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[[Grymkin]] [[Warlock]]

[[Category:Grymkin]]
[[Category:Warlock]]
[[Category:Legacy]]
[[Category:Prime]]
[[Category:Leader]]

== Model stats and abilities ==
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| base= xx mm
| hp    = xx
| spd   = xx
| mat   = xx
| rat = xx
| def   = xx
| arm   = xx
| fa    = xx
| cost  = xx
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== Weapons ==
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== Solo  Rules ==
{{Category:Solo}}

==Errata==
No Errata specifically for this model. 

== Changes and Updates ==

==Release Trivia==
Originally released 2017.03
==Battle Reports==

==Videos==

==Lore==
: ''"A dreamer can dream of beautiful things, but her slumber can also nightmares bring."

''Having rejected Menoth’s reality, the Dreamer chose to live within the more pleasing confines of her own dreamworld. Existence itself conforms to her slumbering visions—or is punished for its resistance. Freed from Urcaen with the other Defiers, the Dreamer imposes her phantasmal will upon the mortals of the Iron Kingdoms.''

=Basic Info=
==The Dreamer==
{{Infobox-Model
| name  = The Dreamer
| image = The Dreamer.jpg
| base  = Small
| spd   = 6
| str   = 4
| mat   
| rat   = 7
| def   = 15
| arm   = 14
| cmd   = 7
| fury  = 7
| hp    = 15
| wbp   = +28
}}

* {{Warlock}}

===Trump Arcana : All Fall Down===
* '''Trigger''' - The warlock can play this card when a friendly Faction model is disabled by an enemy attack while in the warlock's {{CTRL}} range.
* '''Effect''' - When an enemy model destroys or RFPs a friendly Faction model with an attack during its activation, at the end of its activation the enemy model becomes [[knocked down]]. All Fall Down lasts for one turn. [[Category: Knockdown Feat]] <!--- I know it's not a feat, but for the purposes of categorisation it may as well be --->

''Grymkin warlocks use '''[[Arcana]]''' instead of feats. <br>At the start of every game, the Grymkin player chooses 3 Arcana Cards for that game. One card must be the warlock's unique Trump Card (above) but the other two are from the [[Arcana|generic set]]. <br>During the game, the Grymkin player can use each chosen Arcana once, at any time that the trigger conditions are met.

===Abilities===
* {{Gunfighter}}
* {{Future Sight}}
* {{Hat Trick}}
* {{Wraith Walker}}

===Weapons===
{| class="wikitable"
{{Ranged|Call to Sleep|10|-|
* {{Reload_1|spend 1 fury point}}
* {{Sleepwalker}} }}
|}

===Spells===
{{Spellbox|
{{Abyssal Gate}}
{{Artifice of Deviation}}
{{Enfeeble}}
{{Manifest Destiny}}
{{Mirage}}
}}

==Phantasms==
{{Infobox-Model
| name  = Phantasms
| base  = Small{{/}}Medium{{/}}Large
| spd   = 7 / 6 / 4
| str   = 4 / 7 / 10
| def   = 14 / 12 / 10
| arm   = 12 / 16 / 18
| hp    = 5 each
}}

===Abilities ===
* '''''All Phantasms
** {{Soulless|Hide_Cat=}}
** {{Annoyance|Hide_Cat=}}
** {{Created|Hide_Cat=}}

* '''''Small Phantasm
** {{Dodge|Hide_Cat=}}
** {{Mark Target1|Hide_Cat=}}

* '''''Medium Phantasm
** {{Channeler|Friendly Faction warlock|a friendly Faction warlock's|the warlock|Hide_Cat=}}

* '''''Large Phantasm
** {{Arcane Pulse|Hide_Cat=}}
** {{Bulldoze|Hide_Cat=}}

===Weapons ===
* {{Unarmed|Hide_Cat=}}

==Theme Forces==
* {{Bump in the Night}}. The Dreamer and the Phantasms gain [[Rise]] in this theme.
* {{Dark Menagerie}}


= Thoughts on {{PAGENAME}} =
=== {{PAGENAME}} in a nutshell===
A fragile, yet powerful control caster, The Dreamer has tools to mess with threat ranges, shut down key enemy models, and support her army both offensively and defensively. 

===Arcana thoughts===
All Fall Down is one of the more complex Arcanas. It can be especially useful if you've jammed your enemy and they are forced to attack you. 

Three main things to watch out for:

# Non-attack damage - Damage rolls that don't originate from attacks won't cause knockdown. Most common examples are collateral damage, electro leaps  and continuous effects. 
# Unexpected LOS - if the enemy's frontline kills your frontline, you're dead and they're knocked down. Suddenly both backlines have LOS to each other and you can expect some incoming ranged attacks at your caster and/or critical support pieces.
# Timing - The knockdown occurs at the end of activation but, due to the way Active/Inactive player works, the enemy gets knocked down ''after'' their own End of Activation stuff (such as [[Sprint]] & [[Reposition]]). So the enemy can pick a slightly safer spot to fall over. 

Tips:

* When you trigger the Arcana, it will affect the attacking model.
* Only the triggering disabled model must be in your CTRL range - once the trump has been called, model being destroyed outside her CTRL can cause enemies to be knocked down.
* Her Trump doesn't trigger if your model doesn't die. Things like a successful Tough rolls on [[Piggybacks]] can block your Arcana working. 
* Her Trump works well against abilities/feats which normally provide the enemy with an "after activation" move/attack or an "at the end of the turn" move/attack. For example, [[Hoof It]], [[Stryker2]], [[Vayl,_Disciple_of_Everblight|Vayl1]], [[Thagrosh2]], etc.
* In case of CRA or CMA only the primary attacking model(s) will be knocked down, the contributing models remain unaffected.

