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[Tack]

WoC have no counter to cavalry other than just bogging them down in heavy infantry. Norsca and beastmen on the other hand...

1: "Just bogging them down in heavy infantry" works when the infantry are pikemen more tanky than dwarves
2: Aren't the WoC cav units pretty good though?

[Mech#4]

Early on I might use warhounds to catch them and keep enemy cavalry busy until their infantry is dealt with. Other than that, lore of shadows "Melkoth's Mystifying Miasma" to slow them down and/or lore of metal spell that lowers armour on heavier cavalry. Though, I tend to just take the cavalry charge and charge them with other infantry or fast moving units while their busy in melee.

[umiman]

Chaos only has one strat. Walk forward and kill everything in the way.

It's why your army should be Sigvald and all Chosen.

Incidentally, the new Chaos RoRs are really powerful. They also look awesome. Except the cannon. That one doesn't seem to be worth it.

[Tack]

Heh, don't tell the majority of chaos players on here that. Lads love their monster mash.

[ArchAIngel]

Heh, don't tell the majority of chaos players on here that. Lads love their monster mash.

I play Chaos like I play Dwarves. Heavy heavy HEAVY infantry focus, with some cavalry to hunt their arty, and when I can, some Hellcannons to help break the foe's leadership.

I do use a fair few Monsters, though, because linebreakers are GREAT.

That being said, instead of my "Sit there and wait" approach I use with Dawi, I have a "GET IN THERE" approach instead.

[scriver]

When I played Dwarves, I used a roughly 12/8 infantry/archertry set up. It was pretty OP.

[Tack]

Autoresolve LOVES rangers.
It's annoying as heck.

[Mech#4]

Skaven army roster is out and up for viewing.

Spoiler: Copy of the List (click to show/hide)

ROSTER
Melee Legendary Lord    Queek Headtaker
Mounts: None

Caster Legendary Lord    Lord Skrolk
Uses Lore of Plague    Mounts: None

Caster Lord    Grey Seer
Uses Lores of either Plague or Ruin    Mounts: Foot, Screaming Bell

Melee Lord    Warlord
Mounts: Foot, Bonebreaker

Melee Hero    Assassin
Mounts: None

Melee Hero    Warlock Engineer
Mounts: None

Caster Hero    Plague Priest
Uses Lore of Plague    Mounts: Foot, Plague Furnace

Melee Infantry    Skavenslaves
Melee Infantry    Skavenslave Spears
Missile Infantry    Skavenslave Slingers

Melee Infantry    Clanrats
Melee Infantry    Clanrats (Shields)
Melee Infantry    Clanrat Spears
Melee Infantry    Clanrats Spears (Shields)

Melee Infantry    Stormvermin (Halberds)
Melee Infantry    Stormvermin (Sword & Shields)

Melee Infantry    Plague Monks
Melee Infantry    Plague Monk Censer Bearers

Missile Infantry    Night Runners
Missile Infantry    Night Runners (Slings)

Missile Infantry    Gutter Runners
Missile Infantry    Gutter Runners (Poison)
Missile Infantry    Gutter Runner Slingers
Missile Infantry    Gutter Runner Slingers (Poison)

Melee Infantry    Death Runners

Weapons Team    Warpfire Thrower
Missile Infantry    Poison Wind Globadiers
Missile Infantry    Death Globe Bombardiers

Melee Monstrous Infantry    Rat Ogres

Artillery    Plagueclaw Catapult
Artillery    Warp Lightning Cannon

Vehicle    Doomwheel

Melee Monster    Hell Pit Abomination

The list has a nice selection of things, with only a few things missing. Suprising additions are the Plague Furnace (mount for Plague Priest) and Bonebreaker (Rat-Ogre mount for Warlord).

Things that aren't included are Jezzails, Ratling Gun, Doom-Flayer, Poisoned Wind Mortar, Warp-Grinder, Giant Rats and Chieftain hero. There's also some mounts with the Great Pox Rat and War Litter.

A lord DLC with Ikit Claw and possibly Thanquol (though I'm thinking he might be FLC along with the combined campaign map) would make sense with most of these units being from Clan Skryre.


Some units that had me looking up my rulebook to find out what they are. Death Runners are the name for champion Gutter Runners while the Death Globe Bombadier is likewise the champion unit for Globadiers, Death Globes being a stronger Poison Wind Globe.
I have to wonder about items. Death Runners are equipped with Weeping Blades but I would like to know whether you can equip a Warplock Engineer with a pistol and the brass orb (A vaccuum in a sphere). In tabletop the Brass Orb was great for erasing powerful enemy units as it dealt an Initiative save or die under the template. There was also the Fell Blade that was stupidly powerful but slowly killed its user and Warpstone Tokens you could use to boost your magic points at a risk of taking a wound.

[timferius]

The Brass Orb is my favourite magic item, and I'd be thrilled if it were added. Nothing better than hiding a hero with it in a unit, popping out at an opportune time to suck something in to a vaccum

[Tack]

"Initiative test or die" sounds like "High damage AOE with a long telegraph"

[umiman]

It's really remarkable how they can include such high quality models in such huge numbers.

The Skaven in this actually look better than in Vermintide. Sure, Vermintide is a few years old, but TWW2 is doing them by the thousands.

I'm still pissed there's no ratling gun at launch though. It'll probably come with the obvious Clan Skryre DLC but fuck. I want my gatling gun.

[Majestic7]

Heh, don't tell the majority of chaos players on here that. Lads love their monster mash.

I know that Chosen and the like are objectively better, but monsters are so cool...

[Criptfeind]

Only real chaos Army is Kholek Suneater leading a 100% Dragon Ogres force. Humanity weak get out.

[umiman]

Your Dragon ogres can't handle my Chosen. Come at me bro.

[Criptfeind]

*Stormlords and flees**Stormlords and flees**Stormlords and flees**Stormlords and flees**Stormlords and flees**Stormlords and flees**Stormlords and flees*

A most glorious battle.