I don’t have carnosaur model yet and I don’t rate it a lot either so I thought, why don’t try a list with 2 oldlords? Unfortunately are both subject to stupidity but I hope that ld 9 would help a bit… Any suggestion about their combination? I thought a 65 point blade + talisman of protection and the other one on a flank with glyph necklace and dragon slayer sword (eventually can be changed with Giant blade and immune to stupidity) I would like to play kroxigor instead of terradons but I don’t see how, don’t have enough points (neither removing engine of gods) Another note, I had prefer cavalry spear on skink chief but I probably prefer him with charmed shield so I just give him a additional hand weapon instead === Lizardmen [2000 pts] Warhammer: The Old World, Lizardmen === ++ Characters [973 pts] ++ Slann Mage-Priest [350 pts] - Hand weapon - General - Battle Standard Bearer - Lore Familiar - Soul Of Stone - Elementalism Saurus Oldblood [255 pts] - Hand weapon - Heavy armour (Scaly skin) - Shield - Cold-One - Dragon Slaying Sword - Glyph Necklace Saurus Oldblood [255 pts] - Hand weapon - Heavy armour (Scaly skin) - Shield - Cold-One - Talisman of Protection - Blade Of Revered Tzunki Skink Chief [113 pts] - Additional hand weapon - Light armour (Calloused hide) - Terradon - Ruby Ring of Ruin - Charmed Shield ++ Core Units [501 pts] ++ 10 Skink Skirmishers [60 pts] - Hand weapons - Javelins - Shields - Light armour (Calloused hides) - Scouts 10 Skink Skirmishers [50 pts] - Hand weapons - Javelins - Shields - Light armour (Calloused hides) 10 Skink Skirmishers [50 pts] - Hand weapons - Javelins - Shields - Light armour (Calloused hides) 20 Saurus Warriors [341 pts] - Hand weapons - Shields - Heavy armour (Scaly skin) - Shieldwall - Spawn Leader (champion) [Obsidian Lodestone] - Standard bearer - Musician ++ Special Units [271 pts] ++ Bastiladon [175 pts] - Thunderous bludgeon - Solar Engine - Skink Crew (x3) with hand weapons and Javelins (required) 3 Terradon Riders [96 pts] - Hand weapons - Javelins - Light armour (Calloused hides) ++ Rare Units [255 pts] ++ Ancient Stegadon [255 pts] - Great horns and Engine of the Gods - Skink Crew (x5) with hand weapons and Javelins (required) ---
List looks solid, I would personally never leave home without a skink priest. Arcane Vassal is such a great rule. I think Ogre Blade is the best weapon for Dragon Hunting duty. Tzunki is also very good, more flexible. Piranha blade is also great for a lone cowboy because you can challenge and get a nice amount of overkill to help break enemy units. I've been toying with an idea of Saurus Scar-Veteran with BSB upgrade and War banner + Scimitar Of The Sun Resplendent. You get 6-8 attacks from the hero, +2 static Combat Res and attacks from the mount. I think it would be a fun flanker vs low armor targets but sending BSB on a flanking mission feels a bit iffy. Maybe it could work on a carnosaur because of bigger command range.
I can't tell if Piranha is garbage or maybe a little overcosted (but there is nothing between 15 and 65 points in the weapon imo) It would work much better on a carnosaur because it would now disrupt units . But probably everything is better on a carnosaur
Not going to suggest a carno, because you are trying to avoid them, but if I was building cowboys, I would be willing lose a whole unit of skinks if I had to just to buy horned ones for them. Stupidity on your old blood is just so limiting. Too often you will fail a stupidity check at the absolute worst time with the characters that are suppossed to be you damage dealers, especially the one with dragon slaying sword. Like what a waste that would be to be set up to kill a dragon, and bam, instead you are stupid and he flies away and eats your slann. But you don't even have to lose a unit. Just swap the obsidian lodestone out and take some horned ones. Sure you may have to change their loadouts a bit, but I guarantee you not being stupid is going to have a bigger effect than magical resistance. You have to make a stupidity check every turn, and even with LD 9 you are probably going to fail it at least once a game with each of them.
Yeah our items (compared to other armies) SUCK really a lot...except maybe cube of darkness that costs although a lot and the glyph with MR 2
I would advocate for the "Tenderiser" from the Ogre Kingdoms as the best weapon. But the choppa is also really good.