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I spent too much this month with HATE and some Chaos minis, but the Skaven are so good. The Fyrslyrs might convince me with 360° views, but the leader will have to be converted. No static posing in my Shadespire!

So there are only 2 named skaven in the warband, the leader is obvious but I can't tell which of the others is a named character. I'm guessing the one with two punch gauntlets?

Also there's cool details on the bases including a rat in sewer water and a rat coming out of a hole in the ground. It's little details like that which make a model great. So far the warden and spitclaw are the two best leader sculpts IMO.

 Thargrim wrote:
So there are only 2 named skaven in the warband, the leader is obvious but I can't tell which of the others is a named character. I'm guessing the one with two punch gauntlets?

Also there's cool details on the bases including a rat in sewer water and a rat coming out of a hole in the ground. It's little details like that which make a model great. So far the warden and spitclaw are the two best leader sculpts IMO.

I think Krrk is the front one, holding a knife with his tail. The other three look (more) like traditional clansrat to me.

 HorticulusDK wrote:

 Thargrim wrote:
So there are only 2 named skaven in the warband, the leader is obvious but I can't tell which of the others is a named character. I'm guessing the one with two punch gauntlets?

Also there's cool details on the bases including a rat in sewer water and a rat coming out of a hole in the ground. It's little details like that which make a model great. So far the warden and spitclaw are the two best leader sculpts IMO.

I think Krrk is the front one, holding a knife with his tail. The other three look (more) like traditional clansrat to me.

I think he’s the one with the helmet thing, but really it could be helmet, punch daggers or knife tail. Hard to tell.

Thinking about it more it could be the one with the spear, so both named rats have range 2 attacks. And the randoms probably all just have generic hand weapon stats.

For the Skaven, you get 2 characters and 3 clan rats. I expect they'll just drown folks under them while your characters sneak and get the objectives.

it's hard to tell which one is the special one really.

Altho the knife tail rat have a more elaborated "hero landing" pose so my bet is on that one.

Nah, my bet is that it will be the halberdier.

Now i'm pretty sure it is the glaive clanrat.



Warband focus : Fyreslayer

https://www.warhammer-community.com/2018/02/05/warband-focus-chosen-axesgw-homepage-post-1/

He's actually have 4 damage and gain more wound, that's insane. Finally, a match for Gurzag

A Fyreslayer named Fjul? Adding a house rule: "When this model becomes Inspired, the controlling player must recite the sacred incantation of Grimnir: "Give me Fjul! Give me Fyre! Give me that which I desire!"

Gaining more wound when inspired could be really confusing, so if they get "Cruel Taunt" do they lose a wound?

Also, i'm not really a fan of the "duplicate card" series :Unkillable, Soul Trap, On your Feet, and now Grimnir's Blessing. They should at least try something new.

 EnTyme wrote:
A Fyreslayer named Fjul? Adding a house rule: "When this model becomes Inspired, the controlling player must recite the sacred incantation of Grimnir: "Give me Fjul! Give me Fyre! Give me that which I desire!"

Or in the original dialect; GIMMEFOO, GIMMEFAI, GIMMEDABAJABAZAI!

Just don't stand too close to the fire pits.

Chopstick wrote:
Warband focus : Fyreslayer

https://www.warhammer-community.com/2018/02/05/warband-focus-chosen-axesgw-homepage-post-1/

He's actually have 4 damage and gain more wound, that's insane. Finally, a match for Gurzag

Oh man I love those dwarf spoilers! Cannot wait

And they have a movement 2 upgrade card! Here's hoping for one that make a model unable to be pushed...

They have 5 move with +2 move upgrade and inspire, pretty scary stuff. Altho they're still a slow team at the start because they will need to camp objective for a while. Which is even worse if they roll only 2 objective on their turf

Chopstick wrote:
Gaining more wound when inspired could be really confusing, so if they get "Cruel Taunt" do they lose a wound?

