8th Ed. 2500 point Lizardmen List

[Typhus Herald]

Hey I used to be a long player with Lizardmen quite a few years ago Ive gotten the new codex and some of the newer models and I wanted to know what everyone thought of my list.

Lords: Grim-Loq “Saurus Oldblood”:
-Carnasaur, Light Armour, Shield, Glyph Necklace, And Blade of Revered Tzunki.

Heroes:
- Chakax”Special Character”:
- Saurus Battle Standard Bearer :
Battle Standard, Light Armour, Shield and Hand Weapon

- Scar Veteran:
Light Armour, Shield, Piranha Blade

Core:
- 15 Saurus-Hand Weapon and shield, Full Command:
- 19 Saurus-Spears and shield, Full command:
- 10 Skinks-Blowpipes, hand weapons and Brave:

Special:
- 11 Temple Guard-Halberd, shields, Totem of Prophecy,
Full Command, Guardian has Piranha Blade:
- 4 Kroxigors-Great Weapon, Ancient:
- 1 Stegadon-Giant Bow:

Rare: 2 Salamanders with 6 Handlers:

TOTAL: 2497

Let me know what you guys think I will mention Im not a personal fan of magic but thought if needed I could get an engine of the gods on stegadon if necesary.

 

[novatomato]

hmmm, there is quite a bit about this list I'm not quite fond of.

For starters you should really get the Charmed Shield on your Carno-Lord. He will attract almost every warachine to fire on him and the shields ability to negate the first wound on a 2+ is especially invaluable against cannons, it is also a very cheap item as well. You have the steg in there to help draw fire but the rest of your units are small and pretty inconsequential to present any real threat.

Secondly, you have way to many points invested in characters. This is especially evident due to your low number of models on the table. I would suggest dropping Chakax, he costs a lot of points and bump up the number of Saurus in the smaller unit and the number of Skink units in the army. Maybe two more units of skirmishers, and I find on regular skinks the Jav + Shield option is the way to go.

You need some anti-warmachine power in there. Pick up a couple units of Chameleon skinks.

Lastly, buy some extra snacks for your salamanders.

I'm not sure if you want to have a character in every unit but if that is not mandatory I would drop the Brave from the skinks and the Ancient from the Kroxigors.

 

[Eladimir]

Of the special heros Chakrax is probably the best one if your going to keep him.
Your theme might be no spell casters but if it isn't add even a level 1 skink priest with the plaque for 2 spells so you can toss your winds dice at something even if its a lightning bolt or two.

Also agreed some more core models would be good.

 

[Typhus Herald]

Okay so heres my new list tell me what u think

Lords:
- Grim-Loq “Saurus Oldblood”: Carnasaur, Halberd, Carnasaur Pendent, Dawnstone, Venom of Firefly Frog, Armour of Destiny

Heroes:
- Gor-Boq The Scarlet Lizard Veteren :
Light Armour, Shield, Obsidian Blade

- Scar Veteren Battle Standard Bearer :
Battle Standard
Light Armour, Shield and Hand Weapon

- Triz-Ale Skink Priest :
Level 2 Wizard, Cloak of Feathers, and Plaque of Tepok

Core:
- 16 Saurus-Hand Weapon and shield, Full Command :
- 19 Saurus-Spears and shield, Full command :
- 10 Skinks-Blowpipes, hand weapons and Brave :

Special:
- 14 Temple Guard-Halberd, shields, Wailing Banner
Full Command, Guardian has Berserker Sword:

- 4 Kroxigors-Great Weapon, Ancient :
- 6 Chameleon Skinks- Hand weapon, blowpipe, scouts :
- 6 Chameleon Skins- Hand weapon, blowpipe, scouts :
- 1 Stegadon- Giant Bow, Terror, Unit Strength 10 :

Rare:
- 1 Salamanders with 4 Handlers :
- 1 Salamanders with 4 Handlers:

TOTAL: 2497

In addition: Don't post directly from army builder, we all know a stegadon causes terror and that chameleon skinks have hand weapons. Thanks.

 

[novatomato]

I like it much more than the first, however I still think you've got too many points in characters and not enough in your core.
We have one of the best core infantry in the game (I say the low initiative is the one thing dragging them down) and in this edition lots of models is what really wins the game, so why not bring them up.
If you drop the non-BSB Scar-Vet, you can give the BSB some extra protection via magic items and buff up those saurus units.

It is really tempting to maximize that 25% hero allotment but that can really take away from the rest of the armies ability to take all the other really useful stuff. The only armies that should ever consider taking the full 25% hero choice are those armies that are dependant on characters, ie Vamps, Tomb Kings, and Skaven and O&G to some extent.


The addition of the Chameleon skinks really helps this army in terms of competitiveness and effectiveness, and the extra skink handlers on the Salamanders are possibly the best investment we have.