Freikorps+Librarian


 * Friekorps Librarian, Outcast Minion[[image:p-16348.jpg width="311" height="551" align="right"]]** toc

=__Overview__= The Librarian is the epitomy of a support model. The 4 spells she knows will be used to improve your crew and penalize your opponents crew. While she comes with the Arcane Reservoir ability to increase your hand size, you need to discard a card when you activate the Librarian or receive Paralyzed. For this reason it is rare to see 2 in the same list. The discarded card does add its suit to the CA of the model for the turn, allowing you to tailor which spells you would cast each turn.

=__Mobility__= The Librarian has decent mobility, but works best when kept in a Friekorps bubble. With her Furious Casting ability she works best when she doesn't have to move on critical turns. This works well when you are protecting a location, but is less useful when you are advancing.

=__Offense__= Everyone that is in the Friekorps is trained in the use of a hunting knife, and the Librarian is no different. She should be able to hit most people, but as ever the knife has an unspectacular weak damage (The brutal trigger does help out here).

The Librarian is also Armed with Ancient words. This Ranged weapon is not usable against Constructs and targets against Wp rather than Df. The Words ignore armor. They have a short range for a ranged weapon, but have their place with an average damage profile. There is also a trigger which gives the words Blast damage.

Only one of the Spells known by the Librarian could be considered offensive and that is Block Connection. This spell removes a suit associated with one statistic. There is a trigger which will remove all suits from all statistics. This is very useful for reducing the threat from triggers, or making certain spells harder for a model to cast, but the range is only 8".

=__Resilience__= //Friekorps Armor// grants //Armor 1// and //Magic Resistance 1,// as well as immunity to Blasts. The Librarian is quite easy to hit but despite a low defense and only 6 wounds she can be surprisingly hard to kill. This is due to her healing Energy spell. This requires a low ram, although if when you actiaveted the Librarian you discarded a ram, any low card will do. It will give any friendly model within 8" a healing flip. If she's within 6" of Von Schill she can simply heal herself as her slow to die action ad infinitum, until the black joker is flipped or you run out of cards to cheat (assuming you discarded a ram upon activation, otherwise she'll die when the spell fails)!

The Librarian can Cast Magical Buffer to give Friendly Friekorps, including this model, within 3" a bonus +2 Df.

=__Tips and Tricks with the Freikorps__= A //Slow to Die// Librarian that you have given Rams to is nearly impossible to kill. For this reason it is well worth keeping her near Von Schill.

=__Tips and Tricks with the Viktorias__= The Librarian is very effective with the //Viktorias//, as both girls benefit from every healing flip. With //Furious Casting//, that is 6 healing flips on your Masters each turn. If you have discarded a Ram to activate the //Librarian// then the casting requirement of 10 (on their //Ca// of 6) becomes quite straightforward.

She also has some very nice synergy with the //Student of Conflict// totem. Keep the //Student// and the //Librarian// in the backfield (or somewhere on the table a little out of the way - this could be defending an objective) along with one of the //Viks//. Then use //Sisters in Spirit// to alternately send each //Vik// into the thick of the action, while healing both girls up to three times each turn, and granting one of them //Fast// each turn. An additional benefit is that anything attacking either of these two vulnerable models will be within the threat range of both //Viktorias//.

=__Minion-Specific Tips__= The Librarian can be used to support another spell caster quite well, as her Aetheric Connections spell gives a friendly model a positive flip to cast and Channel spells. Everyone that casts spells is happy to receive this sort of bonus.

In a crew with Sue she can hide inside or behind his Circle of Flames safely. Sue can use Hurt to load your hand with cards and stay healthy with Heal from the Librarian as well as boost her Wp with Six String Inspiration and keep her from being controlled by an opponent with Duty. A useful ability if you want to defend or deny board space.

=__Playing Against the Freikorps Librarian__= As already stated, a Librarian with Slow to Die and Rams on her Ca is almost impossible to kill. She can user her Slow to Die action to cast a healing spell. Over 3/4 of the deck will cast this spell without any need to cheat. Making use of Kill effects stops this, as the killing effect from a head shot or a decapitation is not removed by healing the model. Giving the modela negative flip on her casting flips might help, but she still has a very good chance of casting the spell. Effects which move the Librarian outside of the slow to die bubble from Von Schill will also stop this. If you don't have a way to do this, you will want to kill her before she has had a chance to activate as she then will at least need to match the suit. Failing that, focus your attacks on just 1 minion at a time and kill it before the Librarian can heal it back up.

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