New to Gators

[Gdead909]

Who would have thought a floridian would want to play gators lol. I play trolls now and was interested in pigs to start but one of my friends started a pig army in secret lol. He just showed up at the LGS with a fully painted farrow army. So in retaliation I want to grab some gators to chomp them lol. My question being what should I start with. I already know that I should either get Barny or Maelok since Calaban has a higher learning curve. I also think WE and SJ are great. So to start out from 15 to 35 what should a buy list look like? Thanks in advance Dave

[MagnustheJust]

The sticky thread at the top has nearly everything you need, shy of table time experience for you!!

[Gdead909]

Thanks, I have read the guides I was looking for advice from you guys on who to start with and what a good 15 25 and 35 point army would be. Something to get the feel of the gators.

BTW magnus ur sig is amazing

[MagnustheJust]

Danka on the sig.

Barnabas is the easiest to start with, as he is both sneaky & straight forward at the same time. From there, it is all personal preference and what ever kicks in your "Ooohhh!! Shiiiiny!!" syndrome. Most recommend a Blackhide Wrastler and an Ironback Spitter to start.

[MMMMK]

Yeah Gator selection is small enough that buying "one of each" probably wont put you wrong. That said, Barnabus or Maelok are both decent to start with. Both like at least one full unit of Gatormen Posse. Both like a Thrullg. Both like a Wrastler. For a second beast, Barny can probably use a Spitter or a Swamp Horror while Maelok might prefer the Horror. Both like Snappers as a near auto-include in most lists.

After that? Well, nothing is essential but a lot of our stuff is fun. I like Trogs while most people seem to like Croaks to fill up the last few points.

So as a catch all shopping list I'd buy:

Barny/Maelok
Wrastler
Bull Snapper
Full Posse
Spitter/Horror
Thrullg

Probably in that order. Play that for a while and then reread the book and see what else seems like fun. Totem Hunter, Trogs, Croaks ect. are all pretty effective and add a lot of variety and fun to the army.

[Gdead909]

Thanks guys ur both a big help

[TheLoki]

No reason to not take a bullsnapper. for 3 points your lock gets +2 arm and a neat damage proc. The only other faction with access to this wonderfull animus pays 11 points for it. Also its not restricted to self so you can drop it on Wrastlers ect to make them super tough to kill.

As stated above 1 of everything is a good place to start, However i highly suggest 2 units of posse.