Skreech Verminking

Hero· Melee Specialist· 1 model at Ultra size

Skaven

Health

9,248

top 5% of class

Armour

bottom 47% of class

Leadership

top 5% of class

Speed

top 49% of class

Melee attack

top 3% of class

Melee defence

top 1% of class

Weapon strength

200 base + 400 armour-piercing, +25 vs large

600

top 1% of class

Charge bonus

top 12% of class

Attributes

Causes Fear
This unit frightens all enemy units, reducing their leadership when nearby. It is also immune to fear. Fear penalties do not stack.
Causes Terror
This unit can cause terror, making its melee target rout for a short time. Units that cause terror are immune to terror and fear themselves.
Daemonic
Daemonic units cannot be routed, but take damage when their Leadership is low. Daemonic units also have: Physical Resistance Fear and Terror Immunity
Encourage
This unit provides a leadership bonus to nearby allies. Units within range of both the Lord's aura and an encouraging unit will receive the larger of the two bonuses.

Abilities

Scurry Away!Augment · +10% Speedpassive
ShadowstriderTransform · Skreech will teleport to the selected location within range, A deadly warp-beam will damage enemies upon arrivalactive
Will of the VerminkingAugment · -16 Leadershipactive
Protection of the Horned RatAugment · +60 Missile Resistance, Effect intensity increases as the unit takes damagepassive
The Dreaded Thirteenth SpellExplosion · Huge explosion area, Summons a unit of Stormvermin…active
Daemonic InstabilityDirect Damage · Causes damage to selfpassive
Banished!Direct Damage · Causes severe damage to selfpassive
WoundsHex · -10% Speed, -20% Armour-Piercing Weapon Damage…passive
Arcane ConduitAugment of the Windspassive

Patch changes

Patch 9.0

New unit in this patch.

Skreech Verminking skill tree

44 skills, line by line as the game lays them out. Hover a skill for the rank it unlocks at and its effects at each level.

Sneaky
SneakyUnlocks at rank 7
- Missile resistance: 10%
Furtive, scheming, sly, cunning, underhand, devious, conniving, double-dealing, and sneaky - valuable traits if you wish to stay alive!
Tricksy
TricksyUnlocks at rank 7
- Spell resistance: 10%
All Skaven are unprincipled and untrustworthy by their foul natures. However, this is rarely a disadvantage in the face of the enemy.
Immortality
ImmortalityUnlocks at rank 19
- When normally killed in action, this Hero will be wounded instead
Who wants to live forever? As it turns out, most beings wouldn't say no…
Mentor
Mentor3 levels
Level 1
- Character will share +15% of experience earned between all other active Heroes of the same type
Level 2
- Character will share +30% of experience earned between all other active Heroes of the same type
Level 3
- Character will share +50% of experience earned between all other active Heroes of the same type
Having learned much in their long years of service, this character now turns their attention to training others.

Master of Ruin
Master of Ruin
- Winds of Magic cost: -10% for all spells
- Ability number of uses: +1 for ""
- Winds of Magic power reserve: +3 per turn
The Horned Rat's Watchers
The Horned Rat's Watchers
- Leadership: +5 (Hero's army)
- Spell resistance: 10% (Hero's army)
- Vigour loss reduction: -25% (Hero's army)
Requires: Master of RuinThe Horned One's eyes and ears are never far away, and can always influence the progress of his servants.
Ruinous Arsenal
Ruinous Arsenal
- Attacks cause "Discouraged" effect, reducing leadership
- Melee attack: +10
- Weapon strength: +15%
Requires: Master of RuinThe living power of Chaos can be channelled through instruments of mortal steel, charging them for their bearer's bloodthirsty ends.
Conquest Below
Conquest Below
- Construction cost: -10% for Under-Empire buildings
- Income from Under-Empire buildings: +15%
- Construction time: -2 for Vermintide buildings
Requires: Master of RuinRuin's own lair-nest beneath the rotting earth is finally at hand…
Patron of Great Skaven
Patron of Great Skaven
- Character experience gain: +15% (accompanying Lord)
- Ward save: +10% (accompanying Lord)
- Casualty replenishment rate: +15% (accompanying Lord)
Requires: Master of RuinThe Rat King looks kindly upon his greatest children. Well, not kindly as such, but with a lesser degree of contempt.
Will of the Verminking
Will of the Verminking
- Ability number of uses: +1 for ""
- Ability: ""
- Attribute: Unbreakable
- Hit points: +15%
Requires: The Horned Rat's Watchers, Ruinous Arsenal, Conquest Below, Patron of Great Skaven

