Kaauris

We long waited for units, that have any sixsense or "S" type, since we dont have both in our ranks. We can heal now our kaauris to accomplish missions with our engineers and we finally have a reply for camo troops. Kaauris, welcome to our ranks.

Kaauris are our tiny guardians. Normally they are s1, but the models are not.

They brought really nice options for us. You can use a kaauri sentinel in your deployment zone or as an attacking piece. They are one best options for supresion fire with msv level1 and sixsense level2.

Here are the stats.

cc12 that you will not mind. You have electric pulse. However, you can still mind against ninja types since you have ssense level 2. bs11 in affordable unit. poor ph. nice wip to check the intruders. no arm but bts 3 and a structure unit. availability is 4.

MSV Level 1 is cool. Biometric visor level 2 is fine. Six senselevel 2 . we have a optimised troop here for their purposes. Sentinels use wip check of 16 against impersonater or holoecho troopers. They dont care about any suprise attack or shot by any means. Since they see also camo units properly, it is the best unit against camo troops too.

All of kaauri options are classy and useful.  Lets evaluate the options.

Submachine gun,  2 x nano pulsers and a nullifier - 12 points
Wonderful profile. Firstly cheap and it works as a cheerleader in tohaa standarts. smg is no joke in closer ranges since it is a threat against opponents with ARM. Nullifier is a unique defensive option and 2 nanopulsers. In his lucky day, this cheap unit can destroy even a link. You can use in supresion fire and perfect candidate to protect your deployment zone. I give this variant 88 points out of 100 points. It is becoming one my essential units in my armies.

Boarding shotgun, nullifier - 15 points
Template is a template. Strong option without having a chance to use in supresion fire. Still there is a nullifier. Six sense lets him to be a good deployment keeper and a strong attacking piece too. use the coordinated moves in makaul smokes and enoy. I give this variant 79 points out of 100 points.

Sniper rifle - 19 points, 0.5 swc
Cheap but very effective sniper indeed. You will make camo fans crazy. See mimetism and can not be suprised. Find him a cover and enjoy madness. I give this variant 83 points out of 100 points.

Combi rifle, nullifier (pheroware tactics: nimbus zone) - 17 points
Combi is always good, especially in supresion fire. Nimbus zone is an option that you can use hardly. If you will use this tactic, you better use your sakiels. This variant is for offensive purposes. Not a bad profile ofcourse but there are better options. I give this variant 75 points out of 100 points.

If you plan to buy a blister, i can advice you the ones above as a start.

Triumvirate sectorial is on the way and Bostria confirmed that we will see kaauris as a linkable option in there. Kaauris will be fantastic haris and cheap 5 man link. Would love to hear more about it and excited from now.

Armand "Le Muet"

Some people doesnt want to talk so much. Armand is one of them. He is tohaa in race, so i decided to write about him and possible synergy he provides with other unique things in tohaa.

Armand is a sniper that can move forward for fun. He has multi sniper rifle in both 2 variants which you can not find in tohaa ranks normally. Double breaker pistol has 3 burst and could be a threat for close range ( 12dmg bts/2 ). And yes, he has a nanopulser also.

Armand has 2 important things that make him special. Symbiont armor and ODD. You have a 2 wound trooper with odd. Take a note that he will be loosing odd in first wound. Both variants are interesting. Lets check the stats in deep.

Close combat is interesting. cc18 - shock weapon can be a threat. He can protect himself. B13 is fantastic in tohaa standarts. ph12 is good and 13 wip ok. He has 2 arm but no bts at all.

Forward deployment is cool for two things. He can find the right spot, under cover more easily and it gives him extra 4 inch movement. If you feel that you need to move him, this eliminates the MI troops disadvantage for 2 turns. He is a sniper, why not making move+shoot moves ?

Between two variants, i like more the minelayer. First of all, it can not be effected by white noise. Secondly, when you decide to move, you have mines and breaker pistol chances to fight other than multi sniper. if you use your coordinated orders, he is a beast in coordinated attacks. Minelayer option lets you to put one mine nearby. It will help you for more deployment safety.

Second variant is dangerous too. msv level 1 really lets him to win many face to face rolls. (-6 odd) + (-3 cover) will be cool with msv level 1. Take this if you know that you will face ariadna for instance. Even the king spetnaz hmg in his best range has to make 4bursts for bs9, while Armand replies with 13 ( 10 if being suprised )

These things are valid for any army that has axess to Armand but lets see what he has more in tohaa.

Firstly a symbiont mate. He can eliminates the hits for one turn. That will make him a real order consumer for the opponent and ofcourse will protect him really good.

