The Menace Below is a 
Skaven active army ability.
Hearing the call to battle, the Clanrats teem from every crack and crevice to consume and devour their enemies.
Effects[]
Army Ability- Summon Unit
- Uses: 3
- Range:
- Duration: 1s
- Cooldown: 45s
- Summons a unit of Clanrats
- Summoned units degrade over time
Strategy[]
A powerful ability. The Clanrats on it's own isn't that impressive, sure, but the fact that the AI often leaves their artillery/ranged units seperated from the melee units is where this ability shines (along with the fact that you can pretty much use this ability anywhere on the map) . Pop it down whenever the melee units are far enough to destroy enemy's ranged units or artillery or use them to charge enemies that are already engaged in the back to significantly weaken and bog them down even further. The Clanrats will slowly degrade and die so there's no need to preserve them.
AI also has a tendency of casting spells recklessly, which means if you spawn your Clanrats atop of enemy's powerful, valuable units and there's a spellcaster with bombardment spells, there's a highly likely chance that they will mindlessly cast it, damaging their units while reducing their own Winds of Magic reserve.
Other than that, the AI uses this pretty recklessly and often go for your ranged units. Just keep track of the timer. They will use as soon as the cooldown goes off. Place a melee Hero or something to charge at them, causing them lose leadership even further to prevent damage on your ranged units.
Notes[]
- Additional uses of the ability can also be purchased on the pre-battle panel for most battles by expending food.
- Skaven armies besieging enemy settlements in provinces with high Skaven Corruption will gain a number of free uses of this ability in the battle.
- Certain upgrades in Under-City can increase the amount of uses in that region.
