Sometimes this player will have to advance towards the play, in which case I try to drop back another player. Gutter Runners also make good sweepers I like to keep one deep in my own half on defense, should the opposition make a break for the endzone. Don’t waste team rerolls on GFIs unless your players can apply a tackle zone on the ball carrier, or better yet, blitz them. Safeties often start out wide, to avoid getting caught up in mid-pitch brawls, but close enough to the LoS so that they can advance into the opposition half to apply pressure. I find that using Gutter Runners, especially those developed as safeties, to pressure the ball retriever on defense is effective this way. Kick is priceless for this against muscle teams- kicking deep into a corner will force good coaches to start their cages deep, and bad ones to require a difficult pass to make the ball safe as your players rush forward. You will often find that a team you force to worry about possession will be less concerned with mincing your team! Try to prevent cages from forming once the ball is in one, it’s a lot harder to get at. Similar to Wood Elves in particular, the focus must be on the ball. Disregarding the Rat Ogre, only the two Storm Vermin can have Guard (or any other of the Strength skills), so making the initial break in the opposition line can be tricky.
The Rat Ogre, formerly one of the most fearsome Big Guys, has become a rather incidental addition to the team, with the much-revised Wild Animal rules. Skaven suffer from low armour, no Dodge on their linemen, and average agility the linemen get injured and die in droves – high Fan Factor is vital to keep the money coming in for replacements. Skaven also have access to mutations, which can be used to increase their hitting power, produce a Gutter Runner with Very long legs who can score in one turn (generally known as one-turners, they are feared and targetted by most coaches), turn a Gutter Runner into a ball-winner with Dauntless/Horns, or defend passing play using Foul Appearance. The Gutter Runners are the backbone of any successful Skaven team, not only because of their scoring ability, but also because their extremely high movement allows them to catch up with opposition players virtually anywhere on the pitch. StrengthsĪlthough the Wood Elves are technically a faster team, in terms of possible Ma on all possible players, Skaven can start with most or all of their positional players, due to their very much cheaper players, and cheap rerolls. Skaven are the undoubted speed merchants of the Bloodbowl arena their play revolved around scoring fast, and using their speed to pressure the opponent when defending their low armour generally doesn’t allow them to get into a protracted fight.
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