Mangled Metal at 25 points

We have a Mangled Metal tournament coming up at the local game store.  I went through all of the factions, thinking about which warcaster/warlock would be good at a 25 point level running only warjacks or warbeasts.  Now, this is in no way an exhaustive list, nor is it the best 'caster/'lock for the job, but there are some very appropriate choices for each faction.



Cygnar
eNemo is the first caster that comes to mind.  His feat, along with 3 or 4 warjacks, essentially lets all of your warjacks become warbeasts for a turn.  With 3 focus on each jack, each jack will be used to their maximum potential.  Jacks that would work well with Nemo would be Charger, Thunderhead, Ironclad, Stormclad, Hunter, pretty much all the jacks that are focus hogs (which, with Cygnar, is a lot of them).

Khador
Karchev at 25 points MM is really strong.  With his feat, sidearms, tow, and unearthly rage, he makes melee warjacks amazingly efficient.  With his feat and unearthly rage alone, you can charge for free, and get free boosts on melee attacks and damage, leaving any focus on jacks to take extra attacks.  Tow speeds up your battlegroup to ridiculous levels.  Good jacks to take with Karchev would be Juggernaut, Beast-09, Berserkers especially (because they would almost never need to test for instability), and most other melee centric warjacks.

Protectorate of Menoth
Amon Ad-Raza would be the most likely candidate for Mangled Metal.  While the jacks aren't as good without the choir, Amon has several abilities to help jacks.  Mobility giving an extra two inches (especially to SPD 4 heavies) helps a lot, and synergy is just amazing with tons of jacks.   Amon's feat allows him to use all 6 of his focus while still giving all of the focus out to his battlegroup, making his feat turn really focus efficient.  Amon likes Dervishes, Crusaders, most melee jacks (except for the Avatar, because his feat/spells are battlegroup only).  Honorable mention for MM caster is Harbinger, with her 10 focus.

Cryx
Amidst a range of casters who love to keep all of their focus for themselves, Mortenebra is easily the best MM caster for Cryx.   The spell Terminal Velocity is amazing for having an army made only of warjacks.  Getting free charges and free attack boosts in a 14" control, any focus left over after casting Terminal Velocity will most likely go towards taking extra attacks.  Slayer, Deathjack, Harrower, Leviathan, pretty much any heavy will work well with Morty.

Retribution
Here is the toughest decision for all of Warmachine.  My inclination is to say Rahn, because he has 8 focus.  However, Vyros has many things that help his battlegroup.  Like Amon, Vyros has Mobility.  His feat gives extra focus out to his battlegroup, and Vyros himself has flank with Faction warjacks.  Phoenix, Hydra, and Discordia are the jacks I would take with Vyros.

Mercenaries
I think with Mercs it's a toss up between pMagnus and Broadside Bart.  They both help their jacks greatly.  While Magnus upkeeps all of his spells on his battlegroup for free, Broadside Bart helps Mules and Mariners get the most out of their shooting.  Both are valid choices for MM.  Magnus would take Renegade, Mangler, Nomad, while Broadside Bart would take Mules and Mariners.

So that's it for the Warmachine factions for Mangled Metal.  Soon to come are the Tooth 'n Claw warlocks for Hordes!