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Ok.

So, summary time. A 40k inter-club tournament is coming up this weekend and a friend asks to borrow my spare Soul Grinder - he then offers to buy it off me so it can be painted for the weekend and he'll buy me another or equivalent in the next few months.

Me being me, I realised the odds of me ever using a Soul Grinder are non-existent. So what I now have is at least £41 to spend, if not £50-55 (as I'll chuck in a little myself). Now, being a Lizardman player I am quite happy at the moment. So I figure I'll spend it on Lizards...but I need your help Dakka on what the best approach is.

Here's what I have currently.

Slann/Lord Kroak
Slann
Slann
Saurus Leader on Carnosaur/Cold One (i.e. I have two mounts for him)
Saurus Leader on Carnosaur
Saurus Leader on Cold One
Saurus Leader on Cold One
Saurus Scar Veteran BSB
3 Saurus Scar Vet on foot
Saurus Leader/Chakax
3 Skink Priests
3 Skink Chiefs
1 Skink Chief on Terradon

30 Saurus with Spears
30 Saurus with Spears
30 Saurus with HW/Shield
15 Skinks with blowpipes
20 Skinks with Javelin/Shield inc. Command, 2 Kroxigor

30 Temple Guard
5 Cold Ones - Spears
10 Cold Ones - Spears
10 Cold Ones - HWs
12 Jungle Swarms
3 Kroxigor
2 Stegadons
7 Terradons
10 Chameleon Skinks

4 Salamander Packs

A fair spread? Right?

So looking at my £55 to spend I'm leaning toward the following options...

Option 1 - Skink Oracle on Troglodon and Saurus Leader on Foot - Total cost £50

The Pros here are that I tend to run Saurus and Kroxigor heavy so Predatory Fighter is big for me - the Trog's Roar is amazing here. It also adds to my rare choices and can help function for generating dice for magic phases. He's quite cheap too. And fluffwise - well, my army is a subterranean cave fighting army (hence the browns in their colour) so a cave beast is a perfect lore match. The cons is its cost alone in real money. It's a costly puppy and only gives me a Saurus hero on foot spare...

Option 2 Stegadon with EotG, spare Skink Chief and Priest and either 2 Skink Characters or Gor Rok. - Total cost £50-52.

The Pros here are the fact that it's a Stegadon. EotG can be run as a Rare now on its own (yes!) and provides significant buffs to my TG and Spear blocks in the form of the 6+ ward. It also helps lower the costs of Lore of Beasts which will let me play about more with Beast Priests now. I'm torn between having more Skink characters or Gor Rok - simply because Gor Rok is growing on me and would make a nice match for my Saurus heavy list as is.

Option 3 Bastiladon with Solar Engine and either 2 skink characters or Gor Rok - Total cost - £50-52.

I'm not leaning toward this. Bastis seem a bit weak to me. My specials are already crowded and its buff seems sub par compared to what a High Magic Slann could offer me.

Option 4 1 box of Saurus, 1 box of Skinks and Skink character of sorts or Oxayotl. - Total cost £50

A sensible option, lets me bulk the Saurus units out more and add more to the Skinks. But it seems so generic. I effectively have this free money to buy something big and shiny and want to be fancy.

Option 5 3 Kroxigor and Skink characters or 2 Razordons and Skink Character

Another option of just padding out things.



So there's the conundrum.

What are folks leaning toward?

My gut really wants a Troglodon, simply because he meshes so well with the fluff....but an EotG Stegadon is so tempting as well.

Hi, I vote for the Troglodon, mainly because it looks really cool! It's also something very different from what you already have, where a EotG, for example, is not THAT different from a normal steg! A Troglodon has some very interesting uses, especially in a list full of warriors, cold ones and kroxigor like yours imo!

The troglodon is awesome in appearance, but meh in rules.

Ancient steg or Bastilidon are very solid.

Bastilidons DO IT. they stink at combat but the i bonus is useful.

Slight update on original post.

Have since found another Slann, 16 more Saurus and another mounted Saurus Leader.

I love going through my random bits.

So far 1 for the Troglodon, 2 for Bastilidons and 1 for Stegadon (as I'll count either/ors).

Anyone else want to pipe in?

My gut instinct wants to lean toward an EotG Stegadon as a rare choice - just because the reduced casting on a Lore of my choice each turn will help and because that 6+ ward save is mighty tasty - basically negates the need for Ironcurse Icon if I keep the Steg near units.

Can see the allure of the Bastilidon though - the Initiative boost, combined with Hand of Glory could lead to I6 Temple Guard for hilarity's sake.