8th Ed. Poll: What is your favorite BRB magic lore for a Slann in an all comers list?

I see very little love for shadow. Great lore to save Temple Guard for miscasts!

 

It's a pretty solid lore. I didn't think it would lead the pack, but I figured it would be ahead of Heavens or Beasts.

Not really that surprising, I figured that Life and Death would give it some competition.

No surprises there!

 

I think the general rule of thumb is that taking a slann on heavens, in a situation where you could have just taken Tetto'Ekko, isn't really the best way to spend those points. Off course, tetto is a special character and only a lvl 2, but the loremaster aspect and all the extra bonuses that he brings are so, so good.

Of course, if tetto is banned for whatever reason then I agree, heavens is still a good lore. I just don't think the level 4 bonus outweighs loremaster, vanguard, rerolling comet and the rerolling 1's/6's

 

Not quite auto wound... but close enough I suppose!

 

Well, if we had option to take fire, I wouild really consider taking it for lvl2 skink. Spell no.2 is good, +fireball.

 

Fireball is a useful spell no doubt. But there are so many more superior lores I would prefer. Fire is pretty much my last choice, its useful, but extremely straight forward.

 

Yeah, I wouldnt choose it for lvl4, but for lvl2, I would.

 

Would you still choose it if our skink priest could choose any of the BRB lores?

 

Question-If you raise a big beasty in lizards using Undeath would it be a Fossil?

 

I would go for life. But I dont have enough lizardmen experience yet to make a proper choice (so i haven't ticked of the poll) The choice for life probably comes from my frustrations with playing with Orcs and Goblins vs rediculously touch characters and mosters that will just heal up when you manage to knick a wound off, while your own characters always seem to die when somebody merely blinks in their general direction.

In the few lizardmen games i played (5: 1 win, 3 draws/minor losses, and 1 time got tabled. ) so far I have been messing around with the High magic loremaster slann.

 

Yeah, flaming swords of rhuin+fireball is nice addition to a lvl4. For a lvl2 choosing from any lore, what might be the best? 100% chance to have the signature, but very low chance to have a specific spell, so I wouldnt build anything around it. And from the signature spells, fireball is one of the best considering we are talking about a lvl2 skink priest. Personally, I love heavens aswell, and beast might come in 3rd place for lvl2. So, for lvl2 caster: heavens>fire>beast [for me]. Death would be obvious, but skinks with their low ld...

 

i would normally go beasts, high or life (light when vs undead) but i cast my vote to life as it has saved my bacon a few times now when it really mattered

 

Heavens. Good attack and buff spells. Plus I can get a EotG and have -1 casting cost for Slann and Skink Priests.

 

Interesting choice. I was never a huge fan of the Lore of Heavens myself. Good value on Tetto though!

 

Shadow is a lore that i feel like i dont use enough. It isn't that strong against high I armies, which is my main problem with it.

Also, i just looovvveeee swapping out spells in games, it is my favorite mechanic of whole warhammer 8th, so when i get the chance to play 8th (if it is twice a year i am already happy), i just play High Slann.