Basilisk Krea

For centuries the Skorne used Basilisk Kreas only for breeding, but they have realised a potential for war inherent in the beasts. The Krea's ability to inhibit enemies and disrupt the connection between warlocks and warbeasts has proven invaluable when combined with its powerful jaws and the excited state it enters when fighting near a Basilisk Drake.

Basic Info

Abilities

• Template:Warbeast
• Template:Flank
• Template:Eyeless Sight

Weapons

• Spiritual Paralysis - 8" range, POW - , ranged attack
  • Template:Paralysis

• Bite - 0.5" reach, P+S 12 melee weapon

Animus

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Theme Forces

• Template:Disciples of Agony. The Basilisk Krea is a requisition point option in this theme.
• Template:Masters of War
• Template:The Exalted
• Template:Winds of Death

Thoughts on the Basilisk Krea

Basilisk Krea in a nutshell

The Basilisk Krea is a support beast with a primary function of protecting your army from enemy ranged attacks. The Skorne anti-shooting brick centers around stacking models near a Krea, meaning everyone is hard to hit and damage by enemy guns.

Combos & Synergies

Anyone who doesn't want to be shot...

• Paingiver Beast Handlers - clear off that fury after it's shot the solo.
• Basilisk Drake (or Chiron); Paired with a Drake and Enraged the Krea hits like a low end heavy in melee. And the drake can now survive incoming fire.
  • Chiron also let's it remove fury.
• Cyclops Shaman - who doesn't like an extra Force Aura in the first few turns? After which the Shaman can do other things.
• Models with decent Def versus ranged attacks, preferably with a medium base or larger.
• Mortitheurge Willbreaker - Puppet Strings enabling a landing of Paralysis can occasionally be game winning.
• Supreme Archdomina Makeda- Deceleration stacks even more Def against ranged attacks. Both effects use an "aura" type of area of effect as opposed to targeting a friendly model/unit. This can really push your resiliency to ranged attacks up to critical mass, where one of these effects alone often might not be enough.
• Siege Animantarax - the Animantarax is already ARM 20 vs shooting and blocks line of sight to a lot of things.

Drawbacks & Downsides

• Very lightly armored - although the ARM bonus mitigates against boosted shooting.
• Without a Basilisk Drake it's just a support model - and an expensive one
• it can’t hit the broad side of a barn with either its gun or teeth without support.
• It's a fury hog so it needs beast handler to fix it.

Tricks & Tips

• Paralysis has two functions. First it can cripple a heavy - can't run or charge can leave a melee heavy warbeast floundering. Second it can set up something high DEF, possibly even a caster, to be killed surprisingly easily (and you have a 50% chance of hitting DEF 15 - you always boost the attack). And if it fails? You've only risked a cheap light warbeast

Other

Trivia

Released way back in Primal Mk1 (2006)