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 * Purifying Flame[[image:Purifying_Flame.jpg width="361" height="363" align="right"]], Guild Peon Totem (Sonnia Criid)**

=__Overview__= The Purifying Flame is a debuffing and offensive model with some mobility tricks. It doesn't live long, but it does damage on its way out.

The Purifying Flame is designed to work with Sonnia Criid. It can tie up enemies, spread **Burning**, and cause harm when it's up close to enemies.

=__Mobility__= With **Wk 5 Cg 8** and **Incorporeal,** the Purifying Flame is plenty fast enough to get into position without outside help. Usually, this means it can zip up and get tied up with a major enemy.

It's **Insignificant** so it can't really be used as an objective-runner.

=__Offense__= The Purifying Flame has **Wreathed in Flame****,** an **Ml 5** attack that gives **Burning +1.** This can set up Sonnia for her attacks later, but it does require that the Purifying Flame gets up close with the opponent.


 * Gout of Flame** has a low **Sh 4 rams**, but a nice range of 10". It does a little damage, and with a tome it can give **Burning**.

The major offensive benefit that the Purifying Flame can give as that enemy models within 3" can't spend Soulstones because of **Dampening**. This can help

=__Resilience__= The Purifying Flame has a low **Df 4** but a high **Wp 6**. It has **Wd 4** which is about what's expected for a 3ss Peon. It also has a lot of different resilience tricks, and will usually take two or three hits to kill.

The Purifying Flame is **Incorporeal**, so it takes half damage from **Ml** and **Sh** attacks. Even with this, though, it will only survive one or maybe two attacks.

Thanks to **Sarcenar's Plight**, it is immune to damage from **Burning**. This will protect the Purifying Flame from opponents who do **Burning** but is not a major resilience factor.

The Purifying Flame also has **Immolating Demise 2**, so it'll hurt nearby models when destroyed. This can discourage casual attacks, but can backfire if you let the Purifying Flame die within 2" of friendly models, so don't do that.

=__Tips and Tricks__= The Purifying Flame won't live long in combat, but it can soften up and weaken enemies to attack. You want to pick a target and bring it in close, hopefully after the model has acted but before Sonnia has activated, so that Sonnia can blast the target before it can kill the Purifying Flame.

The Purifying Flame isn't an auto-include for Sonnia by any stretch of the imagination, but it can be very useful for a particular play style, and can be very helpful when attacking major targets (especially for Assassinate and similar schemes). It stops Soulstone use, and if it dies, it blows up. You can move it up to a major target and then have Sonnia blast the target.

=__Playing Against **the Purifying Flame**__= The best way to kill the Purifying Flame is at range with a **Ca** attack.

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