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{{CGbox|[[Crucible Guard]] {{Unit}} }} [[Category: Model]]
{{4P|Crucible Guard}}

''Assault Troopers are the front line of the Crucible Guard and their best close quarters operatives. Like their Storm Troopers brethren, their alchemically treated armored suits grant the shields them from incoming fire and hazards. Their Thermal Hammers release white-hot flames with each swing, scorching flesh and metal alike.''

=Basic Info=
{{Infobox-Model
| name  = {{PAGENAME}}
| image = CG Assault Troopers.jpg
| base  = Small
| spd   = 5
| str   = 7
| mat   = 7
| rat   
| def   = 11
| arm   = 16
| cmd   = 8
| hp    = 5
| size  = 3{{/}}5 
| cost  = 8{{/}}13
| cost_note = 2.6 each
| fa    = 3
}}

=== Abilities ===
* {{Corrosion Immunity}}
* {{Fire Immunity}}
* {{Ashen Veil}}
* {{Backdraft}}
* {{Breather}}
* {{Carapace}}

===Weapons ===
{| class="wikitable"
{{Melee|Thermal Hammer|2|5|12|
* {{Critical Fire}}
* {{Weapon Master}}
* {{Eruption of Ash}} }}
|}

===Theme Forces ===
* '''''Crucible Guard
** {{Magnum Opus}}
** {{Prima Materia}}

* '''''Other Factions
** '''[[Infernal]]''' players can use this unit in the {{Hearts of Darkness|notbold=}} theme, but only if [[Lukas]] is leading the army. 
** '''[[Mercenary]]''' players can use this unit in the {{Llaelese Resistance|notbold=}} theme. They become [[Llaelese]] and gain [[Pathfinder]] in this theme.


=Thoughts on {{PAGENAME}}=
=== {{PAGENAME}} in a nutshell===
Assault Troopers are hard-hitting, relatively cheap, and relatively durable melee infantry. Their peak resilience is achieved at range, as Ashen Veil and Carapace will effectively make them DEF 13 ARM 20. In melee this durability falls off pretty quickly: DEF 11 (against non-living) and ARM 16 just won't save you. They are probably best thought as a second line clean up crew, as once the lines will have collapsed, they can bring their MAT 7 P+S 12 weapon master hammers with to bear and hopefully make enough of a cloud wall to prevent retaliation.

=== Combos & Synergies ===
* [[Marshal General Baldwin Gearhart & Mr. Clogg|Marshal General Baldwin Gearhart]] - Deceleration makes them pretty much immune to all but the heaviest shooting. 
* [[Aurum Adeptus Syvestro]] - Transmutation pushes their DEF to okay while making them hit harder. Revive is best used on multi-wound models and they can heal under Syvestro's feat.
* [[Aurum Legate Lukas di Morray]] - Cloud wall is great for delivery, Iron Flesh makes their ARM harder to crack, TK for individual threat extension and Disintegration lets them threaten heavies on charge. 
* [[Crucible Guard Rocketmen]] - They make for a great screen against enemy charges.
* Their preferred enemy in melee is other multi wound infantry- they also get ashen veil vs them.
* [[Lieutenant Crosse, Resistance Fighter]] - Dauntless Resolve cranks their armor way up while giving them tough.  Combined with Ghostly, they will get where they are going quickly and alive.
* [[Ashlynn1]] - Quicken solves their speed issues and puts them at DEF 13 before you add Ashen Veil and Blinding Radiance from Morrowan Archons. She also massively appreciates Weapon Master infantry because she does nothing to fix damage.
* [[Ashlynn2]] runs an extremely mean Ass Troopers list, handing out True Path, Unyielding and Tough, and even Dying Breath on feat turn to them, on top of the Llaelese Resistance theme benefit giving them Pathfinder. With Hand of Fate they pretty much crack any amount of ARM, which Ashlynn loves. Carapace should protect them from shooting, but if you ever face particularly high powered guns (e.g. [[Aeternae]], mass-[[Hunter]]s), just park them in an Artifice of Deviation for cover.
* [[Morrowan Archon]] - Blinding Radiance and Ashen Veil impose a -4 accuracy penalty to enemy models close to them.
* [[Thamarite Archon]] - Since they are not scared by shooting, their main predators are accurate Weapon Master infantry, such as [[Ryssovass Defenders]]. Thamarachons prey on these with gusto.
* [[Ragman]] - 2" melee is excellent with Death Field and under it they hit like trucks.
* [[Gibbs]] - (In Llaelese Resistance) Repo 3" and Feign Death are good abilities for them, and he can heal them all up with Hot Meal.

=== Drawbacks and Downsides ===
* Their defensive stats aren't really that solid in melee: ARM 16 and 5 wounds will get one-shotted by a charging P+S 10 half the time if they hit.
* DEF 11 is easy to hit, and Ashen Veil puts them only into the "get missed more often than not" zone which means Fire-Immune melee models are likely annihilating them.

=== Tricks and Tips ===
* ARM 20 lets them provide a skirmish screen against enemy shooting
* They don't care about friendly sprays or AoEs hitting them.

=Other=
===Trivia===
* Released with the Faction release (2018.06).
* For backstory on {{PAGENAME}}, see [[Lore - Crucible Technology]].

===Other Crucible Guard models===
{{Index Crucible Guard}}

===Rules Clarifications===
{{RC Corrosion Immunity}}
{{RC Fire Immunity}}
{{RC Ashen Veil}}
{{RC Backdraft}}
{{RC Breather}}
{{RC Carapace}}

{{RC Weapon Master}}
{{RC Eruption of Ash}}