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Cryx Solo
The bloat thrall is
crudely assembled from
the bodies of half a dozen
Models listed by Faction men with no regard for
Models listed by Expansion anatomy, only usefulness.
List of Spells Necrotechs then select as
List of Special Abilities many as a dozen humans
and animals to be
skinned alive in order to
provide the epidermis
necessary to cover these
monstrosities. The flesh,
Cryx left uncured, is stretched
Cygnar
over the thrall's mechanikal skeletal armature. Finally, the disgusting necromantic
Khador
construct is fitted with a thick iron valve mounted directly into its bowels. Before each
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 Protectorate of Menoth
Retribution of Scyrah
Convergence of Cyriss
Mercenaries
Four Star Syndicate
Highborn Covenant
Puppet Masters
Searforge Commission
Talion Charter
construct is fitted with a thick iron valve mounted directly into its bowels. Before each
battle, massive storage tanks are latched to the valve and their bodies are pumped full of
caustic sludge. The bloat thrall is an abomination in both form and function, and the
armies of the living are wise to fear it.
Basic Info
Statistics
Note: Due to IP rights, BattleCollege has to be deliberately vague with stats

SPD Very slow

MAT Low
RAT Very low
DEF Very low
Circle Orboros ARM Average
Legion of Everblight Points cost Very low
Skorne
Trollbloods
Minions
Weapons & Attacks
Blindwater Congregation
Thornfall Alliance Despoiler- Good range with high POW and a large AOE.
Arcing Fire - This model can ignore intervening models when making
attacks, except for those within 1" of the target.
Damage Type: Corrosion - Models who are immune to Corrosion are not
damaged by this weapon.
Bludgeon - Moderate P+S melee attack option.
Newbie Page
Faction Overview Special Abilities
General Strategies Death Blast - When this model is disabled, place a large AOE centered on it. Models
Scenario Play underneath suffer a high POW blast damage roll. The POW is not halved, but
Tournament Analysis
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 Tournament Analysis anything immune to blast damage will ignore it.
Army List Builders Steady - This model cannot be knocked down.
Army List Archive Undead - This model is not a living model and never flees.
Theme Forces
Glossary of Abbreviations

Thoughts on the Bloat Thrall

Rules for Editors

Bloat Thrall in a nutshell
The Bloat Thrall is an abnormal model for Cryx; slow and shooty. Even though its weapon is
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excellent, it can't really hit anything directly unless you debuff the enemy. Being cheap
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makes it a decent choice in many lists.
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Other Thoughts on using them in a Puppet Master force

Battle College MK II Project
Despite being a Cryx model, the Bloat thrall is specifically allowed in the Puppet Master
Rules Clarifications
mercenary contract. If it is included, it counts as a mercenary model (not a Cryx model). You
Mk I Archive
can view the complete Puppet Master force here.
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Combos & Synergies

Deneghra1 is the queen of debuffing, so she seems like a natural choice for the Bloat
Thrall.
Skarre2 can also use the Bloat Thrall's shooting power, as her Black Spot spell
lowers DEF and lets the Bloat Thrall fire multiple times with the Despoiler

Drawbacks & Downsides

The gun doesn't do continuous corrosion.
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 It is just too slow, and too inaccurate to be of much use in a Cryx force. By the time
its gun is in range all the enemy models are mixed in with your melee troops anyway.

Tricks & Tactics

If you're really desperate, want to have a bit of fun, or are just plain sadistic*¹; use a Slayer,
Seether, or any other two-fisted monstrosity to double-hand throw the Bloat Thrall into
enemy infantry. Then... wait for it... smirk as it either blows up on impact like a giant bomb
taking a huge chunk of infantry with it, or survives and thus forces the enemy to choose
whether to attack it and blow it up or ignore it and have you blow it yourself*². This is an
unlikely scenario, but a funny option if it crops up.

*¹ - And if you're not sadistic, why are you playing Cryx?

*² - They could also leave it alone and slow down their unit by taking the odd free strike if
they try to move on. This is probably their best option.

Another tactic that is great fun against infantry swarms is fielding two Bloat Thralls and
Deathjack. Keep the Bloat Thralls about 6" from each other and position Deathjack about 3"
behind them.
Turn one, you will usually move and shoot with one and run the other to close in,
follow Deathjack up to within 3" of the slowest Thrall.
Next turn, activate the one that shot last turn, move up a few inches and shoot into
an infantry swarm targeting the lowest DEF model. Then charge the unit with the
second Bloat Thrall.
Then activate the Deathjack, move it up and throw the Bloat Thrall that shot into the
Bloat Thrall that charged, boost the throw damage and watch them both pop Death
Blast, which should put a decent sized hole in the enemy lines.
Works very well against swarms, high DEF low ARM models, Trolls and other
models with tough, multi-wound warrior models and lesser 'beasts. It takes some
practice, but when executed correctly they can usually take out two or three times

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 their point cost and really throw a wrench into your enemy's plans.

