I got an extra box of skinks in my battalion boxes and don't know exactly what to do with them. I don't really have the cash to go out and buy the amazing Kroxigors so I decided to play the Skinks as 6 groups of 10 skirmishers. My first game against Tomb Kings went well. The Skinks manage to wound a lot of his big stuff. But then I played Dwarves and I lost every single one of them. So I was wondering if this would actually work better: - 60x Skinks - Skink Chief with Light Armor, Blowpipe, Piranha Blade - Oxyotl They would march up under the protection of my Slann Mage with Lore of Life. Then they get 10 inches away from the enemy block. They'd Stand and Shoot and Oxyotl shoots the standard bearer. What do you guys think?
You could also put the 250 point skink Lord (Tehhttualimaniona - whatever his name is) in that unit and it makes them unbreakable, adds an extra d6 posion attacks in close combat plus he is a lvl2 beast mage who if youa re lucky will get transformation and then can become a dragon.
60 T2 models? What is this, Vampire Counts? God no. I don't even like Skrox units, but if you're not taking at least some Kroxigor in there for hitting power, there is no point. Cool, T3 character who has no ward. Other armies champions or heroes will love eating him. The greatest mistake with any Lizardmen army is taking our SC's. He's easily the worst, two sniper shots a turn isn't even vaguely worth the price you pay. Slann can make them T4 usually, T6 if 'Throne' wasn't dispelled. They still wear no armour though, so every wound (remember, everything wounds on 6's now) is a death. Horrific waste of magic though, why not buff the infinitely better Temple Guard? All ten of them. Yes, please take the Prophet of Sotek, instead of a Slann. Enjoy being Level 2 and only having two spells from Lore of Beasts. If you roll the Dragon spell, he no longer is helping the unit, and is pretty likely to get shot/magic sniped to death anyway.
That unit would get it's ass handed to it! Skinks are ONLY good for skirmishing. Any cohort unit (skrox) included are crap. T2 WS2 simply does not work in 8th. Or any other edition for that matter. Saying you can buff it up...simply will not work enough of the time to spend that many points. Take a unit of saurus instead. 8th Edition: Skinks Cohorts blow. Pray that in our new book. Cohorts are WS3/T3 with spears no poison LA/Sh at 5pts like a clan rat