Back to Hamelin, removing Slaughter Rats also cuddles avatar Hamelin's Tyrant's Judgement blight bomb. Now you can longer dump all the blight counters you want on your opponents crew unopposed and AE them to death.
I have a few questions about how They're Just Rats works. Rats are considered friendly models during their own activation right, like how Som'er can complete his manifest requirement in the first turn because he can heal himself since he is a friendly model. If a rat with 1 Wd attacks a model with a damage shield, like a Neverborn with black blood, does the rat just not take the damage and end at 1 Wd? Can rats now use writhing mass every activation even with 1 Wd? Also if avatar Hamelin casts Frenzied Piping can rats (now with blight counters) take 1 Wd to get the +1 Dg?