Hi all! I'm new to this forum, though I've skimmed through the threads a lot here lately. Is it possible to make a decent army with a carnosaur nowadays? I think that its clear that magic have gotten a prominent role in every army in 8th ed and almost everyone runs a lvl4 ( especially for Lizardmen). I've had quite a good run with a tooled up fighter general in my O&G list (though only on a boar) So my thought are if killer characters might be something. Anyway, stacked up a list with my current models to see your opinions. Alas: 2500 Pts - Lizardmen Roster 1 Saurus Oldblood (General; Great Weapon; Shield) 1 Carnosaur 1 Armour of Destiny 1 Dawnstone 1 The Other Trickster's Shard 1 Saurus Scar-Veteran (Battle Standard Bearer)(Light Armour) 1 Cold One 1 Sword of Striking 1 Charmed Shield 1 Luckstone 1 Skink Priest (Level 2 Upgrade; Hand Weapon; Aquatic) 1 Dispel Scroll 1 Skink Priest (Level 2 Upgrade; Hand Weapon; Aquatic) 1 Plaque of Tepok 10 Skink Skirmishers 10 Skink Skirmishers 10 Skinks (Musicia) 23 Saurus Warriors (Musician; Standard Bearer; Spear) 1 Saurus Champion 25 Skinks (Musician; Standard Bearer) 6 Kroxigor 7 Cold One Cavalry (Musician; Standard Bearer) 1 Banner of Eternal Flame 9 Chameleon Skinks pts 9 Chameleon Skinks pts 2 Salamander Hunting Pack pts Total Roster Cost: 2497 Comments?
The list looks viable to me. The big question is are you comfortable playing with only the lore of heavens? If the answer is yes, then having 5/7 spells from the lore and 2 mages should be more then okay to deal a fair amount of magical havoc. On a side note, I recommend putting your Kroxigors in units of skinks. Doing so will protect them from missile fire and give punch to your units of skinks. 2 units of 24/3 or 3 units of 16/2 should be what you are looking for. Finally, try to find the points for those extra handlers for your sallies!
Anyone having experience with the skrox units? On paper I feel that the skinks will just get squished in combat while the korx miss out on their stomp... I havent tried them out though
Made some changes: Now introducing krox/skink units, for that extra unit with ranks = more steadfast units. 2500 Pts - Lizardmen Roster 1 Saurus Oldblood (General; Great Weapon; Shield) 1 Carnosaur 1 Armour of Destiny 1 Dawnstone 1 The Other Trickster's Shard 1 Saurus Scar-Veteran (Battle Standard Bearer)(Light Armour) 1 Cold One 1 Sword of Striking 1 Charmed Shield 1 Luckstone 1 Ironcurse Icon 1 Skink Priest (Level 2 Upgrade; Hand Weapon; Aquatic) 1 Dispel Scroll 1 Skink Priest (Level 2 Upgrade; Hand Weapon; Aquatic) 1 Plaque of Tepok 10 Skink Skirmishers 10 Skink Skirmishers 24 Saurus Warriors (Musician; Standard Bearer; Spear) 22 Skinks (Musician; Standard Bearer) - 2 kroxigors 22 Skinks (Musician; Standard Bearer) - 2 kroxigors 6 Cold One Cavalry (Musician; Standard Bearer) 1 Banner of Eternal Flame 9 Chameleon Skinks 9 Chameleon Skinks 3 Terradon riders 2 Salamander Hunting Pack - 2 x extra handlers
A carnosaur saurus build is still playable in 8. I like the chameleon skinks but you should drop it down to 8 instead of 9 for deployment purposes to get in a more useful area. The small unit of pteradons is nice too.I also like adding the skink-croc unit. I run at least 1 in every game. Why no didem of power or other defensive magic item like the Cube of Darkness to guard your army in their magic phase with this weak magic build? I thought you couldn't put a magic item with a battle standard bearer other than a magic standard?
I like your list! Only things I'd change would be to try and get in an other saurus block, those guys are just plain awesome, mabye trade it in for a skrox unit? And getting the cube of darkness instead of a scroll might be nice as well. @Oldblood62: You can have magic items and a BSB on one model, the only thing not allowed is having both a magic standard and magic items on your BSB. Unless ofcourse the BSB is a Slann
Opps sorry ment to say sweet makes a skink standard barrer more playable! Where does it say that in the rule book?
It should say so in the Army book actually, and that he even should be able to ride a terradon and carry other mundane equipment as well