Black Bella, Duchess of Dread

As merciless as she is beautiful as she is merciless as she is… You get the idea. The name Black Bella—a.k.a. the Duchess of Dread—strikes terror into the hearts of those who sail the high seas as well as those who hide from her on land. Woe betides he who gets between this pirate and her booty!

Basic Info

• Template:Riot Quest
• Mercenary - This model will work for Template:Crucible Guard Mercenary, Template:Cryx mercenary, Template:Cygnar Mercenary, Template:Khador mercenary, and the Template:Protectorate Mercenary.

Abilities

• Template:Tough
• Template:Duellist
• Template:Killing Spree
• Template:Riposte

Weapons

Sword
File:Sword icon.jpg		RNG				POW				P+S
		1				4				10
Template:Weapon Master Template:Brutal Charge
Dagger
File:Sword icon.jpg		RNG				POW				P+S
		0.5				2				8
Template:Weapon Master

Theme Forces

• Mercenary
  • Template:Flame in the Darkness
  • Template:The Irregulars
  • Template:The Talion Charter

• Other Factions
  • Mercenary models can be hired by other Factions. Normally those Factions' themes will have a limit on how many models they can hire. Refer to #Other Theme Forces, below.
  • Aside from that, there are a few themes that will change what Faction this model counts as (and thus what "friendly Faction only" buffs it can receive). They are:
    • Infernal players can use this model in the Template:Hearts of Darkness theme, but only if Crosse2 is leading the army.

Thoughts on Black Bella

Black Bella in a nutshell

Black Bella is a melee solo designed to prey on multiple medium armor, single wound models (units or support solos) that she can dance through with Killing Spree. Once she is in melee she's DEF 17 vs melee and DEF 19 vs shooting, with Riposte - which isn't bad survivability.

Combos & Synergies

• She's both a Privateer and a Thamarite as such she benefits from any and all of their support solos.
• Captain Allison Jakes - In Flames in the Darkness Black Bella becomes a Cygnar model, so she can feat on her. Killing Spree, Rech and E-Leaps can turn entire infantry lines to dust. She is also a perfect target for Bullet Dodger, thanks to her Duelist and Ripose.
• The Morrowan Archon pushes her DEF even higher, wheras the Thamarite Archon gives her re-rolls for missed attacks.
• Zerkova1 has clouds that also apply -2 to enemy attack rolls, stacking well with Duelist and Riposte.
• She is one of the better throw-away targets for Shae's Storm Rager spell, turning her into a fearsome missile.

Drawbacks & Downsides

• She's a DEF 15 model who will die to the average POW 10 attack if she doesn't get into melee
• Dies to blast damage like any other low arm solo

Tricks & Tips

• In Talion Charter under Storm Rager and with Sea Dogs to sac pawn into she is easy to deliver.
• She is slightly less easy to deliver under Crosse2 in hearts of Darkness as blast damage is still a major threat but she does have assess to the Umbral Guardian
• with Def17 in melee don’t be too afraid to run her into combat with low Mat enemy models.

Other

Trivia

• Released 2019.07