Secondly he can have a bomb. Bomb creates a whitenoise option for Armand. Better taking a bomb with sakiel and use the mirror ball on Armand. Enjoy now.

Armand is not cheap but he brings valuable things in his bag. He will not die easily and he is going to hurt poeple.

i give minelayer variant 85 points out of 100 points and msv level1 variant 83 points out of 100 points. Armand is a cool weapon, that you can use time to time.

Gaoreels "Seing unseen"

We are one of the lucky armies, having msv level 2 troops. This skill is a good counter against any camo based armies. But unlucky part is that we are still open to suprise shots. we will evaluate gaoreels today.

Gao reels are our on budget Hsiens.
Instead of hmg, we have sniper,spitfire,combi and boardingshotgun variants. Adhesive luncher on combi is a serious weapon, but most of the time, you wont be using it.

Hsiens in ISS can link with zhangyings while gaoreels can link with anything. Minus side is, he has movement of 4-2 movement and all other units with fireteam triad ability has 4-4 movements. He is slow.

They are slow, but they have stat line that will make you content.

cc16, bs12, ph 12, wip14,arm 2 and bts 3. (availability 4 )
This statline coming with two precious things. Symbiont armor + msv level 2.

wip 14 is eye catching. that will make him to spot hidden rats better. Other than that, he is not a specialist to bring us any other favors at all.

Lets evalaute the unit options.

Gao Reel Sniper 31 points, 1swc
Impressive profile. Moving slow is not a deal any more. 2 effective wounds + mate is very powerful in cover. Dont forget that, he has also fireteam triad ability. So he can bring at least one more long range shooter like kamael sniper. I oftenly use these couple with a keltar chain of command unit. So you have now 4 burst sniper challange to your opponent in even his active turn. I believe he is really cost efficient and cant help myself to give him 88 points out of 100 points.

List example : Best defensive turret around

 GAO-RAEL Sniper Rifle / Pistol, CCW. (1 | 31)
 KAMAEL Sniper Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (0.5 | 16)
 KAELTAR (Chain of Command) Light Shotgun, Flash Pulse + 2 SymbioMates / Pistol, Electric Pulse. (0.5 | 21)

 2 SWC | 68 Points

Gao Reel spitfire 33 points, 1.5 swc
Now starts the movement problem. You have to move and shoot to kill things. 5 burst is really powerful. budget hsien indeed. You can take a makaul to arrive in good range and take a specialist with you. Dangerous opponent, when used wisely. i give this variant 84 points out of 100 points.

List example : Killing me softly, touching the buttons with his fingers

 GAO-RAEL Spitfire / Pistol, CCW. (1.5 | 33)
 SAKIEL Paramedic (Medikit) Combi Rifle, Nimbus Plus Grenades / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 20)
 MAKAUL Heavy Flamethrower, Eclipse Grenades / Pistol, Viral CCW. (0 | 13)

 1.5 SWC | 66 Points


Gao Reel combi + adhesive luncher 28 points, 0 swc
Adhesive luncher in aro is very cool weapon. Combi is not bad in active turn in a triad. But you need to spend orders to arrive mid table, where the action takes place. Together with a mate, he can be a good candidate for a supresion fire trick. Maybe you can put a free makaul to your lists and you can leave gaoreel in mid table and link makaul with other members. You have also lt. option too without spending any swc. i give this variant 76 points out of 100 points.

List example : Dont break my heart, say that you will immobilise me again

 SUKEUL (Forward Observer) K1 Combi Rifle, D-Charges / Pistol, Breaker Pistol, Knife. (0 | 32)
 GAO-RAEL Lieutenant Combi Rifle, Adhesive Launcher / Pistol, CCW. (0 | 28)
 MAKAUL Heavy Flamethrower, Eclipse Grenades / Pistol, Viral CCW. (0 | 13)

 0 SWC | 73 Points

Gao Reel with boarding shotgun 26 points, 0 swc
One of my secret tactics is using him in triad and marching till mid table where he will really shines. For 26 points only, you have 3 burst bs18 hitting killing machine in close range. Nothing can stand on your way. to camo opponents, troops with mimetism, you dont care about anything. I give this variant 83 points out of 100 points.

List example : Crazy little thing called "shotgun"

 GAO-RAEL Boarding Shotgun / Pistol, CCW. (0 | 26)
 SAKIEL (Forward Observer) Combi Rifle, Nimbus Plus Grenades / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 19)
 MAKAUL Heavy Flamethrower, Eclipse Grenades / Pistol, Viral CCW. (0 | 13)

 0 SWC | 58 Points

There are kerails that provide you to make smoke+ msv level 2. Kerail preceptors have ph11 value and they can land a smoke grenade with %70 accuracy. It really makes you angry after not succeding though. It is not like makauls with ph13 ( ph16 in close range ) with 2 burst.

