Avatar of Menoth

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

A sanctified instrument of divine wrath, the Avatar of Menoth is a warjack guided by the Creator’s will alone. In its right hand the Avatar wields a Sulese blade named Burning Wrath that is wreathed with holy flames. In its left hand it bears the Divine Shield, consecrated to turn away blades, gunfire, and the touch of heathen magic.

Basic Info

Abilities

• Template:Construct
• Template:Avatar
• Template:Menoth's Gaze
• Template:Sacred Ward

Weapons

Divine Shield
File:Sword icon.jpg		RNG				POW				P+S
		1				2				14
Template:Magical Weapon Template:Shield
Burning Wrath
File:Sword icon.jpg		RNG				POW				P+S
		2				7				19
Template:Magical Weapon Template:Flame Burst

Theme Forces

• Template:The Creator's Might
• Template:The Faithful Masses. Avatar of Menoth gains Hand of Vengeance in this theme.

Thoughts on the Avatar of Menoth

File:Avatar classic.jpeg

Classic sculpt

Avatar of Menoth in a nutshell

The Avatar of Menoth is a heavy beatstick warjack that stands apart from a battlegroup and generates its own focus. One of the hardest hitting warjacks around, the Avatar is also the most expensive around.

Combos & Synergies

Caster specific:

• Cyrenia can boost its offense and defense with Positive Charge and Inviolable Resolve, respectively. Being able to generate its own Focus is a big boon for Cyrenia, who is often Focus-strapped. Lastly placing a rock wall in front of the Avatar and having Gaze force the enemy to advance through the wall is a very crippling combo for any troops that don't have flight of pathfinder, so with careful placement and Gaze, you can prevent many opponents within 8" from being able to engage it in melee. It is also gains +2 DEF during her feat, which can be really obnoxious when you park a Menite Archon right next to it for Ashen Veil induced DEF 16.
• Kreoss3 gives it Assail for extra threat range or Assail for extra hitting power. He doesn't have any battlegroup buffs either.
• While Durst's feat doesn't work on it, the Avatar is a big fan of Boundless Charge, and Hallowed Avenger is no longer battlegroup-only.
• Thyra and Reznik2 also provide speedups.

Non-caster specific:

• The Avatar can be included in a Faithful Masses theme force and will get a caster-independent MAT and damage buff from Hand of Vengeance.
• Choir of Menoth naturally.
• Hand of Silence can provide it with Focus if he's got souls on him.
• Vassal of Menoth - They can top it of if it rolls low during the control phase.

Drawbacks & Downsides

• Avatar is never part of a battlegroup, so he never benefits from battlegroup spells. Also he can't be paid for with warjack points, meaning some lists might be short of support units.
• Random focus means that murphy's law is likely to trip you up just when you want to go in fully loaded.
• Expensive.
• The Gaze only applies to models the target can see; a smart enemy will use a couple of models to block LoS to the Avatar.

Tips & Tricks

• Bring a Vassal to top the Avatar off before he enters combat, or give him Enliven to escape combat. Two fully-boosted hits will hurt but are unlikely to kill him.
• If any systems have been taken out, a Mechanik will always repair a minimum of two boxes, guaranteeing a fully functional Avatar (the Avatar only has 3 systems, and if all 3 are out, he is dead).

The Gaze:

• Use the Gaze to mess with order of activation and protect a side from reinforcing or contesting. Use Rough Terrain, Forests and Walls to your advantage against non-Pathfinder heavies.
• The Gaze gets more powerful the longer the game goes on, less models to get in the way and less models available to contest means that every one you can lock out of scenario counts much more.
• Don't bother to Gaze other heavies unless you are preventing them from contesting or can hide behind enough terrain to stay out of threat range; enemy heavies want to hit high-value targets, and the Avatar is the highest value target most Menoth armies field outside a colossal.
• Gaze has excellent play into models with Reposition, Overtake, Sidestep, or Killing Spree, severely limiting the way they can advance, and also stops models with Refuge to escape with proper positioning.

Other

Trivia

• Released in Warmachine: Apotheosis (2005)
• It got a new sculpt in 2016.