Blighted Rotwings

Flocks of scavengers called rotwings follow the bloody trail of the blighted ogrun, subsisting on the carnage they leave behind. Rotwings ingest large amounts of blighted flesh from fallen dragonspawn and ogrun, causing the birds themselves to become blighted. Their powerful beaks easily rip flesh and muscle from carcasses and can crack open skull and bones to reach brain matter and marrow.

Basic Info

Abilities

• Template:Flight
• Template:Finisher
• Template:Reposition 3
• Template:Sitting Vulture

Weapons

Beak
File:Sword icon.jpg		RNG				POW				P+S
		0.5				3				9

Theme Forces

• Template:Primal Terrors
• Template:Ravens of War

Thoughts on Blighted Rotwings

Blighted Rotwings in a nutshell

Blighted Rotwings are cheap disposable infantry used to engage opposing models, claim/contest objectives, or screen friendly models. They support their army with Sitting Vulture and can apply damage with a little help thanks to Finisher.

It Looks like Everblight copied Toruk's bird homework! They are very similar in look and play-style to the Carrion Thralls in Cryx.

Combos & Synergies

• Golab gives them +1 to hit.
• Blight Archon gives them +1 to hit as well and may tag them with Dragon's Blood. +2 ARM doesn't make any difference for Rotwings' paper armor but when they die they can corrode an enemy model.
• In Ravens of War you may have both the Strider Deathstalker or the Blighted Nyss Sorceress to easily trigger damage on the target for finisher.
• Kallus1 loves to have cheap infantry around for his feat and later for Angelic Sacrifice.
• Sitting Vulture is a general MAT (and in case of sprays, RAT) fixer, further increasing your chances to hit in both themes they're available in.

Drawbacks & Downsides

• You get what you pay for - troops which have mediocre stats and are easily killed. That isn't to say they're cruddy, just that ... that's what they do.

Tips & Tricks

• Instead of wasting your clock actually making attacks and rolling dice with these guys, just run them into your opponent's face. Then spend the time you saved to think about what to do with your 'real' army.

• With a little prep, Finisher makes them effectively pow 9 weapon masters with good speed and flight. Giving them Parry from Rhyas 1, along with her feat, can turn them into decent heatseeking missiles.

Other

Trivia

Released in the Primal Terrors CID (2018.01)

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