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KTG17:
Ha said codexes should have said army book for the title.


--- Quote from: The Black Knight on June 07, 2021, 05:28:39 PM ---When it comes to Skaven, the 7th ed book was an absolute powerhouse when it came out. The amazing magic, items and solid units made it a top-tier option for tournament goers as far as I can remember. Since Skaven relly on big units of infantry and warmachines, they transitioned into 8th ed very neatly as that's what got boosted in it. I have been regularly playing against them with various armies in the last 11 years (High Elves included) and the army holds up magnificently well against anything that 8th ed can throw at them. I would even say that apart from a few overcosted special characters there are really no bad options in that book (there are a few stellar though, which steal the spotlight).
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Great! I don't know if you followed any of my huge thread covering my dive into WFB, but I decided early on to use 6th Ed as my ruleset, and Ravening Hordes as my army book. So if it wasn't in that, I wasn't going to use it. I was surprised to see that in the 6th Edition Skaven army book, they removed the Doom Wheel, so I am glad its in Ravening Hordes as I have the plastic version of it, and love it. But I didn't take much of a look at the 7th army book until your post and I have to admit now after reading that, what an amazing looking army book. I mean the Skaven options really got improved upon as far as models go. I just wasn't sure if the High Elves would benefit more from newer rules in 8th, or if the point values would have changed much, that kind of thing.

So summing up - I would say the 8th ed High Elves and 7th ed Skaven are very well matched and in this case you have nothing to worry about.
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Good deal!


--- Quote from: brr-icy on June 07, 2021, 06:46:41 PM ---i don't play 8th as i don't like a single thing they changed for the edition. But i generally see 8th as pretty unbalanced anyways, so i don't think it matters.

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Yeah its not my edition of choice as far as I can tell, but I thought I would play a few games with the starter as it came and maybe expand on it if I was inspired by the Island of Blood novel.


--- Quote from: Naitsabes on June 08, 2021, 06:55:22 PM ---There are official GW FAQs to bring skaven, brets and beastmen books somewhat in line with 8th edition. The skaven one in particular is quite lengthy.

edit: here is a link:

https://eefl.freeforums.net/thread/129/wfb-edition-official-faqs-download

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Thanks!

brr-icy:

--- Quote from: KTG17 on June 09, 2021, 12:27:12 AM ---
Great! I don't know if you followed any of my huge thread covering my dive into WFB, but I decided early on to use 6th Ed as my ruleset, and Ravening Hordes as my army book. So if it wasn't in that, I wasn't going to use it. I was surprised to see that in the 6th Edition Skaven army book, they removed the Doom Wheel,


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The thing about 6th is it's the most supported of any edition. If a character or unit wasn't in the book, it was in a white dwarf or citadel journal (#49 if you're looking for the doomwheel and verminlord)

wfb6thcharacters.blogspot.com is a site i've been using to compile all the extra units, characters, army lists, etc. rules for everything are in there. the 6th skaven book is really good as well.

Warlord:
Agree. 6th and 7th skaven books are between solid and overpowered. Though maybe thats just my experience.

brr-icy:

--- Quote from: Warlord on June 09, 2021, 03:13:58 PM ---Agree. 6th and 7th skaven books are between solid and overpowered. Though maybe thats just my experience.

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6th was overpowered if you made a skyre list. otherwise it was just good. I don't tend to use my skyre list unless i want to absolutely dominate someone lol. usually during a campaign, i'll throw it in there as a random encounter if someone is dominating all the way through the tree

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