First impressions for M2e – Ophellia Lacroix

The first time I saw the Ophellia box in Malifaux 1.5 I was sold on the image and the models itself. I loved the theme of them and they were a nice crew to play.

Now with M2E and the cards in my hands I’m going to take a look at the renewed master, Ophelia and his crew the gremlin kin.

Ok, so up to the basics. Ophelia and his crew.  This group is just like a guild crew, the Ortega’s, which they just copied and made (improved) clones of. The Ortega’s and the Lacroix employ the same strategy, but use different methods to accomplish this. The strategy they use is shoot first and then ask questions later. They hit really hard from a range and are fast to boot. It’s really a nice crew to start with.

Disclaimer !!! This part is all a bit of guessing since the gremlin stuff wasn’t out and won’t be for some time.

Ophellia Lacroix (master)

Francois Lacroix (henchmen)

Pere Ravage (enforcer)

Raphael Lacroix (enforcer)

Rami Lacroix (enforcer)

3 young Lacroix (Totem: Ophellia)

This box would contain all the current kin models (that’s the models that she has the most synergy with) and her totems, which they seem to include into their regular box (thankfully). If it’s not together, these should be your first models  you should buy since this crew has a lot of synergy build into it.

So how does this box translate into a working crew?

If you look at the stats they all are gremlins (duh) and kin (family-trait). This is important because all kin-related abilities work on the other parts of the crew. The examples are the Ophelia-upgrades. They are all kin-specific. It gives your models a little edge if you have some area of effect-spells. They are also living models and all have the height of 1. The last part is important, because there are 2 models that ignore your ht 1 models when you shoot  into close combat.

So all these things give you nice crew which has a lot of synergy together. Every model has his own role and that’s what I like about this crew. In the next couple of weeks I’ll go into every model individual and give my thoughts about their role they play in the crew.

I hope you liked this small piece about the Lacroix. You can add comments or recommendations if you want.