AoS Need a 550 point army idea

I suggest playing around a bit with https://www.warhammer-community.com/warscroll-builder/
Very handy.

For 550 points you could do something like this (assuming you only need one battleline at 550):

Allegiance: Seraphon

Leaders
Skink Starpriest (80)
- General
- Trait: Master of Star Rituals
Saurus Astrolith Bearer (160)
- Artefact: Prism of Amyntok

Battleline
40 x Skinks (240)
- Boltspitters & Star Bucklers

Units
1 x Razordons (40)

Endless Spells
Prismatic Palisade (30)

Total: 550 / 500
Extra Command Points: 0
Allies: 0 / 200
Wounds: 53

 

You could run:

Allegiance: Seraphon

Leaders
Slann Starmaster (260)
-General
-Trait: Great Remember
-Artifact: Incandescent Rectricies

Engine of the Gods (220)

Battleline
Skinks x10 (60)
-Boltspitters & Star Bucklers

Total: 540/550
Extra Command Points: 0
Allies: 0/200
Wounds: 27

This would let you teleport your Slann and your EotG each of your hero phases so you can kite the Iron Jaws all game using the Great Remember while summoning with your Slann and EotG. It might end the friendship though.

 

That's one of the smallest Seraphon armies I've ever seen.
Sounds like a fun idea!

 

Yeah, it would be a one sided game either way it goes. The IJ player will either figure it out and start zoning the board to block the teleportation or he will eventually roll a 1/2 and then get charged. Or he will simply summon so much screen while being untouchable that the IJ player will be bogged down fighting hordes of Skinks and Saurus Warriors that he can never kill what matters.

 

If you are looking for a larger list you could run:

Leaders:

Saurus Sunblood (120)
-General
-Command Trait: Disciplines Fury
-Artifect: Ghyrstrike

Skink Starpriest (80)

Battleline:

Saurus Warrior 30x (300)

Artillery:

Salamander (40)

This will give your list a fair amount of synergies for 540 points. The Sunblood should tear through just about anything in a 550 point match provided he gets to swing first. His command trait lets him reroll 1's to hit. Couple this with his weapon which gives him +1 to hit and +1 to wound and you will reroll any failed hits. What is really scary is that both 5's and 6's to hit explode for d3 hits and both 5's and 6's to wound explode for d3 wounds.

Skink Starpriest bring a lot to the table. Summon Starlight is great in any size game, but using it at 550 points means you can essentially make the majority of your enemies units suffer -1 hit rolls if you tie them up with your warriors. The Serpents Staff isn't bad either if you run your Saurus Warriors as one large unit.

Saurus Warriors could be split into smaller units or run as one giant unit. In a small point game it might be better to run warriors in smaller units or run them with spears. Having 5 or more Saurus out of combat is a huge percentage of your army at only 550 points. If you are just trying to slaughter each other's army then I would run them as one large unit. The bonus to hit for being over 20 is worth the unit being en masse. If you are playing a battle plan that requires you to hold objective then you will likely need to run smaller units in order to capture multiple points. Alternatively you could also just drop the Skink Starpriest and Salamander and have a full 40 strong Saurus Warriors unit.

Assuming that your friend will be playing some form of Orruks, I would definitely bring a Salamander. Most orruks won't have a save against your Salamander meaning whatever you shoot at will likely be taking d6 damage.

Hope this is helpful.