Friday, January 05, 2007

New Cheesy Skaven Tactic

This is a very interesting tactic that a skaven player could use that is very legal.

Everyone can wrack up a Combat res of 7 for a unit. Just be really big and then add in that BSB with Warbanner.

Now a skaven unit can even go to 8 with Storm Vermin or Plague monks.
Be really large and give them the swarm banner.

So you get 3 ranks, banner, bsb, warbanner, swarm banner and unit strength.

But now I have come up with a way to start combat with a combat res of 10!!!
Or maybe even higher!!

Its not guaranteed, but odds are with you.

Start with a clanrat unit of around size 35, with full command so 200 points.
(or leave out the champ, no biggie)
I wouldn't use Storm Vermin, too expensive.
Add the BSB with warbanner. 95 points
So you are sitting at +7 right now.

Now for the kicker. Add in a Plague Priest with Plague Censor. (86 points)
You could add in the warpstone amulet for 111 points for more survivability.

Then put him dead center of the front rank. BSB goes in the back.

No matter who you run into, as long as they are on the front of the unit. You have to roll to wound the enemy (1, 2 or 3 models) depending on their base size.
Then you also have to roll for 5 clanrats and the plague priest.

The priest suffers a wound on a 6. And the enemy probably on a 4, 5 or 6.
But the clanrats suffer a wound on a 4+ with no armor save. Meaning you should get on average 2.5 wounds on them. If you just get 1/2 a wound on the other rolls, you start with 3 extra wounds that count for you.

So you are starting with 7 static + 3 from the fog (0 to 9, but 3-4 would be average.)
Giving you a starting combat res of 10 to 11 on average before you ever start to swing a sword and before anyone strikes, even chargers.

Barring the High elf BSB with Battle Banner, this may be the highest static combat res in the game, and you can do it all for 380 points.

Drop the BSB to have a static of 8-9 with only clanrats and a plague priest with censor. You can do this with a unit of 30, for 250 points.

3 of these units out there can give a whole new life to the static combat res of units, not to mention the 4 strength 6 attacks in the first round of combat.

Good luck.

7 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Dude....ouch.

Actually had a 14 year old do the plague takes out my own troops for combat res thing on me. REALLY hurt my TK's

11:18 AM  
Blogger Ben said...

Yea, thats about my thoughts exactly.

11:36 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

i hate that cencer crap, but used it the last game...cencers with slaves in tow...lots of CR.

swiss cheese to the max.

shaun g

11:52 AM  
Blogger Ben said...

You hate it so much you use it???

That makes no sense Shaun.

;-)

12:12 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

well it is stupid and poorly written, but in the interim as they have taken away protection for weapon teams and characters...oh well.

shaun g

1:30 PM  
Blogger Unknown said...

That is so skavenly evil !!!

Doesn't make lot of sense to get CR from killing your own guys but after all, why not ?

4:46 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

are there any non-cheesey skaven tactics??

10:17 PM  

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