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Normally yes, but these units would be in Shadowstrike. Due to stealthy advance the Javs have a really high chance of being in range. Also, the skinks in this unit are normally charging in the charge phase and then falling back with wary fighter in the combat phase. Just make sure you don't have to choose between swinging with your Rippers and saving your skinks.

 

You also get their movement on your turn. 8" move, plus 8" range means you only need 4+ with Stealthy Advance on many battleplans to be in range to shoot.

Taking the second unit of Rippers lets you place two toads on your first hero phase. Turn one your Shadowstrike Rippers can descend. On following turns you can send your other Rippers in to clean up units who respond to your deepstrike Rippers. I prefer Razordons when going for maximum turn one killage , but in terms of alternatives the second unit of Rippers while slower than Razordons is much more killy.

 

Feel free to ask as many questions here as you want. The goal is to spark conversation and to consolidate my list advice.

 

The Astrolith Bearer is non essential, especially if you plan to take Celestar Ballista as proud defiance will not impact them.

I like Celestar Ballista a lot, they are over costed compared to Razordons though. They also get less value when you can't SCE deepstrike them. Losing Instinctive Defense from the Razordons will lessen your charge disincentives.

40/10/10 isn't bad for Skinks. I would prefer to run 20/20/10 though. You can put the two 20x units in your battalion for Stealthy Advance. This can allow you to deploy a wide screen without having to depend on LoSaT.

In terms of general advice for Shadowstrike:

• Try to buy a turn of two of keeping your opponent in their territory.
  • Most of the time the real value of my Rippers is that I tie up multiple enemy units with bad pile-in options for my enemy.
  • If you can fully kill a good target with Rippers while prevent counters attack then take this option.
• Be patient with using your Ripperdactyl's descent.
  • If turn one doesn't look viable then wait and don't waste your drop.
• Even with Shadowstrike our army is still a scenario army. Don't forget that your main focus should be on objectives.
• Focus fire. We need to overwhelm most enemy units in order to remove them. It is better to cripple one target than to dent three.

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Knight-Incator with Everblaze Comet is always strong.

 

I have done it at 1k and it is amazing. I later switched to the Starpriest to have a mage. The Priest missile is great though and catches most people off guard. I mean, since when has a Skink Spriest been scary in AoS. It is also great at pinning the back end of a horde if your are fighting on the other side.

 

It is a range issue. Like @Canas said their 1" base size makes it difficult to get 40 with Javs in range. However, I do love 20 man Jav skinks in Shadowstrike.

 

New Generals Handbook on the 22nd. I look forward to rebuilding a bunch of list should there be any drastic changes.

 

Yep, a lot of these list will be relatively unchanged for their function. New Battleplans, Cheaper Saurus (looking at you DT), Changes to LoSaT, and the potential shift in meta will be the biggest factors in retailoring list. Not sure yet if I will start a new thread or keep running off this. I am leaning towards making a thread for each GH.

 

Not certain yet. I am gonna spend the next two weeks Theory crafting. By Saturday I should have all my Current List updated and in a new Thread.

Then I will start crafting new list. The idea of Slann + Kroak is much more appealing now that LoSaT is automatic. Running this with an Incator and Everblaze could make for a massive mortal Storm.