After ITS 9 : treason showed up, now we can bring yojimbo, yuan yuans, saito togan and mcmurrough for better smoke coverage.

Dont forget the mates and bombs, which will greatly increase the tactical options of him. what a pitty, he cant be using mirrorball.

and there is a reason for the mask they wear.

"Sakiels" the masters of the triads

Now the reality. One of the best troops of the tohaa army.

Sakiels...

I will try to tell my opinions on the sakiels.

4-4 movement, cc14, BS 12, ph 11, wip 13 , arm 2, bts 0
almost standart profile. They have total availability of 6.

coming with v:courage, symbiont armor and fireteam:triad.

the thing which makes them special is the equipments and how they synergy well with other troopers in the triads. Also have to say that sakiels have frenzy but they dont care it at all in a fireteam.

sakiels are basicaly cheap  2 wound troopers with some other nasty things in their bags. There are many tactical options they create and some of them are only unique for them.

Lets have a look at the options that they bring to table.

Sakiel viral combi - 24 points, 0 swc
My ex-love. You have viral combi with a chance of hitting your opponent with 4 deadly bursts. You still keep that nasty nimbus plus grenades for your mate, makaul. You have a lt. option too. after e have rasail viral and sukeuls, i dont take this option oftenly anymore. However, still a very good choice and hard to say anything negative about it. if anybody still doesnt know about it, viral ammo causes opponent to make 2 bts rolls for each hit. any unsuccesful one and your opponent dies directly if it has one wound only. what a killer. well, i have to give this variant 92 points out of 100 points. very good profile.

Sakiel combi rifle + nullifier - 18 points, 0.5 swc
Can you imagine ? 2 effective wounds for only 18 points. must be the cheapest one in infinity. coming with a combi, which is still a nice weapon in my opinion. Only negative side is, in the triads it is neither a real killer or a specialist. So i saw my self not taking it at the end. very solid profile but hard to find a place for it. i give 86 points for this profile.

Sakiel combi rifle + nimbus plus grenades - 18 points, 0 swc
Same things above but for me not a good choice, when we have other better options around. Still cheap and fruitful. But there is better. i give 83 points for this profile.

Sakiel combi + light rocket luncher - 23 points,  1 swc
Mama mia! Interesting profile indeed. Medium range rockets are really deadly in a triad. There is 1 swc which i have never mind. There is no nimbus plus. We will use this guy as a killer not a helper. Burst 3 rocket is impressive. One of the variants that i love and deserves to have 89 points from me.

Sakiel spitfire 23 points, 1.5 swc
Before in old days, was a solid option. But not any more. We have the sukeul and even neema. dont get me wrong, it is a very good choice still but we have to prefer different things nowadays. Optimised profile and very handy. Will give 88 points for that.

Sakiel paramedic 20 points ( yes only )
For me, star of the show. Many tricks in one bag. Can heal things, can push buttons, specialist, can use nimbus plus grenades, efficient weapon combi rifle. very cheap and 2 wounds. very good mate for the main killer of the triad. synergies really well with the makaul heavyflames. I have already given my points for that. 94 out of 100 points.

Sakiel forward observer 19 points ( yes only )
Again fantastic specialist. one point cheaper and coming with flash pulse in aro. Nimbus plus grenades... Forward observer attack with extra burst. almost similar with paramedic option and gets a solid 93 points out of 100 points from me.

to understand sakiels better, think on the symbiont bombs and mates too. Mates will give them extra wound and that will be neat. 19 points forward observer becomes an undying unit.

Bombs will shine too. sakiels have prettty ok wip 13 value to succeed in all the tricks.

Nimbus plus grenades create exotic circular templates that makes even the msv troops have -6 modifier in this poor visibility zone. Saturation zone decreases burst value with 1 step. Here, we have a fantastic tactical trick.

Makauls have 2 burst heavy flame throwers attack in the links. But they can choose two targets, so they can still use their templates twice! although they stay in this saturation zone. Meanwhile your opponent has to apply -6 mod. for their dodge. This tactic is a real link destroyer.

Get closer with the link. Use sakiels' nimbus plus grenades. Show up with makaul and burn!

I can hardly think about an offensive triad, without a sakiel specialist and a makaul.

Makauls have also eclipse grenades. Just think about how many options you have, while moving with triads.

