The Helsmiths of Hashut just stomped out of the Spitewood and straight into Warcry.
This drop is more than a warband reveal, since it lands with free rules and a tidy balance pass. Consequently, Matched Play also gets a brand new battlepack to keep games sharp and fair. If you like brutal tempo play and resource spikes, this faction will feel deliciously nasty. Moreover, the downloads bundle answers rules questions and updates recent releases.
How the Helsmiths Play: Ruin, Power, and Payoff
The Helsmiths keep their signature daemonic power points as a Battle Trait. At the start of each battle round, you gain points equal to the number of desolation tokens on the field. Then, at a fighter’s activation, you can spend up to three points on a Warrior runemark model to juice their first attack.
With one point you boost crit damage, with two points you add Strength, and with three points you add Attacks, and these effects stack. Therefore, your damage profile scales as the battlefield decays, which rewards early setup and late-round spikes.
Make Ruin, Harvest Power
To fuel that engine, you spend a double to Leave the Land in Ruin, seeding nearby obstacles with desolation tokens. As rounds roll, your pool grows and your frontline hits harder. The roster is broad and thematic, including War Despots, Daemonsmiths, Ashen Elders, Infernal Razers with both gun types, Infernal Cohorts with blades or spears, Bull Centaurs, Anointed Sentinels, Dominator Engines with either Bane Maces or Immolation Cannons, and Hobgrot Vandalz.
Additionally, the faction packs a vicious reaction, Disposable Lackeys, which lets a Zharrdron Warrior body-swap a nearby Hobgrot into the line of fire. It is grim, funny, and tactically clutch when you must protect a hammer piece.
The Wider Update: FAQs, Points, and New Battleplans
Alongside the Helsmiths rules, the Studio pushed a rules update that cleans up interactions for warbands like Pyregheists and Knives of the Crone. It also adds fighter profiles and abilities for recent boxes, including Blood of the Bull and Kurnoth’s Heralds. Furthermore, there are points adjustments to smooth out outliers and keep list building interesting. The new Matched Play Battlepack then stitches together six refined legacy battleplans with six entirely new missions, so events get variety without chaos. You also get refreshed Divine Blessings, a suite of Universal Abilities and Reactions, plus updated Grand Alliance traits and faction runemarks.
Final Thoughts
The Helsmiths thrive on battlefield vandalism that converts scenery into raw damage math. Because your power ramps with every planted token, games snowball into savage crescendos if opponents cannot clear you off objectives. With the balance pass and the beefy battlepack, Warcry feels ready for both league nights and tournaments. Therefore, grab the downloads, light the braziers, and leave the land in ruin.
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