Necrotech

Part necromancer and part evil genius - spiced with a dash of deranged lunatic - Lord Toruk's necrotechs blend talent and terror. Tasked with the details of constructing the undead soldiers and machines of the Cryxian army, they deliver steady reinforcements to the lines and do not hesitate to use their own dead flesh to test ingenious attachments and necromechanikal augmentations. Necrotechs improvise scrap thralls from heaps of bone and metal taken from corpses and destroyed 'jacks. Once animated, these thralls shamble forth as delivery vehicles for necrotite-enchanced bombs. Template:TOC-rightbox

Basic Info

Abilities

• Template:Undead
• Template:Create Scrap Thrall
• Template:Repair
• Template:Spare Parts
• Template:Steady

Weapons

• Vice Claw - 2" reach, P+S 10 melee weapon

Theme Forces

• Cryx
  • Template:Black Industries
  • Template:Dark Host

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

Thoughts on Necrotech

Necrotech in a Nutshell

A Necrotech, while not a game-breaking solo by itself, is quite easy to fit in almost any list. It has a rock-bottom cost, repairs warjacks and creates Scrap Thralls. Against moderate amounts of shooting a Necrotech is actually pretty valuable, as it can keep a 'jack fully functional even if the jack gets hit in exactly the wrong column. With some warcasters, the usefulness of a Necrotech goes up even more. Movement and positioning of a Necrotech is key so that he can repair a 'jack before it activates.

Combos & Synergies

• Mortenebra1 can use Overrun to have a 'jack advance to a Necrotech for repairs, then use it's normal movement to advance right back to where it was. You can also use the created Scrap Thralls as Sacrificial Lamb targets and blow them up at will.
• He's worth taking with a Colossal, to keep it running as long as possible.
• He can repair construct warcasters: Deneghra3, Skarre3, and Mortenebra2.
• Terminus this guy is undead unlike the Black Ogrun Ironmongers so he and any scrap Thralls he makes gain tough. Mitigating, but not removing the issue of spawning exploding Thralls right next to you.

Drawbacks & Downsides

• He's too slow to keep up with most Cryx jacks.
• D6 is unreliable and you might not roll enough boxes to reactivate all your systems.
• Cryx jacks are not the most durable, so they go down before getting repaired more often than not.
• When creating Scrap Thralls from a wreck, they can't activate and they have be placed nearby. Meaning your Necrotech is now standing in explosion range of at least one of them, more likely a couple. Also all of the Scrap Thralls are likely within explosion range of each other.

Tricks & Tips

• A Necrotech is a half-decent combat solo considering his cost. Having a long-range melee weapon means he can jam the enemy and threaten a lot of free strikes.

Other

Trivia

• Released way back in Warmachine: Prime (2003)
• Sculptor: Will Hannah