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House Shyeel Battle Mages - Retribution Unit

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House Shyeel has assembled squads of arcanists who specialize in the application of raw
Cryx evoked force. They have no fear of closing with the enemy, for they enter battle equipped
Cygnar with massive arcanika-charged gauntlets that lend supernatural strength to their strikes.
Khador Their control over kinetic energies allows them to emerge unscathed from even massive
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explosions.
Retribution of Scyrah
Convergence of Cyriss
Mercenaries
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Highborn Covenant
Puppet Masters Statistics
Searforge Commission The Battle Mages are standard infantry with average to good stats. Their SPD is good, they
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have one more point of STR, their MAT is good, their RAT irrelevant, standard DEF and low
ARM. They have low DEF in melee and rely on Force Barrier to stay alive against ranged
attacks. This means auto-hit effects like Electro Leap are especially damaging to them.

Weapons and Attacks

Power Gauntlet (x2) - Low P+S. Good for killing light to medium ARM infantry.
Magical Weapon - This weapon can damage incorporeal models. Really handy
Circle Orboros for basic infantry to have.
Legion of Everblight Beat Back - Immediately after a normal attack with this weapon is resolved, this
Skorne
model can push the target model 1" directly away from it. After the push the
Trollbloods
Minions attacking model can advance up to 1" in any direction.
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Thornfall Alliance Special Abilities
Force Barrier - This helps them not get killed by the handful if an opponent lobs
AOEs at them.
Magic Ability - This model can cast spells as a ★Action (friendly spells) or ★Attack
(offensive spells). Fairly average skill.
Force Bolt (★Attack) - A medium RNG, low POW spell with Critical
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Knockdown and a push/pull effect triggered on hits to boot. However, it only
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the battlefield.
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Thoughts on the House Shyeel Battle Mages
Battle Mages are a somewhat frail unit primarily used for battlefield control and light melee.
Overall, they should be considered a support unit. They won't usually win the game, but they
Rules for Editors can make it possible for other units to win. They may have low ARM but ignoring blast
Pages which need work damage gives them a little more durability. In combination with some Manticores, Aspides*,
How can I help? Gorgons and/or House Shyeel Magisters, a unit or two of Battle Mages can make for a mean
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Battle Mages are also fairly competent in melee combat. They have two attacks with moderate
Other POW, decent MAT and Beat Back, making them a good counter to "swarm" units that rely on
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large numbers of models with poor stats. They can also use their attacks to push back enemy
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models when Force Bolt can not be used effectively (for example, against models that cannot
be targeted by spells). It's very useful when fighting cheap infantry, especially with ARM
below 15. The first punch can kill one trooper, allowing the Battle Mage to follow up and
potentially kill a second. Also can be used to charge a unit head-on, and then use Beat Back
moves to push laterally, opening up a hole in the middle. This can be used to allow powerful
small-base shooters such as Eiryss1 and Stormfall Archers to penetrate a small-based
screening unit. It can be used in the same way to allow small-base models like a Mage Hunter
Assassin or Nayl to get at a screened 'caster.

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Force Bolt is an exceptionally powerful ability for controlling the battlefield. It can push/pull
models in or out of threat range, disrupt Shield Walls, open up charge lanes, knock enemy
models over cliffs or into water, and pull enemy models into Covering Fire templates. Because
the drag is an on-hit effect, it can be used against low-DEF, high-ARM targets (e.g. Khador
and Menite 'jacks, Dire Trolls) to pull them into a nice charge lane for your myrmidons. In
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 combination with the House Shyeel Magister's shorter ranged Whip Snap, this is a great way
to set a heavy melee myrmidon up for the charge. It also has Critical: Knockdown, which can
be used fairly reliably against large, low DEF targets as long as you attempt multiple shots.
Knocked down units do not block LOS and have no melee range, making it easy to shoot over
them or escape from melee. It can be very difficult to hit targets in melee due to the in-melee
penalty. Remember, however, that models can cast spells while in melee, and there are no
penalties while a model is casting against a target that they are engaging. Thus, one way to
improve accuracy is to walk into melee and cast there. This is situational, but against
Trollbloods and Protectorate armies it sometimes works.

