Morrowan Archon

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The Host of Archons is accepted as the manifestation of Morrow’s will on Caen, and their appearances are always momentous. Awe-inspiring as they are, the sight of a Morrowan archon can chill the blood of even the most pious, as they herald events that are both terrifying and world-changing. While most historical examples of archon manifestations have involved prophecy, they have also proven willing to wield their power directly in battle. Morrow’s archons represent hope but also underscore the potential doom awaiting humanity should this war against the darkness be lost.

Basic Info

Mercenary - Morrowan Archons will work for Template:Crucible Guard mercenary, Template:Cygnar mercenary, or Template:Khador mercenary.

• Template:Partisan

Abilities

• Template:Flight
• Template:Blinding Radiance
• Template:Divine Inspiration
• Template:Divine Manifestation
• Template:Shield Guard
• Template:Soul Ward
• Template:Veteran Leader

Weapons

Holy Spear
File:Sword icon.jpg		RNG				POW				P+S
		2				7				15
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Shield
File:Sword icon.jpg		RNG				POW				P+S
		0.5				4				12
Template:Blessed delete Template:Shield Critical Blind - See above

Theme Forces

• Mercenary
  • Template:Flame in the Darkness
  • Template:Llaelese Resistance

• Cygnar
  • As a Mercenary model, it can be taken in most of the Cygnar themes. However, this will use your "Up to one Mercenary solo" slot (most of the time).
  • Template:Flame in the Darkness. There is no Mercenary slot limit in this theme.
  • Template:Gravediggers
  • Template:Heavy Metal. It does not use the Mercenary slot in this theme.
  • Template:Sons of the Tempest
  • Template:Storm Division. It gains Immunity: Electricity in this theme.

• Other Factions
  • Khador players can use this model in the Flame in the Darkness theme.
  • 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 the Morrowan Archon

Morrowan Archon in a nutshell

The Morrowan Archon is a strong support piece that brings solid, if unremarkable offence alongside significant defensive support effects. She can't hit as hard or take as much punishment as her Menite counterpart, but she makes up for with the rules that benefit the whole army. Blinding Radiance coupled with a 13/20 stat line makes it a very difficult piece to remove for its points, so it usually plays forward and forces the opposing force to deal with it as the rest of your force closes in. At 8 points it's on the cheaper side for Archons, so even if many players don't rate it highly, it will sneak into many lists as a one or two off.

Combos & Synergies

• Ashlynn - Veteran Leader makes Ashlynn more accurate with her Gallows and Distractions and Shield Guard can save her in a pinch if she is too far forward, while her feat lets the Archon not only crit fish like no tomorrow (heh) it also stacks nicely defensively with its Blinding Radiance.
• Constance - She depends on soul collection and the Archon sends them her way. Veteran Leader to boot.
• Fiona - Her feat works similar to Ashlynn's, making for a difficult to hit army.
• Haley3 in Heavy Metal can create a massive DEF skew with Temporal Distortion and still has the opportunity to buff Precursors and the other Partisan Morrowan models available.
• Crosse2 likes his souls being protected and likes accuracy support for his army he doesn't provide.
• Stryker1 makes it effectively invincible on his feat turn.
• Stryker2 nicely buffs its survivability with Deceleration and offensive output with Positive Charge. If it lives long enough, being Stryker's Veteran Leader also makes his assassination runs that bit more likely.

Drawbacks & Downsides

• It has 2 attacks that aren't super strong so it won't do a ton of work itself.
• It can be made stationary or subject to Shadow Bind, which will be its end.

Tricks & Tips

• Under Stryker1, Fiona's or Ashlynn's feats it should be possible to plunk these down in the opposing zone and be untouchable. Just be careful against opponents with Push or Place effects.

Other

Trivia

File:Stryker Archon.jpg

Stryker Archon, Virtual L&L 2020 exclusive

• Released 2019.07
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