SKAVEN ARMY GUIDE! - Total War: Warhammer 2

[@lakinwillson4124]

The skaven can also really easily overrun my gpu and give me really bad fps

[@viliamskoruba9782]

Did you ever play full (mostly a lot of slaves) roaster skaven vs skaven ??? My room temperature after that battle was 40 °C and my GPU was red hot...

[@Damaellak]

@@viliamskoruba9782 40 C is ordinary here in brazil haha.

[@Alex-re3qm]

Bad rats

[@TheSunMoon]

Better check your chassis.. Don't want some "backdoor"

[@emperorcip9756]

The blesssings of the Horned Rat are many, yes yes!

[@thaksjtube]

There's something weirdly endearing about the skaven. I always feel like they're the happiest to have won when a battle is over.

[@Tedmaster14]

Food and plunder, yes-yes!

[@wattwooson7556]

Yea but orks are happy during the battle and you know what they say, the real victory was the happiness we made along the way

[@thaksjtube]

@@wattwooson7556 True. I think it's the underdog factor that makes their joy special.

[@wattwooson7556]

Lol true

[@YayapLives]

True joy is a carnasaur in infantry. Just a happy hoppy boy.

[@RoronoaZoroSensei]

"Skavenslave Slingers, you're probably better off giving a rat a sling in real life" oh my god :'D

[@ironsight2396]

RoronoaZoroSensei that would be a humouress thought

[@snufflebunny539]

GET THE MAN THINGS "wait wait im not rea-AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH" *splat* GOT ONE!

[@slobodanvesela4149]

I try it, but my domestic rat eat the sling :(

[@charbelyounes5188]

Hahahahahahahhaha

[@Jukrates]

Here's my skaven build: *RRRRRRATTLING GUN*

[@peterwurstbrot5588]

How do you gez ratling gun?

[@421less1]

@@peterwurstbrot5588 ikit claw dlc i believe

[@chadyoung9934]

THERE CAN NEVER BE ENOUGH DAKKA

[@magron8029]

@@peterwurstbrot5588 Prophet & Warlock DLC gives you Ikit Claw, ratling gunners, warplock jezzails, and doomflayers

[@marfamsilva4174]

I've lost kin to those things

[@TehSlice360]

Today we'll be looking at the Dark Elves Army Guide! Darkshards with Shields. Thanks for watching this guide!

[@thetrustysidekick3013]

Pretty accurate, I'd say.

[@bloodmure1]

of course shades are way better units. But darkshards are way more cost effective.

[@Tespri]

+Pappy Tron Unless you play on legendary.

[@commissarkitty3553]

Warhyda bish

[@fabiofranco109]

More guides for the other factions, please. You are the primary source of this type of information in all of youtube!

[@Trashbugh]

Queek approve of this guide guide! Man-thing Zerkovich! You've done good well on guide guide! We go now now to bring death doom to lizard-things and elf-things! Queek put in good word to Lord Gnawdwell yes yes. Zerkovich get promoted to Fang Leader as reward. 3.06 Queek is fantastic! yes yes! Glory to Queek! Glory to Clan Mors!

[@casey3594]

Queek Headtaker yes yes

[@Trashbugh]

Indeed Jäger-thing. I am Queek. Yes-yes. You bring tributes for Clan Mors? *snorts* For Queek? Or Queek add skull to trophy wrack?

[@WARLOCKIKITCLAW]

Queek thing better bring tribute to clan Skyre!! YES-YES! Or else there might be-be an accident next time you field-use your waprfire throwers >:)

[@Trashbugh]

Fool-fool! Queek prefer Dwarf gouger over Skrye's weaponry. Queek gladly watch minions die-die to *snort* faulty equipment. Gnawdwell will be disappointed you gave Clan Mors faulty-bad warpfire throwers. Might send Eshin minions to teach a lesson!

[@fifo5553]

Glory to Queek! Glory to Clan Mors! But mostly Queek

[@drawmaster77]

19 black dragons and 1 skavenslaves for that sneaky hammer & anvil technique

[@j.l2656]

A pleasure to listen to the explanations from start to finish, written and paced beautifully just like a script. Succinct, precise, logical, the video was spot on. Not just this one, but the whole faction army guide series. Well done sir.

