Verbathorix Posted July 25, 2019 Report Share Posted July 25, 2019 Hi all. Can you give me some tips how to play Kaeris? I have a core box, Iggy, Carlos and burning bridges. Thanks. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mythicFOX Posted July 25, 2019 Popular Post Report Share Posted July 25, 2019 I did the Third Floor Wars podcast episode on Kaeris at the end of the beta. You can find that here; https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/kaeris-arcanists-deep-dive-with-james-doxey-episode-23/id1454922964?i=1000439930207 I'll post some additional thoughts to this thread in a bit. <EDIT> More of a write up... Play style The Wild Fire crew has a combination of speed and damage which makes them a powerful force on the table top. Their pyre markers and speed are used to dictate the engagement, using burning and injured conditions to weaken the enemy so they're easy to pick off. You're looking to skirmish around, picking your fights, making the enemy waste actions chasing you, rather than going toe to toe with them. You have good scheme denial as Kaeris, Carlos, Iggy, and the Golem can all remove scheme markers at range. Using Pyres Getting the most out of your pyres is important. Generally you're looking to use pyres in two ways; Disrupt the enemy, forcing them to move out of / around them, and pick up injured. Power up your own team feeding them burning for; Flaming Body, and Blaze of Glory. Kaeris will want to make Pyres every turn so decide which you want to use them for. It's healthy for Kaeris and Elijah to be stood in pyres as often as possible. Rough one line overview of models; Kaeris - drop pyres and skirmish, don't be afraid to stone for tomes on her attack to drop more pyres. Try to keep out of melee. Carlos - runs objectives efficiently. The Firestarter - worse than a Wind Gamin in most circumstances. In Turf War makes enemy that burn to death turn off the strategy markers. Iggy - His aura is nuts with pyres, an enemy who touches a pyre during a charge can be pushed out of melee before they get to hit. Elijah - Solid defensive hitting. Immolate makes burning more threatening. Sometimes lacks speed. Fire Golem - Very tanky, mobile, and hits hard, so long as your opponent doesn't have condition removal. The Firebranded - Garbage. Fire Gamin - Tooled up with burning they can be tough to shift and make great little annoyance pieces. Versatile / OOK: Soulstone Miner - amazing flexibility; objectives, and harassment plus refunds his cost steadily to your cache. Wind Gamin - great way to run objectives Steam Arachnid Swarm - great, flexible hitting power Blessed of December - Like a wind gamin that can carry two bombs, and do some fighting. Silent One - Healing and further area denial / long range pinging. Great for Vendetta. Random things to remember Charging generates two hazardous terrain hits. Smolder trigger (Kaeris / Elijah) ; Target has to be on fire before the effects of the action to declare the trigger. Smolder damage is separate to attack damage; good vs Armor, bad vs Incorporeal. Models killed by burning count for Reckoning but not Dig their Graves or Turf War. Created markers can be placed touching the model that created them for extra burning. And don't be afraid to be on fire... 5 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verbathorix Posted July 25, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2019 Please can you write it here? I am not very good in english so i have a problem to understood english podcasts. But writen world is no problem for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mythicFOX Posted July 25, 2019 Report Share Posted July 25, 2019 Added some thoughts to the post above. Happy to answer any questions. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verbathorix Posted July 25, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2019 Amazing. Thank you very much. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carstein Posted August 13, 2019 Report Share Posted August 13, 2019 If an ability as Incorporal ignores hazardous terrain, will it completely ignore the pyre markers- including the burning and injured? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nikodemus Posted August 13, 2019 Report Share Posted August 13, 2019 7 minutes ago, Carstein said: If an ability as Incorporal ignores hazardous terrain, will it completely ignore the pyre markers- including the burning and injured? By default, yes. Incorporeal models are unaffected by Hazardous Terrain, which Pyre Markers are. However... Kaeris has this fun little ability: "Third-Degree Bruns: If this model is this Crew's Leader, enemy models treat Pyre Markers as Hazardous (Injured +1) in addition to any other Hazardous effects, and are never considered unaffeceted by a Pyre Marker's Hazardous Trait." