Black Ogrun Smog Belchers

Smog belchers are black ogrun who wield heavy culverin-style cannons. Smog belcher weapons are crafted by skilled ironmongers, black ogrun metalsmiths who fuse their craft with rituals of bloodletting and dark magic. From the deck of a Cryxian vessel, smog belchers lay down a barrage of fire, filling the air with a lingering cloud of corrupting ash that rots flesh and blisters the lungs of anyone who breathes it.

Basic Info

Abilities

• Template:Tough
• Template:Smoke Cloud

Weapons

Smog Belcher
File:Gun icon.jpg		RNG			ROF			AOE			POW
		12			1			3			13
Template:Magical Weapon Template:Arcing Fire Template:Choking Ash
Hand Weapon
File:Sword icon.jpg		RNG				POW				P+S
		1				4				13

Theme Forces

• Cryx
  • Template:Slaughter Fleet Raiders

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

Thoughts on Black Ogrun Smog Belchers

Black Ogrun Smog Belchers in a nutshell

The mobile artillery of the Scourge theme, the Smog Belchers bring powerful ranged attacks to the theme force. Smog Belchers bring a substantial amount of control against living warrior models, and their smoke clouds can help protect warcasters and support models that position behind them.

Combos & Synergies

• Any warcaster that doesn't want to be shot off the table, they can stand behind these guys for a bit of LOS-blocking.
• Casters with ARM debuffs to pump their damage output. That is Scaverous, Deneghra1, Venethrax ect.
• Axiara can give them Prowl (giving them Stealth while in their own clouds) or Reposition (to hide behind their own clouds).
• Skarre, Admiral of the Black Fleet Deceleration gives them a 15/17 profile vs ranged attacks and can bring them back with reinforcements.

Drawbacks & Downsides

• Relatively costly and inaccurate shots (without buffs).
• Take up a lot of time on the clock. Not just the AOE attacks and deviations, but positioning them neatly to create a cloud wall and repositioning behind it.
• Despite having boxes, they die pretty fast.

Tricks & Tips

• Don't forget they'll nearly always have +2 DEF from standing in their own clouds. If you don't need to run/charge, make sure you shoot (even if no one is evenly remotely in range).

Other

Trivia

• Released in the Black Fleet expansion (2017.11)