Hi guys, Is there any easy way to beat the Phoenix? Is there any way to stop him resurrecting? What's the effect of flaming attacks on them?
In order of the questions and only addressing the flame variant phoenix since the ice one does not resurrect: 1) Skinks poison shooting, it only has a 5+ ward 2) Yes, pray to the dice gods to hex the HE player's dice. Filling the area with units to prevent placement is not feasible and will expose them to the burning template attacks. 3) The flame variant has a 2+ WS.
Also, you should position your units so that the phoenix can't fly over you (it must finish its full move at least one inch away).
Hey there. I play High Elves and am just getting into Lizardmen. The flame phoenix has a 2+ ward against flaming attacks. It is only toughness 5 w/ no armor saves. Poison does wonders against it. No, there is no way to prevent it from getting the chance to resurrect. He gets to roll every player turn, but it has an even better chance of being dead forever than coming back to life. Need a 6 to resurrect and a 1 or 2 to die. It get's better if you have an Anointed on top, though. I played a game with an anointed on a flame phoenix and all you have to do is kill the bird. Don't worry about the guy on top. If you kill the bird, the rider goes with it. Keep in mind that if it does come back, it comes with 2+D3 and so it isn't full life. Most people seem to like the frost phoenix more. I hope that helps.
I've had little trouble fighting the flame phoenix, I find the frost one way more dangerous, especially when it hits combat. T6 and a -1 to str for ALL units in B2B is just crazy. As far as the flame phoenix goes skinks are key.