Golab

With a gargled shriek, the unclean beast Golab dives from the heavens to feast on the flesh of the dead and the dying. A favored pet of the ogrun seer Anamag, Golab is a terror to behold in battle. It shreds prey apart with its talons before feasting upon its prey’s open wounds with its oversized beak. Blighted energy permeates the beast, sickening nearby foes and withering any restorative magics in its vicinity.

Basic Info

Abilities

• Template:Warbeast
• Template:Flight
• Template:Bond (Template:Swarm ability)
• Template:Carrion Feast
• Template:Entropic Force
• Template:Finisher
• Template:Veteran Leader

Weapons

• Beak - 1" reach, P+S 14 melee weapon.
• Talon (x2) - 1" reach, P+S 13 melee weapons.
  • Template:Open Fist

Animus

{{Category: Template:Lightning Strike }}[[Category: Template:Lightning Strike ]]

Theme Forces

• When taken in Anamag's battlegroup
  • Template:Children of the Dragon
  • Template:Oracles of Annihilation
  • Template:Primal Terrors
  • Template:Ravens of War

• When taken by anyone else
  • Template:Primal Terrors
  • Template:Ravens of War

Thoughts on Golab

Golab in a nutshell

Golab is the latest character in the Legion's arsenal, and the first one without the - thus far - omnipresent Eyeless Sight rule among the warbeasts. Thankfully, he retained Flight, so terrain is rarely an issue. On superficial sight Golab is an over-costed Angelius clone, with shorter threat range, beefier frame and way less damage output. That is, until you look at his card, which is pretty heavily laden with special rules which greatly affect his combat profile.

Due to Carrion Feast and Entropic Force, he is a flying provider of semi-Grievous Wounds, countering repair or healing, and providing RFP for your army. Despite having the largest amount of HP among the "flyer chassis" warbeasts (on par with the Scythean), he is still not invincible. Though his bond can provide crucial bonus to his DEF (and Anamag), he is still not designed for prolonged combat as he is extremely squishy for a heavy. With Finisher, he might actually have some respectable melee output, and with his animus he is perfectly suited for hit&run style attacks: Snatching a wounded prey, killing it, then sprinting back to safety.

In short, Golab is an interesting beast with great utility, stellar damage output and great survivability if terrain is used correctly. He fights with Zuriel for being the best beats in the faction and is almost always worth his points.

Combos & Synergies

• In Ravens of War you may have both the Strider Deathstalker or the Blighted Nyss Sorceress to easily trigger damage on the target for Finisher.
• With Kallus2's Overrun in combination with Sprint can mean that Golab could potentially be up to 14" away from the killed enemy model. Vayl1 and Thagrosh2´s feat also have similar effects which allows Golab to end up in extremely inconvenient places.
• A Blight Archons Dragon's Blood upkeeps is a great spell on him because he is so, so squishy. In fact giving Golab to an Archon can be an even better idea just so Golab does not have to generate a fury to gain Sprint and use the free point as an extra attack or boost.
• Bethayne2 loves Sprint, flying Arc-nodes, and Transmuation on Golab is down right abusive.

Drawbacks & Downsides

• Way less damage output than other warbeasts in his price category - unless the the target is already damaged, which is easy to do, and in which case his damage output goes through the roof.
• Lowest Threshold among the FURY 4 beasts - you better keep those Fury points cleared.
• Without the bond, his DEF lags behind the other flying monsters of the Legion.
• He is lacking Eyeless Sight, making him vulnerable to Blind effects. Also, cloud walls may deny your charge attempts.

Tricks & Tips

• The healing from Carrion Feast is not tied to Golab's killing - he can chew on the remnants of the others' kills, and friendly losses too.
• Watch the wording: Carrion Feast won't work on constructs, while Entropic Force still affects all enemy models.
• Unlike the other flier beasts, he is not Serpentine, thus can be knocked down, but also can Trample and Slam.
• Several rules interacting with corpses are being triggered at the same step as Carrion Feast (like Bring out the Dead, Body Snatcher, Bone Picker). As a rule of thumb, in such cases the active player gets preference. Read the rule clarifications and click on the Infernals link for a detailed description.

Other

Trivia

Released in the Primal Terrors CID (2018.01)

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