If you are able to drive your Saurus wall forward centrally, your opponent will be forced to cover the whole width of the field to respect your Skinks’ movement. Your Skinks meanwhile, are a terrifying offensive threat because their movement and Dodge/Stunty allows them to switch flanks or penetrate gaps with ease. On the flip side, the sheer strength of Sauruses means they can often occupy two ST3 players themselves for multiple turns, giving you an advantage elsewhere on the field. You will often find you use your blitz each turn not to cause damage but to push opponents away and then reposition your Sauruses. On both sides of the ball, Lizards have incredible movement, but Sauruses are extremely vulnerable to being tied up by cheap fodder like zombies, as they cannot reliably dodge away. Tactics and PlaystyleĪs we noted in the intro, Lizards have fairly definite roles for each player on the team, so creating blocking walls with your Sauruses, and using your Skinks behind them for ball handling on offense and screening on defense is the order of the day. Zolcath and Grmnbrindal are also potentially interesting options. Lizardmen tend not to be in the market for Stars in Tourney play, but in the event you find yourself down TV in league play, this gives you access to a couple of cheap and good human stars, The Mighty Zug and Karla Von Kill. Lizards have the Lustrian Superleague region to select stars from, though there are almost no Lizards in it. One of the new BB20 skills, Arm Bar, has a good synergy with Prehensile Tail. Guard and Stand Firm are also strong skills. The Krox is an auto-take as soon as it is a prudent time to buy it in your given play format, and like most Big Guys he benefits hugely from Block. Bonehead is the “least worst” negatrait Prehensile Tail is a great tool for keeping pesky dodgers under control and it generally functions as a fantastic roadblock and anchor for the rest of the team. The Kroxigor has long been known as one of the best big guys in Blood Bowl. They also have a PA of 3+, which in combination with their strong movement and that of their team-mates, means they can actually spring surprisingly effective passing plays. They do have potentially interesting development options with skills like Diving Tackle and Sidestep to combo with Shadowing and become annoyance pieces (though Shadowing got a nerf in BB20), and On the ball has multi-purpose applications. As a slightly slower, pricier skink, it can be hard to see their value. The Chameleon Skink was a GW addition in BB16, and has since been refined slightly in the BB20 update. Skinks can certainly benefit from additional MA or AG, and they are certainly capable of accruing enough SPP to take stats. Sure hands is also an option for a carrier. You will generally want to build the first of those types as a priority. Skinks have quite a few options in their Secondary skills, with Block and Wrestle both good for ball carriers and ball strippers respectively. Clever opponents will target them and try and chip them off the pitch whenever you give them the chance, so they must be used sparingly and carefully. Skinks have astonishing speed and mobility thanks to the MA8/Dodge/Stunty combination, but they are equally vulnerable to injury. In previous versions of the game, Break Tackle was a strong mobility skill, but with the changes to that skill in BB20, it is no longer a good option. Guard tends to be less useful because of their naturally high ST, but with many high strength opponents in the meta it can still be of value. Mighty Blow, Tackle, and, in limited amounts, Frenzy, are also great options, and you might want to aim to create a “killer” who can be your primary blitzer with some combination of those skills. Saurus become exponentially better as soon as they are able to take Block. Nevertheless, by being able to field six of these, Lizards possess one of the most powerful blocking lines available to any team. Unusually for such a player, it also possesses great MA, but with abysmal AG it sometimes struggles to leverage it. The Saurus is a fantastic natural blocker, with high ST and high AV.
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