Having just "acquired" a Skaven army from a friend, I know too well it's strengths and weaknesses.
When the Skaven work, they work well. When they don't work, its painful for the rats.
How true
I used them at Portsmouth last weekend, and in my 2nd game I lost to the guy that came last overall (his only win was agaisnt me
) To be fair it was a good game, even if
Plauge killed 90% of my own army, and the Rattling killed killed the last 10%
I play a very (IMHO) balanced list, but I can see where the power comes from. The magic and the shooting are the only 2 things that really do any real damage, other than that it's CR.
Giant Rat Packs have become my best friend, they are just way better than thier stat lines. Speed, a good number of attacks, and cheap points cost, just make these boys my fav unit. I am now thinking of getting more Moudler units so I can have a horde Giant Rat army
Do not underestimate Giant Rats, if you do you will lose
However, talking aobut Moulder brings me on to the Rat Ogre's
I have been trying out units of 1, used in 2 ways.
* The first is to stick in front of a unit at an angle so they must charge the RO or not move, which I then flee and hoefully set up a flank counter-charge.
* The 2nd way is to go war-machine hunting with the Giant Rats. The RO normally dies (for some reason the perfer to be charged by ranked up unit
) but that leaved the RP alone. Or just the threat of 12" moving units means they send a ot of points thier way to stop me. Either way it's normally a win-win situation for me.
The biggest weakness is if the Pack Master dies, as it's 50% casulties and therefore a Ld 5 Panic check
, which as you can guess the RO run's with little chance to rally.
I have been using 2 units of ONE for about 7 games now, and even though they have died every time (100vp's) I think they are worth it if you can use them right. Heck - Life is Cheap, even a 50pt Rat Ogre
John