8th Ed. Dual Carnosaur at 2k

[Haemoglobin]

Hey guys!
This time I am trying to get a playable list with 2 Carnosaurs at 2000 points. It is meant for a tournament that is not very comped (no special characters allowed, and thats all). I expect it to have plenty of powergamers and cheese lists but I'm very tired of relying on magic all the time.

So here goes:

Lord

Saurus Oldblood
Carnosaur - Bloodroar, Loping Stride
Crown of Command
Armor of Destiny
Luckstone
Great Weapon

Hero

Scar-Veteran
BSB
Carnosaur - Bloodroar
Charmed Shield
Talisman of Preservation
Light Armor
Great Weapon

Skink Priest - Lore of Heavens
Dispel Scroll

Core

10x Skink Skirmisher
Javelins

10x Skink Skirmisher
Javelins

17x Skink Cohort + 1x Kroxigor
Poisoned Attacks
Musician

18x Skink Cohort + 1x Kroxigor
Poisoned Attacks
Musician

Special

Bastiladon - Solar Engine

3x Ripperdactyl Riders

3x Ripperdactyl Riders

3x Terradon Riders

1996/2000

So I've got a few questions about it:

How do you think the Skrox units would do? Do they need poison or should I just drop the poison and get an extra 10x Skink Skirmishers with Javelins? Or should I remove them all and replace it with about 27 Saurus Warriors? I can see benefits in both having the Skrox units or having a Saurus Warrior unit.

Basically Ill be using the Scroll caddy to 6dice the heavens signature at the start of the game to either try and incapacitate a warmachine or drop the Ld of a unit I will be charging with a Carno. Spare dice go to the bastiladon.

The fliers will be vanguarding and trying to get behind enemy lines asap. I am just a little worried about the unitsize though. Should I drop the Terradon riders and use those points to beef up the Ripper units?

In any case, comments are greatly appreciated!

Haemo

 

[Ixt]

List looks like loads of fun, man.

I have a couple of concerns..

First, I'd be worried about the lack of Dragonbane/Dragonhelm on the big guys.

Next, why choose Lore of Heavens?

I love Heavens (I prefer it to Beasts), but there are a LOT of 'Wildheart' targets in your list!

Oldblood/Scar Vet/Carno become S8/T6 with a +1 to cast Wyssan's (more or less), Rippers/Terras gain S5/T4 (also at a +1), Skinks become S4/T3 (and I5 with the Basti around - nice!!).

Spamming Iceshard Blizzard would certainly benefit your 'Terror' effects and aggravate war machines, but the Carnos shouldn't need much more help beyond Bloodroar (it's basically a -2 Ld hex), and your fliers should devastate any ordnance early on enough.

I see Wyssan's helping this list out a bit more, I suppose - epecially on the fliers in the early game.

That Strength bonus literally applies across the board for you - with Javelins, NOTHING goes unaffected by the +1 Strength. Pretty decent, man.

Were the darts consolidated to a single block of Cohorts, you probably wouldn't need poison.

Personally, however, I'd keep it as is. Poison is just nice to have.

I wouldn't go with Saurus in this list... They may have a hard time keeping up with all of the other fast stuff.

My last concern lies with the lack of Standard Bearers - these are just nice to have for combat res, and will be a godsend in 'Blood & Glory.'

Otherwise, the list looks pretty darn fun. I love me some Skrox darts!

Enjoy, man!

 

[Amrod]

The poison of the sKrog unit can use it in close combat? or only for the javelins?

Like your list, but I like to change the basti+terradon for a Ancient Stegadon, because is a tarpit itself. I think is only a different approach, but I like this list.

 

[Haemoglobin]

You can upgrade the skinks to get poison in CC aswell. I figured it would make killing monsters alot easier. The level 1 mage really is a bit meh but its the only mage I can get in there. And while Beast magic has a pretty good signature, the signature is shortranged. Ah choices choices.
I definately have to playtest this.

I also added the Terradons for easy chaff removal, and an extra flying unit/vanguard that my opponent needs to be aware of.

Adding banners is a possibility, but the tournament that I want to play this in doesn't use B&G, so they arent really mandatory. Good chance I'll lose the skrox units anyways so I'd probably be giving away extra points. But then again, +1 Cres