Technically no, they don't lose any wounds, or rather he doesn't take any damage. But if he's taken 4 wound tokens and then you successfully slap him with cruel taunt, then he would be taken out of action because, by reverting back to pre-inspired mode, he no longer has any wounds left.

To confirm, they only get Inspired if they secure an active Objective Marker correct? If it is one of the ones in their player's hand.

Cataphract wrote:
To confirm, they only get Inspired if they secure an active Objective Marker correct? If it is one of the ones in their player's hand.

I don't believe that's the case. It doesn't say "score an objective," just hold.

Yeah, just camping on objective during an end phase counts. There's a card that talks about holding an objective for two consecutive turns, same idea.

Warband Focus: Rat

https://www.warhammer-community.com/2018/02/07/warband-focus-spiteclaws-swarmgw-homepage-post-1/

Krr is indeed the Glaive rat.



Skritch is extremely strong, having him hiding is a waste.

All of them have 5 move.

But they have really pathetic damage, lol one rat roll on hammer but only 1 dice.

And people thought Garrek Reaver was hard to play

that name... i love it. the almost trusted, lol...

Chopstick wrote:
Warband Focus: Rat

https://www.warhammer-community.com/2018/02/07/warband-focus-spiteclaws-swarmgw-homepage-post-1/

Krr is indeed the Glaive rat.

Skritch is extremely strong, having him hiding is a waste.

All of them have 5 move.

But they have really pathetic damage, lol one rat roll on hammer but only 1 dice.

And people thought Garrek Reaver was hard to play

Slightly disagree on Skritch. 3D on 2 Hammers isn't bad, but it's not amazing either (no cleave outside of Crits, no rerolls, etc), and he's not super defensible. While he can be used to run around and pop fighters once Inspired, it's not guaranteed and there isn't a lot of ways to get extra damage to support him. Especially against SCE/Orruks/Slayers, who have 4 wounds across the board (well, Slayers when Inspired), you need a way to pop that extra point or two of damage before Skritch goes in, and the other dudes aren't great at that.

I think it's an insanely interesting warband, though, I can't wait to try it. It seems to be by and far the least offensive force (even Skeletons are pretty killy with Champion, Warden, and Harvester), but the speed and loads of double defensive dice makes them the slipperiest and trickiest force by and far. Which I'm madly in love with, the reason I love Skeletons right now is that they're the most non-standard of the first four warbands and these guys are even further different.

Already picked out a paint scheme too

No risk no reward, with high move and 2 range it's easy to zip around poking at model that have already charged that turn. then run away the next turn. There're also some great universal card in the rat set

Yeah the new cards might shake up the meta more than the actual Warbands haha. I think we might start seeing Power Decks that are bigger than 20 cards, especially if they release more cards that let you cycle through it like Duel of Wits.

Spoils of Battle is everything I ever wanted . So glad that's a universal card!

Edit: Chopstick, where did you find that spoiled card? It's not at the link above.

It's in Feb White Dwarf.

Top 5 Cards from Skaven and Fyreslayers:






I love the art for Rebound.

Rebound will be a nice troll card.

Earthquake can be a nice combo with Shattering Terrain, inspired all your Orc

Curious Inversion make "Blood Rain" look pretty bad. as they can be used in both Offense and Defense. Altho they're not a great defense card for shield team.

These are the first expansion kits that contain what I would consider "must have" generic cards. I would consider this a good thing and a bad thing. Good because I was going to collect the Fyreslayers and Skaven anyway, bad because even those that wouldn't collect them will need those cards to stay competitive. I could be wrong and, these will just be good cards as opposed to essential cards. I've never been good at translating rules to the meta without seeing them in action.

Chopstick wrote:

Curious Inversion make "Blood Rain" look pretty bad. as they can be used in both Offense and Defense. Altho they're not a great defense card for shield team.

It seems to be a strictly better Blood Rain, but here's the thing - Khorne teams can have both. Garrek and bros will be more tricky than ever with that in mind.

Have the prices been leaked? Generally the box's have been $30, but with the price hike of the Malignant Portents its a little worrisome.