Sakiels + makauls are more powerful together than they are alone for sure. Use this couple nicely in tohaa way and enjoy your opponents' tears.

"Kamaels" the backbone units of tohaa

Ofcourse not. But still, there are some nice options there.

But the nice options are not in the above picture.  Kamaels are coming with the starter and with a seperate box including the swc options.

With a basic statline. Kamaels have the following stats.
nice bs 11 and nice wip 13 are there for you. Better than several other basic troopers in infinity. ph11 and arm1 is also not bad. standart movement of 4-4 and standart cc of 13.

Kamaels have fireteam: triad ability and nothing else. They can join the links. thats all. you can pass to other thread. :P

they look not bright with their stats but fireteam triads may need kamaels time to time. Lets evaluate the options that we have.

12 points 0 swc lt with combi
This variant is useful. You can hide your lt. among the other members. Put him into the second floor of the building and dont think about loosing it. i give this variant 55 points out of 100 points.

12 points 0 swc with combi
Pretty boring. You can take this variant as a fake,bait lt. against powerful players. Otherwise, other than being a cheap member of a triad, not useful at all. i give this variant 47 points out of 100 points.

13 points forward observer
can push buttons. in a triad, this is quite ok variant for forward observing ability and flashpulsing ith extra burst in aro. i give this variant 58 points out of 100 points.

14 points paramedic
if i take my sakiel specialist a forward observer, can take a kamael with paramedic. can push buttons and let tohaa people wake up from deep sleep. 57 points out of 100 points.

16 points 1 swc grenade luncher + combi
you spend extra 4 points and 1 swc to gain a grenade luncher in a triad. I want to remind you that we can never build 5 man links. so you can only use your poor bs11. even in best range scenario, you will have poor bs 8 option to use it in speculative fire. i can only give 42 points out of 100 points for this profile. use the arm of the mini else where.

18 points 1 swc spitfire
tell me one reason to not take sakiel spitfire and take this unit. no need to speak more and can give 44 points out of 100 points for him.

16 points 0,5 swc sniper
Now we are speaking. Best kamael profile. He can be a mate for gaoreel sniper, can help sukeul missile luncher in defensive link business. He is very efficient in ARO purposes. You can make him a link leader and by making move+attack, you can move the other members of the triad. i give 77 points out of 100 points for this variant.

16 points 0,5 swc white hacker
Can be the worst hacker but the cheapest one in a link too. You may need her for two things. If you have a gorgos or any HI infantry like Neema, she can help you to recover from any state. You can buff HI infantries ith fairy dust and can provide disadvantage for opponent AD troops. Secondly, she is your only hope for making hacking missions. Gaotarsos can benefit from her guiding for combat jump. If you bring kamael hacker, you must be sure about you bring the units that ill benefit from her. She can push the buttons too. i give kamael white hacker 68 points out of 100 points.

well these are the options. Kamaels are really boring now and i would be happy if Corvus belli brings some nice tools with them. a Nullifier option, a minelayer option, maybe a flammenspear instead of grenade luncher could really work to make them more selectable for our armies.

Taqeul "undying lieutenant and the keeper"

After n3 appears, there were new troops for everybody and it was valid for tohaa too. Since everybody felt in love with sukeuls very quickly, taqeul was not prefered at all, for a few reasons.

first of all, we don't have a miniature nor any drawing on the taquel. And let me give you a secret, you  wont be seing it for a time. So better convert yourself one.

Secondly, taqeul brings two questionable skills at once. Advanced command and regeneration which both costs about 10 points. Furthermore he was coming with interesting bs of 13. so he is not there for waiting in deployment zone.

Secondly, he is really costly. Here are the options that you can find in the army. You can realise that he is expensive.

 TAQEUL (Chain of Command) Combi Rifle, SymbioBugs / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 34)
 TAQEUL (Chain of Command) Viral Combi Rifle, SymbioBugs / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 40)
 TAQEUL (Chain of Command) Spitfire, SymbioBugs / Pistol, Knife. (1.5 | 40)
 TAQEUL Lieutenant (Advanced Command) Combi Rifle, SymbioBugs / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 34)
 TAQEUL Lieutenant (Advanced Command) Viral Combi Rifle, SymbioBugs / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 40)
 TAQEUL Lieutenant (Advanced Command) Spitfire, SymbioBugs / Pistol, Knife. (1.5 | 40)

Thirdly, he has weird combination of stats and skills and hard to justify if he is good or bad at first sight.