Tail Weapon
Tail Weapon
- Melee attack: +3
- Weapon strength: +4%
Whether by attachment or mutation, something nasty and spiky on your tail has got to bring no little advantage in battle.
Ruin & Decay
Ruin & Decay2 levels
Level 1
- Weapon strength: +10% when fighting against Dwarfs
- Weapon strength: +10% when fighting against Lizardmen
- Weapon strength: +2%
Level 2
- Weapon strength: +10% when fighting against High Elves, Lizardmen, Dwarfs and men
- Weapon strength: +5%
Requires: Tail WeaponAs you might expect, the forces of order are repelled by the Skaven and their myriad disgusting, disease-ridden ways.
Thick-Skinned
Thick-Skinned2 levels
Level 1
- Armour: +7
Level 2
- Armour: +15
Requires: Tail WeaponCreatures with tough hides or some kind of natural armour are tough nuts to crack - even a powerful attack may fall foul of their thick-skin.
Blade Master
Blade Master2 levels
Level 1
- Melee attack: +6
Level 2
- Melee attack: +12
Requires: Tail WeaponThis warrior is one with their blade; it is an extension of their will, making them a worthy foe in combat.
Indomitable
Indomitable2 levels
Level 1
- Leadership: +6
Level 2
- Leadership: +12
Requires: Tail WeaponThe iron will and indomitable presence of this leader ensures their followers remain steadfast when facing peril.
Plaguereaper
Plaguereaper
- Ability: ""
Requires: Ruin & Decay, Thick-Skinned, Blade Master, Indomitable
Wound-Maker
Wound-Maker2 levels
Level 1
- Weapon strength: +10%
Level 2
- Weapon strength: +20%
Requires: PlaguereaperSuch is their power and ferocity, a wound-maker will ravage the foe, cutting and pulverising until there is only one exit - death.
Scarred Veteran
Scarred Veteran2 levels
Level 1
- Hit points: +7%
Level 2
- Hit points: +15%
Requires: PlaguereaperThe scars on this storied warrior reveal a veteran of many battles, a being not easy to kill and one worthy of respect and fear.
Blade Shield
Blade Shield2 levels
Level 1
- Melee defence: +6
Level 2
- Melee defence: +12
Requires: PlaguereaperA blade that sings in defence will not let its wielder be penetrated.
Expeditious Endeavour
Expeditious Endeavour2 levels
Level 1
- Speed: +7%
Level 2
- Speed: +15%
Requires: PlaguereaperWhat the enemy cannot see, it cannot hit. What the enemy cannot see, it cannot survive.
Doom Glaive
Doom Glaive
- Ability: ""
Requires: Wound-Maker, Scarred Veteran, Blade Shield, Expeditious Endeavour

