Scrap Thrall

Scrap thralls are made by Necrotechs from heaps of bone and metal taken from corpses and destroyed 'jacks. Once animated, these thralls shamble forth as delivery vehicles for necrotite-enhanced bombs.

Basic Info

Abilities

• Template:Undead
• Template:Thrall Bomb

Weapons

Mechano-Claw
File:Sword icon.jpg		RNG				POW				P+S
		0.5				4				8
Template:Death Burst

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.
  • Mercenary players can use this model in the Template:Operating Theatre theme.
  • Mercenary and Convergence players can use this model in the Template:Strange Bedfellows theme. This model gains Swift Vengeance in this theme

Thoughts on Scrap Thrall

Scrap Thrall in a Nutshell

Scrap Thralls are a very cheap option. They are one of the cheapest models in the game and this shows in their stats & abilities (or lack thereof). But if you need some cheap troops to cast spells on, or just like the idea of exploding troops, or a cheap option to block charge lanes, Scrap Thralls are your men.

Combos & Synergies

Being the extremely cheap units, this actually makess them useful to a number of caster who sacrifice their own troops.

• Necrotechs can make new ones.
• You can use them as Sacrificial Pawns for Terminus.
• They can be used as targeting beacons for AoE spells and attacks against units who otherwise cannot be hit.
• Fuel for Goreshade2's feat.
• Fuel for Mortenebra1's Sacrificial Lamb spell.
• Fuel for Skarre1's Ritual Sacrifice spell.
• The Strange Bedfellows theme lets them get up the board quickly.

Drawbacks & Downsides

• You can't leave them too close to your own lines, because they'll get exploded by enemy ranged attacks And Cryx infantry generally don't have enough ARM to survive random explosions.
• You can't leave them too close to each other, because they'll daisy chain with the explosion of one causing others to explode (unless that was your plan).
• They're great against enemy low-ARM infantry, but typically such enemy infantry has enough SPD to simply avoid Scrappies.
• You can't use Death Burst on a free strike or with Swift Vengeance

Tricks & Tips

• Run Scrap Thralls into the enemy, then shoot them in the back.
  • Set up a daisy chain, so that one exploding will set the next off.
  • Shoot them with Bloat Thralls, for even more AOE fun.
  • Shoot them with AOE spells while they stand next to Spell Warded targets.

Other

Trivia

• Released way back in Warmachine: Prime (2003).
• The models can be bought as either 3 Scrap Thralls in a single pack, or 1 Scrap Thrall plus 1 Necrotech.