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Ok so I am new to warmachine my wife and I decided to give GW stuff a rest. Anyway she got khador and I got cygnar but it seems like I have no real heavy infantry not like my wife who has this shock troop things that have like 8 wounds each. Is cygnar getting anything like that?

At the moment they don't have anything like that, I'm not sure of the rumours for the next book but I haven't heard of any coming.

Cygnar do not have any medium base or multiwound units. Part of that is due to the "flavor" of the game, where each faction has something missing. Khador has no light warjacks, Menoth does not have jack marshall (or didn't), etc.

You can either dip into mercenaries, as both Boomhowlers and Ogrun Assault Corps work for Cygnar, or you can just build around it.

 Polonius wrote:
Cygnar do not have any medium base or multiwound units. Part of that is due to the "flavor" of the game, where each faction has something missing. Khador has no light warjacks, Menoth does not have jack marshall (or didn't), etc.

You can either dip into mercenaries, as both Boomhowlers and Ogrun Assault Corps work for Cygnar, or you can just build around it.

Technically black 13th has multitudes

But yeah, boom howlers is fantastic with arcane shield. They
are legit heavy infantry

cygnar have a few multiwound units (B13, both calvary units). But no real heavy infantry unless you hire Mercs.

We are hoping for some type of heavy stormblade-type infantry in the new book, but I would not count on it.

OAC/Boomhowlers+Murdoch. Voila. Cygnar heavy infantry.

cygnar doesn't need heavy infantry. just get gunmages and the UA, and watch everyone hate you.

Honestly with the exception of the Skrone choices, 8-Box medium base units tend to top out at about a rating of "Sort of OK I guess". Cygnar has a lot of strengths, and doesn't need to be futzing about with stuff that would just get them very low attack output per point anyway.

hahaha. thats sooo not true chongara. Skinwalkers are amazing (especially with the alpha). Man-o-wars (shocktroopers and democorps) are great, and can find their way into most lists in Khador. Menoth meadium based troopers are sort of hit or miss, but overall, medium based models are worth every point they cost, and, are highly survivable compared to regular light infantry units. that being said, you are right that cygnar doesnt need medium based infantry. the whole part where they get every other good deal in the game more than balances the lack of 8 box infantry units.