Agonizer

An infant Titan, discarded as warbeast material by the beast handlers. Instead, they torture the poor thing into a wailing and sorry creature, whose mere presence is disturbing and unnerving for even the most fearless of creatures. Template:Infobox

Basic Info

Abilities

• Template:Agonies
  • Template:Gnawing Pain
  • Template:Maddening
  • Template:Spiritual Affliction

Weapons

Claws
File:Sword icon.jpg		RNG				POW				P+S
		0.5				2				8

Animus

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Theme Forces

• Template:Disciples of Agony. This model can be a requisition option in this theme.
• Template:Masters of War
• Template:The Exalted
• Template:Winds of Death

Thoughts on the Agonizer

The Agonizer in a nutshell

The Agonizer is a support warbeast with a number of utility abilities, but its backbone ability is Gnawing Pain. Effectively a 2 point melee ARM buff for whatever you brought with you. The rest of the abilities are all situational.

Combos & Synerges

The agonizer loves tough models - tough models getting tougher has a much larger proportional impact - and the agonizer is the backbone of any Skorne brick.

• Titan Sentry - it's a shield carrying Titan, meaning its effective ARM in its front arc was already higher than 20. The tough just got a whole lot tougher.
• Tiberion - he's a character Sentry. What's not to love?
• Bronzeback Titan - makes the Agonizer more fury efficient.
• Cyclops Brute - light warbeasts have shields too!
• Aradus Scarab - can dig in the agonizer with its animus, protecting this support beast.
• Cataphract Cetrati - his bubble turns them up to "crazy hard to kill", though it can be difficult fitting all of them into it.
• Gatorman Posse - yes, they are minions. Tough and Unyielding ones - and with the Agonizer, having a debuff it's just as helpful to minions as to faction warriors.

Drawbacks & Downsides

• It's squishy, especially for the points.
• It can’t use its animus and cry in the same turn.
• The Agonizer belongs in any brick list you want to run - but probably not outside.

Tricks & Tips

• If you are exactly 4" away from a heavy everything without chain strike will be covered under the STR debuff.
• If possible, try to activate the agonizer before your paingivers, so they can strip the fury from it. An agonizer can now frenzy, and will eat a paingiver more often than it won't. Fitting, but embarrassing.
• Look out for common spell slinging solos that can be caught out by Spiritual Affliction. Preventing Lanyssa Ryssl, Orin Midwinter, Wrongeye or any of the Empower solos from doing their thing can really mess up some game plans.

Other

Trivia

• Released in Hordes: Evolution (2007)
• Prior to Mk3 the Agonizer was a solo, not a warbeast.
• There is an Agonizer Plushy that you can buy around convention times in the PP store. So adorable, you can torture or cuddle him in your bed!