Rocketman Stinger

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Rocketman Stinger Crucible Guard Solo

Rocketman stingers are addicted to danger to the point of neurosis, and if it weren’t for their skills and training, the Crucible Guard might consider them for Trancer experimentation. Instead, stingers are given one of the most difficult tasks in battle for a rocketman: fly directly at the enemy and get close enough to inject their troops, warbeasts, and warjacks with a variety of foul chemicals.

Basic Info

Rocketman Stinger
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Abilities

• Flight
• Parry
• Breather - This model does not suffer gas effects.
• High Flier - This model does not suffer blast damage.
• Reposition [5"] - At the end of an activation in which it did not run or fail a charge, this model can advance up to 5", then its activation ends.
• Side Step - When this model hits an enemy model with an initial melee attack or a melee special attack, it can advance up to 2" after the attack is resolved.

Weapons

Alchemical Injector (x2)
		RNG				POW				P+S
		1				(★)				(★)
Attack Type - Each time this weapon is used to make an attack, choose one of the following special rules: Blind - A model suffering Blind cannot make ranged or magic attacks, suffers -4 MAT and DEF, and cannot run, charge, or make slam or trample power attacks. It must forfeit either its Normal Movement or Combat Action during its next activation. Blind can be shaken. Shadow Bind - A model hit by this weapon/attack suffers -3 DEF, and for one round when it advances it cannot move except to change facing. Shadow Bind can be shaken. Volatile Expansion - When a living or undead model is boxed by an attack made with this weapon, center a 4˝ AOE on the boxed model and then RFP that model. Models in the AOE are hit and suffer a POW 14 magical blast damage roll. Incise - Instead of suffering a damage roll, a model hit by this weapon automatically suffers 1 damage point.

Theme Forces

• Crucible Guard
  • Magnum Opus - This model gains Reposition [3] in this theme.
  • Prima Materia. The Stinger is one of the few models not allowed in this theme.

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

Thoughts on Rocketman Stinger

Rocketman Stinger in a nutshell

PP's announcement blurb:

"The rocketmen of the Crucible Guard suffer no shortage of daredevils and adrenaline junkies, individuals who don’t simply endure their training but grow to love every moment of it. Some rise through the ranks to become captains while others strike off on their own as high-flying aces. And then there are the stingers.

Rocketman stingers are addicted to danger to the point of neurosis, and if it weren’t for their skills and training, the Crucible Guard might consider them for Trancer experimentation. Instead, stingers are given one of the most difficult tasks in battle for a rocketman: fly directly at the enemy and get close enough to inject their troops, warbeasts, and warjacks with a variety of foul chemicals.

Each stinger is equipped with a pair of needlelike alchemical injectors, which protrude over their gloves, as well as a backpack canister full of assorted alchemical concoctions. Gleefully, they fly directly at their foes, dropping from the air just long enough to give the enemy some “medicine” before zipping away to the next target they can find.

TRADE POINTS: Rocketman Stingers are incredibly fast combat solos that are armed with a pair of short-range Alchemical Injector melee weapons. Each time they attack a foe, they can automatically do a single point of damage to them, thanks to their Incise rule, and when they damage an enemy, they have a variety of chemicals they can choose to have affect their foe. These do such things as blinding their enemy or, if the damage caused by the needle would destroy them, having them blow up and hurt other nearby enemies.

Thanks to its Parry and Reposition abilities, the Rocketman Stinger is very hard to pin down and is able to dance around the battlefield, stinging enemy models like some sort of deranged bumblebee. The Stinger pairs very well with warcasters that can protect it as it flies into position, such as Aurum Legate Lukas di Morray (PIP 37012)."

Combos & Synergies

• Major Aline Benett offers them Flying High, but that's it because Stingers don't have gun fighter or ranged weapons.
• Baldwin - What Stingers really want is a buff to their threat range, and Boundless Charge really fits that bill.
• Lukas - Lukas archives a similar threat buff with Telekinesis.
• Containment Operatives - Weaponized Psychotropic and Shadow Bind have one thing in common: they can be applied to Archons, who are immune to most conventional debuffs. So you can use the Ops and the Stinger to hunt Archons for you if they give you trouble. Especially effective with Baldwin, who can give the Ops Snipe and the Stinger Boundless Charge.

Drawbacks & Downsides

• As with all Rocketmen he has awful armour

Tricks & Tips

• Text

Other

Trivia

Released 2021.05

Other Crucible Guard models

Crucible Guard Index       (Edit)
Battlegroup & Similar
Warcasters	Benett - Gearhart - Locke - Lukas - Mackay - Syvestro
Warcaster attachments	Aurum Legate Alyce Marc (Crucible) - Sylys Wyshnalyrr (Mercenary) - Madelyn Corbeau (Mercenary)
Other Warjack Controllers	Prospero (BGC)
Light	Liberator - Retaliator - Vanguard
Heavy	Suppresor - Toro - Vindicator
Colossal	Vulcan
Units, Solos, Battle Engines, & Structures
Units	Combat Alchemists - CG Assault Troopers - CG Infantry - CG Rocketmen - CG Storm Troopers - Dragon's Breath Rocket - Failed Experiments Ranking Officer : Doctor Alejandro Mosby
Solos	Ascendant Mentalist - CG Mechanik - Gorman1 - Gorman2 - Hutchuk, Ogrun Bounty Hunter - Prospero - Rocketman Ace - Trancer
Battle Engines	Railless Interceptor
Theme Forces
Magnum Opus - Prima Materia
Mercenaries
Refer to Who Works for Whom and/or Category: Crucible Guard Mercenary
This index was last updated: 2021.05

