Horgenhold Forge Guard

The Horgenhold Forge Guard enter battle in superlative Rhulic armor, form an impervious line, and deliver blows capable of toppling warjacks with their massive, piston-driven hammers. Though the dwarves remain officially neutral in the southern wars of men, the Forge Guard hire out as mercenaries and bring the power of raw, blunt destruction to the battlefield.

Guvul Godor served as one of the leaders of the Rhulic parliament, the Moot, for decades. His dedication to the dwarven nation and its people was (and still is) unrivaled, as Guvul was one of the few members of the Moot willing to go to battle alongside his countrymen. When the apocalypse came, the Iron Kingdoms were devastated, as were many brave Rhulfolk who battled alongside the lowlanders.

Guvul does not view this widespread destruction with sorrow or hopelessness but instead sees an opportunity to continuing serving his people. When the smoke cleared, Guvul strode down the mountain in search of riches to bring back to his kin. He is determined to claim glory and fortune for the people of Rhul with every coin earned and looted, no matter the cost to himself.

Basic Info

Mercenary - This unit will work for Template:Cygnar mercenary, Template:Crucible Guard mercenary, or Template:Menoth Mercenary.

Abilities

• Entire Unit
  • Template:Wall of Steel

• Guvul Only
  • Template:Officer
  • He has a better statline
  • Template:Riot Quest
  • Template:Battle Plan
    • Template:Desperate Pace2
    • Template:On your Feet
    • Template:Reveille
  • Template:Granted (Template:Cleave-alt)

Weapons

Forge Guard	Mechanikal Hammer File:Sword icon.jpg  RNG   POW   P+S  2 5 11 Template:Weapon Master Template:Critical Smite
Lord Guvul	Royal Mechanikal Hammer (x2) File:Sword icon.jpg  RNG   POW   P+S  2 6 13 Template:Weapon Master Template:Combo Smite

Theme Forces

• Mercenaries
  • Template:Hammer Strike. They gain Tough in this theme.
  • Template:Operating Theater (only if controlled by a Cephalyx Dominator)

• Other Factions
  • Infernal players can use this model in the Template:Hearts of Darkness theme, but only if Crosse2 is leading the army.
  • Furthermore, 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 Horgenhold Forge Guard

File:Stone Lord Guvul Godor.jpg

Stone Lord Guvul Godor

Horgenhold Forge Guard in a nutshell

Forge Guard are slow, pretty durable and hit pretty hard. They are a second line unit that rushes in and beats up whatever is in range. They also cause occasional shenanigans with their Smites. They're not easy to deliver outside of Ossrum's feat turn. They are only usable in the Hammer Strike theme, but might be seen in the occasional Crucible Guard or Cygnar list with a ranking office.

Thoughts on the CA

Guvul adds to the already decent Hammerfall recursion, brings a very important speed buff, and generally helps in a lot of ways. You are very much encouraged to bring him in Hammerstrike , even if you don't care about the Hammer Dwarves he is attached to (though you should care about them as they are the best dwarf unit). Desperate Pace is extremely important if most of your stuff is SPD 4-5.

Combos & Synergies

• General Ossrum buffs all dwarves, namely he buffs speed and ARM on feat turn and has tactician.
• They like a skirmish line in front of them to avoid getting charged, though nothing fits the bill in Hammer Strike.
• Syvestro is able to put transmutation on them even without a ranking officer. Transmutation is a very, very potent buff for weapon master infantry.
• Durgen Madhammer's Primed Spell combined with Balthazar Bamfist's Force Barrier will render them immune to dying to their own explosions while making them MAT 9, POW 13.
• Gorten Grundback gets extra threat range from Guvul.
• Hammerfall Siege Crawler - They are among the best reinforcements targets. You can even double up on it with Guvul.
• Siege Crawler - It and Guvul work together as a recursion package.

Drawbacks & Downsides

• Dwarves are slow and easy to hit. Forge Guard have no speed fix like Vengeance as other weapon masters do. Bar Desperate Pace from their CA.
• Hammer Strike is the only faction theme that allows them.
• The CA is a buffing solo who help all Rhulfolk but outside of Hammer Strike his battle plans are mostly limited to his own unit only.
• In other factions (and Operating Theatre) they can be taken with a Ranking Officer, but doing so prevents you from taking Guvul as well.

Tricks & Tips

• Try to always charge for a good smite angle. Even if you only get the Critical once in a blue moon it's better to get in the habit of smart positioning

Other

Trivia

• Unit released in Warmachine: Legends (2008)
• Lord Guvul released 2020.12