Mortitheurge Willbreaker

Masters of the powers of death and agony, the mortitheurges known as willbreakers can influence the mind of an enemy soldier as easily as they can control the great beasts of the skorne war host. A soldier who faces a willbreaker knows the roiling fear of uncertainty, that his own weapons might be turned against his friends and allies or he might be forced to lay down arms and placidly accept the blows of the enemy. Few things can terrify a warrior more than the stark realization that his fate is not his own.|Hordes Solo Gallery}}

Basic Info

Abilities

• Template:Beast Master
• Template:Magic Ability

Weapons

• Template:Unarmed

Spells

{{Category: Template:Flesh HardeningTemplate:Influence AttackTemplate:Puppet Master }}[[Category: Template:Flesh HardeningTemplate:Influence AttackTemplate:Puppet Master ]]

Theme Forces

• Template:Disciples of Agony
• Template:Masters of War. He gains "Optional Take Down" in this theme... Because he has no weapon he can't use this.
• Template:Si
• Template:Winds of Death

Thoughts on Mortitheurge Willbreaker

Mortitheurge Willbreaker in a nutshell

The Mortitheurge Willbreaker is a buffing and magical support solo and it's all about Beats Master and his the three spells. Flesh Hardening to keep infantry alive, Puppet Master to land crucial shots, and Influence for when the enemy leaves a model with a spray in the wrong place. At 2 points it is a bargain.

Combos & Synergies

• Makeda2 - an infantry caster liking infantry support, who knew! Not only can she protect the Willbreaker passively with stay death and +2 Def versus shooting, her feat combos nicely with the tough he hands out.
• Casters with low Fury, like Xerxis1 and Xerxis2. Put the Willbreaker any place where you want to force a beast, but cant because of control range issues.
• Praetorian Ferox because the combination of Tough and Steady is grea.
• Any Venator or Praetorian unit, the more Tough the better!
• Puppet Master helps with any assassination.

Drawbacks & Downsides

• No weapons or useful attack, which is a rarity in Skorne and a real problem in drawn out games.
• Nothing to defend himself and painfully average defensive stats.

Tricks & Tips

• Look for people carrying sprays to take over. You can get a lot of mileage out of influence that way.

Other

Trivia

• Mortitheurgy comes from Latin mortus, death, and theourgía, “sorcery”, from theós, “god” + érgon, “work”. One who works miracles, or persuades a god or spirit to perform a supernatural work, so a sorcerer or shaman of death. Not like a necromancer, but likely one who draws miracles from working with death. Fitting name for a torture wizard, really.
• Released in Hordes: Gargantuans (2013)