[@Zerkovich]

Appreciate that broski **fist bump**

[@ouroboros6125]

15:55 The flying skaven in the top right. His name was Rattus Maximus. He grew up in the warrens of Skavenblight. As a young rat he had a dream. A dream that one day, he would become an (under)world famous singer. The other rats mocked him and beat him up but he never gave up his dream. Rattus Maximus went to war with the skaven many times, and always survived because he knew he couldn't die before his dream was fulfilled. He would find secluded caverns, and sing. The echoes amplifying his scrawny voice. In his mind, he was above all else, an artist. One day however, he was forced to go on another campaign under the threath of torture. This is the fight you are seeing here. Scroll up and hit unpause for a brief moment. Just like that... he is gone. I think this is the philosophical sub-text GW is trying to show us with the Skaven. We are all Rattus Maximus, trying to chase our dreams. To make them reality. To amount to something in life. Instead - we are wasting it writing and reading youtube comments. Don't be like Rattus Maximus. He will never sing his song, and if we keep procrastinating - neither will we.

[@Gronkiel]

I love you

[@Masounifier]

thanks bro, back to guitar

[@casey3594]

These guides are incredible dude so much effort in them and very professionally made!

[@Zerkovich]

Thanks man. They do take it out of me!

[@Theskeletoninsideyou]

"Hell pit abomination" very fitting name to be honest

[@houndofculann1793]

Humorously it gets its name from the city that first made it

[@Dargoneth]

Its a blast now with Skrotz the mutant. Very versatile meat laboratory. Skaven DLCs were all 3 great. I bet the developer holds rats as pets

[@Jakers457]

I'm a pretty average player. But I tend to use Skaven Arty, plague claws with warp cannons that are guard by Storm Vermin. Then a massive wall of clanrats and slaves to keep the enemy at bay. I then use slingers for a bit of ranged and some doomwheels to chew up anything that get's too close. It usually leads to massive casualties on both sides, but what's a Skaven victory if it's not pyrrhic?

[@badbartigan8799]

I could have posted the same exact thing. :)

[@seanscott5331]

Jakers457 what’s a Slave victory if it’s not pyrrhic That’s a very wise statement

[@archangel6676]

yeah but skaven breed like really fast! so a pyrrhic victory is actually a viable tactic for them

[@dylanschulz9118]

@@archangel6676 Except vs Tomb Kings, since they have no recruitment costs

[@archangel6676]

@@dylanschulz9118 yeah but tomb kings are OP! thats why i play dawi!!

[@Dargoneth]

"They have a ranged unit for every situation". True statement, and thats BEFORE Rattling guns, Jezzails and Mortars XD

[@chompysaid204]

Death Runners are fast, and just got a charge bonus in Kharibdys update. Throw a speed, frenzy, or strider banner on them with vanguard deployment, goodbye artillery and missiles, with high chase kills.

[@tidykun3707]

Zerk you're the best, I thought I was sick of total war warhammer 2, but it turns out i just haven't branched out enough and experienced playing other factions. Your guides help me a lot to understand the intricacies of the game, and help me wrap my head around changing up my play style. Thanks!

[@valendrien6517]

Great quality guide Zerk. I always appreciate the clear abundance of effort you direct towards these videos, and by extension your effort towards providing quality resources for a better gaming experience for the community. Big respect to Ninjahund as well for giving a care, unlike the other "too cool" people. I'll probably offer a build when High Elves are next, as I'm a roleplay geek who is biased towards High Elves and mostly enjoys sticking with them. See you in the futcha!

[@Zerkovich]

Thank you dude. Appreciate that people notice the work in these. I aim to make the best damn guide on the Tube. Sweet man yeee. Drop me a build when the time comes!

[@GeoffreyBronson]

I feel like the Skaven tactic of the weak protecting the strong is super appropriate for the lore

[@ukasz9465]

YO MAN, GLAD UR BACK, IVE BEEN ADDICTED TO UR VIDS FOR LAST TWO WEEKS, LITERALLY WATCHED ALMOST ALL OF UR SHIT, IM GLAD THIS IS STILL ALIVE, I WAS ABOUT TO GET DESPERATE CUZ LACK OF FRESH MEAT HERE. Ok lad, see ya in the futcha, the soon one I hope. Btw pardon my portuguese.

