So I was hoping that some of the battalion changes and such would make the warscroll nerfs to skryre a little easier to swallow, but it honestly just keeps going downhill.
warpcog 60 (renamed battalion and down from 80)
voltik 110 (up from 70) - used to let you shoot twice and take 1.75 mw average. now letting you shoot twice is built into the wlc, but you take 4 mw average, and voltik subtracts 1 from power dice. Is subtracting 1 from power worth 2.25 mw and 40 points? You be the judge.
gascloud 120 (up from 70) - used to let you do d6 mortal wounds on 2+, now lets you reroll 1s to hit for gas weapons (acolytes and wind launchers). Awful.
gautfyre 140 (down from 150) - backbone of competitive skaven. Used to let you deepstrike within 3". Now lets you take additional unit tunneling with a warp grinder (who subsequently hits you with d6 mw 33% of the time). So you're deepstriking at 9" as standard. Why ever take this if gnawholes are free and pose no risk.
rattlegauge 130 (up from 70) - used to let you shoot twice and take 2mw on average. Now lets your ratling gun teams and jezzails reroll 1s to hit... when jezzails already do that... and ratling gun weapon teams were severely nerfed.
whyrlblade 130 (up from 70) - used to let you move 2d6". Now you move an extra 3" Not 2d6 + 3. Just 3" total... WORTH DOUBLE POINTS I GUESS
Sweet lord it's difficult to stay positive. I hope these leaks are wrong.
So I was hoping that some of the battalion changes and such would make the warscroll nerfs to skryre a little easier to swallow, but it honestly just keeps going downhill.
warpcog 60 (renamed battalion and down from 80)
voltik 110 (up from 70) - used to let you shoot twice and take 1.75 mw average. now letting you shoot twice is built into the wlc, but you take 4 mw average, and voltik subtracts 1 from power dice. Is subtracting 1 from power worth 2.25 mw and 40 points? You be the judge.
gascloud 120 (up from 70) - used to let you do d6 mortal wounds on 2+, now lets you reroll 1s to hit for gas weapons (acolytes and wind launchers). Awful.
gautfyre 140 (down from 150) - backbone of competitive skaven. Used to let you deepstrike within 3". Now lets you take additional unit tunneling with a warp grinder (who subsequently hits you with d6 mw 33% of the time). So you're deepstriking at 9" as standard. Why ever take this if gnawholes are free and pose no risk.
rattlegauge 130 (up from 70) - used to let you shoot twice and take 2mw on average. Now lets your ratling gun teams and jezzails reroll 1s to hit... when jezzails already do that... and ratling gun weapon teams were severely nerfed.
whyrlblade 130 (up from 70) - used to let you move 2d6". Now you move an extra 3" Not 2d6 + 3. Just 3" total... WORTH DOUBLE POINTS I GUESS
Sweet lord it's difficult to stay positive. I hope these leaks are wrong.