Severed Claws

Strengths

• Can hold minor faction population in their cities — unlike the main Necrophage hive
• Destroying a village spawns a unit of that minor faction in the capital
• Population provides population slots and reduces district costs
• Destroying any enemy allows the unit to attack a second time that turn — each unit punches above its weight

Weaknesses

• Cut off from the queen: no larva reinforcements after battles, no Matriarch's Eye
• Units must be constructed in the capital — slower replenishment than the main hive
• Dependent on villages to exploit; barren regions starve the engine

Minor faction exploitation

Unlike the main Necrophage hive, the Severed Claws can have minor faction population in their cities — but it will not grow by itself. New minor faction population is added when they rebuild a “pacified” village.

Village-centered districts

Without a queen, the Severed Claws have no access to special districts like the Matriarch's Eye. Instead they group their districts around minor faction villages.

Population-driven growth

Unlike other factions, their Communal Habitations do not provide population slots but help population grow faster — and this population in turn provides population slots and reduces the cost of districts.

Second-strike combat

They cannot rely on larva spawned after every battle to replenish their ranks; instead they must construct their units in their capital. But each unit can punch above its weight: destroying any enemy allows it to attack a second time that turn.