[@Zerkovich]

THANKS BROSEPH! I APPRECIATE YOUR VIEWAGE! GLAD I CAN KEEP YOU ENTERTAINED! WAIT WHY ARE WE SHOUTING?!?!? Ahem. See you in ze Fewcha. **fist bump**

[@ukasz9465]

YAS I AM SHOUTING, TO EXPRESS MY EXCITEMENT! IM GONNA STOP CUZ MY THROAT HURTS AS HELL, HOWEVER MY EXCITEMENT REMAINS AS IT WAS (y know what i mean i hope lol)

[@loganstafford249]

Zerkovich-thing makes new video. Much needed to-to fuel clan mors for-for conquest of beard-things *gross snort* must expand. Must devour southlands yes-yes. TO VICTORY MY STORMVERMIN!

[@Trashbugh]

You'you take one flank! Queek take another! We stab-kill them from many sides and devour-eat slain! Spray all south in musk to claim-claim!

[@Zerkovich]

Don't harm the beards though. Beards are precious.

[@1Korlash]

Logan Stafford Little tip: The word repetition in Skaven-speak is only supposed to happen on some nouns, verbs, and adjectives. "Kill-kill", "Kill-slay", "Come, scribe-slave", "Die-die, stupid dwarf-thing!", "Come-come, Boneripper!", "Queek is great-mighty warlord of Clan Mors"; these are all correct. There's no hard rules on when to repeat words, and consistency isn't important, but the sentence should still be easily readable and not too long, since Skaven speak and act in quick, energetic bursts. Your sentences are good lengthwise, so don't worry about that part. :) Skaven don't repeat things like "to" or "for". That's a screw-up on CA's part, though they got the short bursts part down pat.

[@gubus2494]

send the abominations againts their dragon-things yes yes?

[@Trashbugh]

You taught well by scribe-slave to speak with minions? With Queek? You make good translator yes-yes. Not food for minions today. Korlash-thing tell man-things Queek bring doom-doom! Warlock engineers bring "special" gift for them. *snorts* yes-yes! A gift!

[@muhammadfirstian4847]

I just got myself the TWW2 (my first TW game) and I can say that this video help a lot with my Skaven campaign.

[@havocgr1976]

I always use 2 of each artillery, they rock.Always get like 200+ kills per arty!Then one rat ogre and one doomwheel for anvil, a lot of clanrats some with spears and havent really decided with which lord to stick.I also like the elite ranged infantry.I bring some if I can.

[@scottbeale1825]

my favorite skaven-rp tactic is to park skaven slaves in front of the front lines with warpfire throwers behind them. All they do is hold the enemy in position as the warpfire throwers absolutely massacre anything that approaches the line.

[@wba6787]

Skavenslave Slingers are awesome for having the enemy army run around in circles just in range of your artillery, and with their backs to your actually good missile infantry. Really loving the Skaven campaign so far, their mechanics are so satisfying.

[@Zerkovich]

Agreed

[@Reno29wa]

Thanks for all the videos, I'm new in the game-franchise and this kind of videos are helping me a lot :)

[@The1Dijk]

Great stuff! Your videos are great for learning the ropes of this game. Looking forward to your guides of the other factions.

[@Zerkovich]

That's what I aim for! Thanks man.

[@TheBlarg113]

Your guides are the best. Great examples and explanations. Can't wait for the Lizardmen!

[@Zerkovich]

Thank you good Sir **tips hat**

[@RavenHeavenForever]

Hi Zerk great army guide! Your guide does stand out because it provides sample build which include pro build which is an eye-opener for me. Keep up the good work :)

[@wlshhamster]

i just started playing totalwar w2 and i love your guides, good work man PS its awesome to see how you developed over time, i pretty much watched all your guides the last few days and its cool to see the improvments in editing and general guide-depth.

[@RyanJamesOfficial]

This is the best Skaven run down I have seen yet. Bravo, I definitely subbed. I used to play the tabletop game as a kid many, many years ago and I was a Skaven player. I still have my horde. The fact that I can play Skaven in a video game to this level of detail and using basically the same tactics as the table top game in high definition gameplay almost brings tears to my eyes sometimes. Thank you so much for clearing up a lot of my questions. I just did a quite "learning" campaign and got pretty far. I'm going to start again with everything I've learned from my game-play and this video :)

[@Zerkovich]

Skaven brother **fist bump** Glad I can help man :D

[@johnmcfarlane3147]

There seems to be a problem citizen. This guide, and these "skaven" you speak of don't exist

[@hoppy6437]

In campaign it made a big difference depending on the factions I'd be fighting, but usually a few Stormvermin (shields or halberds depending on how many archers they have) to hold the line long enough to get melted by purple globadiers and a mounted priest. 2 or 3 warpfire cannons to take out monsters and mounted lords quickly, one or two catapults to harass backline units, a doomwheel or two for quickly taking out archers then rear charging the front line, extra halberds if I think they are going to field a lot of cavalry. Early game was mostly fielding tons of clan rats with all the bonuses and surrounding everything

[@Chummy8]

For my Skaven vortex campaign, I had balanced build consisting of a front line of Stormvermin, with bombadier support and 3 artillery with a Doomwheel. That Doomwheel is just so much fun to flank with. Stormvermin held the lines while I just ran the Doomwheel back and forth and toward any enemy archers that got in my way.

