8th Ed. 2500p Carnosaur-build - viable in 8th?

[nile0003]

Hi all!

I'm new to this forum, though I've skimmed through the threads a lot here lately.

Is it possible to make a decent army with a carnosaur nowadays?
I think that its clear that magic have gotten a prominent role in every army in 8th ed
and almost everyone runs a lvl4 ( especially for Lizardmen).

I've had quite a good run with a tooled up fighter general in my O&G list (though only on a boar)
So my thought are if killer characters might be something.

Anyway, stacked up a list with my current models to see your opinions.

Alas:

2500 Pts - Lizardmen Roster

1 Saurus Oldblood (General; Great Weapon; Shield)
1 Carnosaur
1 Armour of Destiny
1 Dawnstone
1 The Other Trickster's Shard

1 Saurus Scar-Veteran (Battle Standard Bearer)(Light Armour)
1 Cold One
1 Sword of Striking
1 Charmed Shield
1 Luckstone


1 Skink Priest (Level 2 Upgrade; Hand Weapon; Aquatic)
1 Dispel Scroll


1 Skink Priest (Level 2 Upgrade; Hand Weapon; Aquatic)
1 Plaque of Tepok

10 Skink Skirmishers

10 Skink Skirmishers

10 Skinks (Musicia)

23 Saurus Warriors (Musician; Standard Bearer; Spear)
1 Saurus Champion

25 Skinks (Musician; Standard Bearer)

6 Kroxigor

7 Cold One Cavalry (Musician; Standard Bearer)
1 Banner of Eternal Flame

9 Chameleon Skinks pts

9 Chameleon Skinks pts

2 Salamander Hunting Pack pts


Total Roster Cost: 2497

Comments?

 

[SeBM]

The list looks viable to me. The big question is are you comfortable playing with only the lore of heavens? If the answer is yes, then having 5/7 spells from the lore and 2 mages should be more then okay to deal a fair amount of magical havoc.

On a side note, I recommend putting your Kroxigors in units of skinks. Doing so will protect them from missile fire and give punch to your units of skinks. 2 units of 24/3 or 3 units of 16/2 should be what you are looking for.

Finally, try to find the points for those extra handlers for your sallies!

 

[nile0003]

Anyone having experience with the skrox units? On paper I feel that the skinks will just get squished in combat while the korx
miss out on their stomp... I havent tried them out though

 

[nile0003]

Made some changes:

Now introducing krox/skink units, for that extra unit with ranks = more steadfast units.

2500 Pts - Lizardmen Roster

1 Saurus Oldblood (General; Great Weapon; Shield)
1 Carnosaur
1 Armour of Destiny
1 Dawnstone
1 The Other Trickster's Shard

1 Saurus Scar-Veteran (Battle Standard Bearer)(Light Armour)
1 Cold One
1 Sword of Striking
1 Charmed Shield
1 Luckstone
1 Ironcurse Icon

1 Skink Priest (Level 2 Upgrade; Hand Weapon; Aquatic)
1 Dispel Scroll

1 Skink Priest (Level 2 Upgrade; Hand Weapon; Aquatic)
1 Plaque of Tepok

10 Skink Skirmishers

10 Skink Skirmishers

24 Saurus Warriors (Musician; Standard Bearer; Spear)

22 Skinks (Musician; Standard Bearer)
- 2 kroxigors

22 Skinks (Musician; Standard Bearer)
- 2 kroxigors

6 Cold One Cavalry (Musician; Standard Bearer)
1 Banner of Eternal Flame

9 Chameleon Skinks

9 Chameleon Skinks

3 Terradon riders

2 Salamander Hunting Pack - 2 x extra handlers

 

[oldblood62]

A carnosaur saurus build is still playable in 8. I like the chameleon skinks but you should drop it down to 8 instead of 9 for deployment purposes to get in a more useful area. The small unit of pteradons is nice too.I also like adding the skink-croc unit. I run at least 1 in every game.
Why no didem of power or other defensive magic item like the Cube of Darkness to guard your army in their magic phase with this weak magic build?
I thought you couldn't put a magic item with a battle standard bearer other than a magic standard?

 

[the ironfoot]

I like your list! Only things I'd change would be to try and get in an other saurus block, those guys are just plain awesome, mabye trade it in for a skrox unit? And getting the cube of darkness instead of a scroll might be nice as well.

@Oldblood62: You can have magic items and a BSB on one model, the only thing not allowed is having both a magic standard and magic items on your BSB. Unless ofcourse the BSB is a Slann

 

[oldblood62]

Wow sweet makes where does it say that in the rule book?

 

[oldblood62]

Opps sorry ment to say sweet makes a skink standard barrer more playable! Where does it say that in the rule book?

 

[Tycko_D]

It should say so in the Army book actually, and that he even should be able to ride a terradon and carry other mundane equipment as well

 

[vapor]

Anyone having experience with the skrox units? On paper I feel that the skinks will just get squished in combat while the korx
miss out on their stomp... I havent tried them out though

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