Black Ogrun Smog Belchers

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Black Ogrun Smog Belchers Cryx Unit

Smog belchers are black ogrun who wield heavy culverin-style cannons. Smog belcher weapons are crafted by skilled ironmongers, black ogrun metalsmiths who fuse their craft with rituals of bloodletting and dark magic. From the deck of a Cryxian vessel, smog belchers lay down a barrage of fire, filling the air with a lingering cloud of corrupting ash that rots flesh and blisters the lungs of anyone who breathes it.

Basic Info

Black Ogrun Smog Belchers
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	COST {{{cacost}}} UNIT SIZE {{{casize}}} FA {{{cafa}}} Warcaster 0 BASE Medium SPD 6 STR 9 MAT 6 RAT 6 M.A. N/A DEF 13 / 15(★) ARM 15 CMD 7 ESSENCE {{{essence}}} FOCUS N/A FURY N/A THRS N/A HP 5 each F. Field N/A WJP {{{wjp}}} WBP {{{wbp}}} IHP {{{ihp}}} FA 2 UNIT SIZE 3 or 5 COST 8 or 14 2.8 pts each N/A (★) DEF 15 with their cloud Warcaster 1 COST N/A N/A Understanding the Statblock

Abilities

• Tough
• Smoke Cloud - Center a 3" AOE cloud effect on this model when it makes a ranged attack. The AOE remains in play for one round.

Weapons

Smog Belcher
		RNG			ROF			AOE			POW
		12			1			3			13
Damage Type: Magical Arcing Fire - When attacking with this weapon, this model can ignore intervening models except those within 1" of the target. Choking Ash - On a direct hit, living warrior models hit cannot run or charge for one round unless they can ignore gas effects.
Hand Weapon
		RNG				POW				P+S
		1				4				13

Theme Forces

• Cryx
  • Scourge of the Broken Coast

• Other Factions
  • Infernal players can use this model/unit in the Hearts of Darkness theme, but only if Mortenebra is leading the army.

Recent Changes

No changes since 2021.10

Thoughts on Black Ogrun Smog Belchers

Black Ogrun Smog Belchers in a nutshell

The mobile artillery of the Scourge theme, the Smog Belchers bring powerful ranged attacks to the theme force. Smog Belchers bring a substantial amount of control against living warrior models, and their smoke clouds can help protect warcasters and support models that position behind them.

Combos & Synergies

• Any warcaster that doesn't want to be shot off the table, they can stand behind these guys for a bit of LOS-blocking.
• Casters with ARM debuffs to pump their damage output. That is Scaverous, Deneghra1, Venethrax ect.
• Axiara can give them Prowl (giving them Stealth while in their own clouds) or Reposition (to hide behind their own clouds).
• Skarre, Admiral of the Black Fleet Deceleration gives them a 15/17 profile vs ranged attacks and can bring them back with reinforcements.

Drawbacks & Downsides

• Relatively costly and inaccurate shots (without buffs).
• Take up a lot of time on the clock. Not just the AOE attacks and deviations, but positioning them neatly to create a cloud wall and repositioning behind it.
• Despite having boxes, they die pretty fast.

Tricks & Tips

• Don't forget they'll nearly always have +2 DEF from standing in their own clouds. If you don't need to run/charge, make sure you shoot (even if no one is evenly remotely in range).

