Menite Archon

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Menoth is known by many names—the Lawgiver, the Lawbringer, the Creator of Man, the Hunter of the Wurm, Wallmaker, the Masked Giant. In the last few decades, Menoth has returned in force to Immoren, revealing his anger over neglect and igniting the fires of zealotry. Now Menoth has sent incarnations of divine power to fight in his stead. These figures appear amid shrouds of fire and auras of light to inspire soldiers of the Great Crusade and reassure them that they will not be abandoned in their hour of need.

Basic Info

Mercenary - This model will work for Template:Protectorate mercenary, or Template:Khador mercenary.

• Template:Partisan

Abilities

• Template:Flight
• Template:Immunity: Fire
• Template:Ashen Veil
• Template:Divine Inspiration
• Template:Divine Manifestation
• Template:Fuel for the Flames
• Template:Righteous Fury
• Template:Soul Ward
• Template:Swift Vengeance

Weapons

Blazing Sword
File:Sword icon.jpg		RNG				POW				P+S
		2				6				15
Template:Continuous Fire delete Template:Dispel
Flail
File:Sword icon.jpg		RNG				POW				P+S
		2				4				13
Template:Chain Weapon Template:Continuous Fire delete Template:Grievous Wounds Template:Thresher

Theme Forces

• Mercenary
  • Template:Llaelese Resistance

• Protectorate
  • As a Mercenary model it can go in any Protectorate theme, however some of the time it'll use your "Up to one Mercenary solo" slot
  • Template:Exemplar Interdiction
  • Template:Guardians of the Temple
  • Template:The Creator's Might. It doesn't use up your Merc slot in this theme and it gets Reposition3
  • Template:The Faithful Masses. It doesn't use up your Merc slot in this theme.
  • Template:Warriors of the Old Faith. It doesn't use up your Merc slot in this theme.

• Khador
  • As a Mercenary model it can go in almost any Khador theme, however most of the time it'll use your "Up to one Mercenary solo" slot
  • Template:Armored Korps
  • Template:Si
  • Template:Jaws of the Wolf
  • Template:Legion of Steel
  • Template:Warriors of the Old Faith. It doesn't use up your Merc slot in this theme.
  • Template:WG Kommand
  • Template:Wolves of Winter

Thoughts on the Menite Archon

Menite Archon in a nutshell

The Menite Archon is the more offensive of the Archons, a straight-up beater who wants to fly into things and punish them. The Menite Archon forsakes a shield for an additional melee weapon, and its package synergizes with the general strengths of Menoth, ie: lighting things on fire. The Menite Archon wants to get into the thick of things and threaten a variety of models, while also being fairly difficult for your opponent to remove, which is helped by it's superior boxes, immunities, and Ashen Veil.

2 of its abilities require models to die near it. Your opponent will often choose to focus attacks at the Archon first for this reason, but given its strong but not unreasonable stat line that isn’t an awful problem to have , though having some warrior shield guards nearby can be very handy.

Combos & Synergies

• Cyrenia - He feat gives it extra DEF and she can cast Dash on it, giving it +1 SPD and Flight+Parry, meaning it can lay down the hurt where ever necessary. With Positive Charge it will hit even harder as well. She is probably the best caster in the faction for it.
• Initiates of the Wall - Its main weakness is that it's very easy to shoot. Initiates will protect it from said shooting via Shield Guard
• Harbinger - Crusader's Call speeds it up and while she cannot Martyr the Archon, she can martyr his initiate body guards.
• Vladimir3 - Can also cast Dash and runs a very mean Judicator by giving it either Infernal Machine or Hand of Fate that the Archon can buff further.
• Anything that does fire damage (such as Hand of Silence, Flameguard Cleansers, Judicator) and, by extension, any caster that already tends to take fire damage troops (such as Malekus, Feora and her pet jack Hand of Judgement).
• Anyone that can increase its DEF, such as Cyrenia's feat and Rock Wall, Harbinger's Awe, or the Exemplar Warder's Bodyguard ability. Combined with its decent DEF score, Ashen Veil, and immunity to Knockdown and Blind, it should be fairly resilient against living enemy models.
• If you can place the Archon just right, its Ashen Veil can provide a quasi DEF buff to other models vs living melee attackers. Although few Menoth models have high DEF, an extra +2 can push it to reasonable numbers.
  • Good models to do with this are the Paladins, especially Initiates of the Order of the Wall, as they'll be DEF 17 against living charging models and can Shield Guard shots aimed at the Archon.
  • This strategy can also work with Durst's Bulwark spell for his warjacks, and the Archon can take advantage of his feat and Deceleration.
• Reznik2 can turn them into pure murder machines, boosting their threat range with Boundless Charge and increasing the amount of infantry they'll kill with his feat.

• In Llaelese Resistance it is able to provide Fuel For the Flames for Thorn Gun Mages and the Blockader, and you can add two fire-y units from Protectorate too.
• MacBain likes tough, capable solos for his feat, and the Menite Archon definitely qualifies as one. Since it can't be knocked down, it'll be free to activate the next turn. However, taking the Menite Archon in the Resistance theme locks you out from both the Morrowan and Thamarite Archons, which might be too high a price.

Drawbacks & Downsides

• It's not immune to Shadowbind or Stationary, and the only way to protect it from the latter is the Covenant of Menoth.
• If taken in the Llaelese Resistance theme, it will lock you out of taking Morrowan and Thamarite models, such as the other available Archons, Ragman. or Ashlynn.
• Fuel for the Flames does not discriminate between friendly and enemy models - keep the Archon away from your models without fire immunity, if the enemy also has fire-based weaponry. This can be a disaster in the Crucible Guard match-up where the Vulkan can strip Fire immunity from something, or against Legion where the Archangel can add a further +2 to fire damage rolls.

Tricks & Tips

• Since it's immune to Fire, feel free to spray it with Fire-type sprays to either clear jams or set up ideal spray angles.
• You can't use Dispel and Thresher in the same Combat Action. If you're going after buffed targets, figure out if you want more attacks or better attacks before you commit to a charge.

Other

Trivia

• Released 2019.07