'd expect a ranged heavy to do with almost no frills.

Far Strike is a great animus though few casters in Skorne actually debase themselves by utilising ranged combat. Primus Jalaam and Void Seer Mordikaar are exceptions to this rule with Zaal1 following closely behind as his old man stats will prevent him getting too close to the action. Also Cyclops Shaman can borrow her animus when needed

Combos & Synergies

• Paingiver Beast Handlers - Fury management and make it an effective melee warbeast by buffing its strength. Note that, unlike most Skorne heavies, the Cannoneer does not *need* Beast Handlers to do good work.
• Titan Gladiator and The Terrorizer - Rush is an excellent threat range extender. Extend that 20" shooting threat to 22".
• Bronzeback Titan - More fury control.
• Cyclops Shaman - can use Far Strike for their rather deadly ranged attack
• Extoller Soulward - Eyeless Sight is excellent if you want to launch a ranged assassination (and Magical Weapon for hitting incorporeal targets doesn't hurt).
• ARM debuff. A lot of Skorne casters have Mortality or similar armor debuff that can really magnify her shot.

Drawbacks & Downsides

• Skorne have a deep bench of shooting beasts. The shooting cyclops tend to be better at shooting for the point ; the Mammoth is a big investment but is somewhat better point per point for shooting, melee, and resilience
• Typical titan weaknesses: Low defense and low speed.

Tricks & Tips

• Consider slamming with this instead of charging, enraged it's pow 17 with a pow 14 collateral, plus kd.
• Like almost all ranged heavies the Cannoneer actually does much more damage in melee than with its gun when taking down heavies (and normally against infantry). You get a couple of turns of shooting - but the primary work is done in melee.

Other

Trivia

• In the Skorne lore, female Titans are preferred for Cannoneer training, due to their "greater manual dexterity". This does not mean that all Cannoneers are female, merely that the majority of them are, and in turn the majority of males are Gladiators. There is no hard and fast rule dividing the roles of Titans based on sexing, however. (No Quarter, Issue # 09)
• Released way back in Primal Mk1 (2006)
• Comes in a plastic kit with the Sentry & Gladiator.