Eiryss, Fortune Hunter of Ios

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Doomed to a life of eternal reincarnation by the PP developers, by her 4th iteration everyone was sick of writing fluff for the elven postergirl. (But that still didn't stop her from getting a 5th version!)

Basic Info

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

• Template:Partisan

Abilities

• Template:Advance Deployment
• Template:Assault
• Template:Pathfinder
• Template:Stealth
• Template:Arcane Precision
• Template:Fortune Hunter

Leadership

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• Template:Reposition 3
• Template:Swift Hunter

Weapons

• Crossbow (x2) - 12" range, POW 10 ranged attacks
  • Template:Blessed
  • Template:Damage Type: Magical

• Crossbow Blade (x2) - 0.5" reach, POW 3, P+S 7 melee attacks
  • Blessed
  • Damage Type: Magical

Theme Forces

• Mercenary
  • Template:The Irregulars

• 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 Eiryss4

Eiryss4 in a nutshell

Eiryss is a solo-hunter and in specific a character-solo hunter. She's thoroughly mediocre against non-characters, only doing damage at POW 10 with two attacks. But she's only POW 10 when attacking a non-character model, and needs to aim to see through stealth. Her main use is giving Swift Hunter to Mage Hunters with guns, which is excellent on both Garryth's and Kaelyssa.

Combos & Synergies

• Any Mage Hunter with a gun likes her leadership (even casters).
• Kaelyssa, Night's Whisper - She is one of the few casters where you should seriously consider Eiryss4, as Eiryss gives her Swift Hunter, making Kaelyssa able to shoot and back up. Kaelyssa has Energy Siphon, too, so she makes up for the loss of Disruptor Bolt. Just have Eiryss follow up with some Fortune Hunter boosted shot into the enemy caster after Kaelyssa siphoned away their focus.
• Garryth, The Blade of Retribution - With Dual Attack and Gate Crasher, Garryth1 can Apparition forward 2", walk forward 7", shoot and kill two models with his ranged weapons for 2" more each due to Eiryss4's Swift Hunter, and then cast Gate Crasher to place himself 5" further, ideally next to or even behind a warcaster. That's 18" of movement without requiring a charge target or even a straight line, leaving Garryth in melee with both his melee initials and 3 Focus (4 if Sylys let him upkeep Mirage for free). That's pretty good.
• Garryth, Eye of Vengeance - Among Repo 5" and Swift Hunter she makes him crazy mobile and she can still keep character solos in check on his feat turn.
• Ashlynn2 can bring her back with her feat. If you also revive Harlowe and Scythe you can potentially assassinate a caster if you can give them all clear shooting ranges before feating.

Drawbacks & Downsides

• POW 10.
• Not that much gamewinning potential. She's almost a pure attrition piece.
• Way overshadowed by her 1st and 3rd versions, unless you plan to run loads of mage hunters.
• Can never be free.

Tricks & Tips

• All casters are character models, and RAT 9 boosted attacks will hit almost any of them. It probably won't kill - but at least puts your opponent in check.

Other

Trivia

• Spoiled on a livestream 2019.05