Hi all, I'm a Lizardmen newbie and I'd like some help putting together a competitive army list. I've never played a WHFB game, but I'm eager to learn. I purchased a whole bunch of painted lizardmen models so I'm ready to go! Here's what I have: 2x Lizardmen Battalions 2x Skink Regiments 1x Stegadon 4x Terradons 2x 3 Kroxigors 1x Slann Here's my preliminary army list: Slann Cupped Hands of the Gods 24 Skinks 2 Kroxigors 24 Skinks 2 Kroxigors 18 Saurus Spears Full Command 18 Saurus Spears Full Command 14 Temple Guard Full Command Revered Guardian with Sword of The Hornet Gleaming Pennant 7 Cold One Cavalry Full Command Banner of Switftness 4 Terradon Riders 1 Stegadon Total: 2394 Any advice is welcome -- but remember I'm a newbie so be nice!
I presume you are limited by your collection, but you have like 5 combat units which is a bit too much, I would Combine the two saurus units into a unit of about 30 Make one large Skrox unit of about 30/35 skinks and 3 or 4 Kroxigors (you need 32 skinks for 4) Make the temple guard unit bigger, around 20 Get rid of the cold one cav and use one or two of the models as Scar Vet heroes on cold one, you need fighty heroes to carry your combat blocks and scar vets are great I would remove the stegadon and replace it with a salamander (our best unit) and maybe a skink priest with a dispell scroll. About the slann, make him the BSB for sure, also he gets a one free discipline which one are you taking? I would consider buying one or two more disciplines What magic lore are you taking on the slann? Reduce the skirmishers to 10 from 12
For the most part, the units are just too small. 18 Saurus is usually too small to be useful, and giving them spears is completely wasted points because the extra guys will die before attacking. I think 14 TG is still in the "death trap" size range, and not a real bodyguard. 7 Saurus Cavalry with upgrades, but no Saurus character, is a pretty terrible use of points. Either use the cavalry as characters and drop the unit, or get more cavalry models to make a big unit with multiple characters. A Slann should never be fielded so naked.
Thanks for the replies! It seems I need to make my units bigger, so here's my new list: Slann 2 Disciplines (which should I choose?) Cupped Hands Healing Potion Gleaming Pennant 23 Temple Guard Revered Guardian with Terrifying Mask Sun Standard of Chotec Scar-Vet Burning Blade of Chotec Glittering Scales Luckstone 35 Saurus Spears Musician Standard 36 Skinks 3 Kroxigors 4 Terradon Riders 2 Salamanders 6 Skink handlers Skink Priest Level 2 Dispel Scroll Cloak of Feathers 10 Skink Skirmishers 10 Skink Skirmishers Total: 2400
rumination and focus of mystery. healing potion seems like an odd choice for slann. I presume you aren't going Life, so maybe I can see that scar vet needs a shield if going with a 1-handed weapon I'd throw an extra handler on the sallies I'd dump the spears and take HW and shield on the saurus.