I thought about, how can i effectively use him and finally found a way. He is an aggresive leader that can coordinate with other units, marching together. Problem is that he needs others to be more fruitful. Chaksa baggages are what you need. And maybe others too. Alone makaul, a krakot any lone trooper, which is not triads and not gysnc. can work. Here comes an other problem, we dont have much, such troopers.

Anyways, Idea is smoking everywhere to make taquel and his soldiers able to move together at one time. This will make him reach to places that he will be more effective. Although he is really slow with 4-2 movement, coordinated orders make him arrive sooner or later to the mid table.

When the time is right, taqeul can leave the bugs to the ground to the approriate places. His best friends chaksa baggages can fill the bugs again. Meanwhile, dont forget that you can still have the mate and the bomb on taqeul.

Bugs and bomb together creates an extra ordinary defence that your opponent can not save his ass from. Dodge needed to survive from the bugs, but reset is needed to survive from the bomb. So.. if any trooper wants to get closer to a taqeul, he needs to risk one of these threats. This unique defence makes taqeul impressive.

Taqeul weapon options are only limited to closer ranges and only spitfire is there for medium range. However after leaving the bugs around, with a mate and a bomb, can you imagine taqeul in supresion fire ? He will really strongly control the area that he is inside.

Courage skill is there, cause of this. He will control a zone and never leave it. Regeneration can also make taquel to turn back to fight.

Advanced command can help to increase the coordinated moves, that you plan to make with taqeul. Chain of command is cool too. You may need to push buttons and an undying specialist is really handy.

 Taqeul is still very hard unit to control and use efficiently. It needs hard work and army which was prepared according to help taquel. Taqeul is more fruitful, with a krakot and 2 chaksa baggages at least.

You can see that in my gorgos review, i recommend taking a taqeul. I believe, they are nice couple together.

So, if we need to sum up again. Taqeul is an undying leader who is protected nicely with bugs and bombs and need other units for coordinate moves. He is not a troop, that you can put your army randomly. He is dependable on other troops like gorgos. You have to think on it carefuly and prepare a list based on him.

I give taqeul spitfire 71 points out of 100 points. 70 points for viral and 67 points for the combi variant. if you have bs13, you must attack with it in deadly way.

I visited Corvus Belli

Yes i made it. In my travel to Spain, i found some time to see them in Vigo. They are close to Vigo in poliindustrial castenerias. After seing a nice poster on the wall, was really excited to get inside.

 

Carlos "Koni" from Corvus Belli greeted me very nicely and he is indeed a very nice guy. I am happy that such a wonderful guy take cares about the warcors in Corvus Belli.

After the entrance, there are the mini holding hangers and the guys who makes the packaging. There are totally 3 different quality control steps in the company and here is the final step for that. They check the minis final time, before packaging. You can see the hangers and packaging guys as below.

Backside of here is full with precious miniatures. I saw the boxes ready for shipment. I believe they are gathering the new miniatures in boxes before shipping them to retailers. New kanren, damn szalamandra and the new neema were among these minis.

when i smile, i dont look nice in pictures and will take note for my self to change the glasses. Gutier in the middle is the brain of Corvus Belli. He decides on anything about stats,units, costs and balance of the things himself. On the right, there is my mate Carlos. On the left, there is famous Bran da Castro.

We talked with Gutier on many things, but especially on tohaa. He listens and thinks about ideas very delicately. He found one of my ideas cool and asked me to prepare a presentation for that and one of my ideas seemed overpowered for him.

He was eager to speak with me and he and his wife are very nice people indeed. While his wife was preparing some presents and poor Carlos waiting with minis which i ordered, we had a great talk on infinity related things.

Gutier gave me small hints. like e have to wait little bit to wait for taquel. They are damn busy for the coming book, which he told me that it ill show up like the end of this year is a great possibility.

They the follow the forums seriously. He is aware of all our concerns. He can change few things, but he looks for the right time for doing that. He has no time for the moment to check.

Carlos didnt tell me any secrets but could see the new minis like Cranotid, new warcor girl, thorakites and Bit.

Finally had a chance to take a selfie with famous Bostria here. We couldt find time to talk but as you can see in the picture, i saw some works in computers and some posters on the walls. Better i dont talk about them. Because i have to keep my mount closed up.

In this part of the company, i met with DAF, Hellois and the sculptors. In my country, we love to bring presents to any where we go and therefore, brought Turkish delight for the team from Turkey. They gave me also some presents in return and i bought some miniatures for my self with some discount. I got my Neema!

I saw the production too. Carlos described me all the processes they are doing before they finally create a miniature. It was really interesting experience.

In this year, i am planning to go once more to see Gutier. I will be more prepared this time and i will try arrange my questions before.