Lieutenant Gwen Keller

No matter where the wars of Cygnar may take her, Lieutenant Gwen Keller traverses the battlefield with the swiftness and ferocity of a lightning storm. With her glaive and grenades she leaves the enemies of her nation scorched by voltaic power, and she will not relent until her mission is complete. The knights she leads know her to be loyal and resolute; the opponents she faces in battle know her to be a warrior with few equals

Basic Info

Abilities

• Template:Electrical Immunity
• Template:Flank
• Template:Force Barrier

Leadership

While within {{{d}}} of this model, friendly [[{{{model}}}]] models gain [[:Category:{{{ability}}}|{{{ability}}}]].

• Template:Quick Work

Weapons

Storm Grenade
File:Gun icon.jpg		RNG			ROF			AOE			POW
		6			1			3			13
Template:Electrical Damage Template:Attack Type Template:Galvanic Blast Field Template:Kinetic Grip Template:Voltaic Vortex
Glaive Bolt
File:Gun icon.jpg		RNG			ROF			AOE			POW
		6			1			Template:-			14
Template:Electrical Damage
Storm Glaive
File:Sword icon.jpg		RNG				POW				P+S
		1				9				15

Theme Forces

• Cygnar
  • Template:Storm Division. This model gains Unyielding in this theme.

• Other Factions
  • Infernal players can use this unit in the Template:Hearts of Darkness theme, but only if Sloan is leading the army.

Thoughts on Lieutenant Gwen Keller

Lieutenant Gwen Keller in a nutshell

Starting her career as a maligned solo of a forgotten side-game system, Gwen Keller turned quite a bit with the arrival of the 2021 Storm Division CID. This character Stormsmith Grenadier - who also happens to carry around a Storm Glaive of the Stormblade Infantry - became a powerhouse solo with great utility. She can prevent other Storm Knights going down against enemy gunlines, may upset jacks and beasts - and once lines clash and her support duty ends, she can become a deadly close combatant thanks to her Flank on other Storm Knights.

Her force Field aura is enough to shift the overall DEF13 of the Storm Knights into the very desirable DEF15 against guns, a level where even veteran gunslingers will have hard time hitting them. Because of that her importance skyrockets against quality guns, and so is her position on the enemy's target list.

In Storm Division if you are running Storm Knights you will almost always want her as your first requisition option.

Combos & Synergies

• Haley2 - Time Bomb and Kinetic Grip let you apply a -4 debuff to speed, which can be quite potent on a heavy or a battle engine. Voltaic Vortex can also be combined with Telekinesis to pull something 2"+2"
• Laddermore - Her Veteran Leader.
• Stormblade Captain - His Tactician lets her move through other Storm Knights.
• Stormclad or Reliant - She fuels their Accumulator.
• Major Beth Maddox - Onslaught for Pathfinder and they Flank off of each other. Making Maddox harder to harm at range is also great.
• Stormguard Infantry or Firefly - A good old damage buff to her electric attacks and e-leaps
• Storm Lances - the most expensive unit you can defend with Force Barrier.
• Silver Line Stormguard with Stryker1 or Caine1. Blur + Force Barrier means a front line that is DEF 18 vs range, immune to blast damage, and unable to be charged.

Drawbacks & Downsides

• Quick work is hard to utilize without gunfighter if she is still engaged she can't shoot.
• She can be high priority target due to her excellent Leadership aura.
• Her range is dreadfully low, so if you are close enough to hit something with her Kinetic Grip grenade, then she is close enough to get charged.
• Fast units (read: Storm Lances) may outrun her and leave her aura.

Tricks & Tips

• Watch for opportunities for Quick Work - she can make a massive mess using it.
• Mind the wording; apart from Kinetic Grip, all grenade effects require a direct hit upon an enemy model.

Other

Trivia

Released for Company of Iron (2017.07)

Rules Clarifications

Template:RC Electrical Template:RC Flank Template:RC Force Barrier {{RC Leadership]}} Template:RC Quick Work