[@Notrog21]

Finally someone competent doing these for the new game.

[@Zerkovich]

**high five**

[@Pan_Kakor_I]

Heres my build: 1 skaven warlord 19 units of skavenslaves I wonder why i never win anything?

[@pirateofthemist3764]

Not enough slaves

[@MarkCactus59]

You haven't won??

[@crashfistfight7088]

i used to practice against that build. lol

[@Healermain15]

Not enough armies obviously.

[@racekitty]

No you fool-fools 1 warlord and 12 slaves 13 best number for skaven yes-yes

[@billqiu4692]

Holy shit, that swarm at the beginning lol

[@michaelmilian4336]

death runner build (have a large force of cheap skaven to distract the enemy in the front while elite death runner goon squad with assassins sneak around and take out the enemy lord) artillery-based build (plague claws for infantry and warp lightning for anti large supported by lots of skaven slaves/cheap units to protect the artillery) would-be cav build (lots gutter runners to kite with rat ogre front line and some doom wheels for extra fun)

[@jothegreek]

Your tactic with storm vermin is pretty logical i think low stats units also can be used for flank to support rat ogres

[@goldenskulll]

My favorite faction to play with. I just love destroying the whole warhammer world with Ikit Claw. Cant wait to play as Throth

[@King33337]

Now Skaven have good AP range units & Doom Flayers.

[@bw6188]

SG Numi yep, made me want to pick them up. Watching this to get a reminder of the others.

[@MrSonicjew]

watched this guide as im getting into skaven, yes very late to the party but still enjoying it a lot, very very good informative guide dude helpped a lot thanks for all the info! ill check your out vids out and give you a sub and a like ! thanks keep up the great work.

[@jamesdefrange]

Really enjoy your guides. They make me a better player. Thank you! -new sub

[@juless4131]

Should def to an update to this since so much has been added

[@justincalo8631]

What about an artillery based build, bring 4 units of various artillery depending on what you will be facing, then bring 2 units of globadiers, again depending on what you might be facing, a unit of warpfire throwers, 1 or 2 doomwheels and a ton of slaves/clanrats.. basically, find a good elevated position and position artillery begin raining warpstone death on the enemy, use slaves/clanrats to stop/slow down enemy advance, then use the globadiers and warpfire throwers to mop up whatever is left.. the doomwheels are for additional protection as well as out flank flankers

[@dudewithlaptop8663]

justin calo This is why I think the skaven are so flexible. You can easily our range many of the factions. Just as easily as you can sorround the majority of factions.

[@Venoxisguides]

Just discovered your youtube channel ! amazing dude keep up the good work :)

[@Zerkovich]

Welcome to the channel son.

[@Evoker42]

A little tactic that I love utilizing now that Eshin is more formally in the game, is to have the line of expendables in the front with the rat ogres and plaguebearers do much as you've pointed out. the only trick is my flanks will have deathrunners and/or triads. Great for the stealth flank. Gutterrunners (poison) also are great for this or chasing off cav or skirmishers. If not just hitting the enemy's front line from the back with bits of poison if possible to bring. Mind you this is usually against the AI; but it works well in campaign. Especially against Wood Elves. Instead of bombardiers, I'll bring mortars.

[@georgesibley9977]

I've been a Skaven fan since Shadow of the Horned Rat, and now in TWWH2, my Skaven build focuses as much as possible around artillery. Plagueclaw Catapults are armor-piercing and anti-infantry, and their projectiles are massive; two of them will tear apart the enemy's high-value units, rip up archers, and otherwise create a wild and merry havoc. This tactic is situational; a bargain-basement cavalry unit can pin or destroy any artillery without a problem and I wouldn't dare bring two catapults against other Skaven, but if I'm reasonably sure that they'll be able to use half their ammunition, or if I'm fighting someone very tanky and armored like Dwarves or Chaos, I definitely want to bring the 'pults.

