Editing Warhammer/Tactics/6th Edition/Lizardmen (section)

=== Lords & Heroes ===
* '''Slann-Mage Priest:''' 
A large magical Kermit on a flying stone chair which fries everything with magic. What is not to love? Well for one, it's 325 points vanilla, but on the other hand tricked out 6th ed Lords ARE expensive and a vanilla Slann is basically a suped up mage from any other army. Pick spells from any lore, check. Mix and match them? Check. Free +1 to cast AND dispel? You bet. Cast through the eyes of a Skink Priest? Sure. Cast from melee? No problem, not that you would ever be in melee because of the palanquin rules putting you in the second rank of any unit you join (not a big issue in 6th ed where the second rank doesn't get to attack). Tack on 6 wounds and an in-built 4++. And unit strenght 5, sure. You can also make the Slann be both General (and they will because of their LD 9) and BSB (not as bad as it sounds if you are in a Stubborn TG unit with cold-blooded) for 25 points. Add generations and magic items and this frog gets mighty expensive. Your best budget option is probably 4th generation and Tepok's Plaque for + 1 spell at a comfortable (ack) 380 points.
* '''Saurus Oldblood:'''
Slaps hard, with 5 str 5 attacks, inbuilt heavy armor, and a good selection of fairly costed magic items. Units will be munched for breakfast on the charge, especially from atop a Cold One, and you aren't paying too much for it at 145 points base; the sticking point is obviously I3 and WS6, a dire proposition against dedicated duelist characters, which is what you SHOULDN'T be fighting if you can avoid it unless you kit out for bears. Mount options include a Cold One (yes) and a Carnosaurus. 
* '''Saurus Scar-Veteran:'''
Oldblood -1, in basically everything but dat amazing base 5 str and in built armor; 85 points of carnage begging to be taken on a Cold One. Can be your BSB if you are slann-less, which is not a common occurrence. Still plows through units like a farmer through a field. Honorable mention to the Jaguar Saurus of Doom, a Great Weapon-toting foot fielded Saurus with the Charm of the Jaguar Warrior giving it a 18" charge range to keep small flanking units honest and tear through light cavalry.
* '''Skink Chief:'''
Well, it's cheap? Later editions have been kind to this honcho, as your only mount here is the stegadon which will LOSE the use of the greatbow! Leadership 6 means it's also not great at leading skinks either. The chief is fast, at least, and with I5 and paired weapons it can shred through light units... but why do that when the JSOD is a thing? Scouting is an option if you want it to go mage hunting in someone's backyard, but beware that there is not a dedicated melee unit for the role in this book to tag along with your Chief.
* '''Skink Priest:'''
Oh no, it's limited to Heavens! The best lore in the game! Whatever shall we do? Memes aside don't leave home without one of these small douchebags in your pockets, they do it all. Scroll caddy? Check. Heaven spam? Check. LOS extenders for Slann? Check. Love the small skink with a staff for they are shaped like a friend.

'''Mounts'''
* '''Cold One:'''
Saurus heroes on mounts have never been bad, and while the Jaguar Charm was a thing in this edition, sticking a scar vet in a unit of cold one riders WILL result in very expensive, heavy armored carnage. Grants a very sizeable save bonus of +2, swings as hard as a Saurus, cause Fear, and stupidity is less of an issue with Cold Blooded.
* '''Carnosaurus:'''
Obligatory monster mount. 210 points is not that expensive as far as monsters go, but neither is the Carnosaurus the scariest monster. WS3 is kind of stinker when you are supposed to go after other monsters who will sometimes have a higher WS (ahem, dragons...) than you do to cash in your D3 damage on Large Targets; but your 4 attacks at 6 strenght, frail defense at 5 toughness, 4+ armor and need to kill a model to trigger Blood Frenzy (it's like frenzy but it never ends) means you are more suited to devouring heavy cavalry. That said, you ARE cheaper than a dragon, Terror is pretty good in this edition, and you carry a very scary rider... just don't get into fights with a large block of S4 infantry on your own.
Absolutely ruins lower WS monsters, though.