Dire Troll Blitzer

Although dangerous and unpredictable, the powerful dire trolls serve their trollkin allies in a variety of battlefield roles. The dire troll blitzer totes a rapid-fire slugger cannon and its pyg gunner into combat on its back, adding a lethal spray of lead to the crushing blows of its mighty fists.

Basic Info

Abilities

• Template:Dual Attack
• Template:Regeneration
• Template:Shooting Gallery
• Template:Snacking

Weapons

Slugger
File:Gun icon.jpg		RNG			ROF			AOE			POW
		10			d3			Template:-			13
Claw (x2)
File:Sword icon.jpg		RNG				POW				P+S
		1				3				15
Template:Open Fist

Animus

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Theme Forces

• Trollblood
  • Template:Band of Heroes
  • Template:Kriel Company
  • Template:Power of Dhunia. In this theme, when this warbeast casts its own animus the COST is reduced by 1 (to a minimum of 0).
  • Template:Storm of the North
  • Template:Vengeance of Dhunia

• Other Factions
  • Minion players can also use this warbeast in the Vengeance of Dhunia theme.

Thoughts on Dire Troll Blitzer

Dire Troll Blitzer in a nutshell

It's a combined-arms warbeast, with decent melee weapons plus a gun which it can fire whether it's in melee or not. Shooting Gallery means it really loves getting stuck in melee and peppering enemies at close range.

It will of course never reach the raw output of a Dire Troll Mauler in melee. On the other hand, because Dual Attack gives it pseudo-additional initial attacks, it can trade well vs low-ARM heavies whereas the Mauler would be overkill in that trade.

Combos & Synergies

• Captain Gunnbjorn with Guided Fire makes it pretty accurate. Kill Shot also works well with dual attack.
• The Hunters Grim give it Snipe and a to-hit buff for a turn - exactly what it needs.
• Horgle, the Anvil's feat can fully boost all the gun's shots
• Borka Kegslayer & Keg Carrier provide knocked down targets for its gun via the mosh pit, and give it free power attacks with boosted damage and extra distance on feat
• Jarl dual attack does not affect the order in which you make ranged and melee attacks so if you destroy your charge target in 1 hit you can often use swift hunter with shooting gallery to move towards another target and get your other melee attack.
• Pyg Lookouts or the Kriel Company theme force - Mark target gives it a much needed accuracy buff to let it hit more targets without boosting Rat9 at close range shouldn’t be sniffed at.
• Troll Basher can also debuff targets' defense though this can be more difficult to use
• Calandra Truthsayer, Oracle of the Glimmerwood provides enough dice fixing to let it hit without boosting, and befuddle combos nicely with bulldoze to bring enemies way out of position.

Drawbacks & Downsides

• For pure shooting, the Dire Troll Bomber arguably does it better: it has a longer threat range, hits harder, and has medium AOEs. On the other hand the Bomber doesn't have Dual Attack, Shooting Gallery, and the Bomber costs more.
• For a bulldozy shooter Dozer & Smigg are arguably better with their Dual Attack, 4" AoE, and better base accuracy. Of course you get what you pay for.
• With its low RAT you need to boost to hit at range vs most of your preferred targets.
• Rolling D3 for any gun means it can fail to get the volume of shots when you need it most.

On the other hand, Warbeasts with variable ROF have an advantage over Warjacks with variable ROF as you can plan your resources even if you roll a low ROF.

Tricks & Tips

• You don't need to shoot the models you're in melee with - feel free to charge the front line then shoot the back line.
• If the enemy is a long way away, use Trample to give yourself +3" range on the gun.
• Power Attack Throw a target into its friends, then shoot everything that gets knocked down.
• Put a Whelp next to a Blitzer in Kriel Company and suddenly he is RAT 9 vs models within 5".

Other

Trivia

Released way back in Primal Mk1 (2006)