i think all the posts above have proven there will be more than enough counters to varatrix, so stop complaining about that. in addition, kossack has 10 inch charge i believe they said? he does have soaring too, and ram and charge, and that invulnerability gets cancelled by crushing blow, but he has crushing blow himself (sorta wasted against varatrix though). finally, he has vampirism, so he will be healing all this while (coupled with regeneration later after he kills varatrix).

and this scenario is based on 2 of the known uniques thus far. thats kinda narrowminded.

How can you say he'll lose to kossak? He surges kossak, kossak takes 5. Kossak attacks, he either misses(and dies) or he hits. He'd need to do 4 damage to knock him off of his 4 damage with crushing blow and I doubt kossak can do that when he's 5 clicks down. Veratrix pushes to hit him for 4 more clicks. Kossak should be screwed now. Not to mention he's 39 points cheaper which leaves room for a nice relic to add onto the kossak crushing power.

you do realize that none of us know kossaks stats right? who knows, maybe he pulls a flayer and gets much stronger as he gets hurt. maybe 5 clicks later he'd school varatrix into the next millenium. you dont know what the outcome will be until wizkids *graces us* with his stats.

*looks at veratrix*:eek:

well lookie what we have here,
a flier with ghost form, well i guess that means that the only way the opponent can get you is with a soaring close combat-er, wait, what's that; counterattack with 18 defence, you gotta be ####tin me, i guess i'm like santa claus, ppl just can't me you, and even when they do it's useless.
now don't forget the 8" far range with 5damage peirce. I guess you can just fly around shooting ppl. Now all we need to add to the mix is some relic that boosts up your defence by like 2 or 3, and then you really are bulletproof i guess all that would be like 180-190 pts. WOW YOU JUST WON A 200 PTS. GAME!!!

Seriously WK, figures like this make you wanna quit the game.
I am very dissapointed:(

Except 300pts will be the new standard, so it would be 154 pts in a 300 pt army.

~GENERAL MKREALMS USER/COMPLAINER NOTICE~

VARATRIX DOES 3 DAMAGE AT RANGE, YES 3! NOT 5!

~thank you~

Veratrix is great. Have him soar near an objective, waiting to strike. When anything gets near that objective, surge it with 14 attack 5 damage.
Blade golems? If these get to be a problem I'll give him Paragon's Shield. Yes please do surge him; you need a 9 and if you miss you will take 6 without even giving me a token. And that's if I even allow you to surge him.
Veratrix can surge grounded figs from soaring- remember you can go to NOE level during your move if you want to.
Yes little infantry can take down a big mech in MW but only if they can hit it. For 153 points this guy is a bargain, especially since I need one for my Solonavi collection anyway.
The MW army model is beginning to take over in MK- and an awesome Solonavi may be the one thing that makes me play again. I always wondered why WK didn't give one of the Solos LI.

What I personally hate is that in 2.0 a yak can go faster than a robotic dragonfly with a rocket propelling it. A YAK. Yaks are slow as ****.

maybe the yak flaps his ears really hard.

Wait, where one his stats does it say he has soaring?

I'm confused.

The way I see it is, WK is trying to add equality into the game. The Dracs Had the AD, and Solonavi have Veratrix. WK would have to be nuts if they didn't plan to give all of the other factions an AD-ish type fig.
Just my 7 cents.

he has the :wing: type movement, which also entails him the ability to 'soar.' it's really not on the stats but on the dial it self.

peace,
Master Gunmix

Oh, right. How could I not realize that?


Thanks for clearing that up.

here's a thought that seems to be overlooked (and if it was brought up then i apologize before hand)....If veratrix is at soaring his Surge proficiency becomes very low rated, as he has a surge of 6" to ground level units. normal range of surge if attacking other soaring figures though. So the bugger is better off to stay on the ground unless it wants to see a horde come in close. another problem is that Bombardment is very likely to keep this figure moving, remember the key thing about bombardment is , wait til they move and recieved an action token, then paint the ground it stands on with a Bombardment token then see if he really wants to move again. ;)

Keep the peace,
Master Gunmix

i still think he will dominate the 2.0 game but it is a little early to say that but still................

Actually this figure specifically and the randomness of battle using domains is the reason why I'm coming back to Mage Knight.

The sculpts are better.

The Game mechanics are more interesting.

And a 6 inch moving Dwarf army can be competitive with the right Domain.

FEAR THE DWARF!

By mid november mage knight events at venues will be packed.
Thats when we'll get all these know it all clanners proffessing thier allegiance to wizkids and how they were here the whole time like they are holy meat or something!