Alten Ashley

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Alten Ashley is a truly exceptional hunter of the great beasts stalking the wilds of western Immoren. His incredible skill is almost great enough to match his ego, but Alten's ability to bring down large game for his employers is too valuable to pass up.

Basic Info

Mercenary - This model will work for Template:Crucible Guard mercenary, Template:Cygnar Mercenary, Template:Khador Mercenary, or Template:Menoth Mercenary.

Minion - This model will work for Template:Circle Minion, or Template:Trollblood Minion.

Abilities

• Template:Advance Deployment
• Template:Pathfinder
• Template:Monster Hunter
• Template:Prowl
• Template:Reposition 3

Weapons

• Bucking Jenny - 14" range, POW 12 ranged weapon
  • Template:Grievous Wounds
• Sword - 0.5" reach, P+S 9 melee weapon
  • Grievous Wounds - As above.

Theme Forces

• Mercenary
  • Template:Steelies - This model gains Mark Target in this theme.
  • Template:The Irregulars

• Minion
  • Template:Thornfall
  • Template:Will Work for Food

• Other Factions
  • Infernal players can use this model in the Template:Hearts of Darkness theme, but only if Crosse2 is leading the army.
  • Furthermore, Mercenary/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 Alten Ashley

Alten Ashley in a nutshell

Altern Ashley is a ranged support solo, specialising in taking out enemy warbeasts. It is unusual to have Grievous Wounds on a ranged weapon, let alone one with such a long range, and this is what makes Alten special.

Early in MK3 Alten Ashley saw a lot of table time due to his Grievous Wounds ability combined with Monster Hunter let him cripple Gargantuans trivially (and he wasn't too bad vs Colossals either). Players complained on the forums. Wanting to protect the viability of colossals, PP made them immune to the effect. At the same time, they cranked up Alten's point cost to an absurd 6 points when they should have dropped it to 4 to reflect his reduced utility, so now he is only taken if he can be purchased for free in a theme list. His selling points are Grievous Wounds and his extra damage dice against warbeasts, but nobody is paying 6 for that. Missteps like these led to the creation of the Community Integrated Development process.

Combos & Synergies

• Other models with Deadly Shots, Sniper, or Marksman contribute well to his monster hunter ability. Arcane Tempest Rifleman, Kell Bailoch, Efaarit Scouts, Widowmakers, or Eiryss1 are all excellent candidates.
• Anything that can give him concealment to trigger Prowl.
• Assassin casters, who want their target surely dead.

Drawbacks & Downsides

• He is mediocre against solos - however, they should not be his prime target.
• He is adequately defended for a solo but, knowing his threat, the enemy will try to do everything to remove him.
• Too expensive, he has reached a price level where people mostly will only consider him if he can be taken for free.
• He often has to compete with other solos that offer better utility.

Tricks & Tips

• Grievous Wounds prevents removal of damage, not just "heals", so Alten Ashley can prevent repairs to ... well, everything that isn't Massive or a Structure. Warjacks, warcasters, Exemplar Bastions ... you name it, Alten can Grievous Wound it.
  • He alone can severely decrease the effectiveness of Absyloina1's and Darius' feat.
  • He also stops healing from Snacking (though snacked models are still RFP).
• Monster Hunter does damage on a hit, then you get your regular damage roll as well.
• Go for the Spirit aspect; once you knocked it out, the warbeast can hardly do anything that requires forcing, and it also cannot be healed for a round. Tag a key warbeast again and again to prevent healing.
• The same goes for arc nodes: 2 Arcane Tempest Riflemen, or Kell Bailoch can shoot out the arc node on most light warjacks, then Alten will deliver the Grievous Wound to counter any potential repair.

Other

Trivia

File:Alten Alt.jpg

Alten Van Helsing, Limited Edition Sculpt (Mini Crate)

• Released in Primal Mk1 (2006)
• Template:LES

Other Theme Forces

Template:Cygnar merc solo themes	Template:Khador merc solo themes
Template:Menoth merc solo themes	Template:CG merc solo themes
Template:Circle minion solo themes	Template:Trollblood minion solo themes