Editing Warmachine/Tactics/Mercenaries (section)

==Highborn Covenant==
 
So the Frenchies have a few differences from 4Star. Namely that they don't get Kayazy, Thamarite/Morrowan actually matters, Arcane Tempest Gun Mages and a few new solos.

===How do they play?===

As the diet-coke Cygnar faction. Considering Cygnar often has 1-2 merc units these days, and these guys get one of the Swan's signature units, this is often the easiest 2nd army for a Cygnar player to pickup. Contrast to 4*, HBC has a few differences, its mercs are more heroic/ethical than 4* and it has that flavouring of a scrappy underdog resistance. HBC has the following special rules:

'''- All Solos gain Advanced Deploy:''' This means that you get to see your opponent's overall deployment and can place your lone assassins, support solos etc, where you need it. Deploy your units as per normal, but don't plan to place your solos, instead wait for your opponent and then adapt your solos to match. As merc solos often have pretty powerful effects or are just assassins, this rule lets you line up targets.

'''- You may take a single unit of Arcane Tempest Gunmages OR Long Gunners:''' You get one or the other. Long Gunners are nice for a reliable range unit as mercs really only get Steelhead Riflemen. But instead you will take Gun Mages, because they're a multi-purpose toolbox unit while mercs tend to be specialists with narrow options.

===Warcasters===

'''Ashlynn D'Elyse:''' Joan D'Arc expy, a master duelist turned warcaster, she has the best infantry threshing spell "Flashing Blade" and thanks to Weapon Master, Riposte (if an enemy misses in melee, Ashlynn gets to swing back at them) and very high defence will be killing light infantry tarpits on her own very quickly. The downside is that this is widely known so don't expect to get her chopping up Winterguard when your opponent can throw Man'o'war shocktroopers that will just take ages to cleanup. Her feat ''heavily'' boosts the chances for a crit, so both Gun Mages and Mules are great with her.


===Heavy Warjacks===

'''* Mule:''' A significant improvement over its normal variant simply because you can marshall the damn thing with Gun Mages and give it snipe.  And applying Thunderbolt or Critical: Brutal Damage to everything under the template is cool too.  Roulette lets it crit a lot more often, especially if the free marshal point boosts to hit.



[[Category: Warmachine Tactics]]