Troll Impaler
From Battle College
Pitching enormous spears with bone-crushing force, impalers are the living ballistae of the trolls. Each carries a quiver of massive wood-and-iron projectiles bearing only the most basic resemblance to the puny twigs smaller races call spears. These savage implements obliterate men and knock even the greatest beasts off their feet.
Basic Info[edit]
| Troll Impaler | ||
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| SPD | 5 | |
| STR | 9 | |
| MAT | 5 | |
| RAT | 5 | |
| DEF | 12 | |
| ARM | 17 | |
| HP | 22 | |
| Cost | 11 | |
| Fury | 3 | |
| Threshold | 9 | |
Weapons and Attacks[edit]
- Thrown Spear - Ranged attack: 8", POW 13.
- Critical Smite - On a critical hit, the model hit can be slammed d6" directly away from this model. If the model hit has a larger base than the attacking model, it is moved only half the distance rolled. The POW of collateral damage is equal to the STR of this model.
- Thrown - If this model has a STR buff/debuff, it is added to the POW of this weapon.
- Battle Spear - 2" melee RNG, P+S 13.
Special Abilities[edit]
- Light Warbeast
- Regeneration [d3] - This model may be forced to heal d3 damage boxes, once per activation. It can't run in the same activation.
- Set Defense - Charge attacks, slam attacks, and impact attacks versus this model suffer a -2 to hit penalty.
Animus[edit]
- Far Strike - COST 1, RNG (SELF), DUR (TURN), OFF (NO)
- The spellcaster's ranged weapons gain Snipe. Far Strike lasts for one turn. (An attack with a weapon with Snipe gains +4 RNG.) (Snipe - This attack gains +4 RNG)
Thoughts on Troll Impaler[edit]
Troll Impaler in a nutshell[edit]
The Troll Impaler is a troll that throws spears at people and is very expensive for a light. Beyond the starter box he does not get that much use.
Combos & Synergies[edit]
- The Impaler is a nice self-supporting shooter.
- STR boosts apply to his range weapon. In the right army and with the right boosts....yea.
- Out of the starter box you can put pulverizer on him and with snipe he's a real threat.
Drawbacks & Downsides[edit]
- Ranged knockdown just gets shaken by beasts or jacks and is overkill against infantry.
- Its weaponry suffers the same sort of problem. Murdering infantry and not doing much to harder targets.
- The overwhelming consensus if you want a beast in this role is to go for the excellent Dire Troll Bomber.
- MAT 5 does not provide adequate melee capability. As a dedicated ranged beast its ranged damage-dealing is mediocre and has slim chance at the critical effect.
Tricks & Tips[edit]
- Try to line up the slams.
- You may slam knocked down models.
Comparison to Mk2[edit]
Far Strike no longer buffs other models, so the Impaler is not so useful as it once was. Especially as the Bomber can now Far Strike itself.
Other[edit]
Trivia[edit]
Placeholder.
Theme Forces this is a member of[edit]
- Themes for any-and-all warbeasts (Edit)
- Band of Heroes - (Article) (Category)
- Power of Dhunia - (Article) (Category)
- Storm of the North (Article) (Category)
Other faction models[edit]
Rules Clarifications[edit]
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Rules Clarification : Open Fist (aka, Power Attack Throw) (Edit)
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