Games Workshop - Warhammer Age of Sigmar - Gloomspite Gitz: Squig Hoppers

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Squig Hoppers are Night Goblins riding, or rather hanging on to, Squigs. They are included in Squig units and can fight in them too. The rider never fights, he is too busy trying to stay on, so a squig Hopper fights exactly like a squig. The advantage of a Squig Hopper is that he can deliberately bounce out of the unit at the start of the player's Movement phase so long as the unit is not already fighting in close combat, has declared a charge, or is subject to a compulsory movement rule such as that caused by a failed Animosity test, etc.

For veteran players, going from being a surprisingly magically powerful army to a fairly mediocre one will sting. But that old army was the worst in the game for most of its lifespan. In trade, just about everything got better on a base warscroll level, the keywords are easier to work with and the core moon mechanic will be better to play with. Bile Squigs comprise any breed of Squig that squirts, spray or vomit harmful fluids. They are a common ammunition for Squig Launchas and Heavy Squig Launchas used by Rukkatrukk Squigbuggies. Typically launched by the handful, these disgusting creatures squeal and thrash while madly jetting acids, lubricants, poisons and flammable bio-slop in every direction. The foe are drenched in disgusting -- and often harmful -- slime, leading to much hilarity amongst the Rukkatrukk crew as their victims slip, skid, scream in pain, burst into flames, dissolve or worse. The Chewin' Squig is another variant of the Gob Squig. An Ork can pop this sort of Squig into his mouth and chew on it while he sits and thinks (or sits and enjoys not thinking). Using only the balanced deployment cards, Shield is deployed 15 times out of 18 on the table. You want to get your core of Squig riders on the table early, maybe keeping 1 in reserve. Having your boss and another rider on the table first allows them to position, while the rest of the swarm does their job.Shootas and Stabbas return and both are improved on their baseline warscroll. Shootas in particular now come with more range and hit on a 4+ with their bows, and get an extra shot for having 10 or more models. Stabbas have their shield baked in for a base 5+ save and have lost their wound bonus in exchange for a really exciting ability to contest objectives from 9” away instead of 6”. If the Squig Hopper lands on a unit engaged in close combat allocate hits as you would for a template.

A Stikksquig is an exploding Squigg similar to a Bomb Squig that is often used by the crew of Rukkatrukk Squigbuggies in lieu of Stikkbombs as a form of anti-personnel grenade.

Assembly Instructions for Squig Hoppers – Warhammer Age of Sigmar (AoS).

There are loads more rules included too, with another warscroll battalion, the Moon-biter Squigalanche (complete with points values for using them in matched play), Jaws of Mork command abilities and more. Cool, huh? Syringe Squigs are primarily used for medicinal purposes. This medical Squig has natural properties which Painboyz find used in their craft of patching together battle-damaged Orks. Syringe Squigs have a long needle-sharp proboscis with which they inject venom into their prey. Syringe Squigs exude a soporific venom which makes a fine anaesthetic for Orks. Squighawks are a wild, flying species of Squig that are large enough to eat Orks. They are often too difficult to be trained and are rarely used by Ork Runtherdz. Needless to say, these creatures not only make for excellent ammunition for Squig Launchas, but they are also dropped by the crews of Rukkatrukk Squigbuggies as living landmines, and are favourite props when it comes to Greenskin practical jokes. Nothing provokes greater amusement amongst a Rukkatrukk crew than hiding a Boom Squig under their driver's seat, though this can prove inconvenient for everyone if it happens to trigger while the buggy is in full motion. Squiggoths are the largest type of Squig, huge quadruped monsters used by the Orks as beats of burden and sometimes as living weapons. Since they're so large and tough, some Orks like to lash armour plating and gunz onto the larger Squiggoths, which can rival tanks and buildings in size.