AoS How do you use skinks

[I love dinosaurs]

honestly guys have some skinks lying around and the top Seraphon players close to me use skinks but I don't know how to use them effectively any help would be great thanks

 

[Crowsfoot]

I use mine in units of 10 as screens and to force a charge, block off a unit and get them to charge then when it's your turn to pile in wary fighter your skinks out and your opponent has a wasted charge.

Use them in large units and they become very effective at shooting and they are fast only monsters and cavalry/flyers will catch them.

 

[I love dinosaurs]

Thanks crows foot do you recommend using them in a mixed order army

 

[Crowsfoot]

Thanks crows foot do you recommend using them in a mixed order army

They are one of the cheapest battleline unit, I've not used a mixed order army yet so depends what role you have in mind for them.

 

[I love dinosaurs]

I don't know was thinking on using a Stormcast and Seraphon combo

 

[Crowsfoot]

I don't know was thinking on using a Stormcast and Seraphon combo

Lethal combo, use skinks as screens for the Stormcast heavy shooters.

 

[I love dinosaurs]

Can I make a list and ask for your opinion

 

[Crowsfoot]

Can I make a list and ask for your opinion

Of course you can, I'm not the most experienced but putting a list up will enable others to help you tweak it.

 

[I love dinosaurs]

Thanks man I'll get on to a list

 

[I love dinosaurs]

 

[I love dinosaurs]

The more I look at it the more I realise it's not that good

 

[Crowsfoot]

The more I look at it the more I realise it's not that good

Drop the Sunblood and take a Skink chief and another unit of 10 skinks for bang on 2000 points?

 

[I love dinosaurs]

But is that a good list

 

[I love dinosaurs]

And thanks I'll keep that in mind

 

[Bowser]

Good base for the list, yeah the skinks are just chaff to block his charge, and get your own in, or hold them up for your heavy shooters to shoot into the combat.
Maybe something like this,
Leaders
Skink Starseer (160)
- Artefact: Phoenix Stone
Skink Starpriest (100)
Skink Chief (60)
- Golden Sickle
Lord-Castellant (100)
- Artefact: Sigmarite Pendant
- Mystic Light: Shriving Light
Lord-Celestant (100)
- General
- Trait: Consummate Commander
- Artefact: Seed of Rebirth

Battleline
10 x Skinks (80)
- Boltspitters & Star Bucklers
10 x Skinks (80)
- Boltspitters & Star Bucklers
5 x Liberators (100)
- Warhammers
- 1x Grandhammers
5 x Judicators (160)
- Skybolt Bows
- 1x Shockbolt Bows
- Stormcast Eternals Battleline
5 x Liberators (100)
- Warhammers
- 1x Grandhammers
5 x Liberators (100)
- Warhammers
- 1x Grandhammers
5 x Judicators (160)
- Skybolt Bows
- 1x Shockbolt Bows
- Stormcast Eternals Battleline

Units
3 x Ripperdactyl Riders (140)
1 x Gryph-Hound (40)

Behemoths
Bastiladon (300)

Battalions
Shadowstrike Starhost (120)
Thunderhead Brotherhood (80)

Total: 1980/2000
the consumate commander ability allows the skink chief to use his command ability, making your bastiladon or skinks more effective.
You can dump the chief for more skinks, if you want a different command ability as well.

 

[Lachlin]

I take my skinks and put them in units of 5, then i call them chameleon skinks

 

[Seraphage]

I take my skinks and put them in units of 5, then i call them chameleon skinks

Best answer !

 

[Aginor]

I place empty bases with just terrain on them and say they are hiding.

 

[I love dinosaurs]

I'm thinking of getting the celestial hurricanum any thoughts

 

[Aginor]

It is regarded here as one of the best Order units for synergy with our army.
I personally don't use it because I want to play pure Seraphon and I don't like its look.