Warp Lightning
Warp Lightning2 levels
Level 1
- Cooldown: -30% to "Warp Lightning"
- Overcast spell: "Warp Lightning Upgraded"
Level 2
- Cooldown: -50% to "Warp Lightning"
- Miscast base chance: -15% for "Warp Lightning Upgraded"
- Overcast spell: "Warp Lightning Upgraded"
- Winds of Magic cost: -1 for "Warp Lightning"
- Winds of Magic cost: -2 for "Warp Lightning Upgraded"
Musk of Fear
Musk of Fear
- Passive ability: "Musk of Fear"
Requires: Warp Lightning
Skitterleap
Skitterleap3 levels
Level 1
- Spell: "Skitterleap"
Level 2
- Cooldown: -30% to "Skitterleap"
- Overcast spell: "Skitterleap Upgraded"
Level 3
- Cooldown: -50% to "Skitterleap"
- Overcast spell: "Skitterleap Upgraded"
- Miscast base chance: -15% for "Skitterleap Upgraded"
- Winds of Magic cost: -1 for "Skitterleap"
- Winds of Magic cost: -2 for "Skitterleap Upgraded"
Requires: Warp Lightning
Death Frenzy
Death Frenzy2 levels
Level 1
- Cooldown: -30% to "Death Frenzy"
- Spell: "Death Frenzy"
- Overcast spell: "Death Frenzy Upgraded"
Level 2
- Cooldown: -50% to "Death Frenzy"
- Miscast base chance: -15% for "Death Frenzy Upgraded"
- Overcast spell: "Death Frenzy Upgraded"
- Winds of Magic cost: -2 for "Death Frenzy"
- Winds of Magic cost: -3 for "Death Frenzy Upgraded"
Requires: Warp Lightning
Vermintide
Vermintide
- Cooldown: -50% to "Vermintide"
- Spell: "Vermintide"
- Winds of Magic cost: -2 for "Vermintide"
Requires: Warp Lightning
Evasion
Evasion
- Passive ability: "Evasion"
Requires: Musk of Fear, Skitterleap, Death Frenzy, Vermintide
Plague
Plague2 levels
Level 1
- Cooldown: -30% to "Plague"
- Spell: "Plague"
- Overcast spell: "Plague Upgraded"
Level 2
- Cooldown: -50% to "Plague"
- Miscast base chance: -15% for "Plague Upgraded"
- Overcast spell: "Plague Upgraded"
- Winds of Magic cost: -3 for "Plague"
- Winds of Magic cost: -4 for "Plague Upgraded"
Requires: Evasion
Cracks Call
Cracks Call2 levels
Level 1
- Cooldown: -30% to "Cracks Call"
- Spell: "Crack's Call"
- Overcast spell: "Cracks Call Upgraded"
Level 2
- Cooldown: -50% to "Cracks Call"
- Miscast base chance: -15% for "Cracks Call Upgraded"
- Overcast spell: "Cracks Call Upgraded"
- Winds of Magic cost: -3 for "Cracks Call"
- Winds of Magic cost: -4 for "Cracks Call Upgraded"
Requires: Evasion
Earthing
Earthing
- Miscast base chance: -15%
Requires: EvasionBy stabbing a staff or some arcane conduit into the ground, an accomplished magic-user can earth or tether the Winds and hopefully reduce a chance of miscasting.
Magical Reserves
Magical Reserves
- Winds of Magic power reserve capacity: +5
Requires: EvasionA few magic-users have the ability to store the Winds of Magic for later use, increasing their spellcasting power when it really counts.
Arcane Conduit
Arcane Conduit
- Passive ability: "Arcane Conduit"
Requires: Plague, Cracks Call, Earthing, Magical Reserves

