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Hey Dakka! I've been mostly just a 40k player but since the introduction of Warhammer End Times I've been really interested in properly doing Fantasy, I have managed to organise a Tale of Gamers at my local store and have chosen the Army which has always stood out to me - Warriors of Chaos.

The process is split into 4 months of 600pts from 600-2400. I have a list for each and would appreciate some advice. We'll be doing blogs of progress if anyone's interested!

I want to keep the Army Mono-Khorne. No Wizards, no other Marks, although I am open to Helcannons, any advice would be appreciated.

600pts

Exalted Hero 180 - Mark of Khorne, Axe of Might, Enchanted Shield, Dawnstone, Hideous Visage
11 Warriors 240- Mark of Khorne, Halberds, Shields, Musician, SB
5 Warhounds 35 - Poisoned Attacks
Gorebeast Chariot 140 - Mark of Khorne
595/600

1200pts

Exalted Hero 180 - Mark of Khorne, Axe of Might, Enchanted Shield, Dawnstone, Hideous Visage
18 Warriors 380 - Mark of Khorne, Halberds, Shields, Musician, SB
5 Warhounds 35 - Poisoned Attacks
14 Chosen 328 - Mark of Khorne, Shields, Musician, SB
Gorebeast Chariot 140 - Mark of Khorne
Warshrine 135 - Mark of Khorne
1198/1200

1800pts

Daemon Prince 390 - Daemon of Khorne, Chaos Armour, Daemonic Flight, Flame Breath, Scaled Skin, Soul Feeder, Axe of Striking, Charmed Shield, Dragonbane Gem
Exalted Hero 205 - BSB, Mark of Khorne, Axe of Might, Enchanted Shield, Dawnstone, Hideous Visage
20 Warriors 420 - Mark of Khorne, Halberds, Shields, Musician, SB
5 Warhounds 35 - Poisoned Attacks
14 Chosen 328 - Mark of Khorne, Shields, Musician, SB
Gorebeast Chariot 140 - Mark of Khorne
Gorebeast Chariot 140 - Mark of Khorne
Warshrine 135 - Mark of Khorne
1793/1800

2400pts

Daemon Prince 390 - Daemon of Khorne, Chaos Armour, Daemonic Flight, Flame Breath, Scaled Skin, Soul Feeder, Axe of Striking, Charmed Shield, Dragonbane Gem
Exalted Hero 205 - BSB, Mark of Khorne, Axe of Might, Enchanted Shield, Dawnstone, Hideous Visage
18 Warriors 380 - Mark of Khorne, Halberds, Shields, Musician, SB
18 Warriors 380 - Mark of Khorne, Halberds, Shields, Musician, SB
5 Warhounds 35 - Poisoned Attacks
14 Chosen 328 - Mark of Khorne, Shields, Musician, SB
Gorebeast Chariot 140 - Mark of Khorne
Gorebeast Chariot 140 - Mark of Khorne
Warshrine 135 - Mark of Khorne
3 Skullcrushers 259 - Ensorcelled Weapons, SB, Banner of Swiftness
2392/2400

Any help would be appreciated!
Cheers.

Few things.

Poison on the dogs is pointless, if you are using them as redirectors and chaff they won't even make it through a round of combat.

As for the hero, drop the axe of Might and take a halberd instead. You'll save some points and you can't parry anyway.

Chosen are not the best units, Sword and board Mark of khorne chosen are even worse. They have no defensive bonuses and regular guys will do exactly the same job.

Warshrines with frenzy are bad, they shouldn't be in combat and frenzy might bait them away from position.

Skullcrushers are cool, two squads would be better but one will do fine.

And you'll probably get this a lot, but you will have issues with magic at higher levels. But you probably know that already.

Thanks for the response, I agree on the poison dogs, but the point of the weapon was to allow my Hero a 2+ Re-rollable Armour Save whilst being able to bash Ethereal stuff, taking a Halberd will only give me a 4+ and in low points it's cheaper and better for a Re-rollable Armour Save because not many rare choices are around (or so I think).

I agree Chosen are expensive but surely the shield isn't a bad option? (Although it's arguably the worst). I lose Parry but I get a 3+ Armour and 3 Attacks in Combat, with the potential of S5, 4 Attacks or a 2+ Save with the Warshrine, it doesn't seem to bad but I didn't have the points to go Halberds.

The problem with Chosen is that a chosen with a shield costs the same as a chaos warrior with a shield, halberd and a Mark of khorne. I'd much rather have the regular warrior because the weapon skill isn't that important.

As for the shield it is a good point, but it might be better trying to give him an ward save.

You need something that can deal with 1+ saves.

Beyond the hero and chariot, a unit of Demis will wreck you. And both of those are likely to spoon it.

Drop the chosen take some normal chariots khorne chariots rock. Nurgle gorebeasts are better but I appreciate the mono khorne. I've never used a war shrine and I have no idea why... What is it doing for your list?

Yeah i think the Chosen are my "Weak link" atm so I'm going to see if i can put some Knights in there maybe with the BSB instead, or more Chariots.

Also wouldn't it be better to change one of the Halberd units to 2 Hand weapons - Khorne with Frenzy and additional hand weapons makes for a lot of attacks! and you already have 1 unit with the additional strength bonus from halberd. Did you need 2?

cammy wrote:
Also wouldn't it be better to change one of the Halberd units to 2 Hand weapons - Khorne with Frenzy and additional hand weapons makes for a lot of attacks! and you already have 1 unit with the additional strength bonus from halberd. Did you need 2?

Halberds>AHW all the time.

With AHW you only get the bonus for the front rank.

With Halberds, they all get the strength boost.