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Mage hunter infiltrators specialize in hunting and killing enemy arcanists. At home in any environment, they take advantage of their surroundings to close on their target in silence, their blades slicing through arcane wards with practiced ease. From out of the darkness they strike, quickly and efficiently dispatching those whose very existence threatens Scyrah.
After years of hunting human spellcasters and gathering intelligence on the armies of mankind as a mercenary, Eiryss has returned to her proper place as one of the foremost leaders of the Retribution. Now she takes to the field leading other mage hunters, inspiring them to feats of incredible bravery and peerless precision while lending her own deadly skills to rid the world of humanity’s blasphemy against Scyrah.
Basic Info
Inflitrators
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| Warcaster 0 |
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Small |
| SPD |
7 |
| STR |
6 |
| MAT |
6 |
| RAT |
N/A |
| M.A. |
N/A |
| DEF |
14 |
| ARM |
11 |
| CMD |
8 |
| ESSENCE |
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| FOCUS |
N/A |
| FURY |
N/A |
| THRS |
N/A |
| HP |
1 |
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2 |
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6 or 10 +1CA |
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8 or 13 +6CA |
| 1.5 pts each (no CA) |
| 1.72 pts each (with CA) |
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| Warcaster 1 |
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N/A |
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Understanding
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Abilities
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Pathfinder
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Stealth
- Ambush - You can choose not to deploy this unit at the start of the game. If it is not deployed normally, you can put it into play at the end of any of your Control Phases after your first turn. When you do, choose any table edge except the back of your opponent's deployment zone. Place all models in the unit in formation completely within 3" of the chosen table edge.
- Gang - When making a melee attack targeting an enemy model in the melee range of another model in this unit, this model gains +2 to melee attack and melee damage rolls.
- 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.
Weapons
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P+S
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 Blessed
- Combo Strike (★ Attack) - Make a melee attack. Instead of making a normal damage roll, the POW of the damage roll is equal to this model's STR plus twice the POW of this weapon. (Giving a total P+S = 12)
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Soulless Escort (WA)
The Infiltrators may take up to 3 Soulless Escorts. Info omitted here for the sake of brevity.
Eiryss3 (CA)
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{{{cafa}}} |
| Warcaster 0 |
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Small |
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7 |
| STR |
4 |
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7 |
| RAT |
9 |
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N/A |
| DEF |
16 |
| ARM |
12 |
| CMD |
9 |
| ESSENCE |
{{{essence}}} |
| FOCUS |
N/A |
| FURY |
N/A |
| THRS |
N/A |
| HP |
5 |
| F. Field |
N/A |
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C |
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N/A |
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6 |
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| Warcaster 1 |
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Understanding
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Abilities
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Officer
- Pathfinder
- Stealth
- Arcane Hemorrhage - When this model hits another model with an attack, the model hit loses d3 focus, fury or essence points on it, and upkeep spells it cast immediately expire.
- Attachment Deployment - If this model is attached to a unit with Advance Deployment, it gains Advance Deployment. If it is attached to a unit with Ambush, it gains Ambush.
- Granted: Mark Target - While this model is in formation, models in its unit gain Mark Target. (Mark Target - Other friendly Faction models gain +2 to ranged attack rolls against enemy models within 5" of a model with Mark Target and in its LOS.)
- Quick Work - When this model destroys one or more enemy models with a melee attack during its Combat Action, immediately after the attack is resolved it can make one basic ranged attack.
- Tactics: Tough - Models in this unit gain Tough.
