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Carnikang
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I've lately considered dropping the stormvermin to minimum size (10 models) and reallocating those points elsewhere, since I don't usually put them on my front line.
By and large however, stormvermin are far from the least efficient battleline unit that Skaven have access to. That title really goes to the stormfiends of Skryre and Moulder lists, with 260pts for 22 wounds shared between 3 models on 60mm bases, each of whom requiring one of two specific weapon load-outs that aren't shared with the rest of the trio. For all the flexibility that a stormfiend unit can have, it is unable to effectively commit to any of the battlefield roles in which individual stormfiends could excel, making it a mediocre jack-of-all-trades at best, and their large bases actively work against them if fielded in unit sizes larger than the 3-model minimum.
I'll take that over what they used to be.
All Warp-Fire throwers or Ratling Guns. Whichever one did the most MW after popping out of a tunnel. As of now, they're an oomph unit, that provides support at multiple ranges, or in melee when needed. Because they're still bulky and able to take some hits if you need to slow something down to keep your PM or Blobs of Rats out of a danger. They're not aces, auto-take, etc, but they're okay.