Warcry/Tactics/Skaven
Praise the Great Horned Rat. Rules writers allowed Skaven to descend upon the Eightpoints with lots of options for cheap chaff ready to die for your under-costed big hitters. Yes yes.
Faction Overview
Pros
- Extra Fast: While most qucik warbands have 5" movement, Skaven have a extra 1" over them.
- veritility: has cheap rats to big bruts to brute with machineguns.
Cons
Abilities Overview
- [Double] Scurry Away: Agile Units. A fighter can use this ability only if they are within 3" of an enemy fighter. Roll a dice. On a 4+, this fighter makes a bonus disengage action. (all Skaven)
- [Double] Crack the Whip: Pack Master only. Pick a visible friendly fighter with the Beast runemark within 4" of this fighter. That fighter makes a bonus attack action that has a Range characteristic of 3 or less.
- [Double] Hired Bodyguard: Stormvermin only. Until the end of the battle round, friendly fighters with the Leader runemark cannot be targeted while they are within 1" of this fighter.
- [Triple] Crushing Charge: Rat Ogors and Stormfiends only. Until the end of this fighter's activation, the next time this fighter finishes a move action within 1" of an enemy fighter, pick a visible enemy fighter within 1" of this fighter. Allocate a number of damage points to that fighter equal to the value of this ability.
- [Triple] Lead from the Back: Leader only. Until the end of the battle round, add half the value of this ability (rounding up) to the Attacks characteristic of attack actions that have a Range characteristic of 3 or less made by other friendly fighters while they are within 3" of this fighter.
- [Quad] Recite from the Book of Woes: Bringer-of-the-Word only. Until the end of the battle round, enemy fighters cannot use abilities while they are within 3" of this fighter.
Fighter's Overview
Leader
Clanrat Clawleader
There is an error on the card that will be in the errata eventually (the points cost is most likely 145pt.)
- Stats: Movement 6"; Toughness 4; Wounds 16; 45 Pts.
- Rule: Leader, Agile
- Weapons:
- Dagger-Range 1"; Attacks 4; Strength 3; Damage 2/4
- Fighter Commentary
Bringer-of-the-Word
- Stats: Movement 6"; Toughness 4; Wounds 16; 150 Pts.
- Rule: Leader, Agile, Priest
- Weapons:
- Dagger-Range 1"; Attacks 4; Strength 3; Damage 2/4
- Fighter Commentary
Stormvermin Fangleader
- Stats: Movement 6"; Toughness 4; Wounds 20; 170 Pts.
- Rule: Leader
- Weapons:
- Dagger-Range 1"; Attacks 4; Strength 4; Damage 2/4
- Fighter Commentary
Fighter
Clanrat with Rusty Spear and Clanshield
- Stats: Movement 6"; Toughness 4; Wounds 8; 75 Pts.
- Rule: Agile
- Weapons:
- Spear-Range 2"; Attacks 2; Strength 3; Damage 1/4
- Fighter Commentary
Clanrat with Rusty Blade and Clanshield
- Stats: Movement 6"; Toughness 4; Wounds 8; 75 Pts.
- Rule: Agile
- Weapons:
- Sword-Range 1"; Attacks 3; Strength 3; Damage 1/3
- Fighter Commentary
Gutter Runner
- Stats: Movement 6"; Toughness 3; Wounds 8; 75 Pts.
- Rule: Agile
- Weapons:
- Sword-Range 1"; Attacks 3; Strength 3; Damage 1/3
- Ranged-Range 8"; Attacks 2; Strength 3; Damage 1/2
- Fighter Commentary
Plague Monk with Woe-Stave and Foetid Blade
- Stats: Movement 6"; Toughness 3; Wounds 8; 70 Pts.
- Rule: Agile
- Weapons:
- club-Range 2"; Attacks 3; Strength 3; Damage 1/5
- Fighter Commentary
Plague Monk with Pair of Foetid Blades
- Stats: Movement 6"; Toughness 3; Wounds 8; 70 Pts.
