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Krueger the Stormwrath

Universally feared and respected within the Circle hierarchy, but not particularly liked, Krueger counts no man as friend and no druid his equal. Krueger believes the Circle has been too soft and accommodating, and only he can bring the druids back to the old days of plague, fire, and storm.

Basic Info

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ARM	14
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FURY	7
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Understanding the Statblock

Warlock - All warlocks come with a stack of standard special rules - most notably being awesome. Click here for a newbie-friendly recap, or click here for the full rules.

Feat: Storm Ravager

Place three 3" AOEs anywhere completely within Kreuger's control range. These AOEs are hazards.
Enemy models in one or more of these AOEs when they are placed suffer a boostable POW 10 electrical damage attack damage roll.
An enemy model entering or its ending activation in one or more of the AOEs suffer an unboostable POW 10 electrical damage attack damage roll.
During each of your Maintenance Phases, remove one AOE.

Abilities

Pathfinder
Immunity: Electricity

Weapons

Lightning

	RNG	ROF		AOE		POW
	10	1		-		13
Damage Type: Magical Damage Type: Electricity Electro Leap - When a model is directly hit with a basic attack made with this weapon, you can have lightning arc to the nearest model within 4" of the the model hit, ignoring the attacking model. The model the lightning arcs to suffers an unboostable POW 10 electrical damage roll. Lightning arc damage rolls are not considered to have been caused by an attack. Resolve lightning arc damage rolls simultaneously with the damage resulting from the attack that caused the leap.

Lightning Spear
	RNG		POW		P+S
	2		7		12
Damage Type: Magical Sustained Attack - During this model's activation, when it makes an attack with this weapon against the last model hit by the weapon this activation, the attack automatically hits.

Spells

	COST	RNG	AOE	POW	DUR	OFF

Forked Lightning	3	8	-	12 (Electric)	-	Yes
A model hit by Forked Lightning suffers a POW 12 electrical damage roll, and lightning arcs from that model to d3 consecutive models. The lightning arcs to the nearest model it has not already arced to within 4" of the last model it arced to, ignoring this model. Each model the lightning arcs to suffers a POW 10 electrical damage roll. Lightning arc damage rolls are not considered to have been caused by an attack. Forked Lightning damage rolls are simultaneous.

Gale Winds	4	SELF	CTRL	-	Round	No
While in the spellcaster's control range, friendly Faction models gain +3 DEF against ranged and magic attacks. Cloud effects in the spellcaster's control range expire when this spell is cast. Gale Winds lasts for one round.

Lightning Tendrils	3	6	-	-	Upkeep	No
Target friendly Faction model/unit gains Immunity: Electricity. Affected models' melee weapons become RNG 2 and gain Electro Leap. Models are not affected while out of formation. Electro Leap - When a model is directly hit with a basic attack made with a weapon wtih Electro Leap, you can have lightning arc to the nearest model within 4" of the the model hit, ignoring the attacking model. The model the lightning arcs to suffers an unboostable POW 10 electrical damage roll. Lightning arc damage rolls are not considered to have been caused by an attack. Resolve lightning arc damage rolls simultaneously with the damage resulting from the attack that caused the leap.

Skyborne	2	SELF	-	-	Round	No
The spellcaster gains +2 SPD and DEF and Flight for one round.

Tornado	4	10	-	13	-	Yes
Instead of suffering a normal damage roll, a non-incorporeal model hit by Tornado is thrown d6" directly away from the spell's point of origin and suffers a POW 13 damage roll. The thrown model does not deviate. Collateral damage from this throw is POW 13.

