Exemplar Vengers

The powerful and relentless Exemplar vengers stand among the deadliest warriors of the Protectorate. They ride into battle on war-bred Idrian stallions to disintegrate enemy lines with their lances before drawing blades to finish any left standing. Vengers are fueled by their faith, and their Oath of Brotherhood conveys the pains of their brothers. Each drop of spilled venger blood inspires the survivors to fight harder.

Basic Info

Abilities

• Template:Cavalry
• Template:Battle-Driven
• Template:Reposition 3

Weapons

Blessed Lance
File:Sword icon.jpg		RNG				POW				P+S
		Template:Star				8				15
Template:Blessed Template:Magical Weapon
Lance	Melee	RNG POW 2 14	[[:Category:{{{1}}}|{{{1}}}]] {{Category:{{{1}}}}} [[:Category:{{{1}}}|{{{1}}}]] {{Category:{{{1}}}}}
Sword
File:Sword icon.jpg		RNG				POW				P+S
		0.5				3				10
Template:Weapon Master Template:Close Combat
Mount
File:Mount icon.jpg		RNG						POW
		0.5						12

Theme Forces

• Protectorate
  • Template:Exemplar Interdiction. They gain Aegis in this theme.
  • Template:Warriors of the Old Faith. This unit gains Line Breaker in this theme.

• Other Factions
  • Infernal players can use this model in the Template:Hearts of Darkness theme, but only if Feora is leading the army.
  • Khador players can use this model in the Template:Warriors of the Old Faith theme. This unit gains Line Breaker in this theme.
  • Mercenary players can use them in the Template:Llaelese Resistance theme. They become Llaelese and gain Pathfinder in this theme.

Thoughts on Exemplar Vengers

Exemplar Vengers in a Nutshell

Fast moving and hard hitting, especially when hurt, the Exemplar Vengers are just about everything you would expect from heavy cavalry.

Due to their high cost you tend to build your list around them, with this in mind the Warriors of the Old Faith theme has everything they could want, Line breaker for accuracy, relevant support solos and the fantastic cavalry support warcaster Vladimir3.

Combos & Synergies

• Intercessor Kreoss - the leader of the Exemplar Vengers has Elite Cadre Divine Inspiration for them.
• Anyone with a DEF/ARM buff. They are already pretty tough and can usefully be made even tougher. Casters with Defender's Ward, Inviolable Resolve or Ashen Veil are your best friends.
• Exemplar Bastion Seneschal, his Tactician bonus can be crucial for setting up charge lanes.
• Thyra loves fast, hard hitting models, and she often needs some extra punch for heavier targets. Her feat can give crucial extra inches to your charges. Stealthed unit of heavy cavalry can be back breaker for certain armies (their high ARM makes them damn tough customers for blast damage and there's not that much things with two legs that can out charge cavalry), or she can buff them to a glorius POW17(19) lance
• The Harbinger of Menoth - If you lost your last hit box on a model, you can negate it with Martyrdom, and still trigger Battle Driven. Crusaders' Call, and Guided Hand ensures a solid alpha strike and/or gives her solid mobile bunker (ARM20 after first shot and 5HP each combined with martyrdom can make it hard to get LOS on her)
• Rhupert - don't bank on Battle Driven to get the Pathfinder for your charge. Better to have a plan B, and he can also give your Vengers Tough against strong gunlines.
• High Exemplar Cyrenia can buff their ARM with resolve, can get their DEF to 14 on her feat turn and can provide wall either to block charges of for some additional protection (so theoretically DEF18 cavalry is a possibility), between her feat and dash, you can get effectively up to 4" threat range increase. IF you manage to pull a battle plan on them, under Last words, you'll get another POW12 WM attack in. With Positive Charge and Severius 0, they can hit at POW 18, if they're damaged, they'll be charging POW 20's!
• Reznik2 - They're a fine enough target for Death March and Impact attacks work well with his feat.

Drawbacks and Downsides

• All the inherited drawbacks of the heavy cavalry class: they are big and expensive targets.
• Anything, that will deny charges, will take away the edge of their attack, and once bogged down in melee, they hit as hard as a regular infantry.
• Without the bonus from Battle Driven, terrain can mean serious problem, if you did not bring another source of Pathfinder.
• Battle Driven will only trigger on enemy attack damage. Covering fire templates, collateral damages, electro leaps, corrosion or fire effects can all hurt your models without providing extra ARM.

Tricks & Tips

• Watch for simultaneous attacks, like sweeps or Chain Lightning. You won't get Battle Driven's ARM bonus, until all damage rolls are being resolved.
• Battle Driven can force your opponents to make tough choices. Leave them unscratched to deny bonus for their charges, or go all-in on destroying them, before they can reach your lines, and hit like a ton of bricks?

Other

Trivia

Released in Warmachine: Superiority (2006)