Stormblade Captain

Armed with the mighty nexus blade, the Stormblade Captain is a fearsome warrior and peerless leader. A master of the storm knight's tactics, the captain drills his men until they can perform unstoppable charges and precisely maneuver through and around their peers.

Basic Info

Abilities

• Template:Immunity: Electricity
• Template:Jack Marshal
• Template:Desperate Pace
• Template:Drive Reposition 5
• Template:Iron Sentinel
• Template:Quick Work
• Template:Tactician

Weapons

Nexus Blast
File:Gun icon.jpg		RNG			ROF			AOE			POW
		8			1			Template:-			14
Template:Electrical Damage
Nexus Blade
File:Sword icon.jpg		RNG				POW				P+S
		1				7				13
Template:Weapon Master

Theme Forces

• Cygnar
  • Template:Storm Division. This model gains Unyielding in this theme.

• Other Factions
  • Infernal players can use this unit in the Template:Hearts of Darkness theme, but only if Sloan is leading the army.

Thoughts on Stormblade Captain

Stormblade Captain in a nutshell

The Stormblade Captain is simultaneously a Storm Knight support model (most useful to allow Storm Lances to run straight over the Silver Line Stormguard), a Jack Marshal, and a respectable melee solo. With Iron Sentinel and Unyielding he can survive well in melee.

He can run a Warjack as a Jack Marshal but it forms quite an expensive package together, he is most commonly seen with a Firefly (to double up on support duties), the Sentinel (because it doesn’t need the focus) or a Reliant to get the best of both worlds by powering up and using ‘take aim’.

The addition of Desperate Pace has made the Stormblade Captain a much more valuable support model, everyone appreciates a little bit of threat extension but once battle lines are joined he is good to throw into the fight because he can deal damage and stay alive well with unyielding.

Combos & Synergies

• Storm Knight models for Tactician.
• Whatever warjack he marshals - suggestions are the Sentinel (as ever) or if you're going for Storm Knights, the Firefly
• Stormclad or Reliant - possibly the cheapest way of giving it that extra focus
• Standard Storm Knight combos Major Katherine Laddermore and Lieutenant Gwen Keller

Drawbacks & Downsides

• Tactician and Desperate Pace already make him a high-priority target - and a marshaled jack paints a bullseye on his head.
• Losing your model with Tactician can lead to positioning disaster the next turn.

Tricks & Tips

• Remember Storm Knights can move through the Stormblade Captain, as well as each other.
• You don't have to be in B2B with your marshalled jack - this ability triggers on any friendly faction warjack.
• Just like Runewood's, his Drive with the Hurry command can yield a surprisingly mobility for SPD4 jacks. Trample forward 4+3", then reposition another 5; that's 4" more than you would get with running.
• Stick him to the back of a warjack to make him really annoying to deal with thanks to Iron Sentinel. This becomes doubly true with any warcaster that has a Control Area DEF or ARM buff.

Other

Trivia

• Released in the Warmachine: Vengeance expansion (2014)