Theme Forces

Secret Masters. In this theme he gains Sacrificial Pawn [Minion Warrior].
The Bones of Orboros. He can start the game with friendly upkeeps in play in this theme.
The Devourer's Host
The Wild Hunt

Thoughts on Krueger1

Krueger1 in a nutshell

Zap! Zapzapzapzap! ZapZap! Zap! Krueger is a lightning thrower who specialises in electrocuting infantry. When he first came out in the middle of Mark 1 he was considered one of the best warlocks in the game because Mk1 was frequently known as "Infantrymachine" and there was a notorious world championship semi-finals with three warmachine players and a Kreuger1 player where the only warjack used was the Scrapjack. Changes in Mk2 and Mk3 have made things not such a target-rich environment for Kreuger so he sees a lot less play. His main thing right now is protection from shooting and cancelling enemy cloud walls such as those from The High Reclaimer or produced by Trencher Infantry.

Maximising his feat and spells

Do you like having spells which no one else in the game shares? Krueger1 is your man!

Gale Winds is his main defensive spell.
Tornado is his main anti-armour offensive spell
Lightning Tendrils is a threat extender and infantry killer

Drawbacks & Downsides

Most lists are more ARM heavy than infantry swarms although there are more than there used to be.
He does nothing to break armour.
Cygnaran Storm Knights and other lighting-resistant foes more or less ignore his offence.
The Circle has plenty of other ways of obliterating infantry, and at present normally prefer Wurmwood to Krueger. That said if you're having problems with cloud walls Krueger can be excellent.

Tricks & Tips

Cast Gale Winds before you put your own clouds into play.
- Also, Gale Winds removes terrain pieces with a "cloud-trait" as well. Outside the ob ious smoke clouds and the like that includes Burning Earth, burning houses, burning forest - watch out for that (and read the rules clarification).
Bounce forked lighting off the back of your own stones (or mannikins) to hit those unhittable targets.
Cygnar may give you trouble due to the abundance of lightning immune models, however due to their affinity for gun lines Krueger can still play decently well into them thanks to gale winds. He can also hand out lightning immunity to a heavy or a unit, although it is rather limited.

List Building Advice

Strategy

His main method of winning is attrition, pan-frying infantry, protecting your army from shooting, and with some ability to extend threat ranges.

DEF always stacks with DEF. If you're going for protection from shooting with him you want models that already have a decently high DEF. Taking a Wold Guardian and increasing it to DEF 12 isn't going to help - but putting Warpwolves up to DEF 17 makes them almost not worth shooting at.

Theme thoughts

Support models - Various themes

Gallows Grove - when Krueger isn't shutting down incoming shooting he wants to Forked Lightning and Gale Winds.

The Devourer's Host

Tharn Bloodweavers - the combination of Gang, Killing Spree (provided by the Bloodweaver Night Witch), a 2" reach, and electro-leaps can lead to a whole lot of infantry annihilation in a way bloodweavers with a 1/2 reach normally don't.
Tharn Bloodtrackers normally really like the extra threat range and electro-leaps to shred the enemy front line and then throw spears at either the back line or their prey target.

Battlegroup

Woldwarden loves to Geomance Forked Lightning.
Storm Raptor Sky Fire is a great animus for zapping people.
- not a battlegroup model but add Shivers to this combo on feat turn and even moderately armoured infantry can get mulched from almost anywhere.
Gorax Rager or Feral Warpwolf Krueger has no inbuilt way to crack armour so the Primal animus is very handy to have.

Other

Trivia

Krueger1 was one of the original three Circle casters, released way back in Hordes Primal Mk1 (2006).

Other Circle models

Circle Index (Edit)

Battlegroup & Similar
Warlocks	Baldur1 - Baldur2 - Bradigus1 - Grayle1 - Iona1 - Kaya1 - Kaya2 - Kaya3 - Kromac1 - Kromac2 - Krueger1 - Krueger2 - Mohsar1 - Morvahna1 - Morvahna2 - Tanith1 - Una2 - Wurmwood1
Lesser Warlocks	Krueger0 - Una1	Warlock Attachment	Druid Wilder - Tharn Blood Shaman
Light	Argus Moonhound - Winter Argus - Wild Argus - Gorax Rager - Razorwing Griffon - Rotterhorn Griffon - Scarsfell Griffon - Wold Wight - Woldwatcher - Woldwyrd
Heavy	Gnarlhorn Satyr - Riphorn Satyr - Shadowhorn Satyr - Feral Warpwolf - Pureblood Warpwolf - Warpwolf Stalker - Wold Guardian - Woldwarden Brennos the Elderhorn (Satyr) - Ghetorix (Warpwolf) - Loki (Warpwolf) - Megalith (Woldwarden)
Gargantuans	Storm Raptor - Woldwrath

