Unit Profile: Man O War Demo Corps

Whilst the MoW Shocktroopers are seen as a defensive unit, essentially walking in front of the army taking bullets, spells and whatever else gets flung at them the Demo Corps are purely offenisve, but then what else do expect  from guys in steam powered suits with giant frost hammers?

As with the Shocktroopers, the Demo Corps have brilliant stats, apart from their SPD and DEF, additionally given the fact they haven't got Shields like the Shocktroopers have their ARM is slightly lower, as such it's better to use the unit as a second wave to come in and mop up after the first wave have hit the enemy lines, or under eIrusk use Shocktroopers in shield wall to shield them then thanks to Martial Discipline, charge the Demo Corps through your shield wall and right on to the opponent's doorstep.



The Demo Corps weapons is very sweet and very simple, it lacks a point of POW from the Annihilator blades of the Shocktoopers, however it makes up for this with two potential methods off attacking. Firstly there is Backswing, giving the Demo Corps an additional attack and Ice Breaker effectively giving Weapon Master to the Corps. In most situations use Backswing against infantry, Ice Breaker against jacks, the exceptions being light jacks and infantry such as Bastions in which case Backswing on light jacks, Ice Breaker against Bastions or any high ARM infantry with more than 5 damage boxes.

Being MoWs the Corps have Fearless, so they will stand firm regardless of what is thrown their way. One way to increase their survivability is to field a unit of Battle Mechaniks + UA and have them walk 5 behind the MoWs allowing them to move in and carry out repairs as needed, don't wall in to the trap of just huddling the mechaniks right behind the unit at all times, your opponent will simply fire AOEs at the MoW's and kill the Mechaniks with the half damage rolls from not directly hitting them (unless they get really unlucky).