8th Ed. Kroxigor vs Templars

[Bananmats]

A unit of 25 temple guards vs 7 Kroxigor

Temple;

+ More attacks
+ Protection to slann
+ WS / INI / LD
+ Armor vs shooting
+ 4 more wounds
+ Magic items/banners
+ Immune Psy

- Big minus being stuck with Slann
- Big minus risk of dmg from Miscast
- High prioritzed target

Kroxigor;

+Movement
+Flexible "without slann"
+Option to divide into 2 groups
+Regen with Life
+Cause fear


Il take Temple guard anyday stats wise, but.... risk of miscast + not eager to get into combat with slann
makes it hard.
If we choose Kroxigor with solo Slann il probably have to go etheral for another 50 points as well.
We could go Life too but I prefer Light.

 

[Turtleneck]

temple gaurds are pure shooting practise, specially if u go light, no one in the world wants to freely charge TG with light boosts kroxigors on the otherhand, are an easier target to charge and the regen spell cant go on krox, since slann has to cast its on him selve and the unit he is wit

 

[Bananmats]

Yeah meant Life attribute, not regen. But TG is a clear target for people, maybe not hand to hand if you have tons of magic on it..but if they kill that unit they almost always autowin.

Btw what you mean with "he has to cast on himself" ?

 

[Rizzq]

Good topic, I've been wondering about this myself.

for an 1000 point army I'm trying to pick between;

3 Kroxigor (within a skink unit)

or

10 Temple Guard

I want the unit primarily for damage dealing purposes.
What are peoples opinions?

Cheers.

 

[strewart]

Just for dealing damage in a 1000 point game, I'd definitely take the skrox unit before the TG. Remember TG are slightly overpriced when they don't have a Slann since they don't get that unbreakable. I would leave them at home with no Slann in the list.

Straight out comparing the two units if you want a unit to hit hard and kill, I'd really take the TG. They are more versatile since they are tough as hell. A skrox unit is a great fast support unit but it will not stand up to elite units at all (TG will) and may even struggle against decent core infantry, especially if they have a character to help cut down skinks quickly.

Its hard to compare the two since both units really perform different roles in the army and it will depend on what the rest of your list looks like as to what gap you need filled.

Looking at just a special krox unit (not with skinks) I'd leave them behind every time sadly. They are not really that hard to kill, they hit last so will probably lose one in combat before striking, and they are an easy target for missiles/magic to get a fair few VP easily.

 

[Rizzq]

Thanks for the insight man, thats a good overview.

I think when compared to similar units in other armies, krox need a stats boost.

TG are obviously superior in terms of survivability and kroxigor are faster and better suited to larger opponents.

I guess tactics are the deciding factor in this debate.

Cheers.

 

[mitros]

i will try a list with 7-8 krox soon but i find that slann(ETC rules) is safer in a TG than being alone! it depends what u want! sure they target the slann... but they will try to kill him eitehr way!

 

[Bananmats]

Im just really sick of blowing up TG with miscast. "Prefer Light for Life".

Im just heading to store to get some kroxis "as SKrox". Dont belive in Templars anymore. Hope they dont announce release of finecast versions tmrw

 

[mitros]

ya real downside i have to take life.. well i do not have to take it but they survive more! i will try slann with light and TG soon... but i do think they are not the ones tot ake in a very competitive enviroment