Units, Solos, Battle Engines, & Structures
Units	Druid Mist Riders - Druids of Orboros & CA - Reeves of Orboros & CA - Sentry Stone & Mannikins - Shifting Stones & CA - Stoneward & Woldstalkers - Tharn Bloodtrackers & Character UA - Tharn Bloodweavers & CA - Tharn Blood Pack - Tharn Ravagers & CA - Tharn Wolf Riders - Warpborn Skinwalkers & CA - Wolves of Orboros & CA Brighid & Caul - Death Wolves
Solos	Blackclad Stoneshaper - Blackclad Wayfarer - Bloodweaver Night Witch - Chuck Dogwood - Druid Wilder - Gallows Grove - Kogan the Exile - Krueger0 - Lord of the Feast - Reeve Hunter - Primal Archon - Shivers - Tharn Blood Shaman - Tharn Ravager Shaman - Tharn Ravager White Mane - Tharn Wolf Rider Champion - Una1 - War Wolf - Wolf Lord Morraig
Battle Engines & Structures	Celestial Fulcrum (Engine) - Well of Orboros (Structure)

Theme Forces
Secret Masters - The Bones of Orboros - The Devourer's Host - The Wild Hunt

Minions
Refer to Who Works for Whom and/or Category: Circle Orboros Minion
This index was last updated: 2021.10

Rules Clarifications

Rules Clarification : Feat: Storm Ravager

Every model in the AOE suffers a POW 10, and the damage roll is not halved (it is not blast damage). (Infernal Ruling)
If you overlap the feat AOEs, then:
- When you put them down, models in the overlap zone only take a single damage roll because of the "one or more" wording. (Locked thread)
- However if a model advances through overlapping AOEs, they take a damage roll for each AOE.
Templates that do damage (Edit) [Show/Hide]
- Most templates that do damage to models that walk into them are defined as "Hazards" (such as Burning Ground) but there are a few that aren't Hazards (such as Creeping Barrage and Wall of Fire). The differences are:
  - A hazard is a terrain element
  - Damage from a hazard template is never considered to be from the model or weapon/spell that put it into play. So hazards never gain special rules of the weapon/spell (such as a Damage Type or Poison), nor does it gain special rules of the model (such as Hand of Fate).
  - Damage from a non-hazard template is considered to be from the model that put it in play. So non-hazards do get stuff like Hand of Fate. (Infernal Ruling)
  - Damage from a hazard is not from an attack (so won't trigger stuff like Vengeance)
  - Damage from a non-hazard is also not from an attack. Instead it will be a Special Action (Covering Fire), or a "instead of making an attack, place a template" (Creeping Barrage), or etc.
- Damage templates from spells is complicated:
  - (Infernal Ruling)
  - Spells that leave templates that are not hazards (such as Razor Wall) do Damage Type: Magical.
  - Spells that leave templates that are hazards (such as Breath of Corruption) follow the rules for hazards, which are most likely not magical damage but it varies by the hazard.
  - The initial damage when you place the template, if any, is Damage Type: Magical.
  - For example, Breath of Corruption's initial POW 12 corrosion damage roll is Damage Type: Magical in addition to Damage Type: Corrosion. But the hazard that is put into play from Breath of Corruption is not Damage Type: Magical, just Damage Type: Corrosion.
- By default, when you put a template into play it doesn't do damage to models they overlap. The exceptions are templates that are created by an AOE weapon, and templates that explicitly say they do damage when they're placed.
- A model which is "placed" also counts as "entering" an area, so the template will damage any one who teleports/spawns into it, too.
- If two templates are overlapping, a model that enters them will take two points of damage.

