Bushido wave 18 review: part 2 the devout and the undead.

today i'll be reviewing the newest monk from the temple of Ro-Kan and the first undead samurai fron the Cult of Yurei.

first up Tetsuo the Kairai samurai. i was a bit afraid of how the blood from the concept art would work out but it looks amazing. the armour looks different from the other samurai clans and considering this is a Kairai version of a Mirumoto samurai, i think this gonna be the style we can expect to see from that clan.

now statwise he's solid 3 MS, very high armour of 3 and martial prowess besides the regular Kairai traits. what makes this model amazing is that for 1 ki he removes slow from himself. the Cult is still a slow faction and this model is no different with 3 movement.

i can see this model fit in almost any cult list, for 8 rice he's a good model. of course this model will fit best in a Kairai focused list with Kato and Gengo, only problem in my eyes for now is that the Kairai are too slow for the objective scenario's.

next up we have a the devout monk Seiji. the concept has been well represented in the sculpt and the fluid pose is always a nice one to see. otherwise a bit of a bland model with few ornaments or details as compared to Tetsuo 's armor, spray of blood and the expressive mask.

stats are solid for a 7 rice model. a MS of 3, move 4 and a Ki statistic of 4. he's also got a number of great traits as bravery, jump up and ranged defence (1). what sets him apart in my mind is that his ki boost are really cheap, he can boost his MS and move for 2 Ki each. this could mean that you make that vital melee action or boost this little guy the 5 dice pool max for only 4 Ki.

now his ki feats make this an even stronger model. for 1 ki he gets regeneration (2) making him a lot more likely to survive. his other Ki feat has a new effect called Held. as a simple action and for X+1 KI he activates a pulse of 3 inch and he can target X models to become held.
if i'm not mistaken this means the models affected need to make a size test.

now tactics wise this is an amazing model as he can quickly increase is melee dicepool and has a two usefull Ki feats. his weakness is his Ki statistic with a max Ki of 6 you need to keep channeling Ki into this model, as this model will run out of Ki quick. should this model run out of ki don't be surprised to lose him very fast.