Rules Clarifications

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

Flight doesn't ignore: Impassable terrain. Most hazards. The exception is they do ignore Acid Bath and Burning Earth as long as they don't land in them. Templates that stay in play and do damage to models moving through them (such as a Scather). Free strikes. Trampling with a flying model (Edit) Flight allows you to trample "over" medium- and larger-bases. Although you trample "over" them, you don't get to make a trample attack vs them and you don't ignore their free strikes. Refer the core rulebook. Unless, of course, you have an exception like Blade Rush. Flight on a Cavalry model (Edit) Although flyers can move over obstacles/models, and horses can pause to do impacts while charging, flying horses cannot make impact attacks while overlapping models/obstacles. You need to pause in a legal position. Charging through models (Edit) You can't charge all the way through your charge target, with the intention to turn around and face them once you're on the other side. Because you aren't able to satisfy the "must keep the charge target in melee range" clause at the point after you are through the model but before you turn to directly face. At that point the target is behind you, not in your front arc, and thus not in your melee range. Your melee range only extends to your front arc. Refer to the latest errata. You can still "skim" through the edge of their base, if you're careful and smart with your positioning.

Rules Clarification : Parry - None yet. (Edit)
Rules Clarification : Breather - None yet. (Edit)
Rules Clarification : High Flier - None yet. (Edit)

Rules Clarification : Reposition      (Edit) Models out of formation cannot move via Reposition. Refer to the "Out of Formation" rules in the core rulebook. End of Activation (Edit) You cannot resolve two end-of-activation movement effects (refer to "End of Activation Movement" in the core rulebook). For EOA stuff that doesn't involve movement, though, it gets a bit more murky: Some EOA abilities explicitly state your activation ends as part of resolving the ability (like Reposition), and some don't (like Refuge). Whether it is explicit it or not, by definition an EOA ability is the last thing you can do for that activation. For instance, if you resolve Refuge and then continue your activation to cast more spells, then you have not used Refuge at the end of your activation. You cannot do an "at any time" ability during or after triggering an EOA ability; you cannot cast spells, purchase additional attacks, use a mini-feat, etc. If you start resolving an EOA movement (such as Reposition) then you cannot trigger abilities that occur "at any time" (such as Go To Ground). Because you can't trigger it while resolving the EOA movement, and after the EOA movement your activation has ended. (Infernal Ruling) For units: if any model in the unit starts resolving the unit's EOA movement, then no model in the unit can trigger an any-time ability. (Infernal Ruling) See also the training article: LPG - End of Activation.

Rules Clarification : Side Step      (Edit) You can't trigger Side Step by hitting friendly models. You can't trigger Side Step from additional attacks that you buy, or out-of-activation attacks (such as free strikes). If you have multiple initial attacks, you have to step after each one. You can't "save up" all your side steps then get a single big 4" or 6" move.

Rules Clarification : Attack Type and/or Arcane Savant     (Edit) If you forget to declare your Attack Type before rolling the attack, and you and your opponent can't agree on a fair fix, then the Judge's Policy is that the first listed Attack Type is the one that will be used. If your target can only be targeted by certain kinds of attack (ie a Menoth warjack with Passage), you can first choose the correct Attack Type (ie Magical Damage vs Passage) and then that allows you to target it. The Attack Type selection and target declaration both occur at Step 1 (Refer Appendix A). (Infernal Ruling)

Rules Clarification : Blind      (Edit) Blind prevents magic attacks. However spell-casters, spell slaves, etc can still cast non-offensive spells. Blind vs Eyeless Sight (Edit) If a model is Blinded, and then given Eyeless Sight, then that model ignores Blind ... but it is technically still Blinded. So if you somehow later lose Eyeless Sight (for instance walking out of the range of Menoth's Sight), it will immediately go back to suffering the effects of Blind. (Infernal Ruling) Also this means stuff that only works vs Blind models (ie Hidden Blade) will still trigger vs a "Was Blinded but then got Eyeless" model.

Rules Clarification : Shadow Bind , Force Hold, Force Lock, Quagmire, and/or Crawling Chaos     (Edit) Models affected by this ability may still advance 0" and thus abilities that trigger on "ends their movement within ..." or "after this model advances ..." will still trigger (for example Slipstream, Countercharge, etc). Models may still be placed, so abilities like Apparition will still work. The restriction applies to all advances: normal activation, bonus in-activation (like Overtake), and out-of-activation (like Energiser). Shadow Bind only If you manage to free strike a charging model and Shadow Bind it, their charge movement ends because they can no longer advance. At that point, you check whether their charge movement was successful or not.

Rules Clarification : Volatile Expansion      (Edit) Although this ability does blast damage, the POW is not halved. Think of it as already halved. 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 : Puncture and/or Incise     (Edit) The difference: Incise does auto-damage instead of a damage roll, so it occurs at Step 9 (damage roll) of the Attack Sequence. As a result, anything which prevents damage rolls (such as the Hermit's Mad Visions) can also prevent damage from Incise. Puncture does auto-damage to models hit, so it occurs at Step 8 (resolve effects triggered by hitting). As a result, Puncture is "immune" to stuff like Mad Visions. If Puncture is on an AOE weapon, then models caught in the AOE take 1 point of damage instead of blast damage. This means the AOE can hurt models with Dig In, Force Barrier, etc. The 1 point of auto-damage ignores ARM buffs. The 1 point of auto-damage never gains stuff like "+2 to damage rolls". This weapon automatically triggers "when this weapon/attack damages a model" effects (such as Drag, Backlash, etc).