Black-Clad Killers
Black-Clad KillersUnlocks at rank 13
- Ability: ""
- Armour-piercing weapon and missile damage: +3 for Eshin units (Hero's army)
- Speed: +10% for Eshin units (Hero's army)
- Hero action success chance: +10% (factionwide)
"Sneakier than thou" has ever been Clan Eshin's way, to great effect across the Under-Empire and beyond.
Imposing Commanders
Imposing CommandersUnlocks at rank 13
- Melee attack: +8 for Clanrat, Skavenslave and Stormvermin units (own army)
- Melee defence: +8 for Clanrat, Skavenslave and Stormvermin units (own army)
- Character's aura leadership effect: +13
- Income from post-battle loot: +5% (factionwide)
The ability to herd and control the disorganised, cowardly rabble found in Skaven army ranks is not to be sniffed at!
Disciples of Disease and Decay
Disciples of Disease and DecayUnlocks at rank 13
- Chance of a plague spreading: -20% (all armies factionwide)
- Attribute: Immune to Contact Effects
- Enables "Poison!" contact effect for Pestilens units (own army)
- Physical resistance: 15% for Pestilens units (own army)
Centuries spent trapped inside the black pit gave the Verminlord gestalt time to study disease in all of its insipid forms.
Infernal Inventors
Infernal InventorsUnlocks at rank 13
- Armour: +15 for Skryre units (own army)
- Reload time reduction: +10% (own army)
- Armour-piercing weapon damage: +50
- Research rate: +5
The Verminking's myriad inscrutable technological insights give Skryre a vital edge in battle.
Master Mutators
Master MutatorsUnlocks at rank 13
- Passive ability: "Regeneration"
- Charge bonus: +15 for Moulder units (Hero's army)
- Incoming Healing Modifier: +25% for Moulder units (Hero's army)
- Growth: +5 (all provinces)
Clan Moulder's innate understanding of flesh-craft is more than a simple boon when combined with the Verminking's power.
Prophets of the Great Horned Rat
Prophets of the Great Horned RatUnlocks at rank 13
- Cooldown: -10% to all spells (Hero's army)
- Winds of Magic cost: -10% for all spells (Hero's army)
- Spell intensity: +10%
- Control: +3 (all provinces)
The walls separating the mortal world from the Realm of Ruin are gossamer-thin; when Verminlords cross over, Chaos come with them.

Training
Training3 levels
Level 1
- Training action: Unit experience gain is increased by an additional 10%
Level 2
- Training action: Unit experience gain is increased by an additional 20%
Level 3
- Training action: Unit experience gain is increased by an additional 30%
This champion extols discipline and fear away from the battlefield as much as on it.
Spread Corruption
Spread Corruption3 levels
Level 1
- Spread Corruption action: Skaven corruption is increased by an additional 1
- Skaven corruption: +1 (local province)
Level 2
- Spread Corruption action: Skaven corruption is increased by an additional 2
- Skaven corruption: +2 (local province)
Level 3
- Spread Corruption action: Skaven corruption is increased by an additional 3
- Skaven corruption: +3 (local province)
The locals take notice and will be inspired or frightened into action.
Damage Walls
Damage Walls3 levels
Level 1
- Damage Walls action: 1 additional wall breaches
Level 2
- Damage Walls action: 2 additional wall breaches
Level 3
- Damage Walls action: 3 additional wall breaches
They cannot stop what they cannot see.
Assassinate
Assassinate3 levels
Level 1
- Assassinate action: Additional 3% success chance
Level 2
- Assassinate action: Additional 8% success chance
Level 3
- Assassinate action: Additional 15% success chance
A skilled assassin is a cold-hearted killer and merciless murderer.
Block Army
Block Army3 levels
Level 1
- Block Army action: Movement range is modified by an additional -3%
Level 2
- Block Army action: Movement range is modified by an additional -8%
Level 3
- Block Army action: Movement range is modified by an additional -15%
To sow discord and confuse the enemy, sending them down the wrong route or befuddling their senses.
Specialist
Specialist3 levels
Level 1
- Hero action cost: -10%
- Hero action success chance: +1%
Level 2
- Hero action cost: -20%
- Hero action success chance: +3%
Level 3
- Hero action cost: -40%
- Hero action success chance: +6%
An expert in their craft, this Hero knows all the mistakes that can be made and how to best avoid making them.

Who can field it

Clan Mors

Where these numbers come from

Read from the game's database tables for patch 9.0 (main_units, land_units, battle_entities, melee_weapons, projectiles…) as published in the WH3-Dump export (commit 8a4f7e64). Formulas that turn table values into card values are checked against known units before they are shown — how we verify.