Venator Dakar

With exaltation a remote hope at best, the ruthless warriors of the Venator caste take to the field for survival and victory instead. Relentless and cunning, Venator dakars are stern leaders with exacting standards. Under the watchful eye of a dakar, other Venators march quickly and take precise aim, proving they are every bit as skilled in dealing death as the more respected warriors of the skorne.

Basic Info

Abilities

• Template:Combat Coordination
• Template:Desperate Pace
• Template:Veteran Leader

Weapons

• Reiver - 12" range, POW 10 ranged weapon
  • Template:Weapon Master
  • Template:Burst Fire

• Sword - 0.5" reach, POW 3, P+S 8 melee weapon. If you're using it then something's gone wrong.

Theme Forces

• Template:Winds of Death

Thoughts on Venator Dakar

Venator Dakar in a nutshell

A new model in Mk3, the Venator Dakar is a ranged support solo, making artillery faster and all Venators more accurate while carrying an effective solo-hunting gun of its own. As a rule of thumb the Dakar is almost certainly worth it with an artillery piece and a unit in play - and probably worth it with either two artillery pieces or a full unit.

In melee the Dakar is nothing more than a standard Venator grunt while costing almost 3 times more. So it really can’t afford to get bogged down and needs to use Veteran Leader and it’s gun/abilities while sitting back out of danger..

Combos & Synergies

Typically Skorne lacks ranged support but has some great debuff caster like Rasheth and Morghoul2.

• Venator Catapult Crew 2" extra movement might not sound like much. But giving the catapult crew an effective 24" threat range can be pretty impressive for an unexpected turn 1 bombardment.
• Venator Flayer Cannon Crew +1 to hit and either +2 movement or the ability to reroll can be really useful.
• Venator Reivers and Venator Slingers both benefit from the Veteran Leader ability. A boost to hit can be really useful especially with the placement of Venators on the bell curve.
• Winds of Death is basically inviting you to use Dakars. They even buff other Venator Dakars when taken in multiples

Drawbacks & Downsides

• On its own it isn't worth it (as should be obvious from having three buff abilities)
• If you're just running Venator Reivers get the unit attachment first. It does more - and even gives more accuracy than the Dakar.
• Combat Coordination affects only a single model, meaning it's probably only useful on an artillery piece. It may also help this one important Combined Attack not disappoint.

Tricks & Tips

• Moving an artillery piece into range can be worth more than the Dakar himself shooting.

Other

Trivia

Released 2016.06