Gatorman Soul Slave

Gatormen bokors do not loathe death, as other creatures and their dark arts are sacred rituals. The dank powers of death rise steaming from the swamps and can be bound into dead flesh, harnessed to augment the cold-blooded warlocks leading the Blindwater Congregation. Bereft of thought and suffused with necromantic power, the Soul Slave serves as a conduit for the will of its master. Template:TOCbox

Basic Info

• Minion - In a 2+ warlock game, this model can accompany a minion warlock and work for Template:Circle minion, Template:Legion minion, Template:Skorne minion, or Template:Trollblood minion.
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Abilities

• Template:Amphibious
• Template:Undead
• Template:Arcane Assist
• Template:Magic Ability
• Template:Mental Force

Weapons

• Bite - 0.5" reach, P+S 12 melee attack

Spells

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Theme Forces

• Minion
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  • Template:Will Work for Food

• Other Factions
  • None - Unlike other Minion solos, the Soul Slave cannot be taken in non-Minion themes because of the limitation of his Attached rule.

Thoughts on the Gatorman Soul Slave

Gatorman Soul Slave in a nutshell

A support piece who is fragile but brings a lot, between boosted blasts, free upkeep, and other non-upkeep spells. It isn't an auto-include for every warlock, but those who like it really like it.

Combos & Synergies

• Barnabas, Lord of Blood has two useful offensive spells - and wants to continually upkeep Onslaught. An decent combination.
• Calaban the Grave Walker looks superficially excellent with his upkeeps - but the only spell the Soul Slave gains is the useful utility spell Hex Blast.
• Jaga-Jaga, the Death Charmer gets a lot of benefit out of it - she has upkeeps, and the Soul Slave really likes spells he can cast safely without boosting such as Ghost Walk. Deadweight under Signs and Portents can be an excellent zappy spell.
• Maelok the Dreadbound has Soul Harvester to upkeep and both Mortality and Venom work really well from the Soul Slave.
• Rask has three upkeeps, and Boundless Charge which the Soul Slave normally wants to cast and can cast safely even with his magic ability. If the Soul Slave needs to zap things then that's what Bone Shaker is for. Rask is probably first in line for the Soul Slave, followed by Jaga-Jaga thanks to the buff spells.
• Sturm & Drang - a free friendly Telekinesis is really useful as is support with upkeeps. And when it's time to Drang there's the boosted Boneshaker.
• Midas can let him cast a fully boosted Hex Blast, or support an unit with Battle Lust, and upkeep either of his other spell. Beware that he need to be out of theme or in WWtF to take him.
• Lord Carver, BMMD, Esq. III - upkeeping quagmire isn't nothing - and neither is a fully boosted 4" AoE via Rift.

Drawbacks & Downsides

• Relatively slow, and his rock bottom DEF mean he is an AOE magnet.
• Rock bottom magic ability. To hit you will have to use Mental Force.

Tricks & Tips

• Remember he is not limited to Gator warlock, so casters like Sturm and Midas can use him.

Other

Trivia

Released in the Blindwater CID (2017.09)