I have an Open War match versus High Elves tonight, and have lost our previous two matches, so looking for some advice on how to improve this list. A little context; in the previous two games, the battle has been swayed heavily in HER player’s favour because of an extremely large block of Chracian White Lions, buffed to the teeth with 2-3 characters, and everything wielding great weapons. He got a couple of good rolls using spectral doppelgänger, and it was game over. I don’t believe he’ll bring the same exact list again, but I do think it’s likely he will still bring a heavy block. We have agreed for this match we will not be using dragons/Carnosaurs but anything else is totally viable. 0 - Renegades (Square Based) 207 - Saurus Oldblood, Shield, Blade Of Revered Tzunki 375 - Skink Priest, Ancient Stegadon, Engine of the Gods, Wizard Level 2, Elementalism, Talisman Of Protection 380 - Slann Mage-Priest, Becalming Cogitation, General, Wizard Level 4, High Magic, Wand of Jet 555 - 29 Temple Guard, Revered Guardian, Spelleater Axe, Standard Bearer, Skavenpelt Banner, Musician 175 - Bastiladon, Solar Engine, 3x Skink Crew 215 - Stegadon, Giant Blowpipes 90 - Salamander Packs The idea behind this list being, shoot until his units are close, then charge with Temple Guard. Skavenpelt provides +1 attacks on charge. i3 (hopefully) on charge, with additional +1 from Bastiladon. Using both Stegadons for flanking large block units engaged with Temple Guard, or any other HER units close by. If this list has too many flaws, I can go another way: 0 - Renegades (Square Based) 207 - Saurus Oldblood, Shield, Blade Of Revered Tzunki 110 - Saurus Scar-Veteran, Halberd, Shield, Venom Of The Firefly Frog 207 - Saurus Scar-Veteran, Shield, Battle Standard Bearer, Sun Standard Of Chotec, Scimitar Of The Sun Resplendent 380 - Slann Mage-Priests, Becalming Cogitation, General, Wizard Level 4, High Magic, Wand of Jet 571 - 30 Temple Guard, Revered Guardian, Spelleater Axe, Standard Bearer, Skavenpelt Banner, Musician 175 - Bastiladon, Solar Engine, 3x Skink Crew 255 - Ancient Stegadon, Engine of the Gods 90 - Salamander Packs This list removes the second Stegadon and drops the skink priest in favour of 2 additional Scar Vets in the front rank of Temple Guard. Also added the BSB with -1 to shooting. Any C&C welcome! I need all I can get, lol.
Went well! I won, so ended my 4x loss streak. I played a lot of 6th Ed WHFB and it was well known Salamanders were a bit shit then also…but so far in TOW, I’ve actually had quite a bit of success with them, using Renegades! Wand of Jet and the EOTG gives me +4 casting and +3 dispel, and I just find that too good to pass up; I have been thinking about mixing it up and using Cupped Hands instead though, especially after miscasting 3 times in this most recent match. Big block of TG, supported with buffs from Slann did all the work, with flank and tar-pit support from Stegadons. Successful even with a debuff nearly every turn from Dark Magic, -1 Str and -1 Tough