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So after a 6 year abscence i've decided to get back into fantasy with my good old skaven and i've picked up the army book today. Having read through it and seen what models i have to work with i've come up with a 1500 point army list for your criticism and comment:


Heros

Cheiftain Rolanq Rat
-Shield, Shadow magnet, poinsened attacks
-92

Plague Priest Squeebola
-Lvl2 sorcerer, Flail, 2 warpstone tokens, tail weapon
-176

Assassin Wattasat
-Infernal bomb
-150


Core

29 clanrats
-spears, shields
-Clawleader,musician, standard bearer
-poisened wind mortar
-230

20 clanrats
-shields
-Clawleader,musician, standard bearer
-ratling gun
-165

20 slaves
-Shields, musician
-52

20 slaves
-shields, musician


Specials

6 gutter runners
-slings, poinsened attacks
-deathrunner, weeping blade
-150

24 plague monks
-musician, standard, bearer
-banner of clan superiority
-223

3 Jezzails
-60

Rare

Doomwheel
-150

TOTAL : 1500


The plan

Ok the chieftain will join the bigger clanrat unit, the priest the monk unit and the assassin the GR unit.

The clan rats will be deplyed in the center, with the monks in between them and the slaves up front (slave bombs!) withe the GRs and the jezzails on one flank and the DW on the other. The slaves will advance and just charge any sutibly large/nasty units before dying and causing more damage, meanwhile the priests will charge (hopefully) while the clan rats try and get flanking charges as well. The GR's and assassin will be used to harass and lone charactes/artillery/missile troops after they've set the enemy up the bomb, the jezzails will help them in this. meanwhile the DW is going to trundle up the flank then start steamrollering the hopefully tarpitted enemy

what do you all think?
obviously i'm a bit hazy on the current meta game and rules but do i have the right idea or should i just start from scratch?

Drop the shield and the musician from the skaven slaves since they are sacrificial lambs. Otherwise depending on your tactics looks fine mostly.

The musician might come in handy for the slaves, but I agree about the shields.

Is the chieftan worth his points? I know Boss_Salvage used two of them and did well in the battle report he just posted, but I haven't really seen what to equip them with.

I like the overall look, although I would be tempted to cut and chop all over the place to fit in another unit of some kind. My least favorite part is the 3 jezzails- I'd want more, or I'd drop them for something else.

Me personally Id drop the chieftan for another plague priest with a flail. Havent seen too many chieftans used but the plague priests are pretty solid in melee and make for nice casters.