===Spell thoughts===
* '''Abyssal Gate''' - a bit expensive spell, but can be the starting point of assassinations or removal of important enemy models
* '''Artifice of Deviation''' - excellent protective tool for your army, and a punishing board control spell against enemies who lack Pathfinder. 
* '''Enfeeble''' - a DEF+ARM fixer against the most dangerous enemy models, which pairs nicely with the phantasms' Annoyance against living warbeasts. Stack it with the [[Defiled Archon]]´s Desecration bubble and the [[Death Knell]]'s ARM aura to absolutely cripple said models.
* '''Manifest Destiny''' - another fixer, this time about the MAT of your warbeasts, and make the damage level more reliable. Of course, MAT is not an issue, if you managed to put stationary upon your target with the Dreamer's gun.
** Technically Manifest Destiny affects The Dreamer, but since she doesn't have melee attacks ... it doesn't. 
* '''Mirage''' - Makes slower models faster, and allows backing out of combats. Really good on Piggybacks to keep their Shield Walls, and still advance some distance up the field.

=== Drawbacks & Downsides ===
* Low defensive stats, on a par with  [[Grand_Scrutator_Severius|Sevvy1]] - though Wraith Walker can keep you safe from non-magical attacks
* Susceptible for anti-magic techs
* Models who resist knockdown, push, or stationary can cause a lot of headache
* "Call to sleep" works only against warrior models.

=== Tricks & Tips ===
Phantasms

* You can put more than one Phantasm into play in the same turn. Phantasms can activate the same turn they're spawned.
* Spawning Phantasms is optional. Sometimes it is more worthwhile to collect the enemy corpse.
* You can spwan a Phantasm if/when the enemy kills their ''own'' models.
* The Phantasm you choose needs to be ''equal or smaller'' than what you killed. For instance if you kill a huge base, you could put any of the three Phantasms into play. 
* Large-based models with the [[Man-Sized]] rule (mainly weapon teams) count as small-based models. You will only get to put a small Phantasm into play.
* In a 2+ caster game, other Grymkin warlocks can channel through her Phantasm.

=List Building Advice=
===Strategy===
The Dreamer is everything except a straightforward warlock. Thanks to her toolbox she is just as good at winning with scenario, as with attrition, and thanks to her phantasms, assassination victory is also quite possible.

===Theme Thoughts===
The Dreamer has tools for  both Grymkin themes, but her phantasms needing large bases to be maximally useful means that she only reaches her full potential in a list with lots of heavies. This just happens to be an ideal list for Dark Menagerie. The typical Dark Menagerie list (circe late 2018) includes two Cage Ragers, three Skin & Moans, three Gorehounds, and the Death Knell (with four Gremlin Swarms & a pair of Crabbits being the free cards). This list was pioneered by Patrick Dunford and won Iron Gauntlet 2018, making use of a frontline of huge bases to brick up and abuse the Dreamer's Phantasms.

===Army===
There are hardly any bad choices for her between her spells, the utility of her phantasms, and her gun.
* [[Crabbit]] - to intercept the magical shooting attacks coming your way (but not spells).
* [[Rattler]] - Manifest Destiny can trigger the Berserk+Overtake combination all the more reliably.
* [[Glimmer Imp]] - Paralyzing Gaze stacks nice with the small phantasm's Mark Target ability

=Other=
===Trivia=== 
* Released with the Faction launch (2017.06)
* The phantasms are mockeries of various Warmachine and Hordes models.
** The small based is a member of the Khador Winter Guard (or possibly Sorscha)
** The medium based pumpkin man is a [[Lancer]], who also happen to be an Arc Node.
** The large based plush is a Skorne [[Titan Gladiator]]

===Video Battle Reports ===
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4DTFd9uafY 2019.11 Arcane Assist], vs [[Rasheth1]]
* [https://youtu.be/Jgb6wDU3DXY?t=01m18s 2019.06 Lock & Load Masters Final], vs [[Garryth2]]
* [https://youtu.be/ife_11eGSss 2019.02 Arcane Assist], vs [[Sturm & Drang]]
* [https://youtu.be/RnwkbZRtEp8 2018.11 Arcane Assist], vs [[Makeda2]]
* [https://youtu.be/jDsVY6mm5as 2018.10 Advanced Maneuvers], vs [[Locke1]]
* [https://youtu.be/zzZGWjsw5tM 2018.10 Tactical Supremacy], vs [[Ossrum1]]
* {{VBR}}

===Other Grymkin models===
{{Index Grymkin}}

===Rules Clarifications===
{{RC Arcana}}

{{RC Reload}}
{{RC Sleepwalker}}

{{RC Warlock}}
{{RC Gunfighter}}
{{RC Future Sight}}
{{RC Hat Trick}}
{{RC Wraith Walker}}

{{RC Abyssal Gate}}
{{RC Artifice of Deviation}}
{{RC Enfeeble}}
{{RC Manifest Destiny}}
{{RC Mirage}}

{{RC Unarmed}}
{{RC Soulless}}
{{RC Annoyance}}
{{RC Created}}
{{RC Dodge}}
{{RC Mark Target}}
{{RC Channeler}}
{{RC Arcane Pulse}}
{{RC Bulldoze}}

{{Edbox|To edit the Phantasm's categories, go to [{{FULLURL: The Dreamer : Phantasms |action=edit}} Click here]}}