8th Ed. Which is best Special Character??????

Completely agree mate, but the other day myself and four others who all collect different armies (lizards for me, skaven, dwarfs, orcs and high elves) were bored so decided to have a mass battle royal using all the special characters from our army books. It was a knockout style tournament, winner stays on and the only lizard hero who performed well was Kroq-Gar. The general workings seemed to dictate that if Kroq-Gar didn't kill the opponent, the carnosaur did. But again completely agree that they are all overpriced and yes i concur that Gor-Rok is probably the best allrounder taking points cost into account, but for me Kroq-Gar is pure filth and fun to use IMO.

 

That sounds like a really cool idea for a fun/friendly torunament! Glad to see that kroq-gar and grymloq were able to perform well

 

Has anyone tried out Oxyotl (the Chamelion Character)?
I would think with the rise in usefullness of Chamelions in
general that he would start seeing some play time....

 

I would love to use him but my local hobby store doesn't allow special characters

 

Chakax doe have a great weapon but also has the strikes first ability even if your oponent has the same ability.

 

I used oxyotl in a tourney this weekend and he is kind of fun, but really not worth his points. I am only playing him because he is the cheapest special character. The first game the Chamos he was with got magic missled and then panicked off the board. The second game he got magic missiled and panicked, but rallied and eventually dropped a level two HE mage. In the third game against WoC his unit got worked, but they didn't panic, but he didn't really kill anything.

 

Thats how i read it but according to the staff at my local GW, because he has a great weapon it negates the fact he strikes first, and it goes on innitiative. I argued that it doesn't negate always strike first because chakax doesn't have that, it says his opponent always strikes last, small yet big difference.

Will have to bring it up again now someone agrees with me.

Regarding oxyotl, he sounds like fun but to be honest for less than what he costs, i could field 12 standard chameleons, no contest IMO.

 

Chakax, The Key to the Eternity Chamber
Change to “When fighting in a challenge, Chakax gains a 5+
ward save and his opponent Always Strikes Last.”


So Chakax does not have "Always strike first". Therefor booth he and most opponents have "Always strike last". Therefor they fight in initiative order.

 

Ramramm is right about Chakax. I think that it's definitly not in the spirit of the special character though. It should be FAQed or clarified.