Other

Trivia

• Released in the Black Fleet expansion (2017.11)

Other Cryx models

Cryx Index       (Edit)
Battlegroup & Similar
Warcasters	Agathia - Aiakos2 - Asphyxious1 - Asphyxious2 - Asphyxious3 - Coven - Deathjack2 - Deneghra1 - Deneghra2 - Deneghra3 - Goreshade1 - Goreshade2 - Goreshade3 - Mortenebra1 - Mortenebra2 - Rahera - Scaverous - Skarre1 - Skarre2 - Skarre3 - Sturgis2 - Terminus - Venethrax
Warcaster attachments	The Withershadow Combine - Satyxis Blood Priestess - Skarlock Thrall - Doctor Stygius (Partisan) - Madelyn Corbeau (Mercenary)
Other Warjack Controllers	Jack Marshals: Iron Lich Overseer       "Junior Warcasters": Aiakos1 - Asphyxious4 - Deneghra0
Light	Cankerworm - Deathripper - Defiler - Helldiver - Nightwretch - Ripjaw - Scavenger - Shrike - Stalker
Heavy	Barathrum - Corruptor - Deathjack1 - Desecrator - Erebus - Harrower - Kharybdis - Inflictor - Leviathan - Malice - Nightmare - Reaper - Seether - Slayer
Colossal	Kraken - Sepulcher
Units, Solos, Battle Engines, & Structures
Units	Asphyxious4 - Bane Knights - Bane Riders - Bane Warriors - Bile Thralls - BO Boarding Party - BO Ironmongers - BO Smog Belchers - Blackbane's Ghost Raiders - Bloodgorgers - Marauders - Carrion Thralls - Cephalyx Drudges - Cephalyx Overlords - Mechanithralls - Necrosurgeon - Revenant Cannon - Revenant Crew - Satyxis Gunslingers - Satyxis Blood Witches - Satyxis Raiders - Scharde Dirge Seers - Scharde Pirates - Soulhunters - The Devil's Shadow Mutineers - The Withershadow Combine
Solos	Aiakos1 - Agrimony - Axiara - Bane Lord Tartarus - Bloat Thrall - BTO Mobius - Captain Rengrave - Darragh Wrathe - Doctor Stygius - Deneghra0 - Gerlak - Hellslinger - Iron Lich Overseer - Machine Wraith - Master Gurglepox - Misery Cage - Necrotech - Ol' Grim - Pistol Wraith - Satyxis Blood Priestess - Satyxis Raider Captain - Scrap Thrall - Skarlock Thrall - Severa Blacktide - Soul Trapper - Warwitch Siren
Battle Engines & Structures	Wraith Engine
Theme Forces
Black Industries - Dark Host - The Ghost Fleet - Scourge of the Broken Coast
Mercenaries
Refer to Who Works for Whom and/or Category: Cryx Mercenary
This index was last updated: 2021.11

Rules Clarifications

Rules Clarification:  : Magical Damage      (Edit) (Click Expand to read)

* The "Damage Type: Magical" is not inherited by "secondary" damage from a weapon. That is, stuff like arcs (Electro Leap) or hazards (Scather). (Infernal Ruling) All spells have "Damage Type: Magical" (refer errata). This is inherited by "immediate" secondary damage (such as Eruption of Spines). (Infernal Ruling) and might be inherited by "lingering" secondary damage (see below). If a spell leaves a template in play that does damage to models that walk around in it, then: if it is not described as a hazard it will do magical damage to models that walk around in it. (Example: Razor Wall) if it is a hazard then it will not do magical damage to models that walk around in it. Instead, it does whatever damage type is specified by the spell description. (Example: Breath of Corruption). (Infernal Ruling) If a weapon/spell includes Magic Damage and another kind of elemental damage it will still damage Incorporeal models. Incorporeal models are not affected by the rule "if an attack does multiple types of damage and a model is immune to at least one it is immune to the entire attack." The phrase "immune to non-magical damage" should be interpreted as "immune to damage that doesn't include Damage Type: Magical" (not interpreted as "has immunity to Corrosion and Electricity and Cold and etc.")

Rules Clarification : Arcing Fire      (Edit) Arcing Fire lets you ignore models but not terrain. You don't ignore clouds, forests or buildings.

Rules Clarification : Choking Ash - None yet. (Edit)

Rules Clarification : Tough - None yet. (Edit)
Rules Clarification : Smoke Cloud - None yet. (Edit)