Comments on Skaven Starting Rosters

The core to any Skaven team is getting 3 Gutter Runners, 2 Blitzers and 3 re-rolls - what you fill the rest with is largely a matter of personal preference. Deviate from this recommendation at your own risk.

Not every coach believes that the Rat Ogre is a desirable positional in a new or developed Skaven team, whether it's really worth that much in added TV. Likewise many coaches believe a Thrower is really only ever better at moving the ball forward than a gutter runner if he rolls a +AG.

Despite rats' tendency to fall apart in a stiff breeze, unless you're playing in a League or Tournament don't worry too much about taking an apo or spare players. The risk of losing a positional before you can scrape up 50k for an apo isn't that great, and in any open play setting* you can always re-roll the team in a worst case scenario. Go for quality positionals or more RR's if you can.

(* i.e. in Blackbox, in Ranked outside of tourneys, and in League outside of an actual active league, anywhere you can retire the team and just start over if the first couple/few games go horribly wrong.)