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{{Protbox
|n={{Deliverer}} Skyhammers
|{{Protectorate}} {{Unit}}
}} [[Category: Model]]
{{4U}}

''Brave citizen-soldiers of the Protectorate, deliverers fire their deadly Skyhammer rockets in coordinated volleys. The shrapnel-filled explosions that ensue indiscriminately shred troop formations, punishing non-believers with the hand of judgment.''

=Basic Info=
{{Infobox-Model
| name = {{PAGENAME}}
| image = Deliverers.jpg
| base = Small
| spd = 5
| str = 4
| mat = 4
| rat = 5{{/}}1 {{Star}}
| def = 12
| arm = 11
| cmd = 7
| hp = 1
| size = 6{{or}}10
| cost = 7{{or}}11
| cost_note = 1.1 pts each
| fa = 2
| notes = {{Star}} ''Effectively RAT 1 when you include Inaccurate.
}}

=== Abilities===
* {{CRA}}
* {{Arcing Fire}}
* {{Rocket Volley}}

===Weapons ===
{|class="wikitable"
{{ranged|Skyhammer|16|aoe=3|10|
* {{Inaccurate}} }}
{{Melee|Sword|0.5| |7| }}
|}

===Theme Forces ===
* '''''Protectorate
** {{The Faithful Masses}}

* '''''Other Factions
** '''[[Infernal]]''' players can use them in the {{Hearts of Darkness|notbold=}} theme, but only if [[Feora]] is leading the army.
** '''[[Mercenary]]''' players can use them in the {{Llaelese Resistance|notbold=}} theme. They become [[Llaelese]] and gain [[Pathfinder]] in this theme.

=Thoughts on {{PAGENAME}}=
==={{PAGENAME}} in a nutshell===
Deliverers are cheap conscripts carrying long range but inaccurate rockets to carpet bomb the enemy.

They can also deliver a hell of a CRA punch with one of the longest ranges in the game.

{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!colspan=5|Effective stats
|-
!
! AOE size
! RAT
! POW (direct hit)
! POW (blast damage)
|-
! 1-man
| 3 || 1 || 10 || 5
|-
! 2-man
| 3 || 3 || 12 || 7
|-
! 3-man
| 4 || 4 || 13 || 8
|-
! 4-man
| 4 || 5 || 14 || 9
|-
! 5-man
| 5 || 6 || 15 || 10
|-
! 6-man
| 5 || 7 || 16 || 11
|-
! 7-man
| 5 || 8 || 17 || 12
|-
! 8-man
| 5 || 9 || 18 || 13
|-
! 9-man
| 5 || 10 || 19 || 14
|-
! 10-man
| 5 || 11 || 20 || 15
|}

===Combos & Synergies===
* [[Deliverer Arms Master]] at least makes them slightly less inaccurate.
* Their god-awful accuracy is usually not a factor against knocked-down targets. [[High Exemplar Kreoss|Kreoss 1]]'s feat can help them, as well as power attacks from jacks, that cause knockdown on targets. Fire onto targets up-close your warjacks, the blast damage is so low that it will bounce right off your jacks.
* [[Grand Scrutator Severius|Severius1]] is a universal turd-polisher. With Eye of Menoth, and the Arms Master's help, the aiming Deliverers effectively negate the Inaccurate bonus. The Arms Master can also give them Combat Coordination, which is a quasi Combined Arms with the added bonus of occasionally re-rolling damage rolls.
* [[Vindictus]] protect them from charges and non-magical ranged weapons with his feat for a key turn and can speed them up, giving them a massive 23-inch threat range.

===Drawbacks & Downsides===
* They are very sensitive to casualties as they need to be making CRAs and triggering Rocket Volley to be useful.
** their armour and defence is quite poor, but given their range they will probably still get 1 round of shooting in before any return fire.

* Precision isn't their thing
* Rolling deviations can use up a lot of your clock.

===Tricks & Tips===
* The rule of thumb for most CRA units is "Use 2-man CRAs when in doubt". The logic being that a +2/+2 bonus is worth losing a single attack, but a +3/+3 bonus is not normally worth losing two attacks for.
: However, for Delivers, if in doubt you should use 3-man CRAs (for the AOE size bonus).

* Remember, you apply the CRA bonus ''after'' halving for blast damage.
** A three-man CRA is a 4" AOE that does POW 8 blast damage
** A five-man CRA is a 5" AoE that does POW 10 blast damage (and might even hit).
** A ten-man CRA is a 5" AoE that does POW 15 blast damage (and will probably hit).

*Arcing fire allows you to target the squishy models in backlines. If a caster is hiding behind a larger base, use a ten-man CRA to target the larger base and hit the caster with POW 15 blast damage.

*Have them use mass CRAs turn after turn to soften up heavies and decimate units.

* If you have a full unit still alive, ARM 17 is a tipping point. ARM 16 and below, use 2 five-man CRA. ARM 17 and above, use a single ten-man CRA.

=Other=
===Trivia===
* Released in [[Warmachine: Prime]] (2003) as "Deliverers"

===Other Protectorate models===
{{Index Menoth}}

===Rules Clarifications===
{{RC Inaccurate}}
{{RC CRA}}
{{RC Arcing Fire}}
{{RC Rocket Volley}}

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