Slate+Ridge+Mauler


 * Slate Ridge Mauler, Arcanist Minion [[image:p-16778.jpg width="311" height="669" align="right"]]**

//"I believe all God's creatures have a soul — except bears. Bears are actually Satan's children." -- Stephen Colbert // toc

=__Overview__= Four-armed is forewarned!

=__Mobility__= The Slate Ridge Mauler has a Wk/Cg of 4/7, which is about average. It has no particular mobility tricks. It will often charge, since its Cg is relatively good and it really wants to get up close and hug enemies to death.

=__Offense__= The mauler has a brutal Claws attack, with a Cb 6 and Dg 3/4/5, and it Pushes targets 1" closer. It's also paired and Melee Expert and has a trigger that does +2 Dg to enemies without Armor and another that gives the Defender Slow and -2 Df and cancels Df triggers. That's a lot of face-tearing right there, I tell you what.

If the model is damaged, that Cb goes up to 8. Just in case, you know, you were disappointed with the level of face-tearing you were getting before.

The Slate Ridge mauler also has a melee Spell that does 1 Wd, gives the enemy Slow, and keeps giving more Wounds and Slow every round until the enemy manages to win a Df Duel or get away. The Slate Ridge Mauler doesn't have a very high Ca, but if it can get this spell off, it can keep a low Df opponent miserable for a while.

=__Resilience__= It's got a Df of only 4 and a Wd of only 8. But, it's got Hard to Wound 1, gets Hard to Kill when it's at half its Wd, and is immune to damage from blasts, pulses, and auras. It's totally possible to kill this model, but it's going to cause a lot of harm on its way out.

=__Tips and Tricks__= Keep this model behind cover until you can rush up and maul the enemy with it. Maul maul maul!

=__Master-Specific Tips__= This beastly Beast model looks like it belongs in the company of beast-master Marcus at first glance. However, Marcus works best with models that are fast and can keep up with him, models that can focus on your strategies and schemes away from him, and models which can threaten from a distance.

Rasputina can make great use of a Slate Ridge Mauler as a bodyguard. Rasputina is slow, so the Mauler being slow isn't an issue. Furthermore, she can cast December's Touch on the Mauler to give it Armor +2 and Frozen Heart, making it more survivable, allowing it to be used as an Ice Mirror, and allowing Silent Ones to heal it.

One use which doesn't tend to occur to most folks is to use the Mauler with Ramos, and a Guardian. You use the Guardian to Protect the Mauler to keep it alive while the Mauler kills everything in sight.

=__Minion-Specific Tips__= No special synergies.

=__Playing Against Slate Ridge Mauler__= Keep out of melee with this thing! It does a lot of damage in melee, and it's hard to get away, but the Slate Ridge Mauler is fairly slow. Possibly the best way to kill it is to use attacks with relatively high weak damage. The bear's defence is nothing to write home about, so if you can gang up on it, possibly with companion activations, doing 8 damage isn't impossible.

An alternative strategy would be to ignore the bear, and concentrate on your strategy and schemes. The mauler is fairly good for its points, and even sending high-defence models to it to hold it up will not work forever, as cb 6/8 with paired is a fearsome combo.

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