Using the Latigos part 2 - Perdita Ortega

Stats

Df	Wp	Wd	Wk	Cg	Ht
7	7	10	5	6	2

Already we can see that Perdita is quite a strong leader. A Df and Wp of 7 means that she is at an advantage to all but the strongest attackers and casters and 10 Wd mean that she can take a bit of a beating. The trade-off is that she only has a cache of 2SS, meaning that you may want to consider forgoing some upgrades in order to ensure you have enough SS to spend during the game.

Abilities

Perdita, like most Family members, has the COMPANION ability. This allows you to 'chain' activations for this model, if another model finishes its activation within 6". When I first started playing this was the first ability I used almost every time, getting more shots off against a model seems like a really big deal but the more I played the more I started to realise that it was quite situational. Rather than try and activate all my models as soon as possible I learned that in Malifaux you need to be able to react to your opponent and if all your models have already activated then there is no response that can be made.

Using the Latigos part 1 - The Latigo Posse

There are many different crew options for Guild players but one with a great deal of offensive firepower is The Latigo Posse.

The Latigo Posse are the main crew I am familiar with, having piloted them through the slow grow league and I only feel after 15 or so games that I am beginning to scratch the surface or what might initially appear to be a 1 trick shoot-everything-in-sight pony.

What's in the box?

In The Latigo Posse box comes a close knit crew let by PERDITA ORTEGA. Perdita is accompanied by family members FRANCISCO ORTEGA, SANTIAGO ORTEGA, PAPA LOCO and her totem an ENSLAVED NEPHILIM for a raw cost of 32ss.

There is also a handful of useful upgrades including the Perdita exclusive OS VEO, TRICK SHOOTING, and AURA ANCESTRAL; an almost mandatory upgrade for Francisco with WADE IN; a beastly 3ss non-master upgrade DIESTRO; and 2 Family exclusive upgrades HERMANOS DE ARMAS and TORMENTA DE PLOMO.

In this series of articles I will discuss each and hopefully provide a little insight into how to make the most of this crew. I will also discuss other useful and future models that can be added to this crew to make the most out of them. This will include PISTOLERO DE LATIGOS and ABUELA LATIGO when released.

Stay tuned and let me know if you agree or disagree with anything I say or if you have some tricks of your own!