8th Ed. 1500 pts vs. WoC

[doittoit]

I'll be playing against my brother's WoC and hopefully will be coming back from a string of 3 or so losses against them. We've mostly just been experimenting with all the units in our books as we've played about 7 games so far. I don't have a clue what will be in his list except a Sorcerer of some sort (usually lvl 2) and I think he'll be trying a Chimera for the first time. Here's the list I'm tinkering with:

Heroes:
-Saurus Scar-Veteran w/ Cold One, Light Armour, Sacred Stegadon Helm of Itza, Seed of Rebirth, Great Weapon (General)
-Skink Priest w/ Lvl 2, Lore of Heavens, Ancient Stegadon w/ Engine of the Gods
-Skink Priest w/ Lvl 2, Lore of Beasts

Core:
-25 man Saurus Warriors w/ Full Command, Hand Weapons
-10 man Skink Skirmishers w/ Javelins & Shields

Special:
-3 man Kroxigor

Rare:
-Ancient Stegadon w/ Sharpened Horns
-Salamander w/ 1 extra Skink Handler

I've got the mounted Skink Priest on Lore of Heavens mostly just because I thought it might be cool to attempt Comet (I've never seen it). And another Ancient Stegadon is always nice, even if the Engine isn't all that cool. I could replace the Lore of Beasts Skink Priest with a Skink Chief BSB on a Terradon or something, or maybe Skink Chief BSB with some armor and put him in the Skirmishers unit. I've got the Salamander just because I haven't used one in a while but would be open to a better alternative. The breathe fire move doesn't seem to do much against WoC.

 

[doittoit]

Here's the updated list with a BSB instead of an extra Skink Priest:

Heroes:
-Saurus Scar-Veteran w/ Cold One, Light Armour, Sacred Stegadon Helm of Itza, Great Weapon
-Skink Priest w/ Lvl 2, Lore of Heavens, Ancient Stegadon w/ Engine of the Gods (General)
-Skink Chief w/ Terradon, Enchanted Shield, Light Armour, Javelin (BSB)

Core:
-25 man Saurus Warriors w/ Full Command, Hand Weapons
-10 man Skink Skirmishers w/ Javelins & Shields

Special:
-3 man Kroxigor

Rare:
-Ancient Stegadon w/ Sharpened Horns
-Salamander w/ 1 extra Skink Handler

Probably better than the first. I switched my General to the Monster-riding Skink Priest so I can fling my Scar-Veteran Cowboy around without risk. There's probably still something better than a Salamander to take, but I'm not sure what it would be or if I could afford it.

 

[skink chief]

Go for an extra skirmisher group instead of the salamander? Don't hava a lot of time right now, but that's the one thing I would probably change.

 

[doittoit]

Good call, the extra poisoned javelins would be more useful than the Salamander anyway. All Salamanders have ever been good for against my brother is killing Chaos Warhounds, hah. I also have dropped the Champion from the unit of Saurus Warriors since I no longer need him to meet minimum Core. So that leaves likes 26 points left over; I'm thinking I can use it to either take a Dawnstone on the Scar-Vet or a Dispel Scroll on the Skink Priest.

 

[skink chief]

Both are good choices. In a 1500pts army a dawnstone could suprisingly be the better choice. I don't think he could put a lvl 3 or 4 on the field without hurting his list hard in other parts.

For the skirmishers: especially in your list where you have 2 ancient stegs they give you the wonerfull option of redirecting so you can give your steggies a nice and juicy flankcharge

 

[doittoit]

Nice, that's a good point, I like it. I just realized that Scar-Vets can only take 50 pts of magic items so I have to choose: Sacred Stegadon Helm for the T6 and Impact Hits, or Glittering Scales + Dawnstone for the -1 to be hit and re-roll failed armor saves. I like both options a lot, really. T6 will make his Chaos Warriors and Chosen (which he's been fielding with dual hand weapons) only wound me on 6s, but the -1 to be hit and re-roll saves will probably do a better job of keeping him alive.

Yeah, while typing that I realized that it's probably gotta be Glittering Scales + Dawnstone.