AoS The Great Frogmans Summoning Bongaloo (2k)

[Batch]

Alright, getting right back into Seraphon, and painting up a lot of these bad boys, painting skinks might just be the end of me, but here goes.

Allegiance: Seraphon
Mortal Realm: Ghur

Leaders
Slann Starmaster (260)
- General
- Trait: Vast Intellect
- Artefact: Incandescent Rectrices
Engine of the Gods (220)
- Artefact: Gryph-feather Charm
Engine of the Gods (220)
Saurus Astrolith Bearer (160)

Battleline
10 x Skinks (60)
- Boltspitters & Star Bucklers
10 x Skinks (60)
- Boltspitters & Star Bucklers
10 x Skinks (60)
- Boltspitters & Star Bucklers

Units
3 x Razordons (120)
3 x Skink Handlers (40)

Behemoths
Bastiladon (280)
Bastiladon (280)

Battalions
Thunderquake Starhost (120)

Endless Spells / Terrain
Balewind Vortex (40)
Chronomantic Cogs (60)

Total: 1980 / 2000
Extra Command Points: 1
Allies: 0 / 400
Wounds: 91


Alternatively I can swap two Razordons out for a Skink Star Priest for better chances of getting the endless spells on the field so the Slann can get those juicy summoning points.

Now after a hopefully successful turn 1, we should be making an average of 18 points a turn, thats a lot of Trogglodons. But this is what I have in my summoning bank, what should I be prioritising ( I know its mainly situational but whats the general consensus)

1 x Dread Saurian
1 x Oldblood on Carno
1 x Troglodon
1 x Bastiladon (Should really get another and just cover the field in laser beams)
1 x Skink Priest
1 x Astrolith Bearer (Dont see the point of more then one on the field)
1 x Skink Starseer (Whom I wish was better :c )
20 x Saurus Warriors
70 x Blowpipe Skinks (Who will hopefully be summoned by the EoTG anyway)
10 x Chameleon Skinks
6 x Ripperdactyls

So with that in mind I know summoning a Dread Saurian turn 3 is probably too late....but tempting?

 

[Wilhelm Stürmer]

As tempting as it may be, don't summon a DS. It's fun and could definitely have huge pyscological affect on your opponent, but you'd be sending into battle unbuffed. If you want a DS, bring it in your list.

The Starseer is absolutely not worth summoning or fielding.

In your T1, even if you successfully cast both BWV and Cogs, you'll still only get 11-13 CCP. You've got a decent chance of getting enough CCP to summon a Starpriest, but it wouldn't be able to cast until your next turn. Ideally, you want the Starpriest to cast Cogs and the Slann to then manipulate it, so he starts T1 with 4 casts/12 CCP, plus the additional from being General and the AstroBear, so 14-16.

Priority of summoning is very situational. If the EotG rolls for a summon, and you can bring in Rippers, they get a Blot Toad (only in T1, though). Then you could summon in more Rippers and potentially have some serious hitting power. Otherwise, Skinks are always a good choice for objective control. Chameleon Skinks are also a good choice early on, because your opponent may forget about the and leave an objective unguarded, giving that unit it's opening to pounce on it. The rest of your summoning fodder can be useful, again depending on the situation, though as I said the Starseer is not and I would rank the Priest, Troglodon, and DS low as well.

 

[Batch]

As tempting as it may be, don't summon a DS. It's fun and could definitely have huge pyscological affect on your opponent, but you'd be sending into battle unbuffed. If you want a DS, bring it in your list.

The Starseer is absolutely not worth summoning or fielding.

In your T1, even if you successfully cast both BWV and Cogs, you'll still only get 11-13 CCP. You've got a decent chance of getting enough CCP to summon a Starpriest, but it wouldn't be able to cast until your next turn. Ideally, you want the Starpriest to cast Cogs and the Slann to then manipulate it, so he starts T1 with 4 casts/12 CCP, plus the additional from being General and the AstroBear, so 14-16.

Priority of summoning is very situational. If the EotG rolls for a summon, and you can bring in Rippers, they get a Blot Toad (only in T1, though). Then you could summon in more Rippers and potentially have some serious hitting power. Otherwise, Skinks are always a good choice for objective control. Chameleon Skinks are also a good choice early on, because your opponent may forget about the and leave an objective unguarded, giving that unit it's opening to pounce on it. The rest of your summoning fodder can be useful, again depending on the situation, though as I said the Starseer is not and I would rank the Priest, Troglodon, and DS low as well.

Ja agreed on the DS, a shame but thats the way it is. So I think I'll cut two of the Razordons to add the Priest in and finally I had no idea about the Bloat toad if it wasnt in the initial list so thats very good to know thankyou.

Considering some of the players at my LGS I think T1 I might just summon some Chameleon skinks for early objective capturing, depending on the battleplan that could be a game changer.

 

[LizardWizard]

So with that in mind I know summoning a Dread Saurian turn 3 is probably too late....but tempting?

Skinks, Terradons, and maybe Chameleon skinks turn one if the battle plan fits it and you roll high enough with your Astrolith.