Lord Rockbottom

The Rhulic pirate Lord Joln Rockbottom is Captain Shae's expedition financier. He ensures the pirates are well paid and equipped for the bloody work ahead. Coin is not his only weapon, for Lord Rockbottom enjoys employing a fire-belching firearm that has ended the lives of many who underestimated him.

Basic Info

Mercenary - This model will work for Template:Crucible Guard mercenary, Template:Cygnar Mercenary, Template:Cryx Mercenary, Template:Khador Mercenary, or Template:Menoth Mercenary.

Abilities

• Template:Tough
• Template:Coin
• Template:Paymaster
  • Template:Money Shot
  • Template:Payday
  • Template:Walk It Off

Weapons

Fire Breather
File:Gun icon.jpg		RNG			ROF			AOE			POW
		SP 8			1			Template:-			12
Template:Continuous Fire Template:Fire Damage
Cutlass
File:Sword icon.jpg		RNG				POW				P+S
		0.5				4				10

Theme Forces

• Mercenaries
  • Template:The Irregulars
  • Template:The Talion Charter. Lord Rockbottom gains Sacrificial Pawn [Sea Dog trooper] in this theme.

• Other Factions
  • Template:Hearts of Darkness. This model/unit can only go in this theme if Crosse2 is leading the army. It becomes an Infernal model/unit in this theme.
  • As a mercenary model/unit, it can also be hired out to a bunch of other Faction's themes. Refer to #Other Theme Forces.

Thoughts on Lord Rockbottom

Lord Rockbottom in a Nutshell

Rockbottom's function is to enhance the performance of the otherwise lackluster Sea Dog units with his coins. He is indispensable in a privateer army and should always be taken with Shae, or any privateer army that runs infantry-heavy.

Rockbottom is one of the five privateer support solos alongside Hawk, Killingsworth, Dougal and the Bosun. He is arguably the best of the five because his boosts work on the Commodore Cannon.

Combos & Synergies

Any Privateer unit will appreciate his coins. That's what he was made for.

• Money Shot works only on ranged attacks, Privater units with guns include:
  • Scharde Pirates (in The Talion Charter) - Money Shot is simply brutal on RAT 5 POW 12 assault sprays. Especially with No Quarter, where they go far.
  • The Commodore Cannon & Crew love Money Shot, as does the Sea Dog Deck Gun.

• Payday works on melee focused Privateers:
  • Press Gangers use Payday for Overtake and boosted attack rolls to help them maximize their Gang and Shanghai abilities.

• The following units will appreciate both, depending on the situation
  • The Devil's Shadow Mutineers Money Shot works for Zira and Morland to a lesser extent. Pay Day can theoretically allow Mar to kill lots of infantry since she has Berserk, but this is an opportunity that doesn't come along often.
  • Sea Dog Pirates can benefit from either Payday or Money Shot. Payday is especially effective on them as they gain Overtake as well as a second boosted melee attack. Money Shot on Riflemen and Mr Walls with Dougal's mini feat and No Quarter can make them quite devastating at range.

• First Mate Hawk - Object of Desire stacked with Payday on Press Ganges or Sea Dogs makes them devastating into living models

Drawbacks & Downsides

• He only has five coins. Once they're gone, he doesn't have much to do. He'll look for a flag to score or a zone to contest.
• Despite being a dwarf, he isn't a Rhulic model and isn't allowed in Hammer Strike.
  In the fluff he's been excommunicated from Rhul, or something.

Tricks & Tips

• The combos described above outline what he does. It's up to you to figure out how best to spend those coins.
• He can spend coins on units. Not solos.

Other

Trivia

Released in Pirates of the Broken Coast (2007)