Skaven are lacking a mobile anti cav tool.
Gutter runner vs night runner.
Created as part of the tentpole game.
The gutter runner is a type of skaven special in vermintide 2.
They ve essentially got a warlord a storm vermin a clan rat a plague monk and a night runner all represented.
Also known as assassin rats gutter runners wield two warpstone enhanced fighting claws and extreme agility to jump its prey and pounce it to death once it s disabled as maneuverability and stealth is their forte they don t wear armor but dark clothing including a cloak.
Their attacks are quick and effective frustrating.
Night runners are the most numerous of the assassin adepts of clan eshin warriors that occupy the lowest social position within their clan yet are no less dangerous in their tactics of warfare what differentiates these expendable foot soldiers from other clanrats is that they receive rudimentary training in the fighting styles.
I can only watch my lord get gunned down or ganged up on and killed in seconds some many times until i stop playing that match up.
And for a faction that relies on shutting down cav form reaching their back line.
Gutter runners are nimble and quick skaven warriors that have survived their apprenticeship in the ranks of the night runners and have since occupied the third tier within the cut throat society of clan eshin.
Gutter runners are elite skirmishers and scouts second only to the death runners and eshin assassins in the art of stealth and speed.
Casualties are high amongst night runners and only those who survive many engagements can hope to advance to the rank of gutter runner.
One of the most dangerous missions given to night runners is to follow a warp grinder team underneath the enemy and attack them in the flank or rear.
On the subject at hand cav is able to reach gutter runner reliably.