- Rule: Agile
- Weapons:
- Dagger-Range 1"; Attacks 4; Strength 3; Damage 1/4
- Fighter Commentary
Giant Rat
- Stats: Movement 8"; Toughness 2; Wounds 4; 35 Pts.
- Rule: Agile, Beast
- Weapons:
- Sword-Range 1"; Attacks 3; Strength 3; Damage 1/3
- Fighter Commentary
Packmaster
- Stats: Movement 6"; Toughness 3; Wounds 8; 65 Pts.
- Rule: Agile, Frenzied
- Weapons:
- Fangs-Range 1"; Attacks 3; Strength 3; Damage 1/3
- Ranged-Range 3"; Attacks 3; Strength 3; Damage 1/2
- Fighter Commentary
Stormvermin with Halberd
- Stats: Movement 6"; Toughness 4; Wounds 10; 105 Pts.
- Rule: Elite
- Weapons:
- Spear-Range 2"; Attacks 3; Strength 3; Damage 2/4
- Fighter Commentary
Stormvermin with Halberd and Clanshield
- Stats: Movement 6"; Toughness 5; Wounds 10; 115 Pts.
- Rule: Elite
- Weapons:
- Spear-Range 2"; Attacks 2; Strength 3; Damage 2/4
- Fighter Commentary
Rat Ogor
There is an Error with one of these cards, it'll be in the errata eventually. either both are 40w or 30w (most likley 30w)
Rat Ogor with Tearing Claws
- Stats: Movement 5"; Toughness 4; Wounds 30; 225 Pts.
- Rule: Beast, Brute
- Weapons:
- Unarmed-Range 1"; Attacks 4; Strength 4; Damage 4/8
- Fighter Commentary
Rat Ogor with Warpfire Gun
- Stats: Movement 5"; Toughness 4; Wounds 40; 235 Pts.
- Rule: Beast, Brute
- Weapons:
- Ranged-Range 3-8"; Attacks 2; Strength 5; Damage 3/6
- Unarmed-Range 1"; Attacks 2; Strength 4; Damage 4/8
- Fighter Commentary
Stormfiend
Stormfiend with Warpfire Projectors
- Stats: Movement 5"; Toughness 5; Wounds 35; 265 Pts.
- Rule: Brute
- Weapons:
- Ranged-Range 3-8"; Attacks 2; Strength 5; Damage 3/6
- Unarmed-Range 1"; Attacks 2; Strength 4; Damage 4/8
- Fighter Commentary
Stormfiend with Shock Gauntlets
- Stats: Movement 5"; Toughness 5; Wounds 35; 265 Pts.
- Rule: Brute
- Weapons:
- Unarmed-Range 1"; Attacks 4; Strength 4; Damage 4/10
- Fighter Commentary
Stormfiend with Ratling Cannons
- Stats: Movement 5"; Toughness 5; Wounds 35; 285 Pts.
- Rule: Brute
- Weapons:
- Ranged-Range 3-10"; Attacks 4; Strength 4; Damage 2/4
- Unarmed-Range 1"; Attacks 2; Strength 4; Damage 4/8
- Fighter Commentary
Stormfiend with Grinderfists
- Stats: Movement 5"; Toughness 5; Wounds 35; 265 Pts.
- Rule: Brute
- Weapons:
- Unarmed-Range 1"; Attacks 4; Strength 5; Damage 4/8
- Fighter Commentary
Stormfiend with Doomflayer Gauntlest
- Stats: Movement 5"; Toughness 5; Wounds 35; 265 Pts.
- Rule: Brute
- Weapons:
- Unarmed-Range 1"; Attacks 5; Strength 4; Damage 4/8
- Fighter Commentary
Stormfiend with Windlaunchers
- Stats: Movement 5"; Toughness 5; Wounds 35; 265 Pts.
- Rule: Brute
- Weapons:
- Ranged-Range 3-20"; Attacks 2; Strength 4; Damage 2/4
- Unarmed-Range 1"; Attacks 2; Strength 4; Damage 4/8
- Fighter Commentary