can rats be turned???

[Adanedhel]

right so plan is splat hamlin and rat catchers with alice and levi and then use spas and desolation engine to kill rats and make more so i can make advantage of ashes and dust auras

Problem with that is simple, if Levi blasts Ratcatchers/Hamelin away, one of the rats will just form a new catcher with 2 others before Ashes or DE/SPA get a shot at it

[Trevelyan]

Problem with that is simple, if Levi blasts Ratcatchers/Hamelin away, one of the rats will just form a new catcher with 2 others before Ashes or DE/SPA get a shot at it

Depends on the activation sequence. If the rats have already all acted (together, thanks to Writhing Mass) and you take out the 'Catcher before he gets to Kill All Rats then it shouldn't be a problem. Having a SPA or two around in the end phase should see most of the remaining rats killed off thanks to the SPA aura anyway. Worth noting that, Blessings of Desolation aside, Ashes & Dust is better at turning rats into SPAs than the Desolation Engine.

If the rats haven't activated then a safer solution might be to wipe out the 'Catcher with Levi then move in and kill the swarm with Desolation. Better that he have no rats than that he have some rats and you have some SPAs.

[CaptainAsh]

i was close last night at pulling off the tricks i been thinking but the damn rat catcher has armour if within 3 inch but i think the guy was slightly cheating with his measurements but even with that i only lost 6-5

[Trevelyan]

i was close last night at pulling off the tricks i been thinking but the damn rat catcher has armour if within 3 inch but i think the guy was slightly cheating with his measurements but even with that i only lost 6-5

IIRC the 'Catcher has armour +2 if within 2" of at least two rats. If the other guy was going for some questionable 3" measurements then you've got grounds for complaint.

Also worth noting that, if you were using Levi to hit the 'Catcher, most of his spells inflict Wound damage so armour doesn't apply. A 'Catcher will drop in two hits from Levi regardless of how many rats he has around him.

[CaptainAsh]

no iwasnt using levi my spas where trying to get him