Mirror of Minds

My attention was drawn today to the final power of the Phantasmancy discipline, the Mirror of Minds. Many have commented that this is what Mind War should have been; but what I like is the potential to stack Ld debuffs to make an extremely damaging spell.

Admittedly, it's hard to make it go in the first place.

Steps to execute Mirror of Minds nuke:
1. Roll a 6 on the Phantasmancy table (up to two tries per Shadowseer in the army)
2. Move within 24" of the target enemy
3. Move Ld debuffs within range (6" - 12") of the target enemy
4. Successfully cast WC 2 power
(4a. If the target is in a unit, get 3 or more successes)
5. Opponent fails to deny your witch
6. Roll to hit
7. Cackle maniacally

But if you can manage the above your payoff can be pretty huge.

It's worth noting that at against base Ld 10, as most of your worthwhile targets will be, there is not a lot to write home about. You'll average a wound. But, the magic happens when you lower your targets Ld to a more vulnerable value.

Start with the Mask of Secrets in the Harlequin book, and reduce your target enemy's Ld by two. This is enough to boost your damage from probably one wound to a 50% chance of four or more.

With no armour or cover saves allowed, this is going to sting.

Next, bring the Armour of Misery on a friendly Dark Eldar model. If you don't mind starting in reserve, you can use the webway portal to enter very precisely. In fact, if your Shadowseer with the Mask of Secrets is the one who rolls Mirror of Minds, he can join the unit for a potentially rather nasty psi-strike.

With a further -2 Ld, the target is testing on Ld 6. Now your enemy needs to roll a 6, at the same time as you roll a 1, to escape from the power's grip. There's a 50% chance of the target taking 24 wounds or more before making that roll. No armour, no cover.

Better get yourself an invulnerable save, son. Better get a real good one.

Finally, if the enemy is unfortunate enough to start with Ld lower than 10, or if you are canny enough to get a further -1 modifier, your target is in the unfortunate situation of not being able to escape. You may continue testing until he is slain, allowing you to inflict an arbitrary amount of damage.

I now hope to see this combo vs 1+ FNP man. Your move, tourney scene.