Revelator

The consecrated colossals of the Protectorate of Menoth are towering masterpieces of faith and war. The Revelator strips away the obscuring magic of profane casters and scorches the earth to leave nothing but ashes behind.

Basic Info

Abilities

• Template:Construct
• Template:Pathfinder
• Template:Feretory

Weapons

Conflagrator (×2)
File:Gun icon.jpg		RNG			ROF			AOE			POW			LOCATION
		10			1			4			15			Left + Right one each
Template:Fire Damage Template:Critical Continuous Fire Template:Burning Ground
Light Bringer (×2)
File:Gun icon.jpg		RNG			ROF			AOE			POW			LOCATION
		14			1			Template:-			12			Left + Right one each
Template:Fire Damage Template:Fire Beacon
Fist (×2)
File:Sword icon.jpg		RNG				POW				P+S				LOCATION
		2				3				21				Left + Right one each
Template:Open Fist

Theme Forces

• Protectorate
  • Template:Exemplar Interdiction. This model gains Blessed melee weapons in this theme.
  • Template:Guardians of the Temple
  • Template:The Creator's Might
  • Template:The Faithful Masses. This model gains Hand of Vengeance in this theme.
  • Template:Warriors of the Old Faith

• Other Factions
  • Infernal players can use this model in the Template:Hearts of Darkness theme, but only if Feora is leading the army. It gains Accumulator [Soulless] in this theme.
  • Khador players can use this model in the Template:Warriors of the Old Faith theme.

Thoughts on Revelator

Revelator in a nutshell

The Revelator is your toolbox colossal, with a bit of board controlling potential on its main guns, and some nice added utility in the form of Stealth removal for your army. Menoth artificers removed the flame throwers along with the rocket pods, and duct-taped 2 Vanquisher-like main guns, and 2 Reckonereqsue cannons. Thus, the Revelator's overall firepower equals of a large battlegroup, all by itself. Thanks to Feretory, it can remove Stealth from crucial opposing models to the rest of your army. It is also a great addition to your list in a Menoth mirror-match, as Passage from your opponent's Choir means nothing.

Combos & Synergies

Usual caveat for things that enhance warjacks:

• The true-and-tested trio of Choir, Vassal Mechanik, and Vassal of Menoth
• The Deliverer Arms Master allows it to launch its Conflagrator shots beyond screening models. This can become especially important against certain armies, since due to Feretory models with Stealth can block its LOS.
• Anyone who can further enhance its ARM (Defender's Ward, Inviolable Resolve and the like).
• Battlegroup and force multipliers (Incite, Brand of Heresy, Crusaders' Call, Manifest Destiny, Eye of Menoth, etc.)
• Universal de-buffs (Death Sentence)
• Speed Buffs (Redline, Escort)

Special mention to Amon, who can buff speed, attack and ARM on the colossal. Fortify offers a nice big area, where you can defend your troops from knock down effects and pushes. However, he still prefers his battlegroup to include multiple warjacks for pulling off Synergy chains, and more jacks mean more "free" focus from Power-up.

• Malekus is currently the main bastion of Revelator. His feat makes all his ranged attacks more damaging (extra dice is extra dice) and can grant him extra (albeit unboostable) attack and his pet jack Eye of Truth provides him with blessed weapons. Between Malekus, sevy0 and ever-present Choir you can get three POW18 and two POW15 shots with 3d6/4d6 damage rolls. Oh,and anything that passes Burning Ground area will get whacked for additional 12+3d6 damage which is high enough to wipe out most light infantry on anything but most meager rolls but can potentially threaten already wounded jacks/beasts with that risk of finishing off key system/spiral.

Drawbacks & Downsides

• Very low DEF, great starting point for electro leaps, Spine Bursts, and the like.
• Light Bringer will remove Stealth from only a single model in a unit. It's strong enough to kill most of the squishier targets outright, so the rest of your army still have to shoot against Stealth on such models.
• While more expansive, Revelator is vastly outshined by Judicator thanks to the dice skew by Reliquary. This is even more prevalent in case of casters with Hand of Fate.

Tricks & Tips

• Basic order-of-activation advice: shoot with the Light Bringer first against a heavy with Stealth, then with the Conflagrators to prevent auto-miss (if S system is out).
• Burning Ground requires direct hit on enemy models. Aim for low DEF targets to trigger the AoE, which might potentially deter lighter models lingering nearby.

Other

Trivia

• The rules were published in Warmachine: Reckoning (2015), but it didn't go into production until much later (2017.11)