Yuri the Axe

Some men are simply too dangerous to let live, or at least to let free. A hunter of nearly inhuman skill from the north of Khador, Yuri has left a staggering trail of bodies behind him. The leaders of Khador have played on Yuri's patriotism and offered him amnesty in exchange for turning his talents to killing southerners, which he does with superlative ease.

Basic Info

Abilities

• Template:Advance Deployment
• Template:Pathfinder
• Template:Stealth
• Template:Tough
• Template:Treewalker
• Template:Elite Cadre

Weapons

Great Axe
File:Sword icon.jpg		RNG				POW				P+S
		2				5				13
Template:Weapon Master Template:Thresher

Theme Forces

• Khador
  • Template:Jaws of the Wolf
  • Template:Warriors of the Old Faith

• Other Factions
  • Infernal players can use this model in the Template:Hearts of Darkness theme, but only if Malakov2 is leading the army.
  • Protectorate players can use this model in the Template:Warriors of the Old Faith theme.

Thoughts on Yuri1

Yuri1 in a nutshell

He deploys up far, has stealth and pathfinder, and has Thresher+Weapon Master. He's a cruise missile solo.

With 14inches of threat range on the flanks using ambush he can really control where your opponent sticks their infantry.

Combos & Synergies

• Manhunters and Kossite Woodsmen will enjoy the Elite Cadre buff. Ambushing Kossites will force the enemy to avoid the table edges, which should give you more opportunities to Thresher.
• Any Boundless Charge caster can speed him up.
  • Reznik2 in Warriors of the Old Faith is one such caster, who's feat also makes the enemy models killed by the Thresher explode.
• Kozlov - On his feat turn Yuri is going to do ungodly amounts of damage.

Drawbacks & Downsides

• Models that enjoy hunting down solos, especially if they can ignore stealth, will go after him.
• It sucks when there are no trees.
• He has only one attack against single targets, so one bad dice roll can end his career.
• He isn’t that tough, he isn’t that fast and after he makes his attack he has no real defence if he isn’t in a forest.

Tricks & Tips

• He is fairly straight forward. Hide in trees, send him after a hard target, after that he usually dies.

Other

Trivia

Released in Warmachine: Legends (2008)