8th Ed. Cold ones

So I keep bringing the cavalry, but they keep getting smashed. How do you use these guys successfully??

 

Don't use them. in 8th edition all cavalry have been seriously handicapped, and you would be better off putting those points into other units like Saurus or even Temple guard. Stegadons act as a decent hammer, but you should usually take two otherwise one of them will attract all of your opponents shooting and it willd ie before it reaches the enemy.

If you are hell bent on using CoC then I suggest you throw a tooled-up Scar-Vet in the unit and keep them on your flank and try to avoid engaging your opponent unless it is a flank charge with a Saurus/Temple guard unti fighting from the front. Keep in mind unless you have like 10 models (? Away from books not fure about this #) you will not be able to negate ranks so you are better off with a stegadon instead of CoC.

 

I was kinda thinking the same thing. They would always be the first thing eliminated from my lists.

 

Well exactly how are you using them?

you want to use them for combined charging in 8th or flank charging
or just engaging toughness 3 single attack troops of some kind.

 

Well regardless of how one uses them, there are much more effective ways to utilize those points.

 

Yeah, at 35pts a model. With Stupidity thrown in, just in case you were hoping on having control of your unit every turn. Oh, and enjoy only having S5 on the charge, you revert to S4 in every other scenario.

It is kind of amazing just how bad they are, even compared to other races cavalry (which, as others have pointed out, aren't the Deathstars they once were anyway). Everything else in Special is better at whatever job you'd give to CoC. Even Kroxigor, the epitome of failure in unit design.