M2E Flesh Construct

[Eshadie]

Has anyone else looked at the new rules for the Flesh Construct? I used him in a demo game yesterday and my lord is the the thing nearly impossible to kill.

6ss cost

13 wounds

Heals every round based on the amount of poison on him.

No rarity limit.

Hard to wound

can now walk and charge

If you play McMourning and field the chihuahua totem you can dump at least 2 poison on him each turn and he starts the game with 5 already on him. Take more then one, and you have a giant wall of flesh that just keeps healing every round till McMourning can get in there and do a killing blow.

Over all opinion, they're a bit under priced in 2E.

[DeleteAccount]

They heal 1 wd from poison per turn, not by as much poison as they have on them. Also, their defence and willpower is abysmal, they are pretty much glorified meatbags. Give them a second reading and take them out again, anything that targets WP will have a hayday with them and anything with a wk damage of 3 will make very quick work of them.

[Valcurdra]

Yeah they were 7ss in the beta with +1cb but were dropped to 6ss after feedback from the community.

[rancor709]

There very solid for 6ss, the beauty of them in a mcmourning crew is they are natural targets to draw tranfusion from to fuel the Expunge fun that mcmourning can do.

[Malicte]

Heck, even in a crew that doesn't ruthlessly exploit poison, that poison 5 is as good as regen 1, and that plus hard to wound plus 13 wounds means that, even if they are easy to hit they take a LOT of ap expenditure to drop. If you can shove them up in your opponent's face they can run a lot of interference for the rest of your crew just because the opponent can't get rid of them by casually committing a single model in one activation.

[Manic Mouse]

Don't forget they heal two wounds per round if near anyone with catalyst (Dougie or Sebastian), once at the end phase, once when activating.

[Arli]

There very solid for 6ss, the beauty of them in a mcmourning crew is they are natural targets to draw tranfusion from to fuel the Expunge fun that mcmourning can do.

I am new to McMourning, could you elaborate on how that works exactly?

Thanks

[Jonasty]

And of course you can load them with Poison, then do the spell that deals it all at once which will then heal them the same amount. Requires more work, it's not "free regen" like their built in ability but it's still an option.

[Ausplosions]

And of course you can load them with Poison, then do the spell that deals it all at once which will then heal them the same amount. Requires more work, it's not "free regen" like their built in ability but it's still an option.

Nope.

They are not taking the damage from Poison when this happens, they are taking the Damage from expunge.

So they won't heal instead.

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I am new to McMourning, could you elaborate on how that works exactly?

Thanks

You use Transfusion to move all the Poison from the Fleshy onto an enemy model, then have McMourning use Expunge on the enemy, dealing damage equal to the Poison value.

[Arli]

Cool. Thanks

[phreaker187]

I haven't played him much in 2.0. What's everyone running him with? I understand players in England are in love with him.

I'm guessing

McM

Sebastian

Nurse

Construct

Chihuahua

Canine Remains.

I used to run him with Bette, but she was hit hard with the cuddle bat in 2.0 so I think I'd rather save the points and spend them on something else.

[Ausplosions]

How was she "hit hard with the cuddle bat?"

[phreaker187]

How was she "hit hard with the cuddle bat?"

Her damage output is way lower. Most of the time in 2.0 you hit for weak and hers is only 2.

[rgarbonzo]

I'm pretty sure her damage profile didn't change from 1.x to 2E. She lost the insta-kill ability and Mark for death and Depraved Tactics were integrated into her paired knives via Triggers. So Bete just lost Slit Jugular

[Fetid Strumpet]

Actually bete got improved in 2.0. She's cheaper than she used to be, in a game where most models went up in cost. Her knives now auto trigger effects rather than having to cast a spell and only getting 1 effect for the whole turn, she can choose to start in play if you wish, allowing her to get actual use out of her Tenebrous aura and not start out activated again if you choose, her dmg profile is the same. Honestly I think she got better.

[LordZombie]

Personally, I think Bete Noire is the perfect example of what a m2e model should have been modified to be like. She keep most of her abilities and spells and they were included so that you could actually use them. Over all, the best model change over.

[Sevorin]

And she is our only enforcer (so far), with McMourning you can have her take Transfusion

[DeleteAccount]

Bete is a LOT better, I've yet to have a game in M2 where I actually regretted fielding her, in M1 it was a constant.

[Valcurdra]

Agreed bete is a lot better I pretty much always deploy her at the start that aura is quite useful.

In regards to healing the flesh golem I like to do so with a nurse. Its quite funny to see an opponent plow through all those wounds only to see them healed by the nurse.

[Ausplosions]

Healed one at a time.

[Clement]

Healed one at a time.

I think he's talking about the "heal to full and paralyze" ability nurses have.