Eiryss, Angel of Retribution

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Eiryss has spent years cutting down humans who would profane Caen and her goddess with foul sorceries, but she has seen first-hand that the wars and magics of mankind threaten to destroy her people and her gods. Eiryss has returned to her lonely fight with renewed conviction and new tools to hunt and slay human spell-casters and their perverse machines.

Basic Info

Mercenary - This model will work for Template:Cygnar Mercenary, Template:Khador Mercenary, Template:Menoth Mercenary, and Template:Retribution Partisan.

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Abilities

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• Template:Assault
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• Template:Spell Breaker
• Template:Witch Hunter

Weapons

• Crossbow - 12" range, POW 10 ranged attack
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  • Template:Magical Weapon
  • Template:Disruption
  • Template:Purgation

• Bayonet - 0.5" reach, P+S 6 melee attack
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  • Template:Magical Weapon
  • Template:Disruption
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• Saber - 0.5" reach, P+S 7 melee attack
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Theme Forces

• Mercenary
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• Retribution
  • As a Mercenary model she can go in every Retribution theme, but most of the time she'll use your "Up to one Mercenary solo" slot.
  • Template:Defenders of Ios. Eiryss gains Reposition [3] in this theme.
  • Template:Forges of War
  • Template:Legions of Dawn
  • Template:Shadows of the Retribution. She doesn't use up your Merc slot in this theme. Also she gains optional Take Down here.

• 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.

Thoughts on Eiryss2

Eiryss2 in a nutshell

This incarnation of Eiryss is more focused around killing spellcasting units and solos or breaking up buffed infantry than her threat to casters or warbeasts. Disruption still lets her annoy jacks, but with the volume of attacks she can put out on the charge she can quite easily knock out spell buffed basic troopers and soak resources from the caster in doing so. Witch Hunter ensures that nothing short of a warcaster will cast while close to her, forcing order of activation issues to keep her tied up. She stands out as the only solo version of Eiryss that can be a requisition option.

Combos & Synergies

Eiryss will help your army out in 4 ways:

• Disrupting Warjacks, perferably ones with Arc Nodes.
• Removing buff upkeeps spells from units or causing their casters damage.
• Killing or threatening enemy magic users.
• Providing retaliation and/or protection from enemy spells.

Some things that can help Eiryss be extra annoying in doing the above:

• Use Garryth1 to cast Sentry on her, for a second disruption bolt every turn.
• She is especially good under Garryth2's feat, as she can strip upkeeps of any model or unit entering his command bubble (and her Crossbow range).
• Casting Ghost Walk on her is also a fantastic way to get her up to those magic users hiding in the back.

Drawbacks & Downsides

• Low armour ensures that if you can land a charge on her she will die, and is potentially vulnerable to blast damage.
• Spell Breaker and Purgation on the Crossbow have some Skornergy with each other - as the former strips off the upkeep on a hit, the latter won't get the extra die on damage. Of course, your enemy can choose to keep the spell in play for D3 damage, AND the target to suffer +1D6 damage, but that will rarely happen.
• For most casters the only damage box that matters is the last one. They will simply take the Spell Breaker damage and shrug. However, casters with few HP, like Cygnar's Journeymen, will think twice before upkeeping the spells.
• She is worse than Eiryss1 in most circumstances. Certainly she is far less scary.
• Spell Breaker won't work on animi like the Basilisk Krea's Force Aura.

Tricks & Tips

• Assault is awesome on her giving her a potential threat range of 22". Once you get LOS on the target to declare a charge, send a bolt into it from afar.
• For merely killing enhanced troops at range, Harlan Versh is a cheaper solution, but for hunting and de-buffing high priority targets, Eiryss is better.

• Spell Breaker
  • If your opponent lets the upkeep expire, then you won't get your Purgation bonus on the damage roll.
  • It works on your own models too; you can shoot your own model to remove a pesky enemy upkeep.
  • If you do shoot your own model, note that only enemy upkeeps will expire.

Other

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Eiryss, Angel of Vengeance
Limited Edition Sculpt (Mini Crate)

Trivia

• Released in Warmachine: Legends (2008)
• Global warming across Immoren has led to Eiryss2 wearing less clothes and showing off her midriff and chest.
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