Lord Skrolk: tips for the campaign?

[Morshu-Maxxing]

I just wanna say, I love the Skaven, they're probably one of my favorite factions in the game. I've played all of them at some point and had some very fun campaigns with them, except for Lord Skrolk.

I love the idea of him. A non-Nurgle faction who spreads plagues and gets bolstered by them? Awesome! But the problem is, I find it difficult to kill my starting enemy, the Southern Sentinels, before Tehenuain declares on me. My last run, I had both Tehenuain and Gor-Rok declare on me before I even occupied my 4th settlement. I didn't even have the building to reliably pump out Plague Monks yet.

I don't know, is there something I'm missing? Is there a bit of RNG involved or am I just going about this the wrong way? Been playing this game for a while and have loved it, so some advice would be appreciated. Thanks!

[JODEGAFUN]

Just rush first settlement you get to tier 3, plaque claw catapults are a good solution aiganst lizard infantery. With some luck a single slave slinger unit can keep 1 ore 2 stacks of saurus busy by letting the saurus hunting them. It may help if Gor-Rok runs in with a stack of them, to delay some of his army and stretch them a bit.

[archangel_alpha]

Rush T2 > 4 squads with warpflamers > Burn-scorch lizardthings

[Old Captain Yon]

Ally Skulltaker. Kiss his toes. Gift him settlements. Lick his horns. And then watch Lustria burn and colonize ruins before they turn into his settlements automatically.

Long live Skulltaker, best bro of rats and shizo vampires!

[Kirb]

I like to put an undercity in Itza with a plague building and watch as his garrison and army withers.

[valky]

Originally posted by Old Captain Yon:

Long live Skulltaker, best bro of rats and shizo vampires!

actually: ROFLMAO!
just

[Solvem Probler]

You'd think with the addition of Nurgle those Skaven plagues would be really useful but they are not.

[Wandows]

Skrolk is one of my favorites!

Its a rough start, but what gets me through it is rushing warpfire throwers and Stormvermin Halberds.

The Stormvermin are vital for taking out the enemy melee lords and one or two big dinos you'll see.

Oh and I didn't buy the Ikkit DLC for a while so maybe ratling gunners are even better but the halberds do just fine and are crazy versatile.

[Ire]

been a while since I did skrolk, but I remember plagueclaw catapults being the best option to deal with lizards.
create a 2nd army to follow around your main armies filled with 17 skavenslaves and 2 plagueclaws, upkeep should only be like 1k for that.

since theyve punted lokhir across the world I dont think you have any natural allies in the area. Maybe coast or rakarth?