AoS One Full Salamander Unit Enough?

[Tombomb7]

hi gang, I'm taking stock of my army and wondering if I need more than one full unit of Salamanders (3 sallies and 9 handlers) going forward?
I have a bunch of everything else including 3 sallies and 9 handlers, just missing a Dread Saurian.
How does everyone feel about the number of sallies they'd need?

 

[LizardWizard]

I think one full unit of Sallies is pretty good now that it cost 330 instead of 240.

 

[Kilvakar]

I'd personally try and avoid Salamander spam as they're really expensive points wise (due to everyone spamming them, lol!). But it wouldn't be a bad idea to have a second full unit just in case you ever wanted a list that leaned heavily on them, especially in Starborne.

 

[Killer Angel]

2 full units is one third of your points.
It can be done, but this means that sallies are no more a strong support, but are going to be one of the main threat of your list, and you must build the rest to make them shine.

So:
Want sallies for support? one unit is enough.
want 2 full sallies? it's doable, but build the army around them.

As support role, it's still possible to have 2 units with "only" a couple of sallies each, probably in coalesced, to reduce the risk of battleshock.

 

[Tombomb7]

Thanks team! Appreciate the feedback! I migbt be better pumping that money into a Dread Saurian or Chameleon Skinks
I suspected as much with the recent points changes, thank you for sharing thoughts!

 

[Kilvakar]

Dread Saurian is expensive but definitely worth it Chameleon Skinks are actually very fun to use, especially in Coalesced since they have their own teleport.

 

[LizardWizard]

Chameleon Skinks are great.

 

[Dread Saurian]

You good fam keep doing what you do.