[@soulsamurai-qc2yo]

they got the skaven look absolutely perfect. great vid as always

[@Zefar77]

I'm currently playing Skaven and this is after trying out the elves. But I've started to bring like 4 catapults units into the fight because they wreck any archer units on the field. I also use these to target any group on the field that isn't engaging in any combat. For siege play I use them to just bombard enemies on the walls. So then I can just focus on powerful melee unit rosters and ignore all of the meat shields because honestly the meat shields die really quickly. For example those skaverns you can call out from underground. If they fought anything stronger than first normal melee unit they would be dead so quickly and run away that it wasn't worth the effort. So I just sent them after the enemies artillery. My main infantry force is Storm vermin, they are tough buggers and can fight all other normal melee units without much of a problem. Also love my 3 Warpfire throwers because when they do get in good shots at some army they rip them apart. So if you have the money to buy stronger melee units you really should do it. The meat shields will be entirely useless when the enemy have some stronger units in their army.

[@idkwhatsgoingon4584]

A good way to fight with the skaven is good melee units in one force. Get some Skrimishing units to spilt the army up, then attack with your main army. then eliminate their other force which followed the Skrimers.

[@dilophosaurussk4333]

-Be me, Queek Headtaker -Be not me: Clan moulder, High elves, Capitano siccocco, Pirates of the Southern ocean -Establish a province in the Southern jungle -Make friends with Clan moulder -Narrowly escape a massive Vampirate fleet -Get a quest to attack the Pirates of the Southern ocean -No, i am already in a small war against High elves -Try diplomacy -They say no -Attack my city -Defend my city -Get my ass whooped x3 -Get my brand new warlord killed -High elves attack -Pay them off to leave me alone -Clan moulder offer to help me against the High elves -Yay -Ask them to help me with the pirates -No -Oof -Get my city razed -Get quest to fight Clan moulder Please send help

[@cindemnedzealot]

This is really well done and you've earned a sub

[@xwolphen]

i like a few clanrats w/ shields with a couple spears on ends. use menace from below to tie down enemy and destroying them with plagueclaw catapult before front lines crash

[@santiagojaramillo8878]

Skaven: sent a rat to space. Can't fly.

[@Aetlaify]

Fantastic guide brother thanks for your guides good sir. Before watching your guides i never started a new campaign and thanks to your guidelines i did pretty well in game and enjoyed the power of knowledge :) Keep up the good work my friend!

[@AndreNMailho]

19:35 Rat ogres are great dunkers!

[@handleonafridge6828]

My personal build (before the DLC that made Skaven super good) is like yours but Warpfire throwers on the rear with a hell pit abomination instead of poison wind globodiers

[@skeletonwizard708]

Thank you as always Zerkovich! Your guides are the only reason I can play this ridiculous game.

[@Zerkovich]

Hahah, glad I can help get you through my friend!

[@MrEdge6677]

Ah, the good ol’ days before Clan Skryre. The skaven sure have come a long way.

[@JohnDoe-pc1qf]

14:56 Look at that single Dragon Prince chasing the Rat Ogres. There is always that one idiot breaking formation and going off on his own...

[@linsolitossg4606]

Finally! Can't wait for the High Elves Guide! Your vids are amazing, keep up the good work!

[@Zerkovich]

[@MorroWolf]

i've been using more artillery focused builds in the campaign but was interested in figuring out a way to effectively field some slaves in additional armies to keep cost down and here I have it. I will probably keep a few pieces of artillery instead of rat ogres to soften up incoming targets and maybe poison wind glob's for anti large. thanks for the guide very informative.

[@bigworm3886]

Playing the High Elves campaign and the Skaven by far give the most trouble

[@skarv6575]

16:07 Don't know why i find the wheel funny

[@TheCocoJambo93]

Nice Video as usual! Easy to follow guides and spot on commentary! Keep up the great content! For builds: I like to leave out the artillery and go for a more mobile Build. Skrolk can be a real pain in mp with his 2 summon abilities and the massive aoe. Back him up with an assassin(or 2 if you expect alot of Monsters. 2 assassins will take out any dino if managed well) My front line is normaly clanrats or clanrat spears, or plague monks on the side some flanking skavenslave spears and gutter runners with poison. Esential are also the 2 doomwheels and one or two death runners wich make short work of any armoured units... Thats basically it:) ps: the only time I skill different is against the damn Lizzards. Then stormvermin with halberds and hellpits will replace the doomwheels and nightrunners. Still finetuning... Warhammer 2 is the best total war has been in MP since medieval! I am loving the fast paced, build based battles!!

