The Wastelander

From beyond the Stormlands comes the Wastelander. He is a ronin efaarit who has traveled to the ruins of western Immoren from the void-cursed nightmare that is the fallen Skorne Empire. The Wastelander cares not about childish ideals such as "good" or "evil"; he will work for anyone and for any reason - if the pay is good. Charging into battle with his massive mekitana, the Wastelander deflects bullets, blades, and bombs back at his assailants before slicing into them and carrying on to the next enemy in his sights.

Basic Info

Minion - This model can work for Template:Circle minion, Template:Grymkin minion, Template:Legion minion, Template:Skorne minion, and Template:Trollbloods minion

Abilities

• Template:Parry
• Template:Pathfinder
• Template:Blade Shield
• Template:Deflect
• Template:Sprint
• Template:Take a Bullet

Weapons

Mekitana
File:Sword icon.jpg		RNG				POW				P+S
		1				5				10
delete Template:Weapon Master Template:Decapitation

Theme Forces

• Minions
  • Template:The Thornfall Alliance
  • Template:Will Work for Food

• Other Factions
  • 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 Template:Pagename

Template:Pagename in a nutshell

Ridiculous DEF coupled with Take a Bullet and Deflect, which means you can force the enemy to make an attack roll vs DEF 17 and, when they inevitably miss, they end up shooting themselves. As a result, he spends most of the game hanging around your high-value, low-DEF models (like gargantuans).

Mid to late game he can be used offensively, darting out and chopping someone's head off before sprinting back.

Combos & Synergies

• Anything that increases his DEF against shooting or gives him stealth so he is always missed by ranged attacks. Primus Jalaam has Scavengers Blessing and various casters can create clouds to hang out in.
• If any shot ever hits him you can still Shield Guard it with another model. Farrow Valkyries come to mind.
• Jaga-Jaga - Grave Wind and Signs and Portens should work very well on him. if you expect him to die the next rurn, he can also be a very decent feat target that is able to go pretty much anywhere with Pathfinder, Sprint and Parry.
• Helga2 and the Meat Thresher both have Exhaust Fumes he can hang out in for concealment. They will both appreciate him taking some shooting directed their way away from them.
• Wurmwood's Morvahna1's and Baldur1's Forest creating abilities also offer a way to up his DEF against shooting.
• Malvin & Mayhem have the Roadblock ability, granting nearby models cover. Park your Wastelander next to them to divert a shot and most likely deflect it at DEF 20 due to cover.
• Gudrun the Wasted - Another source of extra DEF against ranged attacks. It even stacks with cover or concealment.
• Swamp Gobber Bellows Crews, Rask, Kolgrimma and Jarl all have ways to drop clouds for concealment.
• Azazello loves a good Storm Rager target a high DEF model benefitting from Ripose and Duelist. Phantasm, Valkyries and Take a Bullet also make shooting based armies cry.

Drawbacks & Downsides

• If he is knocked down he is dead
• Boostable guns makes using Take a Bullet very risky.
• Decapitation looks amazing on paper; but at POW 10 + dice it has limited return on heavy targets.

Tricks & Tips

• Don’t overestimate his melee prowess. Decapitation + Weapon Master is amazing but starting at only POW 10 he needs to be vs the right target to actually kill it.
  • Say you charge, POW 10 + 4d6 will get you a 24 on average dice.

  Versus an ARM 18 (typical heavy warbeast) that means you'll deal 12 damage on average and maybe take out one aspect.

  Whereas versus an ARM 16 (typical light warbeast) you'll get 16 damage on average and that will likely be 2/3 of the target's hp.

• The timing sequence on Deflect is very confusing and needed multiple Infernal Rulings to clarify - refer the #Rules Clarifications section for details.

Other

Trivia

• Released 2020.04