Tiberion

Few warbeasts survive long enough to distinguish themselves in the service of the skorne, but the fiercely intelligent and disciplined Tiberion has fought alongside Tyrant Xerxis for over a decade. Because the titan’s intractable nature made him almost impossible to train, his original handlers nearly put him to death. Xerxis sensed an extraordinary fighting spirit in him, though, and took it upon himself to break the beast. Now Tiberion serves his master Xerxis with all the devotion of a sworn soldier, standing immovable against waves of enemies even as he shatters entire formations with his powerful tetsubo.

Basic Info

Abilities

• Template:Shield Guard
• Template:Immovable Object
• Template:Bond (Template:Overtake-alt)

Weapons

Shield
File:Sword icon.jpg		RNG				POW				P+S
		1				2				14
Template:Shield
Tetsubo
File:Sword icon.jpg		RNG				POW				P+S
		2				6				18
Template:Critical Smite
Tusks
File:Sword icon.jpg		RNG				POW				P+S
		1				3				15
Template:Hard Head

Animus

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Theme Forces

• When taken by Xerxis
  • Template:Disciples of Agony
  • Template:Masters of War
  • Template:The Exalted
  • Template:Winds of Death

• When taken by anyone else
  • Template:Masters of War

Thoughts on Tiberion

Tiberion in a nutshell

Tiberion is a massive bundle of hard hitting and hard to kill. The most expensive heavy (tied with Molik Karn) in the Skorne arsenal, he holds that title for a reason.

Anything you can say about a standard Titan can be said for Tiberion, slow, easy to hit with lots of HP and armour. But his aggression levels are turned up to 11, with Paingiver support he gets up to POW 20 easily and immovable object means that the only real way to stop him is to kill him.

Combos & Synergies

• Paingiver Beast Handlers - fury management and to make it an effective melee warbeast when it needs to engage by buffing its strength.
• Bronzeback Titan - the Bronzeback likes running a herd. And bricking up with Sentries and Tiberion can be scary.
• Titan Gladiator - More speed = more ability to reach what you want to hit.
• Xerxis
  • Overtake on this monster can really help you reach places you couldn't otherwise go.
  • Xerxis1 - Xerxis1 can make him effectively 12/25(ARM 27 on feat!!!) if he has an agonizer behind him with Defender's Ward up, or 14/25 vs shooting with a Krea. His feat allows Tibs to 1-round collossals. He also fixes his speed with Lurch.
  • Xerxis2 - Xerxis2 specifically fixes his speed problem, his feat also helps you fish for Crit smite, and ignite will allow Tiberion to 1-round collossals(especialy under feat.). Xerxis also likes bulldoze.

Drawbacks & Downsides

• He's slow and expensive, so will have control effects, especially speed debuffs flying at him.
• The Titan Sentry does most of what Tiberion does for a much lower cost.
• Despite his statline, Tiberion is not super tough; he has a couple of damage boxes more than the Titan Sentry but defensively is otherwise the same although his offence is much higher.

Tricks & Tips

• There's nowhere Tiberion won't help out. Tiberion cannot be moved, making him a great scenario piece. Using tech to keep him healthy or increasing his armor will allow him to be a nuisance to the opposition. Using an Agonizer is great for this.
• Despite Tibby's tanky nature, he can be killed fairly easily if the opponent is able to place him with his back to their army.

Other

Trivia

• Tiberion's name was likely inspired by the Roman Emperor Tiberius.
• Xerxis and Tiberion's story in which they meet up have parallels to Hannibal and his pet elephant Surus.
• Released in Hordes: Domination (2011)