Posted by tussock on 2015-10-05 02:52:59
On doubles, pick up Sneaky Git + Dirty Player, against the right AV targets you should routinely kick out 1-2 opponent players per match, and that can mean a massive swing in power if you get their killers.
They live a long time too, getting sent off so early all the time.
Posted by fidius on 2015-10-05 03:55:59
Worth trying. I'd probably wait for the first DP before skilling to SG (and you'll want Sure Hands before DP...), but you're right, those Ag skills are mostly bloat on Skinks so it doesn't matter much either way.
Posted by thoralf on 2015-10-05 05:57:32
Against ClawPOMB teams, which players do you place on the LOS while kicking?
Posted by ArrestedDevelopment on 2015-10-05 06:29:54
Isn't that what loner/rookie skinks are for?
Posted by Fortis on 2015-10-05 07:12:37
I wouldn't ever waste a skink double on DP. Block and Wrestle are so much more important to building a useful skink.
Taking Catch isn't terrible on the skinks, Sidestep is a good skill to prevent skink deaths and the last one that is useful: DT is an absolute winner.
Lizards have a huge issue with Leap Strip pieces and therefore Elves in general. Having mass DT (and they are one of the few teams where you can put DT on 4ish players with a straight face) makes the elf matchup so much stronger.
Sneaky Git is about as bad as a skill gets, I wouldn't bother experimenting with it, it's awful.
Foul with your skinks if you've got a killer on the ground, but don't bother fouling for value like you would with undead and goblins.
You can stick low level Saurus or Krox on the line against CPOMB teams. You'll have more strength and more Guard most of the time so you can minimise blocks that way.
Posted by Garion on 2015-10-05 08:21:03
Sorry but sneaky git is a pretty terrible skill, and a waste of tv imo. I really wouldn't recommend it.
Posted by MDeLarge on 2015-10-05 11:56:02
Why am I reading Sneaky Git and GangFoul in the same sentence? It seems stupid for me, if you foul with free Av roll SG just doesn't work, so it is a obvious TV bloat
Posted by Macabeo on 2015-10-05 12:25:16
Well, contrary to the popular opinion. I like your idea. It baffles me that people care that much about 20k spent on skills that you only take once or twice like Sneaky Git and Hail Mary Pass at high TV. I mean, when there are players worth 200k of TV laying down on the ground, paying 20k for the ability to take potshots at them with little to no repercussion sounds like a good idea to me.
Also, I know nothing about lizzies, but why do people refuse to have reserves/foul with them? Sure, 60k is not the cheapest lineman, but again at high TV paying some extra TV to have a bench and the possibility of fouling should be bearable.
Compare a 14 players human team against a 14 players lizardmen team. Your bench is 30k more expensive, does it matter all that much? I know we are living in the age of TV minmaxing and every little drop of TV counts, but in leagues and majors?
Posted by Mightypeon on 2015-10-05 16:15:10
Rookie Skinks are already usefull, I loved my basic Sidestep DT Skinks in LRB 4, but they do cost 10 TV in 5 which is kind of steep.
The argument against large benches with Lizards is more that it dilutes MVPs away from the players you want to develop.
Posted by Macabeo on 2015-10-05 19:17:02
I see, good point.
Posted by keggiemckill on 2015-10-06 04:28:41
I like Larger Rosters with Lizardmen (14.) I foul a fair bit with them and I don't like to feel like I'm saving them or protecting them. Every double I have is a Block, but in rare occasions I have taken Surehands, to cut down on Pick Up RRs. Skinks with ag3 feel to me like ag2.
Posted by Mightypeon on 2015-10-06 17:37:41
Personally, I really like having kick on Lizards, so the first Skink rolling doubles gets that. If there are more doubles on the Skink, he gets leader.