[WM] Skaven vs. Undead 2000pts

[raia]

Hello all,
here they are – our first (and last in 2015) clash of skaven and undead armies. Both on 2000pts.

Undead Tomb Kings Army led by Aldhick, 2000 points ---------------------------------------------------------------- 180 -  6 Skeletons 180 -  4 Skeleton Bowmen 660 -  6 Skeleton Chariots 130 -  2 Carrion 125 -  1 Bone Giant 170 -  2 Skull Chukka 180 -  1 Tomb King     -  1 Helm of Dominion (50) 375 -  3 Liche Priest     -  1 Zombie Dragon (100)     -  1 Sword of Fate (5) ---------------------------------------------------------------- 2000 - 21/11 WM undead army selector

Skaven Army led by Raia, 2000 points ----------------------------------------------------------------  200 -  5 Clanrats  220 -  4 Stormvermin  140 -  2 Jezzails  280 -  4 Plague Monks  150 -  6 Rat Swarms  320 -  2 Rat Ogres      -  1 Battle Banner (50)      -  1 Banner of Shielding (50)  100 -  2 Warp Lightning Cannon  125 -  1 Doom Wheel  125 -  1 Screaming Bell  160 -  1 Grey Seer      -  1 Orb of Majesty (30)  150 -  2 Hero      -  1 Sword of Destruction (10)   30 -  1 Warlock ---------------------------------------------------------------- 2000 - 27/14 WM skaven army selector

After 2nd turn.
[spoiler]From left to right.

Skaven: 
•   left wing 
o            1st brigade: 2x RatSwarms, Plague monks, Stormvermin, Clanrats
o            2nd brigade: 1x Warp cannon, 1x Jezzails
•   center
o          3rd „huge“ brigade: first line is made by 4xRatswarms (on picture left RatSwarm is reduced by Skull Chakkas), behind from left ro right:
                Plague monks, Rat ogres (with battle banner), Clanrats, Stormvermin, Doomwheel, Storvermin (supported by clanrats), Clanrats supported by Screaming bell, Rat ogres (with banner of shielding) supported by Plague monks
•   right wing
o          4th brigade: 1x Warp cannon, 1x Jezzails, Clanrats, Plague monks, Stormvermin
 
Undead: 
•   right wing (on the left side of picture)
o           1st brigade: 1x Carrions,
o           2nd brigade: 3x Chariots,
o           3rd brigade: 2x Skull chakka
•   Center
o           4th brigade (behind): 1x archers, 1x skeletons, Bone giant, 1x skeletons,
o           5th brigade (ahead): 1x archers supported by skeletons, 1x skeletons in column
o           6th brigade (in wood): 2x archers supported by skeletons (right aside is priest on dragon)
•   left wing (on the right side of picture)
o           7th brigade: 3x chariots,
o           8th brigade: 1x Carrions

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Skaven: Screaming bell canceled Terror for Clanrats and Rat ogres (with banner of shielding) on the right side (Plague monks are immune by themselves ).  So it was good protection against terrorizing undead drake,… but the dragon rider moved on opposite wing, what Skaven Vermin lord didn't expect :-/

[raia]

3rd skaven turn
Skaven: moved to compact positions (line)
 

[raia]

3rd undead turn after move
Undead center makes a line. Both undead wings are charging.

[raia]

3rd undead turn after combat

Both skaven wings are instantly crushed :-/ , but chariots are reduced.

PS: In the picture is priest on dragon, who moved across whole battlefield to help charge. Fortunately for skaven priest didn"t succed to send a Touch of death (+3 attacks ) and furthermore he met plague monks who are immune to terror.
 

[raia]

4th skaven turn
Skaven: I had two options. Either evade and try to stop both wings, or move ahead and charge pure skeletons. I chose second option – charge.
On initiative I charged both wings with clanrats (left) and rat swarm (right).
Here it is after first order/move of huge brigade.

 

[raia]

Result of second order (charge) was 11. So I ...[spoiler] used Orb of majesty and charged… everything.[/spoiler]
 

[raia]

Skavens had too luck, but not enough. One wound left to break undead army. Skaven army was on 10 from 14.

4th undead turn
Undead army counter-charged nearby skaven units and destroyed 3 of them – Rat ogres (top left), Warp cannon and Jezzails (bottom right) (13/14).
 

[raia]

5th skaven turn
[spoiler]Skaven doom wheel charged on initiative Skull chakka and destroy them. Undead army was broken and fled. But Skaven lost nearby 1000pts, Undead only 800pts. So it was tie.[/spoiler]

Whole game with preparations took about 4 hours.

[jchaos79]

Great battle report.

[Sjapie]

Nice. Thanks for posting.

[Aquahog]

Looks like a fun game. Too bad the Skaven didn't win.

[Geep]

Great looking game, thanks for the report

[empireaddict]

What they just said.  Thanks for the report.

[toco]

Super cool report.

[mlkr]

Very nice! Looks like very nicely painted armies too ^^