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I agree I don't think they're Slaugth - they're not covered in maggots to start with! Although, I don't think they're Nurgle either - no triple circles anywhere. Could be the start of some undivided stuff. The game could be based on gellar fields going down and corrupting the servitors and some of the crew? Maybe those with a metallic head will be the servitors? Although I've not really seen a description of a servitor that also contains a metallic head - normally the heads are organic, as it houses the brain etc etc..

After a fair amount of success with my Skaven at the Grand Clash, I've now turned back to the Fyreslayers to see how they fair with all of the cards available. I've used your list as a basis and made some amendments which have done well over the last week. Here's the list. 3 pushes, a few few moves / attacks, and some mitigation to help me with objectives with Great Concussion and Mischievous Spirits. Like you, I'm happy with getting 2 of my guys inspired each game. Now, I have only played against aggro decks so far - I've sat back and then counter-charged to score some 'Score Immediately' objectives and then gone from there. I guess if I'm playing against objective-based decks I'll push my objectives closer and run forward, but the general 'meta' in the area seems to focus on aggro. There's only 1 card I wish I had in my deck - Hidden Paths. This card would at least give someone sitting at the back of the board something to think about; but I'm not sure which ploy I'd drop. Anyone have any ideas?

Typically everything went on Skritch. If nothing else, rerolling defence or attack dice is pretty nice with someone you want to keep alive, and who has the best basic attack in the swarm.

So I went to Grand Clash 2 at Warhammer World on Saturday. I came 7th, with 3 wins and 1 loss, and top Skaven player at the event. I also managed to snag a Best Warband nomination but unfortunately didn't win that. Here's the deck I took. My first match was against Orruks. He had Great Concussion to stop me from scoring on objectives, but that was about it. I managed to get all 6 relics out in both of the rounds we had, and scored +26 glory over the two games. I will note that I only managed to get 6 relics out in the second game because I successfully scored Miraculous Escape when Hakka wiffed his attack. Without that score immediately the match would have gone to 3 rounds. My second match was also against Orruks. This guy had no Great Concussion or Earthquake, so I happily danced around him and sat on a few objectives. I again managed to get all 6 relics out in both games and scored a +20 glory over the match. My third match was against Skaven. The first round I was fortunate to get three objectives and managed to score early on. His Skritch went on the offensive but I stuck to my guns and kept drawing power cards to get what I needed. I didn't managed to get the relics out in this round, but a combination of supremacy, Tactical Supremacy 1-2, and Our Only Way Out gave me what I needed. In the second round I only managed to place 2 objectives, but I scuppered his plans early on by playing Shifting Shards after the first activation and moving an objective in his territory into a blocked hex. He still managed to score Supremacy against me by moving closer to me, but this then allowed me to counter, kill a couple of rats, and get enough glory to get the relics out and score 12 in the final three activations. My final match was against Farstriders. I'd never even seen these on the board before so didn't really know how to counter them. The first round wasn't too bad; I got 3 objectives, got 5 glory and spoils of battle, then played Hidden Paths to get Skritch well out of the way and pulled glory from the relics. In the second round I only got 2 objectives down, and my opponent countered my placement meaning I had to put an objective much closer to the centre line that I wanted. In this round I didn't manage to pull ploys in any decent order, and my force was picked apart, scoring only 3 glory all round. The final round in this match went even worse. I went first, he then played Hidden Paths to put one of the guys next to Skritch, then attacked him causing 2 damage. In the next activation he then shot Skirtch and played Trap! killing him instantly. It went downhill from there, with his killing or pushing rat after rat, and I only managed to score a total of 6. However, due to the high score in the first round, I still ended up with a total glory difference for the match of +1. So that's it. I think the deck is fairly effective, although quite boring to play with (and probably against). The fact that I'm just sat there pulling power cards and hoping that my opponent doesn't counter me shows the main downside to the deck. In all four matches, I didn't come across anything that targeted my rats, so Misdirection was wasted. It's still a very handy card though. With how well Relics did throughout the event, I think we'll see more people running cards such as Shattershard and Frozen In Time, which means Misdirection, and maybe Forceful Denial will come into their own.

Thanks! I’m looking forward to showing the display board off too; it’s nearly finished. The armour recipe is: 50:50 leadbelcher:abbadon black Agrax wash Thinned leadbelcher on the lighter areas Sepia wash Leadbelcher again on the lighter areas Edge highlight of Stormhost Silver Then the dirt and rust isn’t just thinned Mournfang Brown and Troll Slayer Orange.

It’s been a long time since anyone posted here. With the new cards available how are people finding Skaven now? What types of decks seem to work in the face of the aggro decks that seem to be popular?

So after a few weeks of painting I've finally been able to complete Spiteclaw's Swarm. This is the warband I'll be taking to the Grand Clash next week. I've not quite finished the project for them though, as I'm also building a display based for them! I'll post the full thing up when it's all completed.

Which is why I'm going to start using Misdirection in my Skaven deck - just in case.

https://whc-cdn.games-workshop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/warhammer_underworlds_shadespire_en-2.pdf New FAQ.

The people I've been speaking with about the new cards seem to think that the sky has fallen for objective based decks. I think they'll definitely be weaker than they were, but it's all going to be about being able to counter the moves that your opponent does. They'll be more of a reactive deck. Plus, if your opponent has loads of cards to stop you grabbing objectives, what cards will they have left to actually do what they want to do?

There’s another bit in the white dwarf too that says when farstrider is inspired, he can use his bird to make a 4 hex attack. The bird does 1 damage, and 2 on a crit.

My white dwarf arrived today...

I've started painting the Skaven this week. I'm intending to take them to Grand Clash II at Warhammer World at the end of April. I've also been working on a secret (related) project that I'll unveil nearer the time.

Hey - thanks for the feedback! The skin was really simple to be honest - Cadian Fleshtone, washed with Reikland, recesses washed with Reikland again, then gradually build up the colour using thinned Cadian Fleshtone, adding Screaming Skull bit by bit, then pure Screaming Skull on the odd (upper) edge. Sounds more complicated than it is - you just need to make sure your paint is really thin and be patient with it.

I wonder if the compass-thing (can't remember the name) on the Farstrider leader does anything? Maybe something like a teleport to any starting hex as an action? It does something in AoS doesn't it?