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I've recently started playing Malifaux, and have found myself in a bit of a pickle already. I picked up (one of) the Crew boxes I liked the looks of, Hog Wild, but outside of Ulix and pigs, I'm not particularly fond of the Gremlins faction. Although, Zoraida did catch my attention with her critters and voodoo magic, and she seems interesting as a character. However, I've been heavily considering just jumping to another faction, the Outcasts specifically. Leviticus' Abominations are gloriously grisly, and I'm always a sucker for the mad sciencey types, Von Schill is, well, Von Schill, and Jack Daw was one of the main competitors for what my first box would be. I'm just not sure, as almost every faction is dead even on appeal. Please help me Dakka, you're my only hope.

Outcasts in general gets a tad expensive, they like to pull from outside the faction or like to only play with their own toys. Leviticus is especially bad, he pulls on half of the arcanist models, and 3-4 from everybody but Gremlins. Misaki and the Victorias are the only 2 who work well with most of the faction by mostly ignoring their crew beyond heals.

They also received several major errata recently, they changed the way Leviticus works so he's a finishing move rather than the main beatdown, Misaki had an action's AP cost changed (not sure how much that changed her), Tara and her crew are a mess of patches (one of Karina's upgrades, one of the heralds upgrades, Aonius, and the Scion) and just got abilities reworked to clean up the mess of taking Void models with her in Reserectionists.

I would totally say that Zoraida is a cool pick from what I've seen of her. She's one of three crews I'm really thinking of getting to start with & I hear that she's a really good master, if a bit tricky, with almost any crew you'd want to run.

I liked the looks of, Hog Wild, but outside of Ulix and pigs, I'm not particularly fond of the Gremlins faction.

I wouldn't recommend Gremlins then. This is absolutely a game where expanding into the full faction is rewarding.

Although, Zoraida did catch my attention with her critters and voodoo magic, and she seems interesting as a character.

She's quite fun (and stronger now that Will O's are in the game), but can be tricky to pick up.

However, I've been heavily considering just jumping to another faction, the Outcasts specifically. Leviticus' Abominations are gloriously grisly, and I'm always a sucker for the mad sciencey types, Von Schill is, well, Von Schill, and Jack Daw was one of the main competitors for what my first box would be. I'm just not sure, as almost every faction is dead even on appeal. Please help me Dakka, you're my only hope.

As an ex-Outcast player, they're a fun, diverse faction.

Von Schill is a solid master with a pretty well-rounded crew. The real trouble will be finding a second Freikorps Trapper.

Levi can be quite fun and strong. I do not agree with the above comment about needing half of the Arcanists. You really will only ever use Ryle, The Mechanical Rider (plus Metal Gamin, most likely), Necropunks/Stitched Together, and little else out of faction. You can play Levi purely in Outcasts and do quite well.

The Viktorias are lots of fun and can be quite versatile. Learning to do their slingshot takes practice though.

Jack Daw is another solid master, especially with the new The Bigger They Are upgrade. He runs quite well with just about everything, especially models that just like a bit more mobility, such as Sue. Montressor just got a buff as well.

Hamelin can be quite strong. He really only needs his box + the Brotherhood of the Rat box. He can also hire Candy, Baby Kade, Iggy, and Crooligans, but Crooligans might be the only one of those you use.

Parker is new and quite strong. If you've ever wanted to build a fort on the board out of bullets, he's your man.

Tara is probably my favorite and can be fun. She focuses on being able to bury, then slingshot models up the board. She can also hire Death Marshals, which are awesome sculpts.