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caver Ramos Posted August 21, 2019 Report Share Posted August 21, 2019 I actually found firebranded to be quite useful, they can work as healers which is great as well as having a decent ranged game with their elemental bolts. Overall I always bring one with magical training. Elijah is a melee beast, the main issue with him is that his movility isn't all that great and it is vital to remenber to put him on fire before attacking. I've also found that kaeris can be a very efficient killer thanks to run and gun. Overall my main issue with this crew has been making sure everybody is burning from turn 1 and not being rosted alive. The fact that most of the models are not inmune to fire damage make this crew a crew pretty much based on risk management, which is not my specialty 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bertmac Posted September 16, 2019 Report Share Posted September 16, 2019 Can we drop pyres into base to base with opponents? Kaeris' card states anywhere within 12" also do they have to be completely within 12" or can the one edge be 12" away and the other side further away? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adran Posted September 16, 2019 Report Share Posted September 16, 2019 Kaeris creates markers rather than dropping markers, which matters because the rules for markers uses those 2 terms as different things. See page 28 of the electronic rules. Because it is created it can't be in base contact with another model. As far as I can see as long as part of the marker is within 12" it is range. 1 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retnab Posted September 18, 2019 Report Share Posted September 18, 2019 Also important to note that while Kaeris and Carlos can't create Pyre Markers b2b with other models, Kaeris' Raging Inferno trigger, Eternal Flame's Control the Flame action, Fire Gamin and Golem's Dancing in the Flames ability and Demise all can put the Pyre Marker b2b with others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nrth Posted September 23, 2019 Report Share Posted September 23, 2019 If a model is b2b with a marker but not on top of it, do they gain burning? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adran Posted September 23, 2019 Report Share Posted September 23, 2019 57 minutes ago, Nrth said: If a model is b2b with a marker but not on top of it, do they gain burning? Any time a model’s base is overlapping terrain, it is said to be in that terrain. If a model’s base is touching terrain (either overlapping or directly next to the terrain), that model is within 0" of that terrain. Page 36 So yes they are in the hazardous terrain in they are in base contact with the hazardous terrain. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nrth Posted September 23, 2019 Report Share Posted September 23, 2019 Thanks, I thought that 0" was some weird way of saying not in base. Just making sure Kaeris is picking up her burning when possible. My last couple of games went poorly, I hit a lot of the basics like slingshotting up the Golem with 6 stacks right off the bat, but failed to kill anything, and it's because I didn't kite well, and I took a Firebranded that was using enemy burning stacks to heal the Golem, which sure, kept it alive for a long time, but failed to cause any damage then. And Selena hanging around to give people pills didn't help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madaxeman Posted October 4, 2019 Report Share Posted October 4, 2019 So... Firestarter, and Light Under Their Feet... Assuming you target a friendly who's in combat and probably already Activated (then of course go for the Relent...), choose to strip off maybe 1 or even zero Burning to push them 2" just out of enemy engagement range, and if you use a Stone for an Tome as well as using a Tome in hand... is this the best way to do a long-distance Detonate Charges in the game? Orr am I over-egging it with an unjustified assumption that "2 Tomes = 2 Scheme markers" ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adran Posted October 4, 2019 Report Share Posted October 4, 2019 2 hours ago, madaxeman said: So... Firestarter, and Light Under Their Feet... Assuming you target a friendly who's in combat and probably already Activated (then of course go for the Relent...), choose to strip off maybe 1 or even zero Burning to push them 2" just out of enemy engagement range, and if you use a Stone for an Tome as well as using a Tome in hand... is this the best way to do a long-distance Detonate Charges in the game? Orr am I over-egging it with an unjustified assumption that "2 Tomes = 2 Scheme markers" ? Yes you are over egging it. Compare Draw out secrets with Blaze as an example for a trigger that does care about multiple of the same suit. Draw out secrets is 1 scheme marker per action. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mythicFOX Posted October 4, 2019 Report Share Posted October 4, 2019 Agreed. Although you can still hit the same model twice with two different actions to get it done if needs must. I'm coming around to the Firestarter in Dig Their Graves. Burning deaths then count for the front half of the objective, and he can use light under their feet to get a scheme in position. Similarly I'm liking him more in Turf War as with him in play burning kills count for turning off Turf markers. