8th Ed. Knee Jerk Reaction...

[Gary_M]

Having been smashed by a double SBH bubble spell in a recent game (my batrep will give details) I wondered if anyone had tried 3 level 2 skink priests, all on Beasts as part of a relatively combat heavy army? The skinks can probabaly handle magic with the benefit of a dispell scroll and the cube.

Are 3 priests actually legal? - I suppose an alternative would be a slann on beasts plus a skink priest, but I wanted to avoid the slann's cost.

Anyone tried 3 priests (assuming its legal)?

 

[n810]

It's perfectly legal in most games providing you aren't over your hero allowance,
and its not that uncommon a build. I see this a lot with an Oldblood as the general.

 

[KingCheops]

I've done it before for synthetic lore master. Note if you are trying to get multiple copies of SBH (just read your bat rep) then that's not legal -- you'll only have multiple copies of signature spells. Although multiple Wyssan's are nothing to sneeze at either.

3 level 2's of either Beasts or Heavens I've found to be pretty good. Combine with an Engine of the Gods for a faux level 3 caster and it can get gnarly. 3 Iceshards or 3 Wyssan's each turn can wreck a lot of face or at least burn through all his dispel. I even tried Tetto and 3 level 2 beasts once -- I mostly did well because that was the one day my buddy decided to try MSU HEs. He hasn't done that since!

 

[SilverFaith]

I've done it before for synthetic lore master. Note if you are trying to get multiple copies of SBH (just read your bat rep) then that's not legal -- you'll only have multiple copies of signature spells. Although multiple Wyssan's are nothing to sneeze at either.

Transformation of Kadon is pretty damn good too.

I do wonder, though, how does SBH work in conjunction with ToK? Does it give the bonus strength and attacks to the transformed monster if cast pre-transformation?

 

[Scalenex]

I played a tournament that gave bonus points for widely varied lists and one of my lists was Tehenhauin and a Level two Beast Priest, sans Slann.

I also had a crap load of Skink Chiefs. With bubbled Savage Horros they did quite well.

Unfortunately it was a battle for the Pass with layered Skaven Slave Tarpits that I couldn't chew through. Basically the worst possible matchup for that combo.

I've played three Skink Priests in other lists before that but I always split my Skinks between Heavens and Beasts. I guess I'm a sucker for variety