Skaven Spells of Stealth

The Skaven Spells of Stealth is a lore of magic introduced in Total War: Warhammer II with The Shadow and the Blade DLC. It is unique to the Skaven race.

Lore Attribute[]

Toxic Rain[]
A poisonous cloud hangs indefinitely above the battlefield, raining down a fine spray of lethal toxins that corrode the enemy’s weapons while mildly sedating them.
	Passive Ability Skaven Spells of Stealth
Type	Hex (Area)
Target	Enemies
Speed	-10%
Armour-Piercing Missile Damage	-10%
Base Missile Damage	-10%
Base Weapon Damage	-10%
Armour-Piercing Weapon Damage	-10%
Effect range	Map-wide
Duration	8 seconds
Affected units	Affects enemies in range(all)
Enabled if	Casting
Triggers when casting spell

Warp Stars[]
Deftly conjured and swiftly flung, the Skaven's fiendish Warp throwing-stars are, like all their weird scientific advances, explicitly designed to cause maximum death.
	Spell Skaven Spells of Stealth
Cost	4 Winds 7 Winds (Overcast)
Type	Magic Missiles
Target	Enemy
Ranged Damage	150 (60%)
Explosive Damage	75 (60%)
Number of projectiles (Overcast)	2 (Overcast)
Range	200 metres
Cooldown	28 seconds
Miscast chance	50% (Overcast)
Increased number of missiles
Causes moderate magical damage Strong vs a single unit Good against armour Requires line of sight to the target

Skitterleap[]
The Skaven caster disappears in a puff of greenish smoke, only to reappear elsewhere on the battlefield.
	Spell Skaven Spells of Stealth
Cost	4 Winds 8 Winds (Overcast)
Type	Hiding
Target	Self, Ally Allies (Overcast)
Speed	+25%
Stalk
Unspottable
Range	200 metres
Effect range (Overcast)	35 metres (Overcast)
Duration	25 seconds
Cooldown	29 seconds
Miscast chance	50% (Overcast)
Affected units	Affects allies in range(max: 1) Affects allies in range(all) (Overcast)
Increased effect area
Target is hidden Effective when flanking

Armour of Darkness[]
Shadows solidify around the wearer's body, protecting them from harm while simultaneously making them difficult to see, and therefore incapacitate.
	Spell Skaven Spells of Stealth
Cost	7 Winds 11 Winds (Overcast)
Type	Augment Augment (Area) (Overcast)
Target	Self, Ally Allies (Overcast)
Armour	+60
Missile Resistance	+20%
Range	200 metres
Effect range (Overcast)	35 metres (Overcast)
Duration	33 seconds
Cooldown	43 seconds
Miscast chance	50% (Overcast)
Affected units	Affects allies in range(max: 1) Affects allies in range(all) (Overcast)
Increased effect area

Veil of Shadows[]
This pulsing, shadowy vortex barges into the target enemy, pushing them from the Wizard's path with a blast of magical energy.
	Spell Skaven Spells of Stealth
Cost	8 Winds 10 Winds (Overcast)
Type	Vortex
Target	Ground, All
Duration	6 seconds
Radius	25 metres
Contact (Overcast)	Veil of Shadows (Overcast)
Range	150 metres
Duration	26 seconds
Cooldown	38 seconds
Miscast chance	50% (Overcast)
Added contact effect
Causes no damage Does not affect friendly troops Huge, stationary area of effect
Veil of Shadows (12s) Speed: -45% Leadership: -8

Brittle Bone[]
An ancient Skaven spell that enables the Wizard to weaken their target's bones, causing different effects depending on who they are. All will suffer horribly, however.
	Spell Skaven Spells of Stealth
Cost	11 Winds 18 Winds (Overcast)
Type	Hex Hex (Area) (Overcast)
Target	Enemy Enemies (Overcast)
Speed	-25%
Melee Defence	-40
Vigour per second	+1%
Range	200 metres
Effect range (Overcast)	35 metres (Overcast)
Duration	39 seconds
Cooldown	47 seconds
Miscast chance	50% (Overcast)
Affected units	Affects enemies in range(max: 1) Affects enemies in range(all) (Overcast)
Increased effect area

Black Whirlwind[]
This particularly unpleasant spell causes a putrid whirlwind of vile smoke, and alarmingly, stinging ashes to erupt around the target, leading to magical damage.
	Spell Skaven Spells of Stealth
Cost	15 Winds 20 Winds (Overcast)
Type	Vortex
Target	Ground, All
Damage	3 (100%) 4 (100%) (Overcast)
Duration	17 seconds
Radius	15 metres
Range	150 metres
Duration	17 seconds
Cooldown	47 seconds
Miscast chance	50% (Overcast)
Huge, stationary area of effect Strong vs multiple units Good against armour

Unit
The Blue Scribes	🗙	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔

Unit
Eshin Sorcerer	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔

Unit
The Changeling (Formless Horror: The Blue Scribes)	🗙	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
The Blue Scribes	🗙	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔

Unit
The Blue Scribes	🗙	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔

This lore was designed for Clan Eshin and it plays to their strengths of assassinating high value units and running away.

Toxic Rain is essentially a watered down poison effect which is still very strong as a map wide debuff. Notably, it would also stack with poison so it can add up to a heavy debuff temporarily.
Warp Stars is the cheapest spell and best when one wants to whittle down a target while also triggering the passive.
Veil of Shadows is meant as a disruptor, useful for when your Assassin characters get bogged down by enemy units. Use it to clear the way or create space for your units to move. It lasts a long time, so can also simply be used to scatter clumps of enemies.
Skitterleap is a cheeky spell that is most useful for sneaking on unexpected flanks or hiding from enemy units.
Armor of Darkness is meant to give a unit added survivability, this is most useful for Clan Esin units like the Assassin or the Eshin Triads as they all have low armor. This ability gives them a little more staying power in a fight.
Brittle Bone is probably the most useful spell as it makes a target much more susceptible to damage as well as slows them down so your assassins can catch them and hit them.
Black Whirlwind is similar to Pit of Shades in that it is a deadly, but stationary vortex spell.

Skitterleap used to be part of the Skaven Spells of Ruin, but was moved because it fit the utility of Stealth more.
This is the most obscure lore in the game with only one dedicated caster.

Magic