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{{Cryxbox
|n=Skarlock {{Thrall}}
|{{Cryx}} {{Solo}} - ([[Attached|Warcaster Attachment]]) }} [[Category: Model]]
{{4P|Dark Host}}

''Skarlock thralls are insidious creatures of blackest sorcery. Linked to their warcasters by bonds so powerful they can act in their master's stead, skarlocks move against enemies with a confidence born of a baleful intelligence.''

=Basic Info=
{{Infobox-Model
| name = {{PAGENAME}}
| image = SkarlockThrall WEB.jpg
| base = Small
| spd = 6
| str = 4
| mat = 3
| rat irrelevant
| ma = 6
| def = 14
| arm = 12
| cmd irrelevant
| hp = 5
| cost = 3
| fa = 1
}}

* {{Attached|model|Faction|warcaster}}

=== Abilities===
* {{Undead}}
* {{Soul Cage}}
** {{Strength of Death}}
* {{Magic Ability|6}}

===Weapons ===
* '''Claws''' - 0.5" reach, P+S 6 melee weapon

===Spells===
{{Spellbox|
{{Dark Fire Attack}}
{{Spell Slave}}
}}

===Theme Forces===
* '''''Cryx
** {{Black Industries}}
** {{Dark Host}}

* '''''Other Factions
** '''[[Infernal]]''' players can use this model in the {{Hearts of Darkness|notbold=}} theme, but only if [[Mortenebra]] is leading the army.
** '''[[Mercenary]]''' and '''[[Convergence]]''' players can use this model in the {{Strange Bedfellows|notbold=}} theme. This model gains [[Swift Vengeance]] in this theme

=Thoughts on {{PAGENAME}}=
==={{PAGENAME}} in a Nutshell===
The Skarlock Thrall is a spell-support solo who is terrible at its job. In earlier editions of the game it was a great solo and practically an auto-include in every Cryx list, but it got over-nerfed in the transition to mk3 in 2016. ''Then'' [[Dr Stygius]] was released in 2020 who does the same job, does it better, and does it for the same points cost.

Admittedly, they don't do exactly the same job because they have slightly different rules, but their ''main'' job (being a Spell Slave) ... Stygius wins hands down.

The model is available in [[Strange Bedfellows]] and it gains swift vengeance in this theme if you are not running the [[Corollary]] Warjack you can get some good threat vectors in order to use spell slave.

===Combos & Synergies===
* In [[Dark Host]] you can take a Skarlock Thrall without using a Mercenary slot. Stygius does use the Mercenary slot in that theme.
: In all other themes, either the Skarlock isn't available or Stygius doesn't use the Merc slot.
* [[Terminus]] gives it tough passively; something he can’t offer to Dr Stygius.

===Drawbacks & Downsides===
* There are two better options for Spell Slave; [[Dr Stygius]] already mentioned for 4 points, and the [[Withershadow Combine]] for 9 points.
** Those options don't exist in the [[Strange Bedfellows]] theme ... but instead the Skarlock competes with, and loses to, the [[Corollary]] for the Warcaster Attachment slot.
* What you can cast with Spell Slave is even more limited than it appears on the card. If the spell description includes a sentence that has ''"the spellcaster's battlegroup"'' or ''"the spellcaster's control range"'' you have to mentally delete that sentence from the spell effects, because the Skarlock has neither of those things. Examples:
** [[Locomotion]] targets a jack in the spellcaster's battlegroup. The Skarlock cannot cast Locomotion.
** [[Excarnate]] targets an enemy and, if you RFP that enemy, you create a free undead Grunt in your control range. The Skarlock can cast Excarnate, RFP the target, but he can't create a free Grunt.
** [[Siphon Bolt]] lets you remove focus from the enemy and then the spellcaster gains it. The Skarlock gets to remove the point of focus but no one gains it.

===Tricks & Tips===
* Keep him safe casting support spells until the late game, when you can risk (and/or ''need'' to risk him) getting him forward and casting an offensive spell.

=Other=
===Trivia===
* Released way back in [[Prime|Warmachine: Prime]] (2003)
* Sculptor: Chaz Elliot

===Other Cryx models===
{{Index Cryx}}

===Rules Clarifications===
{{RC Undead}}
{{RC Attached}}
{{RC Soul Cage}}
{{RC Strength of Death}}
{{RC Magic Ability}}
{{RC Dark Fire}}
{{RC Spell Slave}}

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