At a glance
- Type
- Legendary Lord
- Battlefield role
- Plague spellcaster and melee support
- Race
- Skaven
- Faction
- Clan Pestilens
Availability
- Total War: Warhammer II base game unlocks Lord Skrolk in Immortal Empires.
Clan Pestilens and its plagues
Select Clan Pestilens in Immortal Empires. Skrolk’s faction makes plague part of its expansion: infection can benefit its own armies and settlements while harming enemies. The Pestilent Scheme and plague-spreading Under-Cities give disease a campaign role beyond battlefield spellcasting.
Use the time before an invasion to prepare the target and gather your army. A weakened enemy is still capable of counterattacking, so keep troops ready to exploit the opening. Plan food and recruitment alongside your use of plagues.
Support the Pestilens assault
Skrolk combines Plague magic with close-range fighting. Let infantry engage before moving him into a crowded fight, and use spells where they support an attack already underway. Avoid committing him so deeply that enemy characters can isolate him.
Clanrats provide a supporting line around more aggressive Pestilens troops. Stormvermin can guard an exposed flank or a threatened approach. Give each regiment a separate job so that a breakthrough does not leave the whole army chasing the same target.
Pestilens after Lords of the End Times
Update 9.0 extended Skrolk’s faction effects to Pusbags and the Cauldron of a Thousand Poxes. Those units belong to Thanquol’s Lords of the End Times content; the free update to Skrolk’s effects and ownership of the new units are separate considerations.
Plaguelord, tenth on the Council
Lord Skrolk is the other Warhammer II Skaven lord. The 18 August 2017 roster calls him one of the Plaguelords who rule Clan Pestilens under Arch-Plaguelord Nurglitch, and he-who-is-tenth on the Council. His lore of magic on that page is the Lore of Plague. It gives him no mount. Clan Pestilens in Immortal Empires turns that identity into the Pestilent Scheme and plague-spreading Under-Cities.
He casts, and he fights at close range, with Clanrats and Stormvermin around the Pestilens troops. Update 9.0 extended his faction effects to Pusbags and the Cauldron of a Thousand Poxes. Those units belong to Thanquol's pack, so the effect and the unit ownership are separate. Tehenhauin's collision in The Prophet and the Warlock is with Ikit Claw. Skrolk is the plague lord from the base game, while the Cult of Sotek still makes war on the ratmen.
Sources
- Immortal Empires DLC Ownership Guide — SEGA — support.sega.com
- Update 9.0 Release Notes — Creative Assembly — community.creative-assembly.com
- Lords of the End Times: DLC Overview — Creative Assembly — community.creative-assembly.com