Weapons
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RNG
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ROF
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AOE
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POW
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12
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| Crossbow Blade
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RNG
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POW
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P+S
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0.5
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7
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Theme Forces
Recent Changes
No changes since 2021.02
Thoughts on Mage Hunter Infiltrators
Mage Hunter Infiltrators in a nutshell
Cheapish, stealthy, nimble jamming infantry that ambush with weak but numerous attacks - where did I hear this before? Individually they have strictly average combat potential, but this is amended by Gang, Combo Strike and Blessed weapons. With plenty of attacks from such a budget unit you may either hunt light infantry and squishy solos with them, or throw them into the thick of it to jam the advance of your opponent. Gang is both a boon and bane; it will boost their attack capabilities (making them effectively MAT8 and P+S 11), but forces you to bunch up leaving you vulnerable to AoEs, the addition of Reposition 5 helps mitigate the bunching up a fair bit but long reach infantry still cause an issue.
Ambush gives them a 13.5 inch threat from either board edge which can make your opponents feel quite pressured in scenario based games.
Thoughts on adding the CA
You will pretty much always shove at least a minimum units of Infiltrators in your list just for the ambush, and you should always put Eiryss on that unit; unless you bring a different incarnation of her. This is so you can threaten the focus stripping crossbow bolts from the sides of the table with a 22 inch threat range. This pretty much forces your opponent to keep shield guards by their caster. The whole unit then becomes her delivery system.
Separately she grants them Mark Target setting up her own shots as well as ranged models in your list such as Mage Hunter Strike Forces, Scythe, Nyss Hunters or your warjacks / warcasters. Handing out Tough also means that sometimes they will not die to random AOEs and will continue being in the way, which is sometimes all you need from models with Mark Target and good speed.
Thought's on adding the WA
He's an extra body to set up Gang, even though he does not benefit from it himself he protects the unit from spellcasters that ignore Stealth.
There will also be cases where the escort not having Stealth and having 2 less defence causes more problems than he is worth, such as when you are facing an AOE gun line (just space accordingly), a caster with Witch Mark, electro- leap or powerful debuffs (such as Garryth2).
In general they are excellent point filers though and in this unit the benefit from Eiryss's buffs if you brought her. A neat trick is ambushing your unit and having the escort run towards you caster, while the rest of the unit charges and does their thing. That way you can put buffs on the unit like Fury without exposing your caster too much by advancing towards the infiltrators. Just keep in mind the escort still needs to be in formation for this to work.
Combos & Synergies
- They want to get stuck in, and will then die in droves. As such they're good to fuel mechanisms like Righteous Vengeance, the feats of both Vyros and Goreshade4 and either Void Archons or a Death Archon.
- Thyron makes them extremely accurate under his feat, while they can dig deep into the enemy lines with sidestep, especially as the enemy will probably try to clump up in order to minimize the damage the ambushers can do.
- Models that prefer the enemy to be clumped up love ambushers, because they cause the enemy to be just that. These are mostly jacks with AOE guns or Sprays, the Daemon, Gorgon or Hyperion come to mind, but also Mage Hunter Assassins. Manticores can be used to place Covering Fire templates to whittle down clumped up opponents on the approach.
- Incidentally Elara1 runs these kinds of jacks really well (well not the Hyperion exactly).
Drawbacks & Downsides
- Struggle against hard targets, and will likely bounce off from tougher shield walls.
- In order to jam for your Strike Forces, you are encouraged to field two units and attach Eiryss3 to one of them, which can get pricey.
- Tissue-paper armour - AOEs, fire, blast damage and electro leaps decimate them.
Tricks & Tips
- The psychological threat of ambushing Infiltrators will cause the enemy to avoid table edges and clump up. Use this to your advantage on scenario, or with blasts, sprays and the like.
- they gain Take Down in their theme, so use them to neuter recursion and/or soul collecting tactics.
- The Infiltrators are known to have some absolutely terrible contact points. When gluing their sword-hands to their wrists, consider a pinning tool... or an industrial-grade bonding agent.
Other
Trivia
Other Retribution models
Rules Clarifications
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Rules Clarification : Blessed and/or Creator's Wrath (Edit)
- Blessed ignores spell buffs even if they're not directly on the target. (For example, Haley3's Temporal Distortion spell is cast on Haley and gives a DEF buff to everyone within 5". Blessed ignores it on everyone, not just on Haley.) (Locked thread)
- You only ignore the DEF/ARM buff if the spell directly adds to the stat (for example Arcane Shield gives +3 ARM).
