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Currently running an all Skink Southlands Lizardman army. If I were to start a new army that intended to be as different as possible in play style from my current army, what you could consider to be it's opposite?

I'm not sure but in the warhammer invasion card game; the new expansion pairs them up against vampire counts
and they fought against the skaven during the lustria campaign

^ What does the card gamehave to do with anything?

Anyway it depends on how you run your skinks, if you take all skirmishers or all blocks or a mix of both. Of course an army that is going to be an opposite to a Skink army is going to be differant then an army that's the opposite to an actual fully Lizardmen army so you might want to clarify.

But I'm assuming you mean against a skink army which usually has a high number of models and poisoned attacks. But at the same time Skinks are kind of squishy, so what I would suggest is a army that consists of smaller, tougher units. Maybe Ogres or a Beastmen army that's mostly Minotaurs. Heck if you wanted you could do a Warriors of Chaos army led by the Troll King (I think his name is Throgg) and have an army of Trolls and monsters. Or even just an army of Chaos Warriors.

Probably WoC.

Skinks=Lots of bodies/skirmishing/lots shooting/ Skinks not great in CC

WoC=Few bodies/no skirmishers/no shooting/Chaos Warriors beat face in CC

Daemons of Chaos. Well, really anything chaos.

WoC also have really heavy armor to skinks none.

Ogres, or as already said several times WoC.

SKAVEN!!! they're both humanoids

He's asking for an opposite army to what he has. Not a similar

I would say warriors of chaos. Smaller model count and complete antithesis of what lizardmen stand for.

I agree with Hoverboy... Ogres! From the little league to the BIG league

Another vote for Ogres.

Plus, seeing as my 3,000 point army is mostly made from just two Batallions (admitedlly with 3 FW Rhinox...) it's a very cost effective army to field.

Just don't bother with the Leadbelchers. Not often I knock a unit, but making them up as Bulls just makes so much more sense!

WoC

I know Warboss, but them both being humanoids, one evil, one good, one living in cold, dirty, overcrowded tunnels whereas the other lives in a hot environment, wide open spaces with massive cities spanning the length of their island whulst the skaven have an empire under the ground. plus, just because they're humanoids doesn't mean they're friends. It's kinda like when the brits first went over to Africa. We didn't get on with the natives until a looooong time afterwards

Well the scaven are portrayed as somewhat of arch enemy faction to the lizardmen, but he'll be stuck with another horde army. So all the low model count armies seem to answer the OP better, Ogres, WoC even Brets if they use big lances, or an wood elf tree army.

Fluff wise their two greatest enemies are the Skaven and the Daemons of Chaos.

The entire Old One plan was devised to destroy chaos and the Daemons of Chaos have been fighting them since existence.

Skaven are more of a historical enemy rather then a destined enemy, they invaded Lustria a couple of times, Clan Pestilence was born there, they defile their spawning pools and they infest their jungles with incredibly virulent diseases.

well if ur looking for play style then yeh, WoC or Ogres wud serve you best

Ogres, WoC, Daemons, Brets, Dwarfs

Anything that moves across the table and beats your opponent's face in, kills their family and kicks their dog.

Exactly. This thread is about play style not fluff, if the OP wants to go with fluff as well it woulden't even be Skaven it would be Chaos.

Well, skaven and daemons are both pretty strongly mentioned in the LM book... but I think it makes sense to go for playstyle as well. I was thinking of doing the "opposite" of wood elves, and was originally leaning towards beastmen since they're a rival/enemy, but decided style was more important...