8th Ed. The Thunderous Herd - 2500 Pts

Discussion in 'Lizardmen Army Lists' started by serekth, Dec 16, 2013.

  1. serekth
    Skink

    serekth New Member

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    This is a themed list but I would also like it to be decently competitive. The idea behind it is a group of skinks (and only skinks) is following around a herd of stegadon. Similar to how tribes of Native Americans followed around herds of buffalo. The stegadon entry inspired this, where it talks about the herds of stegadon around lustria. This herd is from the hidden Gwangee Valley.

    So only Stegadons, and skinks. Those are my two restrictions. Here's what I have:

    Lords

    Tehenhuain

    Lords total: 230 pts

    Heroes

    Skink Chief
    -BSB
    -Armour of Destiny
    -hand weapon
    -javelin
    -shield

    Skink Priest
    -Lvl 1
    -Lore of Heavens
    -Dispell Scroll
    -Ancient Stegadon w/ Engine of the Gods

    Heroes total: 499 pts

    Core

    1 x 11 Skink Skirmishers (Tehehuain goes here)

    4 x 10 Skink Skirmishers

    49 Skink Cohort
    -Full Command

    Core total: 632 pts

    Special

    Stegadon
    -Unstoppable Stampede

    Stegadon
    -Unstoppable Stampede

    7 Chameleon Skinks

    6 Chameleon Skinks

    Special total: 619 pts

    Rare

    Ancient Stegadon
    -Unstoppable Stampede
    -Sharpened Horns

    Ancient Stegadon
    -Unstoppable Stampede
    -Sharpened Horns

    Rare total: 520 pts


    Since I'm only using skinks I desperately needed some higher leadership. I would rather go with Tetto'eko but LD 6 isn't good enough. So I went with Tehenhuain to get up to LD 8. I also wanted to maximize the number of stegadons I could get. The plan is to combo charge with stegadons and my block of skinks, putting skinks on the corner so they can prevent the enemy unit from being steadfast.

    Any thoughts?
     
  2. VampTeddy
    Terradon

    VampTeddy Active Member

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    Yeah.

    Instead of skink priesting the stegadon, make one of your ancients an engine if you can afford it and have the chief ride a stegadon since he'll have a better save.

    Right now you're just asking for your priest to die if you ever charge with the engine, a 5+ armor save won't save him from anything.

    EDIT: This has the added bonus of an 18" BSB bubble.
     
  3. Silverbolt
    Temple Guard

    Silverbolt Active Member

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    100% agree with VampTeddy
     
  4. serekth
    Skink

    serekth New Member

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    Thanks for the recommendations! I definitely like an 18" BSB hold your ground. I'll just switch them out.
     

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