- Whereas a spell which grants an ability, and the ability gives a DEF/ARM buff, would not be ignored by Blessed (for example Cloak of Ash gives a model concealment, and concealment gives +2 DEF).
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- If a spell buffs DEF/ARM and [something else] then you ignore the buff but not the [something else]. (For example, the spell Death Ward grants +2 ARM and the defender chooses which column suffers damage. You would ignore the ARM bonus, but the defender still picks the column.)
- This ability only ignores buffs from spells, not buffs from feats (such as Stryker1's Invincibility +5 ARM) or abilities (such as Protective Aura's +2 ARM).
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Rules Clarification : Combo Strike (Edit)
- You cannot make a Combo attack if the weapon is crippled. Refer "Crippled Systems" in the core rulebook.
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Rules Clarification : Stealth (Edit)
- Stealth models are not invisible and you can target them - you'll just auto-miss most of the time.
- You can target them with a charge.
- You can target them with an AOE, have it auto-miss and scatter, luckily land on top of them anyway, and that will hit them.
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Rules Clarification : Gang and/or Gang Fighter and/or Tag Team and/or Team Effort (Edit)
- You can gain the Gang bonus on free strikes, but generally only the first "Ganger" will get it.
- For example, if a target is engaged by two models with Gang, when it leaves the melee range of the first Ganger it suffers a free strike with the Gang bonus. Then it leaves the melee range of the second and suffers a normal free strike.
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Rules Clarification : Ambush (Edit)
- If you attach a WA or CA to this unit, and the attachment doesn't have Ambush, then they all get to Ambush anyway. (Locked Thread)
- Ambush and Apparition both occur at Step 5 of the Control Phase. However, Ambush specifies the "end" of the Control Phase so you cannot use Apparition on a model that Ambushes. (Infernal Ruling)
- Declaring Ambush:
- Choosing whether a unit deploys normally or ambushes needs to happen before deployment.
- So it goes: do the starting roll, Player 2 chooses sides, Player 1 declares Ambushes (if any), then Player 2 declares Ambushes (if any), then Player 1 starts deployment. (Infernal Ruling)
- If you have both Prey and Ambush, then you declare your Prey target at the normal time (even though the Prey-er isn't currently on the table). (Infernal Ruling)
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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.
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Rules Clarification : Weapon Master - None yet. (Edit)
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Rules Clarification: : Magical Damage (Edit)
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* 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).
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- 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.")
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Rules Clarification : Eiryss3: Mark Target
Models in Eiryss3's unit that are out of formation can't use Mark Target, ie they work the same as Rangers and Pyg Lookouts. (Infernal Ruling)
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Rules Clarification : Blessed and/or Creator's Wrath (Edit)
- Blessed ignores spell buffs even if they're not directly on the target. (For example, Haley3's Temporal Distortion spell is cast on Haley and gives a DEF buff to everyone within 5". Blessed ignores it on everyone, not just on Haley.) (Locked thread)
- You only ignore the DEF/ARM buff if the spell directly adds to the stat (for example Arcane Shield gives +3 ARM).
- Whereas a spell which grants an ability, and the ability gives a DEF/ARM buff, would not be ignored by Blessed (for example Cloak of Ash gives a model concealment, and concealment gives +2 DEF).
- (Infernal Ruling)
- If a spell buffs DEF/ARM and [something else] then you ignore the buff but not the [something else]. (For example, the spell Death Ward grants +2 ARM and the defender chooses which column suffers damage. You would ignore the ARM bonus, but the defender still picks the column.)
- This ability only ignores buffs from spells, not buffs from feats (such as Stryker1's Invincibility +5 ARM) or abilities (such as Protective Aura's +2 ARM).
