8th Ed. 1000 point starting Army (3 options, looking for some help)

[Gobur]

Hello everybody,

I’d like to start playing WFB again and i’d like to try my luck with a 1000 point Lizardmen army. I read up on the rules, but it’s been more than 10 years since I last played, so any critique is welcome.

Since I wasn’t quite sure if Cold One Riders would be worth it, or taking a Lord in a 1000 point army, I built these 3 options. I’d like to keep my Saurus Warriors to a max size of 29, since already have 13 and the regiment box is 16 saurus warriors.

My main competitor will be an Ogre Kingdoms player, but some other armies I’ll be fighting often include High Elves, Skaven & Bretonnia

OPTION 1 – Cold One Riders – 1003 points

Heroes – 245 points
Scar Veteran
Light Armour, Enchanted Shield, Dagger of Sotek

Skink Priest
Lvl 2, Plaque of Tepok

Core – 398 points
20 Saurus Warriors
Spears, Shields, Full Command, joined by the Scar Veteran
11 Skink Skirmishers
Javelins and shields, joined by the priest

Special – 280 points
8 Cold One Riders

Rare – 80 points
1 Salamander Crew
1 extra handler

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OPTION 2 – Large core – 1002 points
Heroes – 245 points
Scar Veteran
Light Armour, Enchanted Shield, Dagger of Sotek

Skink Priest
Lvl 2, Plaque of Tepok

Core – 602 points
29 Saurus Warriors
Spears, Shields, Standard bearer, joined by the Scar Veteran

11 Skinks Skirmishers
Javelins and shields, joined by the priest

12 Skink Skirmishers

Rare – 155 points
2 Salamander Crew
1 extra handler

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OPTION 3 – Character heavy – 1004 points

Lords – 238 points
Old-Blood
Sacred Stegadon Helm, Dagger of Sotek, light armour, extra hand weapon

Heroes – 150 points
Skink Priest
Lvl 2, Plaque of Tepok, Staff of the Lost Sun

Core – 536 points
23 Saurus Warriors
Spears, Shields, full command, joined by the Old-blood

11 Skinks Skirmishers
Javelins and shields, joined by the priest

12 Skink Skirmishers

Rare – 80 points
1 Salamander Crew
1 Extra handler

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If a Stegadon might be worth it at 1000 points, I could add one in option 1, by removing the Cold One Riders and adding 3 Saurus Warriors

 

[rychek]

Re: 1000 point starting Army (3 options, looking for some he

Any of those lists would work. Cold one riders tend to be over priced, but they are quite durable at 1000 point sized games. Personally I would take a stegadon over CoRs, but I would likely put the ScarVet on a Coldone.

 

[n810]

Re: 1000 point starting Army (3 options, looking for some he

Haveing battled ogres a lot, I usualy take a unit of cold ones,
as they have the best armor in the whole army.
and usualy win combat or at least tie up a unit for 3 turns.

oh and only skinks can take the Dagger of Sotec.
you might want to swap out for the parana blade or burning blade of chotec.

 

[Gobur]

Re: 1000 point starting Army (3 options, looking for some he

Thanks for the great advise so far.
Bummer about the dagger, should've read the army book more closely.

I got another question for you guys. Is the Enchanted Shield (common magic item) 5 points (as per the 8th edition rulebook), or 15 points (as noted in the Lizardmen book)?
I suppose it's 15 points, as the army book rules overwrite the common rules, but considering the difference in edition, I thought I'd check to make sure.

 

[rychek]

Re: 1000 point starting Army (3 options, looking for some he

The army book trumps the BRB, so 15 points.