Force Barrier makes the Battle Mages more resilient against ranged attacks than might
otherwise be expected and completely immune to blast damage. This has some synergy when
used with models that deal significant amounts of blast damage, like the Arcantrik Force
Generator, Stormfall Archers, and Adeptis Rahn. This makes it possible to toss blast markers
around in close quarters without worrying about harm to the Battle Mages. Note that force
barrier applies only to ranged attacks, not magic attacks or spells. Against Druids of Orboros
or Hex Hunters you should really think twice before committing this unit.

Combos & Synergies

Adeptis Rahn - His feat gives a them an 18" threat range in addition to any movement
granted by Telekinesis. With boosted attack and damage rolls, one unit is deadly to
most enemy warcasters. Chain Blast is also useful if you are using the Battle Mages in
melee.
Garryth - Force Bolt allows you to open up charge lanes and let Garryth do what he
does best.
Lord Arcanist Ossyan - Quicken gives the Battle Mages more threat range and makes
them nearly untouchable to enemy ranged and magic attacks, especially when hiding
behind terrain. Shatter Storm can be used with impunity since they are immune to blast
damage.

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 Stormfall Archers - Since the Battle Mages are immune to blast damage, Stormfalls can
launch their AOE attacks into melee without fear of hurting them. This is primarily
useful against low ARM, high DEF models. Just be aware that they are immune to
blast damage, not on hit effects, so don't set your own Mages on fire with Star Strike.
Sphinx - The Runespear Cannon was probably designed with Battle Mages in mind; it
makes it easier for them to hit, which can be useful since there aren't any simple ways
to boost unit magic attack rolls.

Other

Trivia
Someone who thinks they know Latin recorded the plural as 'Aspes'; it being Greek in
origin, 'Aspides' is the correct plural form of Aspis. Don't change it.

Rules clarifications
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Theme Forces this is a member of

Kaylessa1 - Force Wall
Rahn1 - Charge of the Battle Mages
Rahn1 - Fires From On High

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################## Retribution Index

Warcasters Garryth - - Issyria - - Kaelyssa -
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 - Ossyan - - Rahn - - Ravyn - -
Thyron - - Vyros 1 - - Vyros 2
Warjacks - Light Aspis - - Chimera - - Gorgon - -
(Light Myrmidion) Griffon
Moros
Warjacks – Heavy Banshee - - Daemon - - Hydra - -
(Heavy Myrmidion) Manticore - - Phoenix - - Sphinx
Discordia - - Hypnos - -
Imperatus
Warjacks - Colossals Helios - - Hyperion
(Colossal Myrmidion)
Units Dawnguard Destors - -
Dawnguard Invictors (UA) - -
Dawnguard Sentinels (UA) - -
Battle Mages - - Houseguard
Halberdiers (UA) - -
Electromancers - - Heavy Rifle
Team - - Houseguard Riflemen
(UA) - - Mage Hunter
Infiltrators (UA) - - Mage Hunter
Strike Force (UA) (UA) - -
Stormfall Archers
Special Weapon Attachment:
Soulless Escort
Special Unit Attachment:
Eiryss3
Solos Arcanist - - Dawnguard Destor
Thane - - Dawnguard Scyir - -
Ghost Sniper - - Artificer - -

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 Magister - - Houseguard Thane
- - Mage Hunter Assassin - -
Soulless Voidtracer
Eiryss1 - - Eiryss2 - - Skeryth
Issyen - - Narn - - Nayl
Warcaster Attachment: Sylys
Wyshnalyrr
Journeyman Warcaster: Elara
Battle Engines Arcantrik Force Generator

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Retribution Mercenary
Index
Mercenary None at present
SPACERWarcastersSPACER
Mercenary Different types of
Warjacks Mercenary warjacks can
only be taken by specific
Mercenary models ...
which means there's too
many permutations to list
here (in any sort of
meaningful way).

However, note that the

following Retribution
mercenary models can
control

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 warjacks/warbeasts (in
addition to the
Mercenary Warcasters
listed above):
Dahlia Hallyr &
Skarath
Mercenary Nyss Hunters • Lady
Units Aiyana & Master Holt
Mercenary Lanyssa Ryssyll •
Solos Madelyn Corbeau •
Dahlia Hallyr &
Skarath

Note: To field a mercenary warcaster with Retribution (ha ha ha ha), you need to be
playing a game which allows 2 (or more) warcasters.

Or see the Retribution Theme Forces

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