Cephalyx Mind Bender & Drudges

Cephalyx specialized in unleashing formidable mental powers to augment the drudges they command or to annihilate foes, mind benders can instill in their enslaved warriors a strength and savagery beyond ordinary fleshly limitations. These drudges sometimes serve as conduits for the mind bender’s overwhelming rending mental attacks, though they are consumed in the process.

Basic Info

Mind Bender

Abilities

• Template:Officer
• Template:Pathfinder
• Template:Stealth
• Template:Magic Ability
• Template:Psychic Projection
• Template:Sacrificial Pawn

Weapons

• Prosthetic Blades - 1" reach, P+S 8 melee weapon

Spells

{{Category: Template:Adrenal FloodTemplate:Concussion PulseTemplate:Psychic Assault }}[[Category: Template:Adrenal FloodTemplate:Concussion PulseTemplate:Psychic Assault ]]

Drudges

Abilities

• Template:Eyeless Sight
• Template:Tough

Weapons

• Battering Fists - 0.5" reach, P+S 11 melee weapon

Theme Forces

• Template:Operating Theater. Drudges (but not the Mind Bender) gain Rise in this theme.

Thoughts on Cephalyx Mind Bender & Drudges

Cephalyx Mind Bender & Drudges in a nutshell

The Mind Bender and Drudges are a support unit for the Cephalyx - not as hard hitting as the Mind Slavers but instead acting to empower the mind slavers and turn them into a wrecking crew.

You shouldn't be trying to get in melee with this unit, you should be sacrificing the Drudges to fuel the Bender's spells. Most of the time that'll be Adrenal Flood cast 3 times on Drudges in a different unit.

Combos & Synergies

• Cephalyx Mind Slaver & Drudges - these guys buff those guys.
• Cephalyx Overlords - provide a MAT buff to Drudges.

Drawbacks & Downsides

• You can't charge the Drudges and use the Mind Bender's spells in the same activation.
• The Cephalyx Overlords are better at Psychic Assaults.
• The Cephalyx Mind Slaver unit is better in melee.
• If the Bender dies the grunts fall back on their basic stats, which are terrible.
• Unlike other Mercenary models, they can't go in most themes. So your list-building options are limited.

Tricks & Tips

• Since the Drudges in the Slaver unit have CMA, use Adrenal Flood on whomever is going to lead the CMA.
• If you can get into melee without charging, attack with the Drudges before sacrificing them to fuel the Bender's spells.

Other

Trivia

File:Gobber Drudge.jpg

Limited Edition sculpt.

• Released in the digital-only book Forces of Warmachine: Cephalyx (late 2014).
• Republished in the Warmachine: Reckoning expansion book (mid 2015).
• The Gobber Drudge models can be substituted as grunts in the unit. You can even have a whole unit of Gobber Drudges!