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Rules Clarification: : Magical Damage (Edit)
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* 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.")
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Rules Clarification : Weapon Master - None yet. (Edit)
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Rules Clarification : Officer (Edit)
- Even if they're not on the Officer's card, an Officer can give (and benefit from) any non-standard orders that are on the unit's card (such as Shield Wall). Refer main rulebook.
- When the Officer dies, the Leader model becomes the new Unit Commander (you don't get to choose).
- But if your unit doesn't include a Leader model, then you do get to choose any of the remaining models to be the new Unit Commander. You don't swap the model, but it may be worth putting a token down so you can tell that grunt apart.
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Rules Clarification : Stealth (Edit)
- Stealth models are not invisible and you can target them - you'll just auto-miss most of the time.
- You can target them with a charge.
- You can target them with an AOE, have it auto-miss and scatter, luckily land on top of them anyway, and that will hit them.
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Rules Clarification : Arcane Hemorrhage (Edit)
- Anti-Upkeep vs a unit (Edit)
- If an upkeep is on a unit, then all you need to do is make it expire off any member of the unit and the spell will expire from the entire unit.
- It doesn't matter if the target is in formation or not. (Locked thread)
- However, if an upkeep is on a single model within a unit (such as Scything Touch) then you need to dispel it off that particular model to make it dispel. (Infernal Ruling)
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Rules Clarification : Tactics vs Granted (Edit)
- Granted = The unit loses the ability as soon as the model that grants it is taken off the table. (think "G for Goes away")
- Tactics = The unit keeps the ability for the entire game, regardless of who dies. (think "Tac-Tick = K for Keeps")
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- Granted [ Vengeance ]
- If the model granting Vengeance dies, the unit will not get any Vengeance attacks.
- It is "If you have Vengeance, and you were damaged last turn, you get a move+attack."
- It is not "If you get damaged, you get Vengeance next turn."
- If you lose Vengeance halfway through resolving Vengeance, then you stop resolving Vengeance immediately. (Infernal Ruling)
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Rules Clarification : Mark Target (Edit)
- The model with the Mark Target rule needs to have the target in LOS for anyone to benefit. And within 5", of course. (Infernal Ruling)
- And the model actually making the attack also has to have the target in LOS in order to, you know, target it.
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Rules Clarification : Quick Work (Edit)
- If you're still engaged in melee when Quick Work triggers, you won't be able to make the ranged attack.
- Quick Work specifies "Combat Action" so doesn't work with Impact Attacks or out-of-activation attacks
- Attack-Generating Abilities (Edit)
- From the core rulebook: When a model is granted more attacks as a result of an attack it made, it gains only one. If two or more special rules would grant the model another attack as a result of making an attack, its controlling player chooses which special rule to apply.
- If you trigger two attack-generating abilities (such as Black Spot and Kill Shot) you choose to resolve one and "lose" the other (unless you trigger it again later).
- If you trigger two attack-generating abilities, and one of them is compulsory (such as Black Spot and Berserk), you must choose to resolve the compulsory one. (Infernal Ruling)
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Rules Clarification : Tactics vs Granted (Edit)
- Granted = The unit loses the ability as soon as the model that grants it is taken off the table. (think "G for Goes away")
- Tactics = The unit keeps the ability for the entire game, regardless of who dies. (think "Tac-Tick = K for Keeps")
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- Granted [ Vengeance ]
- If the model granting Vengeance dies, the unit will not get any Vengeance attacks.
- It is "If you have Vengeance, and you were damaged last turn, you get a move+attack."
- It is not "If you get damaged, you get Vengeance next turn."
- If you lose Vengeance halfway through resolving Vengeance, then you stop resolving Vengeance immediately. (Infernal Ruling)
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Rules Clarification : Tough - None yet. (Edit)
Rules Clarification : Attachment Deployment - None yet. (Edit)
