Source: Warhammer Fantasy: 4th Edition
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| M | WS | BS | S | T | W | I | A | Ld | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Insects or Spiders | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| Scorpions | 4 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| Serpents | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| Rats | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| Frogs | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| Lizards | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| Bats | 8 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 10 |
Base
Swarms are represented by a number of models mounted onto a single 40 x 40mm base. The exact number of models is not important, but there should be enough to convincingly fill the base. In most cases 5 models is sufficient. A swarm always consists of one type of creature - a swarm of frogs, ants, rats etc.
Combat
A Swarm moves and fights as a large monster with 5 wounds and 5 attacks. If your force includes several Swarms of the same type they must congregate and fight together, forming a mass rather like a unit of troops.
Leadership
Swarms are immune to all psychology effects and never take break tests if defeated in hand-to-hand combat. They will automatically pass any leadership based test they are obliged to take. The leadership value of 10 is therefore never used, but has been included for comparative purposes.
Types of Swarm
The following special rules apply to each type of swarm.
Insects or spiders are so small that they can crawl into armour and bite or sting their target. No armour saving throw is allowed if you are fighting insects or spiders.
Frogs can cross water, marshes, bogs or other wet ground without penalty.
Bats can fly, but because they are so small they may only fly up to 8" during their turn. Although they do not fly particularly fast, they can move over terrain which would slow down creatures moving over land, and they can move directly over a body of troops.