They either do extremely well, or they die on impact. Still not terrible against Chaos, but you'll probably be able to find a better use for the points. The large template can hit entire blocks and their low T means you have a better shot at wounding. Poisoned Wind Globadiers will actually make their points against Chaos Warriors, as once again they ignore those pesky armor saves and have a flat to wound roll regardless of enemy T.Īgainst HEs, the Plague Claw Catapult may stand out. They may fly, but with Warpgale up they're moving at a whopping M2. Howling Warpgale is useful against HEs, especially for saving your war machines from Great Eagles.
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Both armies have high I models who will easily make their tests. Against Chaos Warriors, you might need to hit them with Wither a few times to lower their innately high T.Īgainst either army, Crack's Call is definitely of lower value. Wonderful against Chaos Warrior for the armor save denial. It ignore armor saves and always wounds on 5+. When setting up your army for battle be sure to add a meatshield of Slaves and Clanrats towards the front to soak up enemy attack, keeping your more. Chaos and HE both tend to have units that a Plague Mortar works well against. The Skaven view some of their ranks to be expendable, such as the Skavenslaves and Clanrats, and would happy throw 100 of their number into the fray in exchange for 1 kill. Seriously though, ranks of clan rats or slaves to hold up the enemy are always good.
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It is pretty much the best option for whatever needs to die, generally speaking. Accurate, deadly, template, no armor saves, multiple wounds. In MP he's pretty low on the lord roster for quality, probably about tied with tretch just above the warlord and well below the casters/skrolk.When a question for skaven starts "what's the best unit to use against _ ", the first answer is almost always: He's all around decent in campaign, with a cool playstyle+stormvermin focus. In campaign he certainly can with buffs, but he struggles vs monsters/mounted lords. Theyre only wasted vs a handful of factions with heavy shooting+light cav like greenskins or wood elves.Īs for queek, I heard somewhere he can beat most melee foot lords in a 1 v 1, though I havent tested it myself. They give you a mob of AP anti-large that you can park on your arty/backline to defend vs enemy flankers. This Lords Pack for Total War: WARHAMMER II introduces two new Legendary lords for the Skaven and the Wood Elves. Halberds however are rarely a bad choice. They break too easily and plague monks will usually serve you better.
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In SP the sword and board variant is good vs factions like wood elves, who dont really have many tools to crack them efficiently, but otherwise theyre almost never useful. If you're using them in an SP army, you'll want a frontline of normal stormvermin and just keep a handful of halberds on the periphery to defend against cav/monsters(the halberds have lower defense, but theyre available sooner, so early on id field all halberds and replace them with sword+board as time/opportunity permits) Stat wise, stormvermin are basically just chaos warriors but more expensive, so they do ok vs cheap infantry too.
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This makes them an adequate staying tool while your arty does damage.
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Is Queek able to go up against any other melee lords? (Tyrion, Karl, Grimgor) Stormvermin are cheaper for some lords/have good buffs in SP, plus they have armor, shields and AI is really bad at using shock tactics/psychology to break your units. I always thought Stormvermin weren't nearly worth their price in either Empires or MP. Originally posted by robert.s_a:Okay, thats interesting to know. Plague monks are generally a safer pick than stormvermin for a frontline(not vs all factions, but vs most) and you'll want to make use of your artillery, magic and skirmishers to whittle away at enemies while using your infantry more as fodder than anything else. In MP theres a few different strats, but everything relies on combined arms. The key to skaven is to use food to quickly tech a capital up to tier 3-4, get access to good units and win from there. Tretch is the only lord who isnt exactly specialized, but in his army youre better off with stormvermin. You need to use spells and combined arms to win. All your units are viable, but most are pretty specialized, and most have some sort of glaring weakness. His liber bubonicus and rod of corruption provide massive AOE damage+single target damage, and he has the lore of plague to go with it.Īs for units, in campaign I would say its driven by your lord of choice, with skrolk youll want to churn out plague monks and catapults, with queek it's gonna be stormvermin and catapults/rat ogres. Best lord is kinda dependent on what you want them for, but generally skrolk is considered the most competitive.