Beginning Playing Hordes: One of Circle’s Best Models, the Warpwolf Stalker

Before I even decided on playing Circle in Hordes, I had to check out the forums only and see what people had to say. It was really nice to find out that Privateer Press hosts a great forum and each faction has a dedicated beginner section. In exploring the beginner forums, army list discussions, and everywhere else that discussed Circle, everyone raved about the Warpwolf Stalker.

He is a variation on the Feral Warpwolf from one of my previous posts and is made by the same kit, which makes for easy magnetization. He's closer to being a human still. What that boils down to is that the Feral Warpwolf is a wild beast that tears targets apart where the Stalker has the benefits of being a Warpwolf with the perk of still having at least a partially human thought process. By combining these strengths, the Stalker has the strength and speed of the Feral while still using weapons (in this case a greatsword) and armor. His core role on the field is tearing apart units in vicious hit and run assaults.

This model, because of his huge greatsword, has a ability called Reach. This allows him to extend his melee range to 2" where normal model are limited to .5". Combining this extended range with his ability called Berserk, which affords him a free attack whenever he kills a model, and Sprint, which gets him a 6" move at the end of his activation to get out of combat, he can do some serious damage. His armor and Sprint allows him to avoid most rebuttals, or at least make them less effective, and keeps him on the board longer. All Warpwolves can also regenerate a couple hit points once a turn, which is always a nice perk. Even if you know nothing about Hordes, any tabletop gamer can tell those abilities add up to some serious potential on a big beast model.