2000 pt list, asking for advice

Hey buddy.

First of all i would drop a skink and make your list below 2000pts. The whole "we allow x pts over..." doesn't wash with most people.

I would like to congratulate you on the size of your skink units though! Most people want to use them in groups of 10, when they actually work better in groups of 24-30. In groups of 10 they panic too easily.

Two stegadons are scary but they may be a bit of a points sink. Remember that your opponent only has to kill five skinks for you to have to roll on the monster reaction table with a ld of 5. Even with cold blood that is not a cert by any case.

I love salamanders. They are my favourite unit in the game. I just love rolling those 10s! Never leave home without them!

I also think saurus are rubbish. Most GW tournament lists use them in units of about zero. They are slow, true they are tough, but generally get left behind. Also skinks are much better for their points, but i can see you already know that skinks are the way forward

Maybe some terradons or saurus cavalry for a bit of variation? Kroxigors are great though.

I wouldn't give the skinks priests scouting personally. Since four of the six spells from the lore of heavens don't require a range or line of sight.

Slann are great fun, but like i say he can work great on his own, give him a 2+ ward if you're worried abt missile fire.

Maybe this helps, maybe it doesn't. Its only what i think after all

Ciao

I hate to tell you this, but I have the war book right in front of me and it says skinks come in squads of 10-25, not 30. I don't see the point of something that kills itself when I could have a nice T6 monster with guys on top with +2 saves. I do think that other stuff sounds reasonable. I'll use that plaque of tepok to give the mage priest Pha's Illumination if he ever winds up in CC. Here's the edited list:

Lord:
5th Generation Slann Mage-Priest- Plaque of Tepok, Divine plaque of protection.

Heroes:
skink priest- lvl 2
skink priest- lvl 2
skink priest- lvl 2

Core:
24 skinks
24 skinks
24 skinks
10 skinks

Special:
3 kroxigar
3 kroxigar

Rare:
Stegadon
Stegadon

Total: 2000

Is it any better, should I stick with the other one, or should I just make a new list?

i somewhat agree with stonehambey, but also somewhat not. i think that you can do quite well without a saurus unit; they are quite slow, and rather defensive, unlike most of the rest of the lizardmen army. With a skink-based force, you just need to worry about those ld tests, if you can get past them you should be fine (because you will probably be fleeing as a charge reaction alot of the time).

However, slanns are probably the best straght-out magicians in the game, and they dont really fit with this strategy either. If you are going to field one of the big toads, then you probably could really benefiet from a bunch of strong saurus blocks, while you just sit back and magic them to death. this means that your movement is not as important, and therefore you wont be wasting it.

as for the list that started this thread, on your updated list, you should have a strong magic base and will own on that front; however, i think that you might have been better off with the first one, because you arnt really going to be using your slann as part of you skirmishing, ambushing force. Therefore, i think you should stick to a more defensive force if you are going for the slann. Otherwise, if you wanna go aggro, i would suggest an oldblood on a carnosaur.

Lord:
2nd Generation Slann Mage-Priest- Plaque of Tepok, Divine plaque of protection (joined to saurus in Palanquin formation)

Heroes:
skink priest- lvl 2
skink priest- lvl 2

Core:
12 skinks
11 skinks
10 skinks
10 skinks
10 skinks
10 skinks
16 Saurus (joined to Slann)

Special:
4 kroxigar
4 kroxigar

Rare:
Stegadon

Total: 1996

Any better?

Lord:
2nd Generation Slann Mage-Priest- Plaque of Tepok, Divine plaque of protection (joined to saurus in Palanquin formation)

Heroes:
skink priest- lvl 2

Core:
12 skinks
10 skinks
10 skinks
10 skinks
10 skinks
10 skinks

Special:
4 kroxigar
3 kroxigar
28 Saurus- blessed spawning of tlazcotl, spears (joined to Slann)

Rare:
Stegadon

Total: 2000

Should I drop the spears to add another Kroxigar or not?

I did my math wrong for the last list so won't be using it anyway.

Temple Guard? But they're 17 pts each! Also, to give him the prophecy totem would be another 100 points onto my already 525 pt slann. What if someone gets lucky with a S10 weapon? That'll be my end. Besides, I think the priest would be more useful. I'll be keeping my slann in the back anyway. If there's any flyers, I'll just use Thunder Bolt to kill the squad(s), not even flyers can get to me before I have a chance to blast them (Remember, Mr. slann will be getting thunder bolt 5/6 games bc with plaque of tepok he gets and extra spell). I had 28 saurus because that would allow for 2 saurus in front of him, 2 behind, and 3 rows of 4 on either side. It seems like it'd be great in close combat. I just saw the spears as 1 extra attack for 2 pts.

Lord:
2nd Generation Slann Mage-Priest- Plaque of Tepok, Divine plaque of protection (joined to saurus in Palanquin formation)

Heroes:
skink priest- lvl 2
skink priest- lvl 2

Core:
11 skinks
10 skinks
10 skinks
10 skinks
10 skinks
10 skinks

Special:
4 kroxigar
4 kroxigar
16 Saurus- blessed spawning of tlazcotl (joined to Slann)

Rare:
Stegadon

Total: 2002

So, good? Or does it still need more work? Also, should I drop a kroxigar for 9 more skinks?