[Tactical] JACK MARSHALS! Wot do YOU think?

squee wrote:The Kovnik is a good solid marshal that can increase the efficiency of certain jacks considerably. The Berserker seems to be his best friend as it can charge for free, boost all its attacks with his drives and use the jack marshal bonus to boost the second axe damage roll. Kodiaks are okay with him but I've found the poor Kovnik tends to get left behind if you're not careful.
Marauders aren't too bad either as drive can boost the combo-smite and his jack marshal boost'll let him charge for free.

:Magic-Wpn: The Greylord is my personal favourite as his Iron Wall ability protects him from gunfire and his power booster adds a much needed punch to marshalled jacks. Experience has shown me that the Destroyer marshalled by him makes for good and self-sufficient (Though expensive) mobile support.

The Koldun lord also works well with any single-hit melee wonders like the Marauder. However don't be surprised if he cacks it once battle is joined.

Admittedly although jack marshalling is undoubtedly a far inferior means of warjack control to a caster, it's one thing Khador is very good at.

Our marshal-heavy builds can be considered far superior to any marshalled efforts our southern counterparts can muster. It's focus-conservative and with the mundane matters of running and charging taken care of by these brave and patient souls (I mean, it must be bladdey stressful trying to get a warjack to hear you over the roar of cannon fire.) it means our warcasters are free to do wonderful things like casting buffs. pIrusk, Strakhov and pSorscha seem to benefit the most from marshals as your free-functioning jacks are now free to receive buffs like Superiority, Sentry and Boundless Charge as well as freeing up your casters to use their attack and defense spells like Freezing Grip, Inhospitable Ground, Battering Ram and Airburst.

:Imm-Electric: Also, marshalled jacks never worry about disruption and in the Kovnik's case, never worries about losing the cortex system.

:DmgType-Cold: Being a lover of marshalling jacks meself, I learned that the build however suffers from one glaring weakness; No shake-off. If anyone knocks you down or freezes you, your melee jacks are screwed.

End of the day I'd say it's up to you if ye wanna put up with the inability to shake off these often crippling moments.

On the bright side it's off-set by focus conservation and results in an army that embodies the Khadoran refusal to quit. A marshal-heavy force in a multiplayer game can make for one hell of a thorn in the opponent's side who may well kill your caster and find the whole army still stampeding towards them.

cikiauness wrote:errr wats jack marshall noob here dunno anything
heard like they can to drive of stuff

Tekanan wrote:I generally never support Marshalling jacks unless they are of Cygnaran origin. The benefits gained from the Cygnar side is really good compared to Khador or even merc (Thor might be an exception).

Most Jack Marshalls can operate on their own and still benefit the "supposedly marshalled jack". Due to wanting to bring the autonomous jack into the warcaster's battlegroup should the marshall die, your marshalled jack cannot operate far from your warcaster... which might be a hindrance.

Also, your marshalled warjack is not considered to be in the warcaster's battlegroup. As most people know, some spells and feats are focused on the warcaster's battlegroup only instead of friendly models.

squee wrote:
You feel Cygnar's marshalling ability is far superior to that of its Northern counterpart? Do elaborate on instances and give us some insight to combinations to further illustrate why you feel this is so.