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So 'Ard Boyz is right around the corner and was wondering about giving this list a go. I have kind of already decided on it but am willing to take suggestions. Also any advice on things to watch out for and generally avoid would be greatly appreciated. Have at it!
The Pacifying Pair:
Hero/Lord
Bloodthirster w/ armor of khorne, dark insanity, immortal fury
Bloodthirster w/ armor of khorne, firestorm blade, immortal fury, spellbreaker
Tzeentch herald w/master of sorcery and scroll
Tzeentch herald w/wings and power vortex
Nurgle herald lvl1 w/BSB:unholy victory, staff
Masque
Core
19xplague bearers w/ full command and re-roll to wound banner
10xhorrors w/casting banner
10xhorrors w/casting banner
10xhorrors w/casting banner
Special
5xflesh hounds
5xseekers of slaanesh w/ siren banner
Rare
4xFlammers of Tzeentch

Well, two Bloodthirsters is enough to make anyone curl up in a corner and suck their thumb. I think the army will be suitably lethal, however I just dont see the point of the plaguebearers. The whole army is speed oriented, Horrors excepted, but you just want em for your dispel dice! I think the herald of nurgle and plaguebearers would be points better spent on another small unit of horrors and more Flesh Hounds and maybe a Khornate Herald on Jugger to ride along with them...

Just my 2 cents...I predict your Bloodthirsters will either break his army in 1-2 turns, or you will get magic'd/bolt throwered to death...since when/if they die, the rest of the army will have a tough time killing 3000pts of enemies.

Should I switch up the anti-infantry one for more of a character killer or a standard build?

Make the one with the Firestorm Blade have obsidian armor....that is about as good as you can get for squishing nasty lords.

Other than that, more flesh hounds IMO

2 Bloodthirsters still makes me twitch lol...let us know how it goes!

Hmmm good point. Any suggestions on the battle banner? I was thinking of swapping the d3 extra combat res with the anti magic one.

For your army, the Standard of Sundering would certainly be a good choice, however the masque + banner of Greater Despair is a very sweet combo....for utility, i think the anti magic one is best tho.

I am swapping a few things around now:
Bloodthirster w/ armor of Obsidian, axe of khorne, immortal fury <=now general
herald of Nurgle w/ grand standard of sundering

Help kill characters and shut down magic. Thoughts?

I think you will find that como will work better with your list on Saturday. The Standard will help slow down incoming magic...I am beginning to be tempted to take it myself. (the banner of despair I have been taking just hasnt really lived up to my expectations, but then again, I have been playing alot of ITP or unbreakable stuff). The Thirster will still kill stuff good, but it will have some defense if he runs up against a nasty Vampire or Chaos Lord in a challenge. Right now, I am trying to decide whether to field my lovely new Forgeworld Bloodthirster, or my classic old one...I am using the FW KoS, since she isnt that big actually...but the FW BT is friggin huge; awesome, but huge. I suspect it may be wiser to bring the smaller one, since he may not get twatted real quick with a stone thrower like the big one would (bigger base, easier target and all that).

HiveFleet wrote:I think you will find that como will work better with your list on Saturday. The Standard will help slow down incoming magic...I am beginning to be tempted to take it myself. (the banner of despair I have been taking just hasnt really lived up to my expectations, but then again, I have been playing alot of ITP or unbreakable stuff). The Thirster will still kill stuff good, but it will have some defense if he runs up against a nasty Vampire or Chaos Lord in a challenge. Right now, I am trying to decide whether to field my lovely new Forgeworld Bloodthirster, or my classic old one...I am using the FW KoS, since she isnt that big actually...but the FW BT is friggin huge; awesome, but huge. I suspect it may be wiser to bring the smaller one, since he may not get twatted real quick with a stone thrower like the big one would (bigger base, easier target and all that).

Go smaller based for the power game and bigger based for friendly games.


Is anyone concerned by cannons/bolt throwers? They kill thirsters pretty quick. For my general I'm taking a GUO with trappings.

Heh, I am counting on the fact that you can probably kill one in a turn, but not two. Also, the sheer fright of seeing two bloodthirster hurtling towards you, plus a bunch of fast moving, VERY nasty Cavalry behind, will force an opponent to knee jerk reactions and either split fire, killing nothing of import, or concentrate on one to kill it....Kill BT, Hounds slam into you....kill Hounds, BT hit you...kind of a lose/lose situation...of course, it may not go down that way, but I am playing the odds that it is unlikely he can down two in one turn....and if he can, well, you probably werent gonna win in the first place!