Dirty Cryx trick #3: Run a Scrap Thrall into the front lines of your opponent's infantry or
stealth solos.The goal here is not to attack with the Scrap Thrall, just get it as close as
possible to the the target. Then, with the back strike bonus you only need to roll a 5 to hit
the scrap thrall (or 9 if you ran the scrappie too close and got him engaged). Even if you
miss, you still have a chance of catching the scrap thrall in the blast damage. Anyway, as
long as you kill the scrappie you get to resolve two massive blasts, first the Despoiler's
AOE followed by the Scrap Thrall's AOE.

Other

Trivia
Sculptor: Jason Hendricks

Theme Forces this is a member of

Asphyxious1 - Scavengers of the Line
Asphyxious3 - Orchestrations of Annihilation
Coven1 - Machine Minds
Goreshade3 - Chill of Death
Mortenebra1 - Infernal Machines

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Cryx Index
Warcasters Asphyxious1 - - Asphyxious2 - -
Asphyxious3 - - Deneghra 1 - - Deneghra
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 2 - - Deneghra3 - - Goreshade1 - -
Goreshade2 - - Goreshade3
Mortenebra - - Scaverous - - Skarre1 - -
Skarre2 - - Sturgis2 - - Terminus - -
Venethrax - - The Witch Coven
Warcaster attachment: Skarlock Thrall
Warjacks - Deathripper - - Defiler - - Helldiver - -
Light Nightwretch - - Ripjaw - - Scavenger - -
(Bonejacks) Shrike - - Stalker
Cankerworm
Warjacks – Corruptor - - Desecrator - - Harrower - -
Heavy Inflictor - - Leviathan - - Reaper - - Seether
(Helljacks) - - Slayer
Barathrum - - Deathjack - - Erebus - -
Malice - - Nightmare
Warjacks - Kraken - - Sepulcher
Colossals
Units Bane Knights - - Bane Thralls - - Bane
Riders - - Bile Thralls - - Black Ogrun
Boarding Party - - Bloodgorgers - -
Cephalyx Overlords - - Cephalyx Mind
Slaver & Drudges - - Mechanithralls - -
Necrosurgeon & Stitch Thralls - -
Revenant Cannon Crew - - Revenant
Crew of the Atramentous - - Satyxis
Blood Witches - - Satyxis Raiders - -
Soulhunters
Blackbanes - - Withershadow Combine
Solos Bloat Thrall - - Iron Lich Overseer - -

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 Machine Wraith - - Necrotech & Scrap
Thralls - - Pistol Wraith - - Satyxis Raider
Captain - - Soul Trapper - - Warwitch
Siren
Bane Lord Tartarus - - Captain
Rengrave - - Darragh Wrathe - - General
Gerlak Slaughterborn
Journeyman Warcaster: Aiakos, Scourge
of the Meredius
Battle Wraith Engine
Engines

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Cryx Mercenary Index

Mercenary Captain Bart - - Captain Damiano - -
Warcasters Cognifex Cyphon - - Drake MacBain - -
Exulon Thexus - - Fiona the Black - -
Magnus 1 - - Magnus 2
Note: To field a mercenary warcaster
with Cryx, you need to be playing a
game which allows 2 (or more)
warcasters.
Mercenary Different types of Mercenary warjacks
Warjacks can only be taken by specific Mercenary
models ... which means there's too many
permutations to list here (in any sort of
meaningful way).

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 However, note that the following Cryx
mercenary models can control
warjacks/warbeasts (in addition to the
Mercenary Warcasters listed above):
Raluk Moorclaw - - Wrong Eye &
Snapjaw
Mercenary Press Gangers - - Sea Dog Deck Gun Crew
Units - - Sea Dog Boarding Crew (UA) (WA) - -
Steelhead Halberdiers - - Steelhead Heavy
Cavalry - - Steelhead Riflemen
Croe’s Cutthroats - - Nyss Hunters - -
Boomhowlers - - The Devil's Shadow
Mutineers
Mercenary Ogrun Bokur - - Swamp Gobber River
Solos Raiders
Bloody Bradigan - - Bosun Grospar - -
Doc Killingsworth - - Hawk - - Gorman
Di Wulfe - - Gudrun the Wanderer - -
Lord Rockbottom - - Madelyn Corbeau -
- Dougal MacNaile - - Orin Midwinter - -
Ragman - - Raluk Moorclaw - - Saxon
Orrik - - Stannis Brocker - - Rorsh &
Brine - - Sergeant Nicholas - - Wrong
Eye & Snapjaw
Mercenary None yet (as of July 2015)
Battle
Engines

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 See Also: Cryx Theme Forces

Rules clarifications
Quasi-Mercenary model - This model is not a Mercenary model, but it can be taken
in a Puppet Masters mercenary contract. In this case, and in this case only, it counts
as a Mercenary Faction model and would be a Friendly Faction model to other
Mercenary models.

Arcing Fire edit

Arcing Fire doesn't allow you to ignore clouds, forests or buildings.

Steady edit

Steady models are still susceptible to other effects of knock-down attacks (if there
are any).
For example, a steady model hit with a Head butt will take damage but not
suffer the knock down effect. Infernal Ruling
A knocked down model that gains Steady will remain knocked down, because the
"cannot be knocked down" is not retroactively applied. Infernal Ruling

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