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First Purchase; Rate and where to go next?
Topic Started: 29th April 2008 - 10:25 PM (325 Views)
lord_of_chaos


Hi,

Its good to be back in the Underempire and I finally made the leap (or skitterleap) into skaven. I went out an dmade my first purchase today and am working on it right as we speak.
1 Battalion
1Warlord Blister (w/GW you know the generic one everyone has)
1 Warlock Engineer Blister
1 Rattling Gun
1 Warpfire Thrower

Is this a good base, and what should I take on next, I was thinking another big box (kit out clanrats to 30 each add slaves and 2x plauge monks) and the additional units of ogres and giants. What else should I add or keep the units smaller and lots of weapon teams? Please help.

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Mormeguil
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Well the basic of any skaven army are clanrats. I guess you already have the skaven armybook, toy around with different play list. I don't know what is the size of army you are aiming for but make 500 pts list and 1000 pts list to have a better guess of what to aim for.

Now, what you really need are more clanrats, a second battalion and a box clanrats should allow you to make a nice 1000 pts list.

You shoud aim to get 3 units of 25-30 clanrats and 3 units of 20 slave for a 2000 pts list and even for a 1000 pts list.

So yes your next purchase should be a battalion box and then one or two clanrats. After that some night runners should round things up and you should choose the rest depending of your taste.
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pilgrim2715
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You certainly purchased a good starting force. Another battalion, an additional clanrat box or two, and a box of nightrunners would give you plenty of options for a 1000 point army. As you progress to 1500 points, a few more clanrat boxes, some censer bearers, and some tunnelers would be useful.

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Sciencespark
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Likewise I would suggest another Battalion box, you then have:
80 Clanrats 2 units of 30 with 20 left over for unit3 or start a unit of slaves.
40 Plague monks: 30 actual monks with 10 censer bearers (what the morning stars are for?)
4 :rogre: and 2 rat darts

After this I would be tempted by Balistic weapons so:
Box of NR to build gutter runners and NR with ranged weapons,
5 Jezzail and as many Globadier as you want in 2 units.
Currently joint first in PRS points, may as well blow my trumpet whilst I've got one.

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lord_of_chaos


Aside from buying night runners, clanrats, and more plastics in general, would you reccomend more specialised units? I want to get the list below

PWG
WLC
Jezzels
Censor Bearers
Swarms
Assasin

Ok the Swarms i own two bases thats why, and if good, add 2 more. All the others are "fun" units that i just like the models (ie pwg and will paint them) or i just like in general. Are they too specialised for low point games?

Thanks

LoC
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Bhikkhu


Very, very new to Skaven
I don't know if this has already been addressed...but is the 25th anniversary deal really a good deal?
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lord_of_chaos


I didn't think so personally. That might just me be. Although you save $ and you get a ton of cool stuff, I would have been adding a lot of the stuff I already bought in addition to the box I have. Although some of that stuff I would have already purchased (and want to), it just wasn't for me(you still have to buy at least an hq). If the stuff works for you ok, its better for starting then some (de/he/we) but it does provide good stuff. Just a lot of it I wouldn't use so no deal. Once again That's just me and if you like it go for it, it is a great start, just not a good one for me.
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Mormeguil
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25 th skaven deal is awfull. It's actually a bit e rest of more costly then buying the battatlio and the things. Just buy what you want instead ^_^ .

The more specialised troops should wait until you have a good base of clanrats and slave. Before that they might be fun but you won't always use them while clanrats and slave are the basic of any skaven list.
I have a few bare metal dark elf model for sale, if interested pm me.
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