	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 : Electricity (Edit)

When electricity arcs/leaps, you ignore models with Immunity:Electricity. The arc "skips" them.
If you attack a model with Immunity:Electricity, the arc/leap won't go anywhere at all. The arc is "grounded".
Incorporeal models do not have Immunity: Electricity (they just ignore non-magical damage). As such electricity can arc/leap to and from incorporeal models.

Rules Clarification : Electro Leap (Edit)

Electro Leaps are optional.
Electro Leap is a weapon property. As such, it doesn't apply to Power Attacks at all.
A Steamroller flag can be hit by Electro Leap (if it's the nearest model). (Infernal Ruling)
Not considered an attack & "Non-attack damage roll" (Edit) [Show/Hide]
- There are two ways you can get these "non-attack" damage rolls.
  - Type 1 - A secondary damage roll that is not considered to be an attack. Some attacks create a second damage roll that is explicitly "not considered an attack" (such as Electro Leap).
    (Note that although the secondary damage roll is not an attack, the original attack certainly is and will trigger stuff normally. These clarifications don't apply to the original attack.)
  - Type 2 - A damage roll that's not from an attack. Some special abilities & special actions tell you to make a damage roll without mentioning whether it is considered an attack or not (such as Vent Steam and Flak Field).
- When it comes to other abilities that trigger on damage (such as Vengeance) both types function the same way. For brevity we'll refer to both as "Pure Damage".
- Pure damage is not an attack, so doesn't trigger stuff like Vengeance.
- Pure damage is not an attack, so doesn't benefit from stuff that affects 'attack damage rolls' (such as Bethayne1's feat). (Infernal Ruling)
- Pure damage (normally) doesn't actually hit the model(s) it damages, so doesn't trigger stuff like Shock Field. (A few of them do specify they hit, though, like Warhead.)
- Pure damage is not from an attack, but it is (normally) damage from the original model. This has two implications:
  1. It's not an attack from a weapon so:
    it won't gain damage buffs from the weapon (such as Poison).
    
    it won't gain any Damage Types from the weapon. (Infernal Ruling)
  2. It is a damage roll from a model so:
    it can be boosted. (Infernal Rulings) ... unless the rule specifically says it can't, like a Scrap Thrall explosion or Lightning Generator.
    
    it will gain benefits that worded "this model gains ... on damage rolls" (such as Prey). (Infernal Ruling)
    
    warbeasts with a Crippled Body will roll one less die. (Infernal Ruling)
- Exception: Some damage is not from an attack and not from a model (for example, Collateral damage). In this case, you should reverse the stuff listed under #2 above.

Rules Clarification : Sustained Attack (Edit)

Translation for newbies : Once you hit your target, your next attack(s) with the same weapon will auto-hit.
If your target becomes out of range in between attacks (somehow), then Sustained Attack will not let you auto-hit. Refer Step 3 vs Step 4 of the Attack Sequence (Apdx A).
If you have sustained attack on a weapon that makes simultaneous attacks (e.g. Prime Axiom making a Sweep attack), then all the models you hit are "the last model hit" and whichever one you choose to attack next is the one you get the auto-hit bonus vs. (Infernal Ruling)
This only applies to the first attack after a simultaneous one - once you make that next attack, it's all reset back to being "just one" last model hit.
- Example : you Sweep and hit models A, B, C. Then you buy an attack vs model C. It is auto-hit because it was (one of) the last model(s) hit. Then you buy another attack, now you can only auto-hit C because it is the last model hit.

Rules Clarification: : Warlock (Edit)
(Click Expand to read)

General
- Damage from a feat is neither an attack nor Damage Type: Magical (unless the feat says it is).
- FURY (uppercase) is the stat printed on the warlock's card. Fury (lowercase) refers to fury points a model currently has.
- Your CTRL area is double your FURY stat, not double your fury points. (Infernal Ruling)
- Casting spells or using feats is an anytime ability with the added restriction that you can't use them on the same turn you run even before you run.
  - See also the clarifications on Any Time abilities (below).
- Some warlocks are also Battle Engines and thus follow all the Battle Engine special rules.
  There is no particular interaction between the Battle Engine rules and the Warlock rules.

