Bloody Bradigan

Many men have foul tempers, but the term "berserker" is reserved for the likes of Bloody Bradigan. This blood-mad brawler seeks violence as other men hunger for wealth or women. Kept constantly drunk and locked away, Bradigan only finds happiness when he can hammer his chain-wrapped fists through flesh and steel or can beat men and warjacks into unsalvageable scrap.

Basic Info

• Mercenary - This model will work for Template:Crucible Guard mercenary, Template:Cygnar Mercenary, Template:Cryx Mercenary, Template:Khador Mercenary, or Template:Menoth Mercenary.

Abilities

• Template:Tough
• Template:Berserk
• Template:Flank
• Template:Stumbling Drunk

Weapons

• Wrapped Fist (x2) - 0.5 reach, POW 1, P+S 9 melee attacks
  • Template:Weapon Master
  • Template:Critical Knockdown

Theme Forces

• Mercenaries
  • Template:The Irregulars
  • Template:The Talion Charter. Bloody Bradigan gains Sacrificial Pawn [Sea Dog trooper] in this theme.

• Other Factions
  • Template:Hearts of Darkness. This model/unit can only go in this theme if Crosse2 is leading the army. It becomes an Infernal model/unit in this theme.
  • As a mercenary model, he can also be hired out to a bunch of other Faction's themes. Refer to #Other Theme Forces.

Thoughts on Bloody Bradigan

Bloody Bradigan in a Nutshell

He's a beatstick that can be hard to kill. He is also a melee solo that isn't horribly overpriced, and even hits harder than many of those that are overpriced. Flank and Weapon Master give him five damage dice on the charge and four if he doesn't.

Brad's spends a lot of his time hoping for dice spikes on average rolls he will deal about 26 damage - armour which can probably take out a system or aspect of a light warjacks / warbeast.

Be careful with flank and berserk poor positioning will mean a sea dog risks getting punched in the face.

Combos and Synergies

• Press Gangers, Sea Dog Pirates, The Devil's Shadow Mutineers, Sea Dog Deck Gun, Commodore crew, Powder Monkey, and Swamp Gobber River Raider all enable his Flank ability.
• Doc Killingsworth makes him tougher.
• He's a decent target for Storm Rager when using Shae he also loves the speed Shea offers from his feat and coup de main
• Rahera has spells to deliver him and her feat + sprint are good for all.

Drawbacks & Downsides

• He's durable for a Privateer model, but still fairly squishy.
• He doesn't have Advance Deployment to keep up with either Press Gangers or Sea Dog Pirates with Mr. Walls (and Walls charge buff makes things even worse).
• Berserk is a liability. But not a serious one.
• Dirty Meg is the default three point Talion option as her feasts are better (repair can save the game) and her famines still give her a gun. And he's not worth it outside Talion.
• He has all of the subtlety you would expect of a drunk madman waving his fists and smashing bottles over enemies.
• Average native threat range - he needs help getting to the enemy before they get to him.

Tricks & Tips

• Bring him in behind some Press Gangers to surprise people.
• Stumbling Drunk means he will never be knocked down so you don’t need to keep him as near to Bosun Grogspar as other pirates
• Always consider if stumbling drunk is worth taking a hit at range on you can use sac pawn in talon but sometimes the chance of moving towards to enemy is its own threat.

Other

Trivia

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Bloody Bradigan, Limited Edition Sculpt (Mini Crate)

• Template:LES
• Released in Pirates of the Broken Coast (2007)