M2E+Student+of+Viscera


 * Student of Viscera, Resurrectionists Minion**

=__Overview__= toc The Student of Viscera is the **Living** specialist of the Students of Transmortis. He also has a lot in common with the humble Punk Zombie. Where the Punk is a generalist, the Student to Viscera focuses all it's hate on models with the **Living** characteristic. It's the most mobile of all Students as well as being a bit more expensive.


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=__Mobility__= The Student's mobility is is a standard a Wk of 5, a Cg of 6. He also gets the **Slither** Tactical action, this lets him move 9" while ignoring the **Severe** trait and at the end of the action makes a Melee attack action. This really lets it choose where it wants to make it's presence felt. It also lets it have a pretty impressive 11" threat range when adding it's 2" **Melee Range** in case you need to go deep to attack.

=__Offense__= Offense is one of the two reasons to bring a student into the table. His offense is mostly about dealing damage though he can do a bit of debuffing too.

Dissectors
This is the Student's Melee Attack action. It is Ml 6, targets Df, has a Melee Range of 2" and damage spread of 2/3/5. It also has the Viscera //Studies// trigger which gives ++flip to damage against **Living** models if you flip a Mask. This is what makes them the real **Living** specialists since when activated, it's pretty much an ensured straight flip to damage or better if you connect. Also, since most models in the game tend to be **Living** and be present even in **Construct** and **Undead** heavy crews, you have good odds to always have a susceptible target to the trigger in the enemy crew. To maximize this they have access to the **Flurry** tactical action which lets it make 3 attack actions against the same model. Against **Living** it's almost always a good idea since it increases the odds of getting the //Viscera// //Studies// trigger, against other targets, it really depends on if you feel you are better served by a single **Focused** attack with a potential 5 damage or 3 attacks that will most likely get 6 damage if they all hit.

Lecture Notes
This is the Students control action and his only 0 action. It's a Ca 6 attack action that targets Wp, needs at least a 4+ to work and reaches 8". It gives out the **Teacher's Pet** condition which means that the targeted model cannot declare triggers. This is huge since a lot of models depend on triggers for their offense or defense. Never ever forget to use this action every time you activate, though remember it lasts till the end of the turn, so the later you activate, the less targets you can go for.

=__Resilience__= The other big reason to use a Student of Sinew is it's hardiness. It only has a pathetic Df of 4 and Wp of 4, but has a beefy amount of 8 Wd and a lot more important is that he has both **Hard to Wound +1** and **Armor +1**. Stacking both **Armor** and **Hard to Wound** greatly increases the odds of the student taking minimum damage, since any model with the standard weak damage of 2 will most times only manage 1 damage per attack. It also has **Terrifying (Living) 12**, which makes it so **Living** models will be forced to blow cards sometimes to attack it.

=__Tactics and Tips__= First thing first, never ever hire a Student of Viscera unless you have a good reason to expect **Living** models on the enemy crew. If you don't expect **Living**, that is why the Student of Steel or the Student of Sinew exists.

Outside of that big first thing to keep in mind, the rest is pretty much to make sure the enemy's **Living** models have to deal with the Student, no matter what, forcing them to take those **Horror** tests while the Student punches them back with gusto till he dies. Always try to activate early to get the most use out of **Lecture Notes** and control trigger dependent models like Nurses. Also, be careful with conditions, the Students low defensive stats make it very easy to get them through him. Be constantly on the lookout for good chances to use **Slither**, it can let you attack from unexpected angles and deal a deathblow to an unprepared model.

Students of Viscera can be summoned by Nicodem and **Horror** Molly,. When summoned by Nicodem it brings the hard decision of going with a Shikome which can be a fantastic beater with the right setup or to downgrade a bit into a Punk Zombie, Student of Steel or Student of Sinew depending on what you are facing. With Molly the Shikome gets removed out of the equation, but the rest persist. Basically, the moment where the target you want to attack is a **Living** model and you happen to have a high mask you don't mind parting with is when you go with the Student of Viscera or when what you really want to target is away from you and Slither seems like the only reliable way to do it. Nicodem between being able to let them ignore **Slow**, being able to give them **Fast**, the + flip to attack duels and the ability to also give them **Companion** thanks to the **Love Thy Master** upgrade makes them very very very scary models. One can activate after being summoned without leaving your opponent an activation to react and can do 4 attacks against a model with + to all the attack duels, while still blocking trigger use with **Lecture Notes**.

Molly can get similar results though more staggered, she has her 0 action from **Forgotten Life** which lets the Student of Viscera take a 1 AP action and can also give it **Reactivate** with **Imbue Vigor** in the same activation if she has the **Tear of the Gorgon** upgrade. This can net you 5 attacks on a model when using **Flurry**, but is a lot more resource intensive and gives chances to your opponent to react between the Student's activations, so not as devastating as old man Nico. She does add **Black Blood** into the equation which can become a real headache for the opponent if she can summon him with at least 3 Wd and the **Armor** and **Hard to Wound** is enough to make 3 attacks necessary to take him down.

=__Playing Against Student of Viscera__= A Student of Viscera is something to worry about if you are **Living**. If you have a lot of **Living**, you really have to be careful with the Student since he can make some big holes in them and can cause a few unwanted failed **Horror** duels. Their defenses are low, but by stacking **Armor** and **Hard to Wound**, it is very hard to actually get a straight flip on damage, so it will take a while to reduce them unless you attack with something that ignores those rules or with high weak damage. They are very susceptible to Wp based mayhem, so take advantage of that to put conditions on them and keep them inept. Be very careful with **Slither** since a model that seemed safe can be shanghaied thanks to that mobility.

If you don't have any **Living**, it is just a very hardy minion that requires some attention to reduce, but shouldn't be especially scary for his cost though still be weary of its mobility.

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