8th Ed. Death Slann

[HoverBoy]

Rumination is meh in ETC.

How so? It's easily the best Discipline our Slann can take

Because of the only two extra dice per turn rule, so if you have no stuff that counts as extra PD you can get a maxiumum of two dice out of it, which is far less than the 4+ you'd gain usually.

 

[Juhaaha]

For 0pts 2 extra PDs per turn isnt bad (as I had 2 slanns, they can only have one dicipline each)

 

[HoverBoy]

The thing is if you hae loremaster it becomes one PD, and if you have two it's useless.

 

[Juhaaha]

Agree, if you've got loremaster then it's pretty bad

 

[Taipan]

It was a molder themed army. So nowhere near as powerful as Skaven can get, but a bit of a step up from what he usually fields.

As I mentioned, my gaming group dislikes nukes anyway, we do not play with the 6th spells, so not having a nuke in lore of light is no problem. It is a fantastic support lore, has the potential to dish out s6 magic missiles, and works really well with LM. Shadow is a pretty nice lore, and I would like to theme a lone Slann army around it at some point. With smoke and mirrors it has amazing potential.

Ah k, I like the idea (Rat Ogres are what I wish Kroxigor were). How does he fare against other opponents with it?
Fair enough. If you want it to be a bit more consistent (because technically 'Pit' and 'Comet' can still be used, and they're easily the most destructive spells of their Lores), it might be better to include them on your list.
Shadow doesn't really require fielding the Slann solo, and I'd hesitate to do so. Everybody and their dog takes magical weapons on their combat heroes, so 'Ethereal' can't help you, and 4+ ward will only last so long.

Because of the only two extra dice per turn rule, so if you have no stuff that counts as extra PD you can get a maxiumum of two dice out of it, which is far less than the 4+ you'd gain usually.

Great, so they make it completely useless as a Discipline. What possible justification do they have for this? It's not like we have a lot of useful Disciplines to begin with, and we already pay an obscene amount for the Slann.

 

[HoverBoy]

Thus ETC can bite me
Around here we just do the no special chars thing, and sometimes not even that.

 

[Ejpok]

Hello,
Yes ETC is pretty annoying for Lizardmen, some of my friends joke that they will soon nerf everthing that starts with "S" in a Lizardmen army for ETC rules
As for Shadow Slann, Well I love it And it is quite possible to run a Shadow Slann in a TG unit, but You have to have Cupped Hands, and If you are Playing ETC than Soul Stone is a Good Dicipline.
There is a nice Combo with Shadow Slann and TG first you Wither a unit a then use Blood Statue of the archmage there
But that about it, Its a Death Slann topic not a Shadow Slann
Cheers

 

[Taipan]

Around here we just do the no special chars thing, and sometimes not even that.

Haha, High Elves without Teclis? Do they even play?
Works fine for us, our SC's are complete garbage.

And it is quite possible to run a Shadow Slann in a TG unit, but You have to have Cupped Hands, and If you are Playing ETC than Soul Stone is a Good Dicipline.

I find Soul of Stone rather meh. You pay the exorbitant price for a slightly less damaging result on a table full of 'oh god why' results. It was good with the old chart, but the current one slaps you sideways no matter what result you roll up. If it let us re-roll one casting roll per magic phase that miscast (provided it wasn't IF), I'd take it in a heartbeat, but as it is, meh.

There is a nice Combo with Shadow Slann and TG first you Wither a unit a then use Blood Statue of the archmage there

Don't always need 'Withering' up. Most Wizards are T3 anyway (with the notable exceptions of ours, Sorceror Lords, Slaughtermasters and maybe a handful of SC's), and you'll want to use it in your first magic phase, to kill off that Level 4 or General early on.