Hey folks just wanted to throw in my experience with the Lizardmen so far. It can be a touch-down saver and something the opposition usually isn’t expecting.ĭefinitely not a team for beginners, but they play a bit easier once you skill them up and there is nothing better than running a skink through 4 tackle zones to score (although dodging with your agility 1 Saurus to sack the ball carrier comes pretty close)! Just don’t forget to take break tackle on a couple of your Saurus and try as hard as possible to skill them up. If you have a reroll handy and are dodging out of a tackle zone, you have approximately 50% chance of success. The same goes for dodging with your Saurus. Although that’s another problem, as with agility 1, they rely on injuries to skill up, which is very slow! If at all possible, if you have a reroll and are in a relatively safe position near the opponents end zone, try handing it off to a Saurus to score (approximately 50% chance of success). Once you skill them up and get a couple with break tackle, things change. As Saurus have agility 1, it is very hard to get them back to the action. The other problem you will have with them is that the opposition man-marks your Saurus and forms a mini cage to run down the field with the rest of his guys. This sometimes leads to 1 or no skinks on the field at the end of a drive, especially against those damned dwarfs with their cursed tackle skill. There also seems to be a ‘blitz a skink’ mentality, where the opposition goes all out to destroy the little guys. And your skinks don’t have ball handling skills, so there’s a 1/3 chance not to pick up the ball. Strength 4 on 6 players (and a strength 5 Kroxigor if you can afford it) might seem great, but you really chew through the rerolls, especially against teams with block (orc, human and dwarfs come to mind). I recently started a lizardmen team on Cyanide and have found them really difficult to play as, especially before they get skills. Heres a question though, you roll a ten with a skink….MV or AV? Reply Even though it burns a double, its well worth it for the control in my opinion. Block works, but realistically wrestle is ideal for skinks, you’ve got very high movement so you’ll still be pretty free to move after you get up, it puts the guy that hit you on the ground, reducing the number of dodge rolls and restricting his movement next turn. All in all its a headache for elf catchers.ĭoubles I’d stick with wrestle primarily. There is the chance at the intercept, then the affect on the catch roll, then the chance of the diving tackle. I actually use pass-block a fair bit with skinks and normally end up with at least two using pass-block/diving tackle. Its useful with passblock also and worth having at least one skink with that combo. If you can get diving tackle and sidestep on the same guy thats even better, but two or three with diving tackle can be a REAL headache for opposing coaches.Ĭatch is worth it on at least one or two. Half the team is weak and fragile (stunty)Ĭategories Blood Bowl 2020 Teams & Races Tags lizardmen.Half the team is strong and high armoured.If you let the team get split up on the pitch the opposing team can pick on the Skinks. If you run the ball away from the protection of the Saurus they may get tied up and be unable to keep up.įor a beginner they can be quite tricky, not great at handling the ball and don’t have the skills for reliable blocking to compliment the strength. Should the other team be allowed to keep attacking the Skinks you have no chance to handle the ball. If you don’t use them in combination well you may get into trouble. They suffer from the fact they have very little in regard to starting skills and the Saurus can be very slow to develop. They have the ability to score quickly and the strength to hold off bashing teams and hit agile ones. The key to this team is to use the two player types to support each other. The Skinks are very fast, can move about the pitch well, though are weak, low armoured and terrible as passing. The Saurus players have high strength and speed, but they can’t dodge or handle the ball very well. Lizardmen teams have an unusual mix of speed, strength and agility. QTYīone Head, Londer (4+), Mighty Blow (+1), Prehensile Tail, Thick Skull Providing an odd blend of dexterity and strength, the Lustrian team can almost last the distance against a power team such as Chaos, while remaining able to pull off the running plays of the Skaven. So it is no surprise that the Lizardmen play Blood Bowl. The Mage-Priests foretold the game of Blood Bowl thousands of years before it was discovered by the Dwarf Roze-El.
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