8th Ed. Never played/used Lizardmen, I need help

[Red_Lep]

I found some Lizardmen models I bought a long while back, looked at the book, and decided to bulid my army.

I own:
-A character with shied and weapon(non-GW, it came with the rest)
-21 Saurus Warriors with full command
-3 Kroxigors



I was wanting to go combat heavy, and this list was made from advice:


**List Editted 2/3/11**

Heroes- 259

Scar-Veteran- 93
~Light Armor
~Shield
**What items would be good? Also, would I be better off with two Priests?

BSB- 166
~Armor of Destiny
~Great Weapon
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Core- 903

Saurus(19)- 239
~Full Command

Saurus(19)- 239
~Full Command

Skinks- 285
~Standard Bearer
~Musician
~24 Skinks
~3 Kroxigors
**Will Probably go 6x5, good idea?

Skink Skirmishers(10)- 70
**Guard a flank

Skink Skirmishers(10)- 70
**Guard a flank
……………………………………………………………………………………………….
Special- 72

Chameleon Skinks(6)- 72
……………………………………………………………………………………………….
Rare- 150

Salamander- 75

Salamander- 75
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Total- 1384

116 points left, any thoughts?

 

[strewart]

No don't take saurus in a horde unit. The reason is they are so wide that very very few opponents you face will actually have a unit wide enough for all your saurus to get into contact. Large units are fine, but 6 wide is about the most you want, so low 30's is a very large unit and not all that common. Especially at 1500 points, you are much better off splitting them into 2 units of 20.

The rest of the list looks ok, cold ones are a bit hit or miss though. They probably either need a full command to make them a really solid unit, or drop them to 5 models to make them a medium flanking unit. Or get rid of them for something better.

 

[Red_Lep]

List editted, better?

 

[Red_Lep]

I removed the Cavalry to add another block of Saurus and a BSB. What equipment should my Scar-Veteran have and would I be better off with a pair of Skink Priests?

Also, how do I delete a post?

 

[strewart]

You can't delete posts, only mods/admins can.

That list looks pretty decent now. Whether you take magic or combat characters is entirely up to you. Magic is quite powerful, and two priests would give you a good amount of heavens spells, but the scar vets will provide good leadership and boost those saurus units. Depends on what you prefer in your army.

 

[wolfspirit]

cold ones are extremely good against units with a low initiative especially when they have the jaguar standard (pursues +1 d6) the idea is to get the enemy to flee, and when u pursue most of the time u will catch them up and there unit goes bye bye