Madelyn Corbeau, Ordic Courtesan

Template:Mercbox This model is playable only in an Unlimited format.

The court of King Baird Cathor II of Ord is known for its subtle intrigues and stunning courtesans. Madelyn Corbeau may not have been the most beautiful woman to grace the Bandit King’s court, but she is certainly the most brilliant intriguer to enter his service. Having charmed half the courtiers in western Immoren, it is simple enough for her to gain access to the commanders of armies. She sells her services as an adviser to any army with coin. No matter which army she accompanies, her loyalties remain firmly with the Baird, and she passes her intelligence on to the King’s spies whenever possible. Madelyn may be the most formidable asset in the Bandit King’s struggle to keep his nation independent of his hungry neighbors.

Basic Info

Mercenary - This model will work for Template:Crucible Guard mercenary, Template:Cygnar Mercenary, Template:Cryx Mercenary, Template:Khador Mercenary, Template:Menoth Mercenary, or Template:Retribution Mercenary.

Abilities

• Template:Intrigue
• Template:Parlay
• Template:Seduction
• Template:Sucker!

Weapons

• Template:Unarmed

Theme Forces

• Mercenary
  • Template:Steelies. She gains Mark Target in this theme.
  • Template:The Kingmakers Army. Madelyn Corbeau, Ordic Courtesan gain Feign Death in this theme.
  • Template:The Irregulars

• 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/Minion 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 Madelyn Corbeau

Madelyn Corbeau in a nutshell

Madelyn Corbeau is one of the stranger models in the game. She keeps melee infantry from attacking her and her warcaster, has limited stealth removal, and Seduction is sometimes helpful.

Combos & Synergies

• Drake MacBain's feat can keep her alive for an extra turn.
• Pretty much any Warcaster that wants to play forward and is thus prone to melee retaliation. Examples include Thyra, Flame of Sorrow, Kommander Andrei Malakov, and both versions of Sturgis.
• Princess Delores Graciela - Being an Ordic model, she grants access to the Princess. She is no Toro, but Madelyn is the next best safe the Princess target, as she can Sucker off the attack to something more durable, or expendable. Asphyxious1 appreciates this combo especially, since he cannot run Asphyxious4 with a Toro to gain access to the Princess due to character restrictions.

Drawbacks & Downsides

• Don't rely too heavily on Parlay. It doesn't affect warbeasts, warjacks, or battle engines. Also, a lot of models can simply stand outside Parlay range and shoot her dead. Parlay is more to keep her alive than your caster. Casters almost never get killed by melee infantry. It's almost always guns, magic or heavies. Unless you see Butcher3 or Saeryn and Rhyas a lot...
• Intrigue is near-useless. If a fragile, backline, support attachment is near enough to the action to remove Stealth and the main battlelines are so far apart that Stealth is still an issue ... then something weird is going on (such as the Stealth+Countermeasures combination).
• Sucker means you MUST allocate a direct hit, even if it then hits your warcaster. That is not an issue with battle-engine casters, but frankly, they'd rarely take her due to her slow speed.
• Just about every other warcaster attachment in the game is more useful.
• This might be a dangerous game against models with Assault as well; as they still get their ranged attacks, if they fail their charge outside Madeline's CMD range.

Tricks & Tips

• If there is a zone or a flag guarded by nothing but melee infantry, they won't be able to get her off it.
• Creative use of Seduction will make the most of her abilities. She will likely die to magic, blasts or shooting if she advances far enough forward to use Intrigue.
• Seduction's obvious targets are powerful solos, but unit commanders also worth a consideration. Pulling back the unit commander can potentially put models out of formation. Such models do not benefit from spells/upkeeps on the unit (but still count as having spell/upkeep on them, thus, making them vulnerable against things like Purgation). Outside their activation they also cannot move (Admonition, Countercharge, Pursuit, etc.), or attack (Counterblast, free strike, etc).
• Even if you cannot attack with a seduced model, you should turn it around, so your enemy gets the back strike bonus. Don't forget, it does not affect undead models (understandably).

Other

Trivia

• Released in Forces of Warmachine: Mercenaries (July 2010)

Other Theme Forces

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Template:Menoth merc solo themes	Template:Khador merc solo themes
Template:Retribution merc solo themes	Template:CG merc solo themes