AoS Building dracothian tail for The first time

[Moulinglacia]

Hi i played in a tournament this weekend and I lost every game with my fang of sotek list so i am thinking of switching to a dracothian tail build and was hoping to get some advice

Leaders
Slann starmaster
General
Trait: The Great remeberer.
Artifact: miasmatic blade
Saurus scar veteran on carnosaur
Doppelganger cloak
Engine of The gods
Skink starpriest
Saurus astrolith bearer

Battleline
5x saurus knight
5x saurus knight
5x saurus knight
40x saurus warrior

Other
3x ripperdactyl riders

Battalion
Firelance starhost
Dracothian tail

Endless spells
Chronomantic cogs

2000/2000 points

The idea of The list is to cast chromatic cogs turn 1 speed up time. teleport my slann next to my my opponent army to drop my scarvet my rippers and my blob of 40 warriors turn 1 on key targets of my opponent list and then to bunker up with my slann to get summoning points for The rest of The game

Does this list look solid to you guys. I am uncertain if this is The best direction to take the list. I have changed it several times to fit things like More endless spells, and caster, evocators as allies or razordons and I cant decide what would work best. So im lookimg for advice from More experienced players

Thanks in advance

 

[LizardWizard]

This is how I play DT. It is a board control list.

Allegiance: Seraphon
- Mortal Realm: Ulgu

LEADERS:
Slann Starmaster (260)
- General
- Command Trait : Great Rememberer
- Artefact : Miasmatic Blade
Saurus Oldblood on Carnosaur (240)
- Artefact : Doppelganger Cloak Saurus
Scar-Veteran on Cold One (100)
- Artefact : Betrayer's Crown
Skink Starpriest (80)
- Artefact : Light of Dracothion

UNITS:
6 x Ripperdactyl Riders (280)
10 x Skinks (70)
- Meteoric Javelins & Star Bucklers
10 x Skinks (70)
-Meteoric Javelins & Star Bucklers
5 x Saurus Knights (80)
- Lance
5 x Saurus Knights (80)
- Lance
5 x Saurus Knights (80)
- Lances
3 x Razordons (120)

BATTALIONS:
Dracothion's Tail (80)
Firelance Starhost (150)
Shadowstrike Starhost (180)

ENDLESS SPELLS / TERRAIN:
Balewind Vortex (40)
Chronomantic Cogs (80)

TOTAL: 1990/2000
EXTRA COMMAND POINTS: 3
WOUNDS: 107

Units I place in the Heavens:

• Oldblood on Carnosaur
• Scar-veteran on Cold One
• Razordons
• Saurus Knights (with lances)x1
• Ripperdactyls (technically in the clouds)

This is list I use for 2k tournaments. It is centered around setting the tempo of the game and removing your opponents major threats turn one. It takes strong threat assessment and good movement to use effectively, but it hasn't lost for me yet.

Turn one I LoSaT my Slann up field if needed to gain range on deploying my Razordons and ScV on CO. Try to find the corner of a horde unit to engage with the ScV on Co to make good use of Betrayer's Crown and with luck you will tie the unit up in combat for more than one turn or force an unfavorable retreat.

Engage the enemies largest threat with your Ripperdactyls. This is where game knowledge is crucial. The threat potential of any given unit changes from list to list and based upon the given battleplan.

The Oldblood on Carno is generally used as my second wave. I try to save this deployment for a counter attack to remove any units my opponent used to clear my Ripperdactyles.

Use your Skinks to grab center field objectives.

Be mindful of your Cogs. The goal of this list is to control your opponent's movement phase by tying up units in combat. Make sure that you do not give your opponent extra movement that will allow them to reach objectives.

The Oldblood on Carnosaur can be swapped out for an EotGs if you want more utility and less alpha strike. However, the Oldblood Carno is extremely useful in match ups vs Flesh-eater Courts.

Here is a link to a previous Q&A from the list's GHB2018 incarnation.

 

[Moulinglacia]

Thank you for The info. I learned alot from your q&a so i think i will drop The blob of 40 saurus in favor of other threats like razordons.

I have a question though. I dont have skinks yet since i was extremly stubborn with my saurus warriors before and I didnt buy any skinks because i wanted to make my warriors work. Skinks are on my bucket list now but its going to be awhile before i can get them so i was just wondering if rippers are still worth it even if I cant put them in a shadowstrike starhost