Infernal Gate

For centuries, infernals have schemed ways to facilitate their arrival on Caen. Infernal gates serve as longer-lasting conduits to the outer realms, connecting as well to the repositories of souls held by infernal masters. Dormant gates can be disguised as ordinary structures, revealing their true nature only when activated, becoming towering portals of darkness adorned with unholy runes. Reality slips and shivers around the gate, and it can unleash bursts of spectral flame to consume those who would seek to prevent the arrival of infernal masters and their horrors.

Basic Info

• Template:Structure

Abilities

• Template:Construct
• Template:Eyeless Sight
• Template:Forward Deployment
• Template:Infernal Portal
• Template:Crypt of Souls
  • Template:Dark Abyss
  • Template:Gate of Worlds
  • Template:Strength of Death

Weapons

Spectral Flames
File:Gun icon.jpg		RNG			ROF			AOE			POW
		12			1			4			14
Template:Damage Type: Magical Template:Ghost Shot Template:Rear Attack Template:Reload 1

Theme Forces

• Template:Dark Legacy
• Template:Hearts of Darkness

Thoughts on the Infernal Gate

Infernal Gate in a Nutshell

The Infernal Gate is the Infernal structure, and offers a suite of useful functions for an Infernal army. First, it reduces the summoning cost for your Horrors, which will lighten the strain on your Master. Second, it can bring back Souless models into the fray helping with the attrition swing. It has a friendly Slipstream effect to help with threat extension, and lastly it has a reasonable gun, which does not care about stealth, obstructions, LOS, cover or concealment. Oh, and it generates its own souls as well as feeding off anything nearby. It should work itself into most Dark Legacy lists, potentially even into Hearts of Darkness lists as well.

Combos & Synergies

• Killing your own models with souls during your turn (Cultist Bands and Croe's Cutthroats) will empower this with souls.
  • This applies more to Hearts of Darkness, such as when paired with Crucible Guard Infantry in a debuff-gunline.
• Infernal Masters have access to three models which effectively provide them with extra essence, Roget d'Vyaros, the Hermit of Hengehold, and the Gate. Of the three, the Gate provides the most outside of supporting your Master (and by extension, his battlegroup).
• The Infernal Portal works for Great Princess Regna Gravnoy as well as your Master. This allows her to both Summon and cast Deceleration in the first round.

Drawbacks & Downsides

• It can't move. This has two effects, both related to who gets the first turn. When going second, it is unlikely the Gate's gun will be in range of anything which isn't also in very close proximity to your master. When going first, it is often close enough that the enemy can comfortably shoot it off the table on turn 2.
  • Note that this weakness is so extreme as to be reflected in the model's point cost. The Gate is a 11 point structure, an 18 or 19 points battle engine.
• At DEF 5 it's an easy target for debuffs and infantry killing auto hits such as blasts, electro-leaps or Ashes to Ashes. Be careful when positioning attendant Cultists, or void forbid Marked Souls.

Tricks & Tips

• Crypt of Souls takes place after Dark Abyss. If you can spend all your souls on bringing back models in the maintenance phase, you get to roll in the Control Phase to get souls back.
• On forward deployment if it can be placed behind an obstruction or difficult terrain, it is worth it as a defensive measure. Ghost Shot and Eyeless sight mean that it does not care what is in front of it in any way. Reducing charge lanes can be very helpful in making sure this model survives longer into the battle.

Other

Trivia

• Released with the Faction launch (2019.06)