Scarsfell Griffon

Griffons are predators that combine the sinewy grace of great hunting cats with the ferocity of birds of prey. Druids of the Circle Orboros have long tended griffon fledglings far from civilization and picked out those best suited to their needs. In the Scarsfell griffon they have found a hunter with a remarkable aptitude for stealth and ambush, one able to dive from great heights to surprise even well-camouflaged prey far below.

Basic Info

Abilities

• Template:Flight
• Template:Stealth
• Template:Tracker

Weapons

Claw (x2)
File:Sword icon.jpg		RNG				POW				P+S
		0.5				4				12
Template:Open Fist
Peak
File:Sword icon.jpg		RNG				POW				P+S
		0.5				4				12

Animus

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Theme Forces

• Template:Secret Masters
• Template:Si
• Template:The Devourer's Host
• Template:The Wild Hunt. In this theme, when Scarsfell Griffon casts its own animus, the COST is reduced by 1.

Thoughts on Scarsfell Griffon

Scarsfell Griffon in a nutshell

The Scarsfell Griffon is just about everything you want from a generalist combat light warbeast. Fast moving, good at ignoring terrain (flight beats Pathfinder), can even ignore Forests, stealth to keep it safe from shooting, 3 initial attacks at a solid MAT and an average points cost.

Combos & Synergies

• Kaya the Wildborne gives the scarsfell higher mat which helps it hunt support pieces and ranged pieces that usually have higher def.
• Baldur the Stonecleaver - creates a forest the scasfell can see through, and cover bumps his def into a range that is exceedingly hard to hit.
• Gorax Rager - primal means the griffon can kill lights and badly damage heavies and it's cheap enough that it is ok to sacrifice.
• Una the Skyhunter - It's the best of the griffons.

Drawbacks & Downsides

• Does little against armour
• It may be a great combat light - but combat lights shouldn't take on heavies or they just get squashed.
• It's so much better than the other griffons it invalidates them.
• It may have stealth but it’s paper thin armour in a faction that does little to improve it.

Tricks & Tips

• If you can't hurt your opponent, throw them away from the objective instead.

Other

Trivia

Released in Hordes: Domination (2011)