Reaving & Leeching
- If you choose to Reave, it's all or nothing. You must Reave all the Fury (up to your limit) and you can't choose to "let some disappear". (Locked thread)
- If your warbeast is Removed From Play, you can still reave fury off it. (Locked thread)
- If your warbeast is destroyed or RFP'd while under your opponent's control then:
  1. You cannot reave fury off it. Because it is still enemy at the time it was destroyed/RFP'd, and you can't reave from enemy warbeasts.
  2. After it is taken off the table, it returns to your control and is eligible for Spirit Bond and (possibly) Return to Play stuff (like Thagrosh1's feat).

Transferring Damage
- If both the warlock and the warbeast are damaged by the same attack (such as an AOE), then you need to apply the 'normal' damage to the warbeast before the transferred damage. This distinction can be important when you're working out who/what actually destroyed the beast. (Infernal Ruling)
- If there is too much damage for the warbeast and it "overlaps" back to the warlock, then that damage is considered ... unsure at this time. (Infernal Checking)

Restrictions on "Any Time" abilities (Edit) [Show/Hide]
- "Any Time" abilities can be used at any time during a model/unit's activation, except:
1. Before any compulsory forfeiture of movement/action. See step 2 of the activation sequence, appendix A.
2. After the model with the "Any Time" ability has had their activation end "prematurely". By this I mean you resolved something which includes the phrase "its activation ends". Examples include:
  - Running, failing a charge, or failing a slam.
  - Abilities that include "then its activation ends" (such as Reposition and Teleport).
3. In between declaring your charge target and making your charge movement. (Infernal Ruling)
4. In between completing your charge movement and determining whether it was a successful charge. (Infernal Ruling)
5. When you're in the middle of moving. (Note: Impact Attacks count as being in the middle of movement).
6. When you're in the middle of an attack. Which also includes effects that occur "after the attack is resolved".
  (Although the attack is "resolved" at Step 11, in terms of using an "Any Time" ability the attack is not "finished" until after Step 14. Refer to the first paragraph of Apdx A.)
7. Your opponent interrupted your activation to trigger one of their own abilities (such as Countercharge).
8. Warcasters/warlocks/etc can normally cast a spell or use their feat "At any time". However, there is a core rule saying they cannot do so on the same activation that they run. So, they are subject to all the same restrictions listed above, plus they can't cast/feat before running.
9. Units: See below.
- In general you can use "Any Time" abilities while you're knocked down or stationary (except Spells and Feats which specify you can't).
- If you have a gun with a random ROF, you can use an "Any Time" ability inbetween rolling the number of shots and actually making the first attack. (Infernal Ruling)
Units with "Any Time" abilities
- You cannot use an "Any Time" ability before issuing/receiving orders. See step 1 and 2 of the activation sequence, appendix A.
- A model in a unit can't use an "Any Time" ability after they run (Infernal Ruling) or fail a charge. Because that makes that specific model's activation to end even though the unit's activation is still ongoing, and you can't use abilities on models that are not active.
  - You can use an "Any Time" ability before running, however.
- A model in a unit can't use an "Any Time" ability after anyone in the unit has begun a Reposition move. (Infernal Ruling)

Warcaster/Warlock Cavalry ( Edit )
- Warcasters/Warlocks can't cast spells or use their feat while resolving Impact Attacks. Because Impact Attacks occur during movement - you can use spells or feat before moving, or after moving, but not during movement.
  - Exception: If your Impact target(s) include your charge target, then your movement has ended (refer rulebook, last paragraph of 'Impact Attacks') and thus you're fine to use "any time" abilities before starting the Impact attacks.

