Sergeant Nicolas Verendrye

A former physician who has turned his skills to the ceaseless conflicts of western Immoren, Sergeant Nicolas Verendrye is highly esteemed by those under his command. Verendrye has found his place in the bloody press of melee, employing his medical expertise to keep his men standing and using his keen battlefield acumen to lead them to victory.

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:Battle Brothers
• Template:Heal
• Template:Flank

Leadership

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(Template:Wall of Steel-alt)

• Template:Reinforcements
• Template:Set Defense

Weapons

• Pistol - 8" range, POW 10 ranged attack
• Halberd - 2" reach, P+S 11 melee attack
  • Template:Powerful Charge

Theme Forces

• Mercenary
  • Template:Llaelese Resistance. He gains Pathfinder in this theme.
  • Template:Soldiers of Fortune. He gains Mark Target in this theme.
  • Template:The Irregulars
  • Template:The Kingmakers Army. Sergeant Nicolas Verendrye gain Feign Death in this theme.

• Other Factions
  • Mercenary models can be hired by other Factions. Normally those Factions' themes will have a limit on how many models they can hire. Refer to #Other Theme Forces, below.
  • Aside from that, there are a few themes that will change what Faction this model counts as (and thus what "friendly Faction only" buffs it can receive). They are:
    • Infernal players can use this model in the Hearts of Darkness theme, but only if Crosse2 is leading the army.

Thoughts on Sergeant Nicolas Verendrye

Sergeant Nicolas Verendrye in a nutshell

Verendrye is a cheap Solo that returns Steelhead grunts to play every turn. Such an ability is unique among solos and he's an absolute bargain at four points to return d3/turn. He is the key piece of any Soldiers of Fortune army, and is the very first model you should buy if you want to play that theme force.

Combos & Synergies

• Steelhead Halberdiers - The obvious choice since he flanks with them and they are cheap enough to fuel his and Alexia's recursion engine.
• Steelhead Riflemen - Bring them back. Recurring guns are good.
• Alexia, Mistress of the Witchfire - Alexia reaps the souls of fallen Steelheads, Dr. Nic adds fresh ones back to the unit, Alexia drops Thralls, rinse and repeat.
• Lieutenant Crosse, Resistance Fighter - Adding back grunts to his Life Bound units has huge value, as they can immediately be used as shield guards and provide more souls to him.
• Rhupert Carvolo, Piper of Ord - Adding back Halbs is good, it's even better if they are Tough.
• none of his support abilities specify ‘faction’ so he works with ranking officers looking after a unit of halberdiers - notice that battle brother also doesn’t specify ‘friendly’ so he will get the benefit if in base contact with an enemy halberdier.

Drawbacks & Downsides

• If you do have him far up the board he will be among the first to die, because his defensive stats are nothing to write home about.
• Wall of Steel doesn't help the Halberdiers much except against low POW blast damage.
• In Llaelese Resistance he can't have his Halberdiers around and is therefore useless despite being Llaelese.

Tricks & Tips

• Keep him back - as with any other reinforcing model. Due to his large command he can reinforce to a unit whose nearest model is ~11" away.
• It's probably best to pretend he doesn't have attacks for the first few turns and not to expect much from his flank in the game.

Other

Trivia

• Released 2015.09
• Community Nicknames: Nic, Dr. Nic, Sgt Nic

Other Theme Forces

Template:Cygnar merc solo themes
Template:Menoth merc solo themes	Template:Khador merc solo themes
Template:Cryx merc solo themes	Template:CG merc solo themes