8th Ed. 2500 tournament list, what else to take?

[walach]

Ok, so far i have:

Slann, 3 disciplines (Mystery, Rumination, Becalming), BSB, Lore of Life

25 Saurus, Full command, Spears
25 Saurus, Full command, Spears

8 chameleon skinks
8 chameleon skinks

21 Temple Guard, Full command

2 Salamanders
2 Salamanders


That leaves me with about 575 points to spend. What else? I'm thinking some magic items on the slann, maybe a stegadon or two? More saurus in any of the units, or another unit?

 

[SeBM]

I'm a big fan of the ancient stegadon so I'd get one. I also never leave home without skink skirmishers, they are cheap and really good, I'd bring 2x10.

 

[walach]

yeah i did think about them, but they seemed a bit redundant with the chamos there. i suppose then i always have some backup if they get killed early on

 

[froggystylez]

I'd fit in an ancient stega' as well w/ EotG; you'll never know when u need those 5+ wards against warmachines or whatnots'..

 

[ancient stegadon]

like already sad i would say ancient stegadon and some skinks or skink skirmishers, maby you can take one or 2 srac-vetrans for the saurus blocks?

 

[walach]

i'm kind of put off taking an EotG because my stegs seem to keep getting one-shotted by cannons, as well as being a lot more expensive than a normal ancient.

scar veterans, i enjoy using when i use light on my slann, nicely buffed up they can really dish some hurt, but they dont seem to work quite as nicely with life..


i'd really like to take a normal steg, an ancient, some skink skirmishers and some magic items on the slann, sadly i don't have the points for that

 

[moseefus]

I'm running something very similar. I suggest 2x12 skirmishers, a scar-vet or 2 (one with the crown of command perhaps). I choose to run a baby steg, just to give them something to shoot at, and honestly it worries people. If not a steg maybe some saurus cav, or boost the saurus blocks to 30 (how i've found best to run them.)

Just some suggestions.

 

[SeBM]

Also remember that some armies don't have canons and might worry A LOT about the Stegadon. It takes ennemy fire away from the saurus block and with life, you can always bring your Stegadon back to full life. T6 with 3+ AS isn't easy to kill! My Ancient Stegadon once took down a whole unit of daemonettes and 3 fiens of slaanesh without taking more then 2 wounds!

 

[walach]

i'm going to try taking a normal steg and an ancient, seem how that fares in some practice games

what about magic items on the slann? i'm a big scardeycat, so i've gone for the cupped hands, after that i had a few points left (~20 iirc), so i'm thinking of trying the curse-charm to make an enemy wizard re-roll a miscast result... maybe a magic banner would be better?

 

[vapor]

I'd try to squeeze in a lvl 1 skink priest scroll/cube caddy and a bodyguard of 10 skirmisher skinks. Becalming is awesome, but you'll find that every once in awhile you'll want to stop something without throwing 4+ DD at it.