Templeguards > saurus warriors Chosen > Warrior of Chaos Grave/tomb guards > skellies Any former special models > any former core models. For the most part. Previously the balance was usually that they were more expensive and you HAD to spend 25% on core, now there's no such requirement. Why would I ever want a unit of SW vs guards? I can't remember their exact rules, but I believe Saurus Warriors only benefit from being in a unit of 20 and 30 models. Guards have an additional melee attack and better To Hit roll and Rend If I'm not mistalening. SW get buffs from being in s bigger unit.. Yay? Did I miss something?
The Saurus host at the end of the list, would be a reason. I have not played yet so I am not exactly sure how much of a benefit the additional rules would be, but it requires a minimum of 30 saurus.
^ They beat me to it. I was just finishing my post - bleh! I see where you're coming from, otherwise. The roles still appear slightly different in the context of battalion & summon.
Yes...only the most important question... Why would you choose AoS over 8th edition Warhammer proper?
I might be wrong, but isn't one of the benefit that all saurus including templeguards gain an extra attacks. The host much a benefit for SW as for the guards as far as I know. I could be wrong though.
I just checked again and saurus warriors have: 4+ to hit, 3+ to wound and 5+ save. At 20 models they gain +1 To Hit and 30 they gain +1 attack. Guards have: 3+ to hit, 3+ to wound, 4+ save, Rend and an additional attack. They can gain more bravery as a special rule. The host benefit all units in the host so both gains an additional attack and auto pass battle shock I think. So if you go with 30 saurus warriors the difference is the save, Rend and bravery special rule guards have. That's super dumb.
Thats what I meant, sorry. Unless the special rules gained as part of the host warrant 3 units of SW, then I am not sure why you would not take TG. Well, lack of models maybe.
Uh I'm sorry I derped a bit. Yes the host would be a logical solution although I'd still rather have more vanilla templeguards than host saurus warriors tbh. With a host you'll still want 20 models to gain the +1 To Hit benefit. The main issue is to actually have that amount of models.
They're worth it in the battalion, the Saurus Host. I wouldn't take them as an individual warscroll, though. This assumes that you and your opponent agreed to bring x battalions, x warscrolls, x wounds per unit max, x wounds per army max. They're great in that regard.
The Saurus Host is brutal.. looking at these books, not much can stand up to it head-to-head. I think most melee would go a little something like this. Talk about Powerful Jaws!
Plus the Saurus Host gives you immunity to Battleshock. That's pretty serious. Makes your army Unbreakable, to put it in 8ed terms.