Jalaam in CID

You utterly left out his feat. Also, if in WoD he'll presumably be humping the wall. With a range 16"(snipe) gun and hunter he'll do plenty.

Tasty. Rof2 is better than WM Rof1 on a caster IMO.

I can't see anything to be disappointed with about Jalaam. I suspect they rolled him out a little high in power for CID and will tone something very slightly down, like downgrade to reload1.

Far strike, Rat7, RoF 2, Hunter, and prey make for a lot of work getting done personally. Ignoring cover is pretty rare and very potent. Seems there'll be hardly a turn he doesn't put out good damage from a very safe position.

Personally, I'd like SB on Slingers more than deadeye since their AD is just begging for Pathfinder and prowl. Reivers, though don't need deadeye that much with rerollable cras. I'm torn. Maybe run two slinger units with Jalaam? They are cheap. I guess SB on reivers could be worth it. Ocassionally they get stuck in terrain.

With handing out prowl, the theme wall, and AoD, that's a lot of cover and stealth to have. Very nice. Probably don't even need a krea with him. A big bonus in my eyes.

Swift Hunter from the theme pairs very nicely with warpath. That's just a lot of free movement. I'd take a pair of Cannoneers and rest easy leaving the gladiator at home. Maybe even three cannoneers, since they can position very nimbly to use their very decent melee. I love not needing a gladiator for everything.

In regards to Ghost fleet Jalaam does have some of the things they wouldn't like to see. A cheap 10 man unit with prowl is something they have trouble with, terrain God's willing. Jalaam can put prowl on himself. Under the Brute Animus and with any of the many ways he can get cover, he can be very hard to assassinate. His gun can keep the Wraith Engine worried, and scalpel out important solos like the hellslinger phantom. Deadeye means her feat drop in accuracy won't mean much, and his own defense feat slightly outpaces her feats def debuff. Denny would have to be very careful when feating too.

Although he has no rfp, it will be hard to hide a model to prevent full unit destruction against Jalaam. Under Rush and after warpath, a Cannoneer can switch to far strike and that's 25 inches of threat? Same threat for Shamans too but with ghost shot. They can shoot the back edge of the enemy zone if they work for it.

Maybe I'm just talking myself into it too much. For sure the coven would ruin Jalaam.

So what kinds of crazy lists are you guys whipping up to test him? During the PP CID live stream one of the Wills mentions a cyclops heavy list with him, their def13 certainly works well with his feat. I'm thinking a ranged Imperial warhost theme of ranged cyclopes and maybe a titan or two just for some hitting power. Thoughts?

I'm really looking at Incindiarii and Arcuarii with Jalaam. Prowl and pathfinder is intriguing on them, and deadeye is fantastic for them. They both got a bit cheaper and got stronger guns in the Skorne errata. It's just too bad their defense is so low.

Molik, Archidon, and Brutes, and Karax seem the best positioned to take advantage of his feat and access to star crossed. Bloodrunners will have trouble keeping in the defense boosts.

He can deliver Ferox quite well, and make sure that their dodge from Radheim happens often.

The Sentinel's Swarm anumus is a defensive boost Jalaam can ramp up higher, though it's only against living enemy's. Hopefully Jalaam will be on ADR where this can be a very potent sideboard option.

I was thinking something bit more melee oriented winds for him. Something like:

(Jalaam 1) Primus Jalaam [+28]
- Aradus Soldier [16]
- Aradus Soldier [16]
- Cyclops Raider [9]
- Cyclops Shaman [8]
- Titan Gladiator [15]
Extoller Soulward [0(3)]
Paingiver Beast Handlers (max) [7]
Venator Reivers (max) [15]
- Venator Reiver Officer & Standard [4]
Venator Slingers (max) [13]


Winds have bit of a weakside against jackspam and highly armored foes, so 2 soldiers and Gladiator would be there to fix that problem with their 13" melee threat. They are also something to jam enemy lines while you focus on shooting with everything else. Jalaam handles solos and support by himself so yeah. I am REALLY waiting for this model to be released. I really like the way he plays out as even though he seems ranged focused, he buffs getting to melee so well!