	Rules Clarification: : Warcaster Unit or Warlock Unit (Edit) (Click Expand to read)
	This summary is specific to Warcaster/Warlock units. You may also want to check the Warcaster and Warlock pages respectively, for the "regular" rules clarifications. All models in the unit count as part of the battlegroup. So, for instance, Butcher3's argus can be moved via his Energizer spell. Warcaster units can have attachments. They can even attach units (such as the WSC). (Infernal Ruling) The non-caster models are trooper models but are not normally Grunt models. Therefore they're not normally eligible for stuff like Revive. If any member of the unit start to do their reposition movement, the warcaster or warlock in the unit would no longer be able to feat.(Infernal Ruling) Press Forward Order vs Spells cast at Any Time (Edit) You must issue orders before anything else. If you issue a Press Forward order, you must run or charge. If you cast spells before moving, you can't run so you must charge. If you cast spells before moving, then start the spellcaster's Normal Movement but have no valid charge targets, you are in a situation where you must charge but cannot charge. In this situation the spellcaster must either: forfeit their Combat Action, use their Normal Movement to make a full advance, then their activation ends. (Note that you cannot cast more spells after the full advance). forfeit their Normal Movement, then their activation ends. (Infernal Ruling) Steamroller 2018 The non-caster models can contest scenario zones & flags. The caster model cannot contest. The caster model can control zones and flags by itself, but: to control a zone, the entire unit remaining in play needs to be in formation. to control a flag, the entire unit remaining in play must be within 4" of the flag. Units Buying Attacks (Edit) If you make attacks with model [A], then start making attacks with model [B], you cannot 'go back' and buy more attacks with [A]. Because: A model can only buy additional attacks during its Combat Action. A model in a unit must complete its Combat Action before the next model starts theirs (with some exceptions, like CMA).

Rules Clarification : Unit of Warcasters or Warlocks (Edit)

Even though they're warcasters, if they're out of formation they suffer the normal penalties (can't make attacks, actions, spells, etc).
They can't upkeep each other's spells.
They can only dominate one SteamRoller scenario element at a time.
Each warlock/warcaster can have different upkeeps on them if those upkeeps are "target SELF" or "target model". If you cast an upkeep that is "target model/unit", that is the only upkeep any of them can have.
Units Buying Attacks (Edit)
- If you make attacks with model [A], then start making attacks with model [B], you cannot 'go back' and buy more attacks with [A]. Because:
- A model can only buy additional attacks during its Combat Action.
- A model in a unit must complete its Combat Action before the next model starts theirs (with some exceptions, like CMA).

The Legion Twins
- Rhyas cannot dominate a zone while out of formation.
- Rhyas can use the feat while out of formation.
Haley3
- Only Haley Prime is an 'actual' warcaster model, and as such she is the only one that can dominate a scenario element.
- The echoes can Control/Contest scenarios like a normal unit.
- Haley Prime can dominate an element even if the echoes are out of formation.

Rules Clarification : Pathfinder (Edit)

Pathfinder (Edit) - Pathfinder does not apply to involuntary movement (pushes & slams). (Infernal Ruling)

Rules Clarification : Forked Lightning (Edit)

Since the arcs aren't considered to be from an attack, they won't trigger stuff like Vengeance.

Rules Clarification : Gale Winds (Edit)

Anti-Cloud abilities vs Burning Earth (Edit)

If you make a piece of terrain "Burning Earth" it counts as a cloud effect in addition to it's original type. This has 2 odd rulings:

If any part of the terrain piece is "hit" by an ability that makes clouds expire (such as Gale Winds) then the entire terrain piece is taken off the table. (Infernal Ruling)
If a model can ignore clouds but not the original terrain type, they don't ignore the terrain. For instance if you have a burning forest, then Eyeless Sight can't see through the forest. (Infernal Ruling)

Rules Clarification : Lightning Tendrils (Edit)

Since Lightning Tendrils is applied to melee weapons (not melee attacks) it doesn't affect Power Attacks.