Legion of Everblight: Zuriel First Impressions
Zuriel is finally here! After getting a few games in, and winning a steamroller with this new character heavy he is definitely worth consider for your blighted battle group.
Zuriel Rhyas and Saeryn’s shared character beast. Rhyas gives it stealth and Saeryn can channel through him. That is reason enough to bring him if your going to be playing either of those warlocks.
What does Zuriel bring to the table?
Zuriel is a respectable Def12 and somehow a beastly ARM19!!! I don’t know why he is ARM19 but man that can really get crazy with buffs. He is non reach and only pow16…that probably explains why he is so high arm cause he can’t scratch the paint on a stormwall. He has a ROF 2 8” spray with gunfighter and a chain attack that lets him spray. He is Mat 7 and Rat5 but his real deal is his animus.
Predators Instinct- With a name like that you know it’s going to be good! 1 cost selfy that lets the model gain additional die on attack rolls vs non-warlock/wcaster warrior models!!! WHAT? At least it’s a self, I am not sure what I would do if I could cast it on the battle engine throne! This animus is great for the spray and any spray in general.
Who wants Zuriel love?
Well, everybody! I mean every caster can pretty much make use of this animus. At only 1 it is a steal. Tie that in with an ARM19 beast and you have some great combos.
Abby2 and Thagrosh 1 or 2 all have armor help. Meaning a carnivean along with one of these warlocks is a ARM23 Zuriel in your face. That’s nothing to scoff at for a heavy. You might go the cheaper route with the shredder and tenacity is going to be Def13/ARM22. Either way that is a pain to get through.
I think Lylth3 can do a lot of work with Zuriel around. With Escort Zuriel can get deep in lines and with Predator Instinct Lyl3 might actually use that frost hammer.
There really is no wrong answer for Zuriel. He is great in almost in any legion brood.
What do I do vs this thing?
Stay spread out! Zuriel can’t kill heavies without help and wants to spray your infantry in nice straight lines. Keep the lines spaced and you shouldn’t lose to many dudes on the way in.
Remember Predator’s doesn’t work on non-infantry or casters.
A few weapon masters can usually put the big guy down if you can purify/Eiryss2 the buffs off.
So BOLS, what do you think of legions new character beast? I think he is pretty bad ass and has made me play Lyl3 again. I want to hear your thoughts on the new guy. Please share your comments below.
