Hi everyone. I'm putting together a list for a series a games my friends and I are playing, and I've decided to go with an all-Skink army. Between the skinks themselves, the Stegadon (who seems unnaturally lucky; last game saw him take 13 bolt thrower shots in a row before a single crew member got killed, and then taking out a full-strength block of spearmen after the crew was killed), the Chameleons (who I am finally getting around to getting), and the Salamanders, The major problem I've run into though, is doing the heroes within the points percentage that I have to play with (250, out of the original 1000). There's really only three ways I see doing this: A single fully-kitted Priest with no BSB, putting any leftover points into the other units. Single Chief as Battle Standard Bearer, throw everything leftover into other units. Two fully-kitted Skink Chiefs, with second holding Battle Standard. Well-kitted Skink Chief and Priest, with Priest as General. Nearly bare-bones Priest with 2 non-magic Skink Chiefs (one with the Battle Standard). Now, the battle standard is more essential than the General; a re-roll is worth more than a single extra point, after all. Then again, every little point helps. And magic is important (this is Warhammer, after all), and having an extra spell or two can mean a big difference. Atthe same time though, defensively, you're not going to run into much of a change, beyond a channeling roll and a +1 or 2 bonus (which, granted, means a big difference). Chances are I'm leaning towards the Priest and Chief, but have you guys/lizards had any experience with this? Also, does anyone know if a Javelin on a Skink Chief is worth it? Granted, you lose a shot, but the ability to move and shoot, combined with an extra point of strength, not even mentioning the near-guaranteed ability to stand and shoot, seems to mitigate that in my eyes. Anyone have any experience with this? Just running simple mathhammer probabilities, the javelin seems to have better odds, but experience generally means more than simple calculations.
Arli is right for me, at 1000 points i'd go for a well kitted preist and decnet skink chief, then spend the rest on other things. Maybe go for something like this: Preist- lvl 2, dispel scroll Chief- burning blade of chotec, shield This would still leave you with points for maybe another 5-10 skinks, depending on them being skirmishers or cohorts