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madaxeman Posted October 4, 2019 Report Share Posted October 4, 2019 OK, shame I do like the model, however it's keeping him in play that's the challenge... As a Henchman he feels like he should be doing stuff to the enemy, but actually he's kinda brittle - especially after a Reckless or two. I guess he's a better Wind Gamin... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingCrow Posted October 10, 2019 Report Share Posted October 10, 2019 Anyone had any luck with bringing an Oxfordian Mage along with Kaeris? I'm debating bringing one along as, passively, their aura can heal Elementals and they have a large area of "control" with their Counterspell aura. Their Elemental Transferance trigger on their ranged attack seems like an interesting way to try and control the enemy's AP use because even though we want things Burning, giving an enemy model Slow may potentially deny Victory Points. Could even cast it on a friendly to change conditions around. Lastly, the Arcane Conduit aura seems like a good way to manage conditions on friendlies if you're worried about Burning to death or facing an enemy who relies on conditions or Scrap Markers. I am wanting to see what the general thoughts on this model are as I plan on using one in my next game I play. Afterwards, I can inform everyone on how it goes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CD1248 Posted October 10, 2019 Report Share Posted October 10, 2019 Oxfordian is a good tech pick if they declare a master who you need condition removal against, or someone like Mei Feng or McMourning who will set up Elemental Transference for you, but I don't think it's worth it outside of those kind of specific matchups. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mythicFOX Posted October 10, 2019 Report Share Posted October 10, 2019 @madaxeman - Frankly I'm not sure he's better than a Wind Gamin, they can escape melee and interact. On Oxfordian Mages I'm with @CD1248, they're definitely worth a tech choice. Without any six stats, or Elemental Transference built in 7ss is a huge ask unless you're able to leverage condition removal and the healing at once and I don't think that level of static play suits Kaeris. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannydb Posted October 10, 2019 Report Share Posted October 10, 2019 2 hours ago, mythicFOX said: @madaxeman - Frankly I'm not sure he's better than a Wind Gamin, they can escape melee and interact. On Oxfordian Mages I'm with @CD1248, they're definitely worth a tech choice. Without any six stats, or Elemental Transference built in 7ss is a huge ask unless you're able to leverage condition removal and the healing at once and I don't think that level of static play suits Kaeris. Note there transference is after resolving so even a low tome does thr deed Plus kaeris can hand out lots of injured Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mythicFOX Posted October 10, 2019 Report Share Posted October 10, 2019 @dannydb I had totally missed that, good spot! That the trigger is after resolving probably makes them worth considering as a tech choice in a few extra match ups (eg; Feng / McMourning) . I'm still not sure they're more than a tech choice. Opponent's will bring condition removal vs Kaeris so I'm not sure the mage is over useful just to ping slow onto people which is probably the most obvious use. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frumpypigskin Posted October 11, 2019 Report Share Posted October 11, 2019 On 10/10/2019 at 8:16 PM, dannydb said: Note there transference is after resolving so even a low tome does thr deed Plus kaeris can hand out lots of injured Ooooo! Yeah, could see hiring one for a Foundry crew too against brewy/McMourning or Reva/kaeris to either slow or make yet more scrap! Hmmmm..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vatic Posted November 9, 2019 Report Share Posted November 9, 2019 Played Kaeris for the first time yesterday. I did a little trick with Elijah and a firebranded. I know firebranded aren't very competitive, but I found it a fun way to stack up burning early. Firebranded started next to Elijah and hit him with a melee attack. I cheated in a low tome to have 2 tomes in the duel total. Elijah relented. Elijah definsivr trigger goes off due to the tomes in the duel total. This gave Elijah 3 burning and the firebranded burning 1. Could be fun to do this twice, then use the firestarter to shoot Elijah 10" up the board (ideally into a pyre). When Elijah activates he can use his bonus action to heal up and gain another burning. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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