Alexia, Mistress of the Witchfire

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

Astride her horrifying skeletal steed, the infamous Alexia Ciannor reaps the souls of her enemies with the hell-forged blade Witchfire. The dark sorceress can raise an army of terrifying thrall warriors from the grave and rides alongside them as she lays about her with her sword, leaving nothing but ashes where she strikes.

Basic Info

Alexia

• Mercenary - This model will work for Template:Cygnar Mercenary, or Template:Khador Mercenary.

Abilities

• Template:Cavalry
• Template:Magic Ability
• Template:Reposition 5
• Template:Spectral Scavenger
  • Template:Arcane Vortex
  • Template:Soul-Powered
  • Template:Strength of Death

Weapons

Witchfire
File:Sword icon.jpg		RNG				POW				P+S
		1				8				12
Template:Magical Weapon
Mount
File:Mount icon.jpg		RNG						POW
		0.5						10

Spells

{{Category: Template:Grave SummonsTemplate:Hellfire Attack }}[[Category: Template:Grave SummonsTemplate:Hellfire Attack ]]

Thrall Warrior

The Thrall Warrior is a separate solo. You start with 0, but can end up with a theoretically infinite number of them via Grave Summons. Template:Thrall Warrior

Theme Forces

• Mercenary
  • Template:Flame in the Darkness
  • Template:Soldiers of Fortune - She and her Thralls gain Mark Target here.
  • Template:The Irregulars

• Other Factions
  • Infernal players can use this model in the Template:Hearts of Darkness theme, but only if Crosse2 is leading the army.
  • Cygnar and Khador players can also play her in Flame in the Darkness, and she counts as a Cygnar/Khador model while in such an army, giving her access to some unique synergies and buffs.
  • Furthermore, 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.

Thoughts on Alexia2

Alexia2 in a nutshell

Alexia, Mistress of the Witchfire is a mobile toolbox of abilities that depend greatly on her proximity to living models when they die. With 3 souls, she can drop 3 thralls, back up and hope to collect more in the same turn to enable her Arcane Vortex. Since she can collect from both friendly and enemy models, she has a very easy time doing her thing.

She is one of the most powerful solos in the game in terms of versatility and scenario play. Never underestimate how powerful putting weapon masters almost anywhere can be.

Combos & Synergies

• Any army with cheap disposable bodies so she can start collecting souls.
• Single model buffs like Storm Rager from Shae or Bullet Dodger from Ossrum or Magnus2 are acceptable on her, but she likes Macbain's feat most of all.
• In the Soldiers of Fortune theme, you can bring as many Steelhead Halberdiers as you desire, whom can fuel her soul collection ability. She also provides some much needed spell hate. The Thralls she creates are excellent Mark Target appliers as they are solos, too, if absolutely necessary she can run 16" to apply it herself.
• Thrall warriors make very strong Arc nodes for Fiona, as they are very mobile and can be created far forwards before even activating themselves.
• She works amazingly well with Stryker3 in Flames in the Darkness. The theme gives all models friendly faction status so on his feat turn her thralls can potentially become 21" non-linear threat, auto hitting, P&S 10 with 5 dice damage missiles. Her anti-magic abilities combined with cheap shield guards also make the large base Stryker hard to assassinate from a distance and the theme generally has plenty of souls for her to gather. Not to mention that he can put Fury on a Thrall for an absolutely overkill P+S 13 with two extra damage die, or even herself where it increases the damage of both the Witchfire and her impact attacks.
• Stryker2 in Flames in the darkness offers Deceleration and his feat to her and her Thralls. This makes for some rediculous threat ranges for the Thralls.
• Stryker1 - The +5 Arm from his feat go a long way on a model like her.
• Ashlynn2 can bring her back with her feat.
• Damiano - +3 STR and ARM from the feat make both herself and her Thralls especially, very dangerous on the charge.
• Wolves of Winter lists often employ her, due to the mass of Doom Reavers played there. She can turn them into Thralls and contribute on scenario.

Drawbacks & Downsides

• She's expensive in every theme, can never be free, and a is big target.
• Her own personal damage output is low for her points but you will likely never make an attack with her.

Tricks & Tips

• Use her Reposition to hide her behind walls after she drops her Thralls.
• Bring her with Sgt. Verendrye or the Siege Crawler to replenish bodies and double down on recursion.
• You'll probably want to own 4-5 Thrall Warrior models if you plan to run her.

Other

Trivia

Released in Warmachine: Colossals (2012)