AoS Dread Saurian - viable monster or total meme?

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  1. LordBaconBane
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    Hey everyone,

    I plan on buying a Dread Saurian soon and I wanted to ask, based off it's stats & point cost, is the unit a fun inclusion into the Seraphon army? I'm not much of a tournament player, I prefer more fluff/themey armies then going 4 EotG lol.

    Anywho, what is your opinion? My thing is, if the model isn't fun to play with, then I'll likely put that $300 towards other Seraphon units.
     
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    its definitely very fun, I wouldn't exactly call it competitive, but it can turn some heads and cause some fun situations at a casual table.
     
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    It certainly distracts your opponent. :D

    I play it once in a while, and it's definitely fun. Except when you buff it through the roof, and you fail a 5" charge. Twice. :p



    Edit: but don't use the "official" base for it. it's so large that you wouldn't be able to move it in a battlefield crowded with terrains!
     
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    Its literally an 8" x 11" piece of printer paper rounded into an oval.... soooooooooo big
     
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    wait 11" dang i keep hearing how big this guy is but man. how does he move?
     
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    I don't have mine on an official base yet so I don't know lol
     
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    280 x 210 mm base... 280 mm is 11.024 inches and 210 mm is 8.268... so its 1/4 inch smaller than a piece of standard printer paper (8.5 x 11 inch) on the short side and imperceptibly larger on the long side
     
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  8. Random Lizard
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    It's the same base as the enormous Vorgaroth the scarred and Skalok model so yea... pretty pretty big. The dread saurian looks like a baby when put side to side though. I got Vorgaroth first so by the time i bought the dread saurian it felt a bit underwhelming.

    It's not the most cost efficient model but it can do some damage. Worst case scenario you have a huge distraction carniflex that looks beautiful
     
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    As a Tyranids player I approve this message
     
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    The way i see it, it's the same thing as the 1200 pts khorne dragon: I don't care if i win or lose the game (most probably lose if i field that thing in a 2k game), i won the intimidation game when i put the model on the table.
     
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    If I brought it, not only would my Skaven buddy crap his pants, I would get almost every person in the GW at the table looking at it! lol.
     
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    Not very well. It is why I don't own one. He can't be placed on the table. One day I will buy one to paint once my hobby back long is complete.
     
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    Dang that is insane, how big is the model itself?? It would get swallowed by the base.

    +1 to this.

    Distract opponent from your real money-makers, and let it cause havoc if they choose to ignore it after all
     
    Warden, Sep 23, 2019
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    It exceeds the base in length (the tail is outside the base) and is around 4 in wide.
     
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    This should give you an idea (Dread saurian has wrong base but the dragon has it for comparison)
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    Think there's an issue with your links.
     
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    I thought it was my work filter, but if im not the only one, it could be an issue with the links
     
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    Which upload site do you people usually use? Could try again from that site
     
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    You can upload the pictures directly to the forums. There is a button next to "post reply" to do that.
     
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    IMG_20190902_200104_01[1].jpg IMG_20190902_200125_01[1].jpg

    Pretty much every other forum i've been on required the pictures to be uploaded from an external site. Much easier here hehe
    Tail was broken on Dread saurian so it's a bit longer (fixed it since then)
     
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