1000 TV Skaven

[spubbbba]

I'm planning on taking a Skaven team to the GT in May.
I don't have a huge amount of experience with them (only 25 games under LRB4) so am looking for some tips to give me a shot at bettering the 3/1/2 results I had the last 2 years.

I'm also hoping to win best painted after being nominated twice before so the Rat Ogre is a must (even though i think they are overpriced rubbish) as i have a cool conversion planned for him. I intend to paint up a warpstone troll and some goblins to make them underworld at the WIL Star Bowl in August as well.

So far I have:

Rat Ogre = 150
2 Storm Vermin = 180
1 Thrower = 70
2 Gutter Runners = 160
5 Linemen = 250
2 Re-rolls = 120
Total = 930

This leaves 70K to play with, i could buy a lineman for a 12th player, a 3rd re-roll, an apoth or ugrade 2 linerats to gutters.

For skills i was thinking, Leader on the thrower, block on both gutters, guard on the Stormvermin. Maybe guard or juggernaut on the RO, block, kick or dp on linerat or tackle on a vermin.

Any other viable skill choices?

[Grumbledook]

don't have to have the rat ogre on the roster to show him for best painted

give you more money to play with

[Jimjimjimany]

I took skaven last year and went with:

Rat Ogre,
Blitzer,
4 Gutter Runners,
6 Linemen,
2 Re-rolls,
FF 1

and i found it to work quite well (nick who won the GT also took the same roster). Although in hindsight I would probably have swapped a gutter runner and the FF for another blitzer. Or since the rat ogre has decreased in price you could use the savings and the FF to upgrade a lineman to a thrower for leader access and sure hands. Also in LRB6 the apothecary could be better than the 12th man.

I think the rat ogre is brilliant and becomes even better at TV100, as most teams have to drop reserves and re-rolls at lower TV where his mighty blow and prehensile tail can cause major issues. Although if you take him I think juggernaut is an must to get the most out of him.

[PubBowler]

I think it's just a shame that you there is no doubles skill access, you need a Claw linerat...

[TuernRedvenom]

I think it's just a shame that you there is no doubles skill access, you need a Claw linerat...

Doubles would surely be Block on the RO.
Claw without MB and even Block is not great at all IMO.

[mattgslater]

The Skaven coach in my league swears by his Claw linerat, even though the guy has got himself no casualties in 6 games with the skill. The other day, a few of us were playing Magic, and somebody compared an ill-chosen card to "Claw on a Linerat."