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Hey everyone, yet another person expanding from GW over to PP a bit. I really like the sneaky synergy of the Cryx and neat little tricks they can do, so I put together a quick list that looks like it will be much more fun to play than the two Starter Kit games I've played.

Pirate Queen Skarre
2x Defilers
Cankerworm
Skarlock
2x Pistol Wraith
6x Bile Thralls
8x Mechanithralls
7x Satyxis Raiders
-Satyxis Sea Witch

500pts exact

I haven't bought anything except the Prime book as of yet, still doing my research on these units and how to best use them.

Defilers are THE worst jack in the game.
It makes me sad. I had four of them.
They were promptly replaced by Deathrippers, and life was good.
You can order the jaw bits off of Privateer's website.

the Satyxis Raiders are dubious, but fun (and better with the Sea Witch).

I haven't tried the Cankerworm (but know that its a better buy than the Machine Wraith)

Bile Thralls are made of gold and diamonds, you may want 8 of them.

Cankerworm goes with the Defilers, iirc.

The Defilers are there because Corrosion bonus is what makes the Cankerworm worth taking. Cutting med/large-base unit's armor in half? Simply awesome. Between the two Defilers that auto-corrode on hit and Skarre's own Blood Rain AOE corrosion, the Cankerworm shouldn't have too much trouble causing some pain. I only wish I could take two.

looks like a pretty advanced list already... I don't know how everything works exactly, but I miss a few more dedicated hard assault troops. Something like baneknights or banethralls... (work well for a skarrebomb too )

otherwise it looks like a good list. I still prefer the battlebox-jack though (except the slayer who will be exchanged by a nightmare once I get it pinned and primed. painting will hopefully be this year, but I think january or february will see me finish my first 500 list totally. just need baneknights, a second pistolwraith and a skarlock to make that happen (I know thats 100 points already :d)

Decent list. Just remember that the Defilers arent required jacks because if you are looking for corrosion synergy w/ cankerworm you have bile thralls and Skarres blood rain to lay down corrosion. I would trade in one Defiler and a pistol wraith for another arc node bonejack.

Don't forget: Defilers make good measurements. When most offensive spells are 8" or less, using a Defiler's range attack (8" if memory serves me right) will effectively pre-measure an arc-noded spell and save you from wasting the focus on an attack that won't reach. Deathrippers can't do that.

Yes, but deathrippers are cheaper and eat things in close combat.
Defilers get charged by infantry (thus the node is neutralized) then has problems getting out of close combat.

If you want a pre-measure node, take Nightwretches; they have a R6" blast that scatters

the single shot Auto-corrosion isn't worth it,
it is not even effective against infantry (which have one wound and come in lots)
and can not increase the rate of fire
and in order to hit anything but Kador you'll need to boost, thus spend focus
and against Kador jacks, the one point of damage from the corrosion is laughable

if you want to use them, house rule the defilers as a spray attack and increase their points by 12

other than that, they make good shotputs for two-handed jacks

I always wish i had room for more bile thralls! Auto-hits are great.

The new Blackbane's Raiders are pretty tough to go up against, so I'd recommend them for a little Scooby Do Pirate Ghost action.

But the models, man!

They look much better with the green paint scheme on the front of the box. They were let down badly by a poor paint job (and everyone and his dog getting to ignore incorporeal these days).

You need Bane Knights or Thralls with Skarre, otherwise you should be playing some other caster, Asphixious or Goreshade would be good for this list.

If you don't want to switch casters then you need to take out the Pistol Wraiths, a Stayxis and the Sea Witch to make room for a min unit of Banes.

You don't *need* banes with Skarre. Yes they have fantastic synergy with her, but she can do just fine with out them.

The only thing Skarre *needs* is melee infantry. Some of it should be cheap for Sac Lamb, but other than that really anything will work. That's part of the beauty of Warmachine, you can take just about anything and win with it.

Personally, I'd probably downgrade the Arc Nodes to Deathrippers and possibly drop a Pistol Wraith or maybe even both in order to fill out your melee units. Skarre's Dark Guidance is one of the best spells in the game, and you want to make the most of it with lots of melee.

There's nothing wrong with Pistol Wraiths mind you. In fact, they're fantastic. I'd rather fill out my units some more before taking them though.

Having said all that, at least a minimum sized unit of Bane Thralls hanging out near Skarre will do wonders. They'll perform triple duty as late game feat-turn chargers, counter charge threat, and Sac Strike fuel.

I like using a Necrotech and a complement of Thralls as Sac Lamb fodder.

Enemies that come too close get a face full of Explody.

Death Burst + Dark Guidance = fun