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7th Ed. Skaven Tactica vs ANY Foe!; Die Die! Any and Every Things!!!
Topic Started: 2nd December 2009 - 09:25 AM (14,722 Views)
desmondkenny
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This is amazing - can we get this stabbed?
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Baru
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As first post as a member on this board let me say: great article ^_^ . I've been reading it quite a few times last few days. Lots of it is pretty basic and not too hard to think of yourself, but it's great to see some confirmation and the overall quality is great.
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Give the rat a medal and a big chunk of cheese, this is great. Not just for skavens, but let's not tell anyone else about that. I'm missing a section on rat swarms, the most wonderful unit in the world! In the Daemon, VC and Dark-elf infested place that is the current warhammer metagame, a unit that can hold and redirect fear and terror-causing units 100% of the time even away from the general and then point the hatred-mongers into a whole new dimension of "oh crap, rats in my flank"-yness these guys deserve a bigger mention than you've given them :D
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Die! Die! Every-things!
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Dec 10 2009, 10:56 PM
could I ask you to make a general, competitive, 2250 "take all comers" type list; just so I can get a better grasp on how taking all these strategies into account would look like?

I put a bit of list-building advice in the summary/conclusion. (And thanks for the compliment, by the way).

MUTATE FOR ALL: This is finally a Fait Accompli! IT'S DONE DONE DONE!

As work progressed many earlier sections were mutated, but it's pretty safe to say that few changes will be made henceforth.

Now go forth and conquer with your mighty hordes... We Shall INHERIT!!!
:censor: *bsb* #gs# :rogre:
Si vis pacem, para bellum!

If my Ratling Gunners were hummies...
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*Stab*

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Silas
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The Great Bunny. Now with a mop. :)

Wow this is amazing. I just had a read though and its loads of help for a new Skaven player.
Mutate. I feal stupid for asking but I can't find anything on the doom-flayer. What section is it in?
Gate keeper of the Armoury of Poking Sticks. :duel:

THE BUNNY HAS AWOKEN!!!
THE BUNNY WILL EAT!!!
THE BUNNY SHALL FIGHT!!!
THE BUNNY SHALL WIN!!!
THE BUNNY SHALL INHERIT!!!
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Everything Is Expendable
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If it's not in here they are considered unworthy of mention. Ha.

Why do we want slaves when we can have rat swarms?

They are
Faster
Small
Absolutely unbreakable
10 WS3 S2 attacks against mages lined up right
Three ranks can actually last against dragons
Cute and furry.
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Bibamus
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swarms crumble i'd be amased if they would last 1 round in combat unless they were 20+.
2 swarms: US 6, 10 wounds, 50 points
20 slaves: US 20, 20 Wounds, 40 points + explosion, mutate: expandable
It would be ugly to watch people poking sticks at a caged rat. It is uglier still to watch rats poking sticks at a caged person.


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Theskit Neek
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Jan 2 2010, 09:59 AM
Wow this is amazing. I just had a read though and its loads of help for a new Skaven player.
Mutate.  I feal stupid for asking but I can't find anything on the doom-flayer. What section is it in?

There is passing mention of it several times but as far as I saw no specific part of the text about it in itself.
I think its mostly because it is considered more a upgrade to the melee potential of your unit than a stand-alone weapon team.

Mutate: Or did I just plain miss it too?

And, wolfatbar, I read this over the holiday and I must agree, it's amazing!
Thank you very much! You given me alot of insights in things I usually wouldn't have had untill some humiliating defeat in battle.

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It's not worth doing something unless you were doing something that someone, somewere, would much rather you weren't doing.

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Jan 10 2010, 07:49 PM
There is passing mention of (the Doom Flayer) several times but as far as I saw no specific part of the text about it in itself.
I think its mostly because it is considered more a upgrade to the melee potential of your unit than a stand-alone weapon team.

Mutate: Or did I just plain miss it too?

And, wolfatbar, I read this over the holiday and I must agree, it's amazing!
Thank you very much! You given me alot of insights in things I usually wouldn't have had untill some humiliating defeat in battle.

99.9% and a holiday with my best friends sister in Fiji is what I would give you!

First of all, thanks for the compliments. That trip to Fiji sounds sweet-sweet-sweet :P I hope she digs Warpstone!

And you were right- the Doom Flayer had merely been mentioned in passing a few times. It was mostly in a note at the end of section 10.2 (decent Skaven infantry), as an upgrade to Clannie/Storm Vermin units.

I just mutated the entry to its own section (10.3) to make it easier to find.
Si vis pacem, para bellum!

If my Ratling Gunners were hummies...
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Man, this is awesome!

Just copied it, printed and got it along with the Army Book to take some tips!! :)

Hint-Hint: make a PDF file of it! ;)
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Moar-Moar!!
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blader4411
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A truely phenomenal piece of work! :o

All I can add is: Why couldn't you have been the writer of the Skaven Army Book instead of Jeremy Vetock? :P

-Blader
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Die! Die! Every-things!
Note that this has been mutated to reflect the 8 page (!!!!) Errata and FAQ, including (amongst other things):

-Plague censors force bearer to test
-Master Moulders have to be front rank
-Warlitter and Bone Breaker unit strength/base size
-ALL Assassin attacks (and GR slings) poisoned
-Bell and Furnace both joinable
-Slaves and templates NOT randomized [CRAP!]
-Curse can target units containing a mounted character (and will kill them unless US 5+)
-WFT stand and shoot done before enemy moves


Si vis pacem, para bellum!

If my Ratling Gunners were hummies...
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Gakkamel


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Jan 23 2010, 05:26 PM
A truely phenomenal piece of work! :o

All I can add is: Why couldn't you have been the writer of the Skaven Army Book instead of Jeremy Vetock? :P

-Blader

He is to awesome to share with Games Workshop :P Great post mate
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Deathblane
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Excellent work, especially useful on the item analysis.
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