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Heroes:

-Warlock Engineer
Supercharged
Upgraded warp
warp bladess

85pts

-Warlock Engineer
Supercharged
Upgraded warp
warp bladess

85pts

Core:

-Clanrats 25x
Standard
Muscisian
w/ Ratling gun

200pts

-Clanrats 25x
Standard
Muscisian
w/ Ratling gun

200pts

-Clanrats 30X
Standard
Muscician
150 pts

-Slaves 30X
60pts

-Slaves 30x
60pts

-Slaves 30x
60pts

-Nightrunners 10x
50pts

-Nightrunners 10x
50pts

The object of this list is to try out get a feel for the rats. I wanted to try out the night runners for flanking aid/marchblockers, while maintaining a decent horde and some magic. Also, I needed to make a list that I had the models for. What do you think of this list so far?

That's good start; I'm soon to post a Skaven article, so I''l post the link when I do... Against some of the newer books' power units Skaven can melt away, but piles of bodies is still your best bet!

Might I suggest breaking your Nightrunners down into 4x5, to maximise march-restriction and flankage? If there's anything you need, it's combat resolution. May your Ratling Gun rolls be fruitful!

Arctik_Firangi wrote:That's good start; I'm soon to post a Skaven article, so I''l post the link when I do... Against some of the newer books' power units Skaven can melt away, but piles of bodies is still your best bet!

Might I suggest breaking your Nightrunners down into 4x5, to maximise march-restriction and flankage? If there's anything you need, it's combat resolution. May your Ratling Gun rolls be fruitful!

That's a good idea. The more units the better!

I'm just trying the ratling guns right now. I've heard that they have a tendency to die too easily in the new edition. If I get rid of them I could beef up my clanrats/slaves and also maybe get another warlock.

I was drunk when I posted that. You obviously need another Clanrat unit to do that, so more like units of 7 / 7 / 6 nightrunners... sorry.

Keep the Ratling guns; there's not much else that pays off in the Skaven list. Everything good is a liability, hence that's the theme of the article I'm working on. Risk minimisation

I like a Warp-Lightning Cannon to kill Chariots and Heavy Cav. Gutter runners are always good against artillery. Rat Swarms are game winners due to their large amount of poisoned attacks and unbreakable.