Hi i am new to lizardmen and warhammer fantasy and have decided to write an army list. i am planning on buying 3 battallions, 2 stegadons a slaan mage priest and an extra 10 temple guard. if i should buy anything else or not buy something please let me know. any help is greatly appreciated. Lords: Slaan mage priest 2 disciplines bsb divine plaque of protection skavenpelt banner 380 Heroes: Skink priest ancient steggadon 355 Core: 40 saurus warriors full command 470 10 skink skirmishers 70 10 skink skirmishers 70 10 skink skirmishers 70 6 skink skirmishers 45 Special: 40 temple guard full command 675 20 cold ones full command 740 This leaves me with 130 points left over. Please advise me on how to spend them. thanks
Hi welcome to lizardmen! I wouldn't buy another box of TG for their points they are expensive. 30 is more than enough for most lists. Instead i would buy 2-4 Salamander hunting packs. They are invaluable! I like skinks personally so I'd buy 1 more box of them giving you 50. Convert 10-20 of them into chameleon skinks (saves a ton of money) as cham skinks are awesome as well. So that gives you 60 Saurus, 30 TG, 30 norm skinks, 20 cham skinks, 2 Stegs, 4 sallies, a Slann and heaps of Cold One Riders (a tad expensive points wise, but can be made to work). From your 2 steg packs u get 2 Skink Priests, 2 Skink Chiefs. Model a few CoR as mounted scar vets and your set. Only thing I'd add is some kroxigors and some Terradons for variety later on. All the best.
Well mitch, you nailed that one. The list looks alright, Not a lot of people really like cav, but they can work, although I would split them into 2 units of 10, that way you make use of more attacks and another unit on the board. Definitely get some salamanders as they absolutely rule, and same goes for the chameleon skinks The slann cant take the Skavenpelt banner unfortunately, its a skink only item :/ I would take the standard of discipline on him instead, its cheaper and makes your inspiring presence LD10 As for the 150 points left over (now you cant have the skavenpelt banner) EDIT* That 150 points is a rough guess, I dont have my book to hand I personally would give the slann a 3rd discipline. In 2k I run with Rumination, mystery and Cognition and he needs Cupped Hands Of The Old Ones now! Throwing a miscast on an enemy wizard is just awsome!!! Other than that, it seems good, If you have enough room, you might want to squeeze in a Scar vet for the Saurus squad, just for a boost of attacks Welcome to the board, Gunning for 3k is ambitious! I like that!
Thanks guys i will take out 10 cold ones and 10 temple guard, and i will add in a steggy,3 salamanders, 2 disciplines, and a few more skinks. Thankyou so mul ch for all your help and for making me feel so welcome
hey not to ruin your list but its kinda illegal...... these following things you need to do you cant have a unit of skrimishers beneath the unit size of 10. you should put the 6 into one of the units of 10 the skavenpelt banner cannot be taken by other bsb`s than skink chieftains and he is too vulnerable. now for advice. you really should follow them! 40 tg is waaay too much max at 26. 40 saurus can be fun but not a thing thats going to win any games for you instead take 2 units of 25. 36 skink skirms is also too much maybe take 20 and then some chameleon skinks. 20 cold ones is way way waaaay too much in one army and then in one unit thats outrageous. cap at 10 in one unit you could take 2x10 but NOT 20 in one unit plaque of protection wont do a difference when in the tg imo the improved list Lords: Slaan mage priest focus of mystery (+1 dice per spellcast its a must take) Focused rumination (loremaster/knows all spells in his chosen lore this is really good if you want to be sure to use your slann`s full potential) bsb Standard of dicipline (+1 ld another must take you see in every good list) lore of life (without cupped hands this is yet another must take) 365 Heroes : Scar-vet Light A Crown of command (stubborn will be needed in cavalry!) Dragon helm (gives you a 2+ vs flaming and +1 armour save) Luck stone (single reroll on your 1+ armour save its almost like getting another wound) Cold one Great weapon (as his unit is probably going against monsters the additional s is critical) 166 You can field him alone and race him into a huge pricy horde and hold em up until help arives. or go with the cold ones and steadily beat unit after unit. or beat up the monsters that no other unit in the army can. Scar-vet Light A Enchanted shield Piranha blade (double wounds for chalenges remember to allways challenge unit champs) 140 goes with tg. Core: 25 saurus warriors full command 305 25 saurus warriors full command 305 10 skink skirmishers 70 10 skink skirmishers 70 Special: 25 temple guard full command 435 10 chameleon skinks 120 10 chameleon skinks 120 9 cold ones full command banner of eternal flame (flaming attacks can be game winning against many opponents. besides the banner is really cheap!) 375 ancient stegadon salamander salamander total 2996
Good points. The only changes that I would recommend to Vict's post would be to drop a few points somewhere (probably in saurus) to make the salamander units 2 units of 2. No need for extra handlers as they share the handler.
Thank you so much victo. that is really helpfull and i really appreciate it. that seems like a very strong list and i will deffinatley field it. i am a bit confuzed as to what lore i should choose, i know that life and light are the obvious ones, but i have seen some successfull battle reports with different lores, any advice on this would be hepfull.
you should definitely take lore of life because it has a spell that makes you ignore miscasts ,and if there is anything an lm player hates its to loose a slann, and especially if he kills himself. there is another option and thats cupped hands but you dont need both. More sallies would def. be a win and in the first edition of the list, i had 4. But turns out i miss calcuated and had to take away some points. and that was the salamanders, but as they are one of lms most point effective units, more of them would be very good.