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7th Ed. Skinks & Kroxigors

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im new to lizardmen n im lookin at makin a 2000 pts army list atm n i am wondering wether its worth taking skink & kroxigor units for my core units, i was thinking 24 skinks n 3 kroxigors per unit... wot u guys think?
 
I personally don't like using them.. I rather take 3 Kroxigors without skinks than take the skinks with them.
Having those skinks with Kroxigors feels like a handicap rather than a bonus.
 
in wot way? u get a screen for ur kroxigors n u get more attacks in close cambat?
 
Most of the time Skinks ain't that great in combat.. You have to rely on your kroxigor to get something down.. 12 Str 6 attacks should do the trick tho..but it is 285 points for a unit that only can get something off with a charge in a flank..I'd rather get 6 Swarms or 5 Kroxigors than to drag those skinks with me. It's personal experience.. others might like it. I just use my Skirmishers to screen them like I do with my whole army.
 
I'd take a unit of 12 skinks with 1, it grants them immunity to fear, causing fear etc. but the unit is really just for flanking and the kroxigor can get a few kills
 
I'm going to fool around with a couple blocks of 16 and 2 kroxis with full command. but thinking of having those as the 'core' units for a skink only army sometime. throw some terradons, skirmishers, chameleons and stegas around. could be fun...

at worse, I'll have some scratch built full command skinks. nobody expects a skink command squad!
 
thats wot i as thinking, im thinking 24 skints and 3 kroxigors with full command... lets face it, if that charges a unit of urm lets say chaos warriors... 12! strength 6 attacks hittin on 4s wounding on 2s its gonna kill somit! surely
 
warpstoneaddict said:
thats wot i as thinking, im thinking 24 skints and 3 kroxigors with full command... lets face it, if that charges a unit of urm lets say chaos warriors... 12! strength 6 attacks hittin on 4s wounding on 2s its gonna kill somit! surely
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gets me a question actually.

all the pictures show the skinks going 'past' the kroxigor to surround them.

do you have to do that? or could you have a six wide thing of skinks, three kroxis, then 3 more rows of skinks behind him. (... 6X6... yikes.)

those eight wide units look absurdly huge otherwise
 
warpstoneaddict said:
mine are 8 skinks wide lol
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I usually felt anything over 6 wide was typically overkill...
then again, that'd be 160 MM. most forces are... 100 mm if regular sized. 125 if 'large' like chaos or saurus. might have a skink hanging off the edge with no one to fight. not that you'd really miss that one attack.

but hey, if it works for ya ^^
 
innit, as long as the kroxigors get in jobs a gooden

im so glad someone else is using skins n kroxigors everywhere iv lookd on the internet says that there not worth it
 
warpstoneaddict said:
innit, as long as the kroxigors get in jobs a gooden

im so glad someone else is using skins n kroxigors everywhere iv lookd on the internet says that there not worth it
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oh, I suspect they're not worth it. but it'll be a cool looking army. Anceint stego priest, priest w/ cloak of feathers. maybe a skink BSB with skaven pelt in one of those skrox blocks. stega and terra and chameleons oh my!

Will move quick, and die quicker :rolleyes:

but looks like fun =D
 
warpstoneaddict said:
dont forget the salamanders there a must i think :)
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true, and razordons for amusement. =D will eventually have a saurus block style army with a slann and the pack of skinks crazyness army for fun. but thinking of slowly collecting around 10K points. eventually.
 
Overall trying to make a dedicated combat unit out of skinks, no matter what you add to them, is folly. The skinks are free combat res for the enemy (quite a few enemies will hit them on 3s and wound on 2s).

A unit of 3 Kroxigors can do MORE then a unit of 24 Skinks and 3 Kroxigors in almost all cases.
 
kroxigor01 said:
Overall trying to make a dedicated combat unit out of skinks, no matter what you add to them, is folly. The skinks are free combat res for the enemy (quite a few enemies will hit them on 3s and wound on 2s).

A unit of 3 Kroxigors can do MORE then a unit of 24 Skinks and 3 Kroxigors in almost all cases.
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true. I'll probably end up just having some interesting looking blocks of skinks and just use the kroxi models sans skink target practice for enemies. and have a lotta javelin skirmishers available =P
 
I use a unit of 22 skinks with 2 kroxigors and full command. I deploy the skinks 5 wide. This unit costs almost exactly the same as 4 kroxigors on their own and has greater unit breaking potential. The skinks contribute alot of static ress, 3 ranks, standandard, and outnumber. It would be very hard for 2 kroxigors to get the 5 kills to make up that difference. And so far the skinks haven't really been a liability in cc.

This unit is usually on flank duty or running paired up with a steg.
 
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