Alexia1 and Alexia2 questions

[Jake the Dog]

1. With Alexia1, how commonly have you maxed the unit to 20 in a game?
2. With Alexia1, how many Thralls have you put on the table?
3. With Alexia2, how many Thralls have you put on the table?
4. What is the fluff behind Alexia going epic?
5. How useful are either of them for Cygnar and Khador?

[Tossy]

I like Alexia1 in Khador. We like to spam troops and bringing them back is awesome. Her with Valachev and you get another 3" of movement and get 15 or so men and she can go to town on heavies or casters. She also make some cool thrall bombs with (if my memory serves) a 19" threat range

[Dashwood]

I don't have the answers to these, but as I'm making a foray into a Highborn force and since I've loved Alexia's fluff from Witchfire, I am very interested in the answers as well. It'll let me know how many thralls and risen to purchase later.

[moddball]

I have maxed out the risen 5 times but only with MacBain. Pop feat run her into the thick of it lashed to a Freebooter. I have 5 of the solos but have only ever had 3 on the table at the same time with either Alexia.

[StJason]

4. What is the fluff behind Alexia going epic?

Just as an aside, 'going epic' no longer means anything in Warmachine. Back in Legends it did, but today 'eWhoever' is more accurately called 'alternate Whoever'.

That said, she's been running around for quite some time with five other people stuck in her head, the most powerful necromantic artifact around in hand, and been seen on some of the most gruesome battlefields. In short, if she didn't have the stuff, she'd be stark raving bonkers now. As in 'unable to function or do much aside from stare and rock' bonkers.

[pattison]

1. With Alexia1, how commonly have you maxed the unit to 20 in a game?
Never yet, but it happened several times that the unit went down to 1-2 grunts then came back to 10 or more.
2. With Alexia1, how many Thralls have you put on the table?
Typically not too many. 1-2 at best. I found that they have other things to do in most of the turns.
3. With Alexia2, how many Thralls have you put on the table?
I had 6 a couple of times, but I'd say it's typically 3. Again, Alexia has other things to do in most of the turns.

[MagnustheJust]

20 Risen and 4 Thrall Warriors should me more than enough to cover your needs with Alexia1. Additionally, the 4 Thrall Warriors should be plenty with Alexia2.

The Thrall Warriors are glass cannons...

She went epic because of the 10th anniversary of the IK, to which she was the start of...

[PG_LunarSol]

20 Risen and 4 Thrall Warriors should me more than enough to cover your needs with Alexia1. Additionally, the 4 Thrall Warriors should be plenty with Alexia2.

I think the question though is do you need 20 (Alexia box + 3 Risen boosters) or can you get by with 17 or even 14. Likewise, the Thrall question is really asking if buying a 4th Thrall is really worth it, or can you get by with just buying 1 or 2 additional.