[@Thedeathsummershow]

i always watch your videos for relaxing ,i like your voice and the way that you show de units

[@Razielts1]

hey zerk been doing a few builds in campaign with lord skrolk but since i started with vampire counts i was working the same way but with skaven but watching this video again you woke me up and myself aswell when i tried going high quality vs dwarfs and lost many stormvermin thanks to not having skaven slaves to sacrifice seems like skaven to me are the most versatile race in total war warhammer because they can do ANY army type comp but you stressed something important: they are a horde faction (not simply a rush faction) so they must attack and kill fast and the horde formation was unknown to me

[@Xero8644]

Like the new army guide keep up the good work

[@lith7ium993]

wohoo! finally! love these videos, they help me a lot, keep up the great work!

[@Zerkovich]

**fist bump**

[@Razielts1]

and then my plans for the future were to specialize the armies depending on enemy race: lizardmen they got great holding infantry with scary dinos that simply buldoze through frontlines so what do i do? go full ranged army like you referred death globadiers poison globadiers and warpfire throwers with many summons to delay the enemy while the clanrats hold so the rest can kill the enemy dinos and if i get flanked i'd have a hellpit abomination with spears to block them and doomwheels to kill enemy range

[@AlleyCatGhost]

Scurry Away! is such an awesome and amazing mechanic

[@JTBacchanalist]

I'm new to the total warhammer world and love your videos, great stuff I'm learning a lot.

[@Zerkovich]

Thank you Sir. Glad to be of service!

[@jebcole2478]

thank you for your efforts, great guide, cheers

[@Raoul9753]

"YOu are propably better of giving a sling to a rat in real life" might be one of the best descriptions of slinger slaves I ever heard xD

[@fictionman7558]

I like fielding 3 or 4 artillery units and surrounding them with slave spears, some missile support, and a couple of stormvirmin halberds, this tactic can be used for most factions of course but the whole number advantage with skaven takes it to a new level.

[@Rodnallac]

Haha the sad face when you missed the spell!

[@saturnrock35atyahoo]

man I miss this game so much when it was a tabletop game. it's a shame that they discontinued the game but the total war series really does the warhammer world honor and I'm glad to know that its legacy will live on in this game

[@Quicksilver_Cookie]

Problem with Warhammer license is that they give it to literally anybody willing to offer them a penny. Which means for each great WH game there are a dozen really terrible ones.

[@stevenpugmire3880]

Warhammer : Age of Sigmar exists

[@Hfkwmfbkfalmebfkwfbdkla]

I like a long line of clan rats with globadiers behind them to kill the front line and some warp lightning cannons to target any scary looking units before they get close

[@Masounifier]

In the campaign I throw infantry on the front line with a few behind to cover the front line when the infantry eventually retreat, rinse and repeat Vermintide for the archers Plagueclaw catapults to wipe out the front line

[@ironsight2396]

Rush forward with all my infantry, swords out front with spears held back to deal with flanks and large, buying time for my artillery to deal suitable damage. Also lord snipe with queek headtaker.

[@Siptom369]

They really are hard to play as. Especially if you play them as your first faction

[@CannedPsycho-]

I saw someone play Skaven once on youtube and they were besieging a city. By the end of the battle, the streets were filled with flesh and fur, the city stood silent, and I knew what vermintide actually meant.

[@thesuperginge1348]

How would the new weapons teams and doom-flayers fit into a Skaven composition?

[@Zerkovich]

Doom Flayers play the same role as the Doomwheel really. And the new ranged units just give them more defensive options.

[@chadmcmillan1907]

Very in-depth guide, thank you

[@diamondmetal3062]

“You think you can kill-slay my clanrats, man-thing?! Well, two-two can play this game!”

[@dylanschulz9118]

I like a similar build to Ninjahund, but with globadiers/warpfire in the center, without anything in front. I put them in 2 close columns with something to disrupt an engage between, in the sense of left flank, 2xglobe/fire, 2 or 3x slave or stormvermin, 2xglobe, right flank. I also like 1 or 2 plagueclaws in the back to keep routed units going or soften up infantry. This build can mean you will use your spawned units more defensively for the ranged units. Only campaign tested though.

[@maraxesvetian9645]

I usually never build skavenslaves, but i do mass use clanrats with shields, 2 rat ogres and artillery. Then use the ninja's to pick upp the rest. Its been working for me lately in multiplayer battles.

