7th Ed. 2000 pt. Rapid Assault

[Ninjaskink]

Ok, this is my first attempt at the army and I'm hoping it works out for the best. I used the pencil and paper route when making this so if I made some sort of points error, please let me know. Also, any suggestions are greatly appreciated.

Lord:
Old Blood on Carnosaur
Burning Blade of Chotec
Spear
Light Armor
Shield
Aura of Quetzl
Sacred Spawning of Quetzl, Itzl, Sotek
467 points

Heroes:
(Carnosaur)

Scar Vet (JSoD)
Great Weapon
Light Armor
Shield
Sacred Spawning of Quetzl
Charm of the Jaguar Warrior
Glyph Necklace
158 points

Skink Priest (Scroll Caddy)
Level 2
Dispel Scroll x 2
150 points

Core:
13 skinks
Jav & Shield
78 points

13 skinks
Jav & Shield
78 points

10 skinks
Blowpipes
70 points

10 skinks
Blowpipes
Scouts
70 points

Specials:
8 Chameleon Skinks
Stalker
126 points

4 Kroxigor
232 points

4 Terradons
140 points

Rares:
3 Salamanders
195 points

Stegadon
235 points

1999 points total

Weaknesses:
Biggest one I can think of here is no SCR! While I originally tried to fit a SW block in here, it not only didn't fit the idea, it also took up a huge number of points (which were placed into the Terradons and Krox #4).

Also, aside from within the General's vicinity, leadership will probably be a huge issue, since the skinks will probably... well, be skinks and run to the hills if anything goes foul.

And finally, little to no magic. While the Priest might be able to negate the magics on turn one, after that he'll probably just be trying to push out some Portent of Fars or Second Signs, and attempting to dispel anything that could possibly end up breaking the battle wide open.


Stengths:
Lots of Fear and Terror causers. The fact that anytime something wants to charge me it has to take a Ld test is nice. The fact that it might make or break a combat for me if I can get some combined charges in could help as well.

Highly Mobile. Everything in the army moves a minimum of 6". If the enemy makes a move that I don't like I should be able to divert attention it in the early game. And if he makes a mistake I should be able to capitalize provided I haven't made one first.

 

[Ninjaskink]

well, I already caught my first error, so here's the changes:

-1 Chameleon skink to bring the unit down to 7

+3 to the non scouting skink unit of ten, bringing them up to 13.

Total points now at 1992.

 

[SohCahToa]

looks like a good list, I just have a couple of suggestions.

First, I would suggest dropping the spear on the Oldblood. As you cannot switch between weapons during a combat, you should choose between one or the other. IMO, the spear would be just as good on the charge and would save you a bundle of points to spend on more troops.

Similarly, I would suggest dropping the glyph necklace on the JSoD and the level 2 upgrade on the skink priest. The very nature of the JSoD is that he is should be expendable, and investing more points in him would be dangerous. His 2+ save should protect him anyhow against most stuff coming his way. With the carnie and steggie in the list, your opponents war machines will not be focused on the Scar Vet, meaning that you only have to worry about small arms fire. Use the 30 (35?) pts elsewhere. Additionally, with only one level 2 it is very unlikely that you will be getting very many spells off. Indeed, it seems that he is just in your list as a scroll caddy. With only 4 power dice, it is unlikely that you will using the 2 spells rolled to their full potential, so I would suggest simply dropping the magic level and going with a plain scroll caddy.

With the 60+ points saved, I would suggest getting a BSoTepok somewhere to suplement your magic defense (with each new army book enemy magic gets better and better). Alternatively, you could use these extra points to get more skinks (always a good thing), invest in a single jungle swarm (great for redirecting/tarpitting fast cav./marchblocking, etc.), or beef up some of your units.

 

[Ninjaskink]

The reason for the BBoC is because, as stated in another thread, my main opponent looks like it'll be bretts, and I was wanting to hit his knights with as much of a can opener as possible. Along with this, from what I remember when browsing the last tournament held in the area, there were an army of tomb kings, two knight heavy WoC, and a couple of lizardmen armies. I'd like to get the extra kick to their armor, along with the flaming rule if I run across anything nurglish or mummified. I understand your logic in the points though so I'll re-evaluate it.

 

[Ninjaskink]

and I will take you up on dropping the level on the priest. I'm not that knowledgeable of the magic rules yet, so looking through the BRB, it'd make more sense to lower his level since it doesn't affect the dice pool... and I can add the Tepok spawning to the JSoD now.

 

[Ninjaskink]

Ok, I bought the army builder program which has helped immensely in messing with the army to get accurate costs for units. So without further ado, here's the revised list:

Lord:

Old Blood on Carnosaur (General)
Sacred Spawnings of Itzl, Quetzl and Sotek
Light Armor
Enchanted Shield
Burning Blade of Chotec
Aura of Quetzl
463 points

Heroes:

(Carnosaur)

JSoD
Sacred Spawnings of Quetzl and Tepok
Great Weapon
Light Armor
Shield
Charm of the Jaguar Warrior
148 points

Scroll Caddy (level 1)
Dispel Scroll x2
115 points

Core:

Skink Skirmishers (13)
Javelins and Shield
78 points

Skink Skirmishers (13)
Javelins and Shield
78 points

Skink Skirmishers (10)
Blowpipe
Scouts
70 points

Skink Skirmishers (10)
Blowpipe
60 points

Special:

Kroxigor (4)
232 points

Chameleon Skinks (7)
Stalker
111 points

Terradons (6)
210 points

Rare:

Salamander Hunting Pack (3)
195 points

Stegadon
235 points

Total: 1995 points

 

[SohCahToa]

I wonder if with a unit of skink scouts already the chamo skinks wouldnt be better swapped out for another CC unit? Right now you have only 3 rank-breaking units (JSOD and terries are more light-unit interceptors). Perhaps another unit of Krox would serve you well, or alternatively you could break down the terries into two units of 8 and then have points to fiddle with something else?