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Decided to keep my skaven going, but I only intend to build and paint what I'm going to use, I'll probably sell off the rest so its sorta important I make a decent skaven list to kick some butt

This is my current idea, before had I was relying alot on mortar spam and armor ignoring shots but it was a very slow strategy that in most cases backfired so I've basically gone here with a monster list. Keeping in mind that I'll have Chaos as my primary army I want to make something of this!



So this is my first idea.



Clan Skryre Army List
Content: 0 – Lord (381/625pts) Total: 381pts
1 – Heroes (553/625pts) Total: 553pts
2 – Core (/625+) Total: 688pts
3 – Special (/625) Total: 290pts
4 – Rare (/625) Total: 590pts
Overall Total: 2502pts
Remaining: -2pts


LORD(s)
Warlord Keke
Halberd
Death globe
Shield
Mount: Brood Horror
Lash Tail
Rusted Armour
Skryre Claws
Pestilent Breath

HEROE(s)
Warlock Engineer
Lvl1 Wizard
Doomrocket

Cheiftan
Battle standard bearer
Shield
Halberd
Storm Banner

Plague Priest
Lvl2
Flail
Plague Furnace
Amulet of Preservation

CORE(s)
50 Slaves
Musician

50 Slaves
Musician

40 Clanrats
Musician
Standard
Warpfire thrower

40 Clanrats
Musician
Standard
Warpfire thrower

SPECIAL(s)
5 Gutter Runners

25 Plague Monks
Musician
Standard Bearer
Bringer-of-the-Word
Plague Banner

RARE(s)
Warp Lightning Cannon

Hell Pit Abomination
Warpstone Spike

Hell Pit Abomination
Warpstone Spike


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I'm trying to keep the model count reasonable, before hand in my army I was running around 150+ slaves and 80 clanrats in order to have the weapons teams and tarpit bus's to keep people in combat with slaves long enough to actually kill with mortars... While I guess I can revisit that idea first I wanna know what peoples views are on this?

An alternative I did notice was I can remove 1 Abom and the storm banner and some other small bits and pieces to place in a grey seer and another cannon which is actually sounding like a decent idea, though the idea of double abom alongside the warlords blood horror would be something to contend with.


LOAD OUT CHANGE(s)

Remove:
Hell pit abomination
Storm Banner
Deathglobe

Add:
Grey Seer
Warp Lightning Cannon

Total after swap: 2507pts




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I've worked out that from my prior list, I'm saving myself painting 80 slaves and 20 stormvermin, a bunch of weapons teams as well while keeping the models I want to use.

If I paint up an extra warp lightning cannon and keep my grey seer it should be a fun alternate swap out to play more shooty version of the same list. At the same time... Can probably swap the deathglobe out for a rat dart too.

Should also have all the models I think I could need for any lower pointed games as well.


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anyone? :F xD

I don't think the Warlord can carry the Death Globe, as it's Skyre only.

I'd drop the Storm Banner form the BSB if you're taking the cannon, and the weapons teams. The current FAQ states that it effects ALL shooting now, even yours.

It looks like you are going for a very aggressive list, so I'd swap the WFT's for PWM so they can shoot on the move.

Use the freed up points to pick up some kit for your Gutter Runners; Poisoned Attacks and Slings.

I was only really looking for the storm banner to protect my monsters from cannons and such for the first couple of turns if that, just to allow them time to close in together.

if I were to remove the deathglobe and the banner would free up 75pts I would be tempted to drop the other cannon altogether and run a doomwheel as well as add some gear to the gutter runners.

And yeah I am looking to be very aggressive with this list, before hand it was a list of wear them down over turns but that requires too high a model count and too much relying on artillery dice.

Final list composition somewhat looks like this, I'm kind-of interested to know what people think regarding the size and numbers of troops in this army for a skaven army and some suggestions and generally how well they think it would do. I'm aware that duel abom's are frowned upon and thats why theres a 'load out' change option for a different setup.

Clan Skryre Army List
Content: 0 – Lord (381/625pts) Total: 356pts
1 – Heroes (553/625pts) Total: 503pts
2 – Core (/625+) Total: 729pts
3 – Special (/625) Total: 290pts
4 – Rare (/625) Total: 620pts
Overall Total: 2498pts
Remaining: 2pts


LORD(s)
Warlord Keke
Halberd
Shield
Mount: Brood Horror
Lash Tail
Rusted Armour
Skryre Claws
Pestilent Breath

HEROE(s)
Warlock Engineer
Lvl1 Wizard
Doomrocket

Cheiftan
Battle standard bearer
Shield
Halberd

Plague Priest
Lvl2
Flail
Plague Furnace
Amulet of Preservation

CORE(s)
50 Slaves
Musician

50 Slaves
Musician

40 Clanrats
Musician
Standard
Warpfire thrower

40 Clanrats
Musician
Standard
Warpfire thrower

11 Giant rats
Packmaster

SPECIAL(s)
5 Gutter Runners

25 Plague Monks
Musician
Standard Bearer
Bringer-of-the-Word
Plague Banner

RARE(s)
Doomwheel

Hell Pit Abomination

Hell Pit Abomination


LOAD OUT CHANGE(s)

Remove:
Hell pit abomination
Doomwheel
Giant Rats

Add:
Grey Seer
Warp Lightning Cannon
Warp Lightning Cannon

Total after swap: 2492pts

I'm unsure about gearing up the gutters, simply because I feel I might benifet also from the use of a rat dart.

In the gutters/rat dart issue, just try both out; it's an easy swap for your list.
I'd go back to your original list with 2 HPA's, but with a few changes to be a bit more aggressive.
I think the brood horror has too many toys on it; you could get by with dropping the breath and claws.
You'll want more plague monks as well, 25 won't last very long.
Since you're going with an aggressive list, just drop the WLC, put the storm banner with the plague monks (if you want to keep it*), and drop the warlock for more plague monks.
I'd drop the weapons teams too, but you might want some shooting. If you keep them, take PWM instead since they can move and shoot. That will let your clanrats keep up with your battle line, and still get some use out of the weapons teams.
With any leftover points, just pick up more plague monks.

*You could get by with out the Storm Banner by just closing in ASAP with the enemy, and letting your Gutters take care of any real long range threats.