[@Madhattersinjeans]

Loving your guides series. Nice rundown of the units and overall themes with some solid strategies to back them up.

[@JackSpackProductions]

How to git better-gud at Skaven

[@joshcoward437]

This channel is awesome! Great work :D

[@BertShackleford]

I just can't seem to grasp the mechanics of the Skaven roster. I tend to prefer elite armies however with the numerous options available, I just cannot figure out a good balance. For example, what would be the ideal front line unit(s) and how many? I normally use 3-5 units of elite spear/sword combo as my front line. So for Skaven I'm guessing that would be Stormvermin? Now this is where things get confusing with all the different units available. Having just completed the Dark Elves campaign; I'd like to use the Witch Elves as an example. I use the WE as a force multiplier for my front lines of Black Guard and Executioners as my assault unit wherever they were needed. BG BG BG BG ^ Front EX WE WE EX ^ *Crude schematic If the above depiction makes sense to any of you then please hang in there. Being that the WE were my force multiplier. What would be the equivalent in the Skaven roster? How do you effectively use the Death Runners? Are the Death Globe Bombardiers preferred over the Poison Wind Globadiers? Where do the Warpfires fit in? Warlock Engineers vs Plague Priest? Basically looking for a well rounded Elite army build. I usually incorporate a few heroes in each army too. Thank you for the help and your patience. Keep up the good work my friends.

[@BertShackleford]

+MrTinman712 Excellent analysis! Thank you very much for the detailed review. I look forward to incorporating these tactics in my next Skaven campaign. This truly was an excellent summary which will undoubtedly help many other players along the way. You don't often see such wonderful replies anymore. Keep up the great work my friend.

[@Ghost1170]

Bert Shackleford My friend, all you really need, is a slave to summon! On the real though, summon slave rats from behind while your clan rats charge in. With Skaven, dont think like, "Imma spam deez nice elite units, theyre done." Your thinking should be more in the lines of, "HUR DUR DUR, SELECT ALL ARMY KEY RIGHT CLICK." What I mean by that is, have a large wall of clan rats or skaves in the front, send em in, buff em or whatever to have them hold the line, send in rat ogres from behind or the side along with your "calvary". Your best ranged units will be your globadiers and the warpfire artillery unit along with the warp throwers. You will absolutely destroy everything with this basic setup. The last few spots are up to you on how to play. You can focus more on elite kill play by adding assassins or get a few stormvermin with sword and board to protect your backline. Aka, use hero power to summon slave rats after the initial charge. You really want to ride your momentum. The moment that shifts, you better be really fucking good at microing cause you'll fall apart fast.

[@dudewithlaptop8663]

Ghost1170 This is how I play the Skaven. have a ton of garbage troops completely flood their lines then sorround them with summons and send a few elites towards specified targets. works great in campaign at least

[@dudewithlaptop8663]

My ideal front is clan rats. I don't care if they die and they can hold decently. Shielded variant if you wanna spend the extra. Spears on the sides. If you want an elite front you'd probably want to use Stormvermin but I prefer them being in mint condition when they engage. Even skaven slaves work as a front in mass. In campaign each lord has 6 skaven slaves for me. They rout every battle but I couldn't careless. The advantage to the Skaven is that at least for me. I'm totally fine with the majority of them dying and am only careful with the elites. I basically just rush with the crappy units to get all the enemy troops engaged then pick targets to shred with my killers. from what I've seen so far this is the optimal way to use skaven in most cases. that and kiting with the different skirmisher options. Artillery kicks ass as well especially since you can blob your slaves with their elites then just nail them with artillery.

[@codyraugh6599]

MrItaly92ful they are a regiment of renoun equivalent though.

[@bthy384]

Warpfire throwers... absolute monstrosities

[@sapphiresteelshield7923]

Pults + SS Stormvermin + slingers + Globs, Just pure ranged damage, make a killbox around your ranged units with the Stormvermin and let the pults rain death from afar.

[@Lancelot2000Lps]

You forgot that the plague furnace the mount for the plague priest has the same effect as the motis engine with sucks life out!!! and that is awesome!!!

[@spectr4736]

Can't wait for Dark Elves!

