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8th ed - changes to list building
Topic Started: 13th July 2010 - 02:52 PM (328 Views)
chiaroscuros
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My first post!

I am squeeky new to Warhammer (hope you enjoy the pun). But I have been playing 40k for a decade. With the new rules, I decided to jump into the game. So granted that my experience is so limited that I may be missing the obvious, but...

It seems like one of the largest changes in Warhammer 8th edition is the change from hard limits on the # of Lords, Heroes, Special, Rare... to pure percentages.

In lists with expensive units, this is not a big change.

But for Skaven that has everything cheap, this totally changes everything.

At 2000 points, this means that you can easily fit 3 Lords instead of 1, 5 or 6 specials, and/or 4 Rares if you want.

This really opens the doors in each slot.

Lords/Heroes - you can take lots of cheap high initiative characters to boost your squads. Heck, one in each of your core units. And they are cheap enough that you can gear them up for CC. When will you ever not have leadership 10?

Specials - You can really go nuts with lots of small units of Plague Monks and Plague Censor Bearers without having to spend the points for the Lord that gives you Plague Monks as core. You easily hit the glass ceiling of 25% of your points with large units, but small ones... hmmm...

And the more small cheap units you have, the harder it is to hurt them with shooting/magic. Which of the 6 identical units do you want to target with your 400 point Level 4 magician? And more units means more shooting that you can double up on against your opponent.

The shooty Skaven list gets a huge boost from 2 Doomwheels and 2 Warp Lightning Cannons. Now you don't have to decide which is better. Take them both in multiples....

Anyway, I would love to see the crazy lists you come up with that take advantage of these changes....

I know that I am scratching my head and trying to figure this out. So any help would be great.

Thanks in advance!
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If you have any specific questions ask away.

If your after army list advice check out the army list section things are in a bit of a flux now because of 8th I am an advocate of the units of 100 slaves and Giant Rats.

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Thanks SkavenDan. I am still learning to navagate this site.

I will skitter and hop over to the army builder side.

Okay, I am an idiot. I can find where non-skaven lists can be talked about, but not skaven specific lists. Could I get some directions or a link please?
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