Sanctifier

The Sanctifier is employed in battle to ensure the spirits of the righteous are ushered to Urcaen; as battle wears on, it becomes a vessel for Menite souls, fueling its power even as it protects the righteous.

Basic Info

Abilities

• Template:Construct
• Template:Fire Immunity
• Template:Ashen Veil
• Template:Exorcist
• Template:Cenotaph
  • Template:Hand of Fate ability

Weapons

• Open Fist - 1" reach, POW 3, P+S 14 melee weapon
  • Template:Open Fist
• Grave Maker - 2" reach, POW 5, P+S 16 melee weapon
  • Template:Magical Weapon

Theme Forces

• Protectorate
  • Template:Exemplar Interdiction. Sanctifiers gain Blessed melee weapons in this theme.
  • Template:Guardians of the Temple
  • Template:The Creator's Might
  • Template:The Faithful Masses. Sanctifiers gain 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 Sanctifier

Sanctifier in a nutshell

The Sanctifier is a beat-stick that is a bit pillow-fisted compared to the dedicated melee heavies of other factions such as the Ironclad or Juggernaut or even its "little" brother the Crusader, but makes up for it by collecting the souls of your army for focus. Casters that run very infantry heavy or are focus strapped, such as Vice Scrutator Vindictus, love this jack as it will fuel itself. The trade-off is that the Sanctifier really can't hit very hard, making the Choir even more mandatory.

Combos & Synergies

• Works really well with Exemplar Errants due to the new changes of Self-Sacrifice.
• Holy Zealots are a relatively cheap chaff unit for purposes of soul collection that can be brought back with the CA to allow for more recycling.
• Durst with Bulwark up or Harbinger with Awe makes this DEF 14 against living.
• The Faithful Masses theme forces does wonders for this jack, as it features lots of victim stats troops to fuel its soul collection, and it gains Hand of Vengeance to boot, further increasing its damage output.
• The Hand of Silence offers Direct Spirits, making soul allocation less of a hassle.
• If they were giving out a prize to "Warjack that really shines under a 'Jack Marshall", it'd go to the Sanctifier. Being able to receive Drive bonuses and fill itself with focus via Cenotaph makes this machine a force to be reckoned with.
  • Reclaimer Gatekeeper: Being a cheap choice to make it marshalled, but comes with the price of soul taking conflicts, because both models want souls from friendlies. However, being able to give Future sight to a Sanctifier with lots of souls is a gift from the Creator himself.
  • Exemplar Bastion Seneschal: Doubles the price and a bit harder to keep alive in some ways, its Drive turns the Sanctifier into an elite combatant via Flank when paired with Bastions, most likely killing anything they couldn't.

Drawbacks & Downsides

• If you simply want a jack that hits stuff hard (which is what the Sanctifier will end up doing most of the time anyway), the Crusader comes at meagre 10 points.
• Enemies with removed from play abilities denies the Sanctifier to receive souls.
• Unless you also bring the Hand of Silence, effectively increasing the jacks price tag by 7, other models with Soul Taker can become a problem for the Sanctifier, especially if they go to the enemy, but also with other friendlies like Reclaimer Gatekeeper and High Exemplar Gravus.
  • In fact, the Hand basically replicates this jacks gimmick of soul collection, but is able to convert friendly souls into focus for ANY jack, meaning you can go with a cheaper jack that hits harder but is just as focus efficient.

Tips & Tricks

• Activate your unit of cheap cannon fodder, advance 3 of them within 5" of the Sanctifier then use the rest to stab/shoot them in the back. Now activate your Sanctifier and enjoy the sweet-sweet focus.
• Incorporeal models (or even Hymn of Shielding in the mirror match) are common enough for the Sanctifier's Exorcist ability to be occasionally very useful.

Other

Trivia

• Released in the Warmachine: Wrath expansion (2011)