[@clefsan]

I just started my first Skaven ME campaign a few days ago, with very little experience in this game, so thanks a lot for this guide :) due to certain skills on Queek and research into clanrat buffs that, in combination, allow me to use Queek to recruit rank 7+ Clanrats fairly early in the campaign, I mainly use Clanrats, supported by 2 units each of gutter runners and poison wind globadiers, a warp cannon, 2 plague claw catapults, Queeks 2 starting units of stormvermin and a plague priest (using max number of Menace from Below and plague priest spell vermintide allows for up to 13 more units of those buffed clanrats to be summoned, and the priest can debuff enemy armor pretty well too). so far fought battles against lizardmen, other skaven, orks and dwarfs and did pretty well (losing between 40-60% of my numbers each battle, but have won most of them, and that's what counts for skaven, right?). as for playstyle, I tend to play defensively early on, so that my artillery has time to work. Also, as soon as I can afford it, I plan to replace the gutter runners with those warp flamethrower guys and replace 2 of the clanrats with rat ogers. I am curious, though: which is better on the field, a low to medium ranked unit of stormvermin or a rank 9 unit of clanrats? (essentially I am wondering how much those ranks actually matter in improving a unit above ist base version)

[@Zerkovich]

Unit ranks can be pretty powerful. But imagine Stormvermin rank 9... Far superior to Clan Rats of course. The biggest thing about it though is that the price doesn't change. So Clan Rats will be cheaper to run.

[@clefsan]

yeah, but it takes time and battle experience for my stormvermin to rank up, whereas I can recruit Clanrats with already high rank (so far I've been using Queek to recruit all my clanrats and then transferred them to armies of my other Lords as needed). I was curious if the stat differences from being different units (clanrats vs stormvermin) would outweigh the bonuses gained from rank difference. example: how would a rank 3 stormvermin compare to a rank 9 clanrat? that highly ranked stormvermin are much better than any kind of clanrat is pretty much a no brainer, I suppose ;-) anyway, thanks for taking time to answer my question(s) :)

[@larylich]

The Campaign build that I've been using with Skrulk: Skrolk Assassin 4 Stormvermin with Halberds - 2 flanking on side 4 Stormvermin with sword/shield (center line) 3 Plague Monk censer bearers 2 Poison Wind Globadiers 2 Death Wind Globadiers 2 Plague Claw catapults 1 Lightning Cannon This might vary up with swapping out a censer bearer for a Deathrunner, Gutter Runner with poison slings, or abomination. Generals to the center of the army. _ _ x x x x _ _ (Stormvermin Halberds _ Sword/Shield x ) / / / (Plague Monks / ) o ++ o ( Poison Wind o Death Wind + ) * & * (Plague Claw * Lightning Cannon & ) Artillery bombards. Front line can take the abuse with Plague Monks and Globadiers proving point defense to shut down breakthroughs and add extra damage where needed.

[@Quadro2k]

Zerkovich you're a legend, thanks very much for this video!

[@Zerkovich]

**fist bump**

[@stefanski48]

I know this comment is coming in late but ill still post it for anybody still looking to play skaven in the warhammer 2 campaign. This build is mostly for clan mors and clan pestilens as they constantly fight the lizardmen however it can be made to work for clan rictus as well. I've played every faction in warhammer 2 on legendary difficulty. So far I have only won my high elves campaign but I have done well with skaven as well. Starting things off you have 20 slots for units to field in an army minus the general which will usually be your legendary lord in campaign so that puts us at 19. I like to work my way from the rear to the front line. The build is as follows: 4 warplightning cannons (swap 2 out for plagueclaw catapults as needed depending on enemy faction and army composition) 2 poisonwind globadiers 2 deathglobe bombardiers (swap out for 2 additional poisonwind globadiers as needed if the enemy brings lots of large as the lizardmen like to do on legendary) 2 stormvermin sword and shield 7 stormvermin halberds (swap 3 for stormvermin sword and shield as needed based on what the enemy faction is and army they are bringing, more halberds if your fighting many dinos) Lastly, 2 hellpit abominations (swap for 2 doomwheels if enemy lacks spears, and/or swap one out for additional any unit previously listed as needed for less micromanaging. It's much easier to micro 1 hellpit abomination than 2. Recommend 1 and an additional stormvermin for people still getting the hang of skaven) I know hellpits are anti large but you will lose 1v1 to a dino on legendary. Warplightning cannons are of utmost importance versus dinos. Thanks for reading the build I know it's long but skaven have massive unit variation. Good luck in the campaign or custom battle if gold isn't an issue.

[@butmunch19121993]

loe the guide would love to see an updated one as there has been 3 dlc for sakven now