The Book of Drow Chainfighter

[TheSparkleInYourWater]

The Book of Drow Chainfighter
Champions of The Forgotten Realms
Collection 11 (D1) - "Glaun Bog Raiders"

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Character Bio: (Truth's front-page description)The Drow Chainfighter is a new Common Hero for Utgar. At 25 points, he may not look like much at first, but looks are deceiving. His Chain Grab ability is amazingly versatile! After moving and before attacking, you can roll a D20 for the chance to grab a small or medium figure and pull them up adjacent to you. Add to that the fact that he has Hide in Darkness like the Deepwyrm Drow before him, and you’ve got a potent new low cost common hero to populate your armies!




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-Rulings and Clarifications-
Can moving a figure with Chain Grab trigger special powers like Engagement Strike? Yes.

Do figures moved with Chain Grab ever take falling damage? No.
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-Combinations and Synergies-




Synergy Benefits Received

• Warden 816: Guard Leadership: As a Guard, The Drow Chainfighter may benefit from Warden 816's Guard Leadership movement bonus.

Synergy Benefits Offered

• Pelloth: Lolth's Wrath Special Attack: As a Drow The Drow Chainfighter may be used by Pelloth for his Lolth's Wrath Special Attack.

Synergy Imposed

• Otonashi: Attack The Wild 2: As a figure with the wild personality The Drow Chainfighter is vulnerable to Otonashi's Attack The Wild 2.

C3V and SoV Custom Synergies

Spoiler Alert!

Synergy Benefits Offered

Synergy Benefits Received

CRYPT GUARDIAN : ROYAL ESCORT
As a Guard Hero, Drow Chainfighter may benefit from the Crypt Guardian's ROYAL ESCORT activation synergy.

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-Strategy, Tactics and Tips-

• - TBA

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-Heroscapers Community Contributions-

The Drow Chainfighter Pre-Release Discussion

The Drow Chainfighter impresses me

Power Rankings

Jexik: Drow Chainfighter- Situational and d20-reliant... but really cool when it works and you remove Raelin or a rat from an important location. B-

OEAO: B

Cleon: Tier 4 (156/208)

dok (VC inclusive): Now comes with complimentary Crypt Guardian activation. B

Unit Strategy Review

• - TBA

[Aldin]

Wow, I'm surprised to get in the first post here. Played an army with a couple of Chainfighters today and had an awesome moment to report. The map was designed to be Wyvern friendly, with three patches of molten lava that were level with adjacent "safe" terrain, but neither myself nor my opponent had Wyverns. Instead, my lowly little Chainfighter ran up to one of those safe spaces, grabbed a Minion from height (slinging him to hot lava death) and smacked another Minion on height with the chain on the return swing. Yup one OM, one Chainfighter, two dead Minions. It was spectacular!

~Aldin, who had a great day scaping with some of the local crew

[RattyZ]

Originally Posted by Aldin

Wow, I'm surprised to get in the first post here. Played an army with a couple of Chainfighters today and had an awesome moment to report. The map was designed to be Wyvern friendly, with three patches of molten lava that were level with adjacent "safe" terrain, but neither myself nor my opponent had Wyverns. Instead, my lowly little Chainfighter ran up to one of those safe spaces, grabbed a Minion from height (slinging him to hot lava death) and smacked another Minion on height with the chain on the return swing. Yup one OM, one Chainfighter, two dead Minions. It was spectacular!

~Aldin, who had a great day scaping with some of the local crew

That is quite the feat! I also have had amazing luck with the Chain fighters, though nothing quite like a double Minion kill. At 25 points they're some of my very favorite units. If you can field more than 1 they become supremely versatile and super annoying for players who rely too heavily on pods and cheerleaders.

I would gladly field 75 points worth of Chainfighters to grab and move an opponent's Raelin up to 12 spaces toward my start zone for 3 measily order markers (if she doesn't die from the attacks of 4).

Yes 12, see the example below, X being the drop zone behind the DChain.

--X
124

[Revdyer]

My problem with the Chainfighter is finding a map where the molten lava is at the same level as the hex on which he's standing. We tend to recess the molten lava (water too and even ice to some extent). On the other hand, I love yanking people around with him.

[hammerhead919]

Originally Posted by TheSparkleInYourWater

Synergy Benefits Received

• Warden 816: Guard Ledearship:

You spelled Leadership wrong.

[NecroBlade]

No, the Warden has a little somethin' goin' on with the Chainfighters on the side.

[BurnyFlame]

Originally Posted by hammerhead919

You spelled Leadership wrong.

Welcome to the site, hammerhead919! We appreciate good grammar here, really! Keep up the good work.

Also, this may be an obvious answer, but the Chainfighter can not grab someone out of cyberclaw, right? However, they can grab the gladiatron instead, which also frees the figure.

[GreenLanturn]

What Aldin has described is really effective (minus the lava); engage an enemy, pull something more important than that enemy, then attack. If you're feeling really gutsy you can explode your Chainfighter after he pulls one target into another!

Looking for initiative switches after pulling a hero low can be scary as well.

[Scapemage]

Originally Posted by hammerhead919

You spelled Leadership wrong.

Originally Posted by BurnyFlame

Welcome to the site, hammerhead919! We appreciate good grammar here, really! Keep up the good work.

Wow, first person I've seen whos first post is a spelling correction.

[hammerhead919]

Originally Posted by scapemage921

Wow, first person I've seen whos first post is a spelling correction.

That's what happens when you haven't foundanything to say yet. But never fear, that's just about to change...

(Love that smiley by the way... hehehehehe)

[Rÿchean]

I fixed it.

An item of note, even if it is slight:

The chainfighter does not have to attack the figure it moved. In fact, he doesn't have to attack at all. Running up to a reaver and pulling it off a glyph but then not attacking the reaver can be a useful tactic to 1.) get a reaver off a glyph and 2.) force the opponent to put more markers on the reavers.

[Hogg]

Originally Posted by Rÿchean

I fixed it.

An item of note, even if it is slight:

The chainfighter does not have to attack the figure it moved. In fact, he doesn't have to attack at all. Running up to a reaver and pulling it off a glyph but then not attacking the reaver can be a useful tactic to 1.) get a reaver off a glyph and 2.) force the opponent to put more markers on the reavers.

Cool out of the box thinking.