2250 Skaven list

[monkeypants]

This is, in essence, my first serious crack at a fantasy army other than dwarfs. I have played skaven a grand total of once, with the island of blood ratsies vs. high elves, and loved it. This list is built from two island of blood kits, a battalion box and a plague furnace. Enjoy.

Lord
Warlord with halberd, Armour of Silvered Steel and Foul Pendant - 168 points

Heroes
Chieftain - hand weapon, Enchanted shield, Heavy armour, BSB - 80 points
Plague Priest - Level 2, Plague Furnace - 285 points
Warlock Engineer - Level 1, warplock pistol, Dispel scroll - 98 points
Warlock Engineer - Level 1, warplock pistol - 73 points

Core
40 Clanrats - spears, shields, light armour, full command, Poisoned Wind mortar - 285 points
30 Clanrats - hand weapons, shields, light armour, full command, Poisoned Wind mortar - 220 points
30 Clanrats - hand weapons, shields, light armour, full command, Warpfire Thrower - 225 points
20 Clanrats - spears, shields, light armour, full command, Warpfire Thrower - 190 points
11 Giant Rats with 1 Packmaster - 41 points
10 Giant Rats with 1 Packmaster - 38 points

Special
20 Plague Monks - full command - 165 points
3 Rat Ogres - master-bred rat ogre, Master Moulder with Shock Prod - 193 points
3 Rat Ogres - mater-bred rat ogre, Master Moulder with Things-catcher - 188 points

Total: 2249 points

This really is my first shot at Skaven, so I actually have no idea if this list will or won't work. That being said, hopefully there's some people out there who know more about skaven than I do and would be willing to give a few pointers.

Cheers,
monkeypants

[hapotte]

Hi,
I'll comment on the list when I get home with my book but for now what I'd like to know is are all your models already assembled? mainly asking about the spear and shield on the clanrat from the battalion box.

[G-Ram]

In terms of clanrats I would take larger units, maybe 2 units of 60. I would also try to get a doomwheel in there for monster hunting.

hope this helps.

[monkeypants]

All of my models from the battalion are assembled, and the ones from IoB are assembles but not glued.
My only problem with two units of 60 clanrats is how unmanageable hordes are. I found in playtesting that even 30 clanrats doesn't maneuver well and is difficult to actually get into the fight, even without much terrain on the table. As for a doomwheel, I have plans to add one in at some point in the future (if only because they look really cool), so I'll keep that in mind.

[hapotte]

Hi,
I'll run down each of your choices. The only thing is that Skaven aren't a buget army and I would suggest you to buy another battalion box. Here's what I would do:


Lord
Warlord with halberd, Armour of Silvered Steel and Foul Pendant - 168 points
Good like this, a great save and a ward save, protect him very well and don't send him on chalenge unless you're very confident

Heroes
Chieftain - hand weapon, Enchanted shield, Heavy armour, BSB - 80 points
This guys right here makes or break your army, you will need his reroll for your troop, he must stay alive, I would change the Enchanted shield for the Armour of Destiny and add a shield he will now have a good save and a great ward save

Plague Priest - Level 2, Plague Furnace - 285 points
give him the warp scroll, he will be able to cast it with his high vantage point and the opal amulet so he lives a little longer

Warlock Engineer - Level 1, warplock pistol, Dispel scroll - 98 points
good this way

Warlock Engineer - Level 1, warplock pistol - 73 points
I would drop the Lvl1 and give him the doom rocket to clean some big infantry formation

Core
40 Clanrats - spears, shields, light armour, full command, Poisoned Wind mortar - 285 points
30 Clanrats - hand weapons, shields, light armour, full command, Poisoned Wind mortar - 220 points
30 Clanrats - hand weapons, shields, light armour, full command, Warpfire Thrower - 225 points
20 Clanrats - spears, shields, light armour, full command, Warpfire Thrower - 190 points
I would do some major change here

30 clanrat, spear, shield, FC, PWM
30 clanrat, spear, shield, FC, WFT I've include one of each, try them and find out if you prefer one over the other, both are good
50 slaves: shield, musician
50 slaves: shield, musician (shield don't cost too much and you can use the IoB skaven for this) slaves are your best tarpit unit being steadfast and using the BSB reroll when necessary




11 Giant Rats with 1 Packmaster - 41 points
10 Giant Rats with 1 Packmaster - 38 points
I don't have experience with them, try them out and see if they work for you

Special
20 Plague Monks - full command - 165 points
bump them to 35 with FC and the Plague Banner. This unit will be shot a lot to try and stop the furnace, so having extra number will help you and the banner will really help on the charge to kill even more.


3 Rat Ogres - master-bred rat ogre, Master Moulder with Shock Prod - 193 points
Good like this, not sure if the master moulder is really necessary but try him out


3 Rat Ogres - mater-bred rat ogre, Master Moulder with Things-catcher - 188 points
here I had to change the Thing catcher to a GW



Total: 2249 points
point cost is the same with the change I've suggested. I know it's a lot more models to paint, but that's what being a Skaven is all about. Let us know how it goes and feel free to ignore everything I've written. Remember to play what you like the best.

-Alex

[monkeypants]

At the moment, seeing as I just bought one battalion, I really can't justify the other to myself but I'll keep it in mind for the future. Thanks very much for the feedback though, and I'll see how much of it I can actually incorporate into the army. Like I said, I'm new at Skaven.
Fingers crossed that some people are selling their IoB stuff at Gamesummit in February

[hapotte]

if you have another warhammer army, you could use some as slaves captured and forced into battle. Good luck with the army.