Am I thinking straight here. If my skinks are armed with clubs and javelins, will they get 2 attacks each in melee?
I think clubs and Javelins is no allowed combo judging by their warscroll and warscroll builder, they only mention: - Javelins & Shield - Club & Shield - Boltspitter & Shield - Boltspitter & Club But that last one, Boltspitters & Clubs, yes, it will give you two attacks per Skink when attacking in melee. One with the Boltspitter at 5+/6+ and one with the club at 5+/4+ With some buffs that can be surprisingly effective.
It's shame you´ll never have all 40 skinks engaged, that would then give you 84 attacks at 3+ to hit? with the horde bonus, or is that wrong?
Only in the shooting phase so Boltspitter or Javelin. So for a unit of 40 skinks you have 40 shooting attacks hitting on +3
Ah, I just saw that it was in the shooting phase, so what do you guys think is the best armament for my 40 skinks?
That's my opinion as well. Reasoning behind that: - Javelins hit better but their range is low. So they might be better for small units, but for larger ones they are not that good. - Summoned units cannot move, but they can shoot. Not with Javelins though, the range is too short - Shields have saved my Skinks SO often because being immune against rend-1 (quite usual for elite units of many armies) - Shields look cool.