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Spore pods began to ran from the blood red boiling skies blotting out the crimson sun above... A splinter of the Hive Fleet touching down upon a forgotten crone world on the very edge of the Eye of Terror. Lord Magnus rose up mounting his Juggernaught as the Khorne Herald blew into his horn calling upon the nearby forces of the Skull God. An ancient war engine broke loose from its shackled bindings - the possessed mind spirit spooled through the data incoming from the warped auguries seeking for targets to destroy. Quickly a squad of humongous Bloodcrushers lead by the other Khorne Lord cantered in beside Magnus. Steam spouted from the Juggernaughts' wide nostrils as they pawed the hard dirt. "Skulls for the Skull God!" cried the Herald as they broke into a charge strsight into the very heart of the alien horde.

I had a good game yesterday versus Tyranids. Here's my army list:

Daemonkin Combined Arms Detachment

- HQ -
Chaos Lord (210) /Warlord * Warlord Trait (3) +1 attack
Melta Bombs - Sigil of Corruption - Collar of Khorne - Juggernaut of Khorne - Axe of Khorne - Goredrinker

Herald (100)
Juggernaut of Khorne - Lesser Locus of Abjuration

- Elite -
4x Bloodcrushers (250)
Banner of Blood
Bloodhunter

- Troops -
Berzerkers (222)
7x Berzerkers - Icon of Wrath
Berzerker Champion - Melta Bombs 5 - Lightning Claw - Power Fist

Bloodletters (85)
7x Bloodletter
Bloodreaper

- Lord of War -
Chaos Typhon Heavy Siege Tank (410)
Armoured Ceramite - Lascannon sponsons


Chaos Space Marines Allied Detachment

- HQ -
Chaos Lord (180)
Mark of Khorne - Melta Bombs - Sigil of Corruption - Juggernaut of Khorne - Veterans of the Long War - Axe of Blind Fury

- Troops -
Chaos Space Marines (202)
7x Chaos Space Marines
Mark of Khorne - Veterans of the Long War - Icon of Wrath - Close Combat Weapons - Meltagun
Aspiring Champion - Melta Bombs - Mark of Khorne - Power Axe - Veterans of the Long War

- Heavy Support -
Chaos Land Raider (240)
Extra Armour

- Fast Attack -
Chaos Dreadclaw Drop Pod (100)

Notes:
1) Berserkers ride in the Dreadclaw.
2) Chaos Space Marines ride in the land raider.
3) I have sent an email to Forgeworld to see if it's okay to include Typhon in the Daemonkin army - I wanted to see if I want to run it so this was its test match and my opponent was okay with it. Note Forgeworld replied it will be addressed in an upcoming FAQ.


Here is the Tyranids army:

- HQ -
Tyrant - Wings - 2x Twin Linked Devourer /Warlord

Alpha Warrior - Rending Claws - Barbed Srangler

- Troops -
12x Hormagant - Adrenal Glands
12x Hormagant - Adrenal Glands
12x Hormagant - Adrenal Glands
12x Hormagant - Adrenal Glands

- Elites -
3x Zoanthrope
3x Zoanthrope
Venomthrope

- Fast Attack -
Mawloc
Mawloc

- Heavy Support -
Carnifex - Stranglethorn Cannon - Bioplasma
Carnifex - Stranglethorn Cannon - Bioplasma
Tyrannofex - Rupture Cannon


I don't remember all the psychic powers rolled for the Tyranids but they did get a lot of Warp Blast which can double out any multi-wound model in my army and could do some serious damage to my heavy armor.

The mission was Crusade with five objective markers spread evenly across the table. Deployment was Dawn of War. No night fight. I won the roll to go first and took it. I would be holding the Bloodletters in reserve to deep strike along with the Berserkers in the Dreadclaw. My opponent held both his Mawlocs in reserve.

Here is my deployment - I castled the two tanks with the HQ attached to the Crushers behind them so I'd have some cover if Tyranids seize.

Here is the Tyranid deployment - The Tyranids split their deployment setting up in their two table quarters.

Tyranids failed to seize.


PRE GAME ANALYSIS
I decided to focus on one cluster of the Tyranids first going for the broods to my left - less intervening terrain to block line of sight for the Typhon plus more objective markers on that side of the table. That cluster contained two broods of Hormagants, one brood of Zoanthropes, Alpha Warrior, one Carnifex plus the Flyrant and Tyrranofex in support. I will just have to ignore the Flyrant as I don't want to waste any of my limited fire power. The Berserkers will come in on my right side to deal with the other cluster supported by the Chaos Space Marine squad.

Lots of pictures !

Part 1

http://greenblowfly.blogspot.com/2015/05/part-1-khorne-daemonkin-chaos-space.html

Doesn't seem like your army will be doing a whole lot of Bloodthirster summoning.

Maybe... Maybe not...

Part 2:

http://greenblowfly.blogspot.com/2015/05/part-2-khorne-vs-tyranids-2000-points.html

Ah, Hive Fleet Fluff.

Here's the conclusion:

http://greenblowfly.blogspot.com/2015/05/conclusion-khorne-vs-tyranids-2000.html

IMO, drop the Typhon. Perhaps drop the LR as well. If the Dreadclaw is an Assault vehicle, then take 2 of those instead. Basically, my idea for Daemonkin is to run MSU - lots of min squads and lots of CSM/cultists. Then summon 100 bloodthirsters and rule the world! Muahahahaha....

BTW, mawlocs are Heavy Support choices.

I am going to be making changes but it won't be a spam MSU list.

: )

Love this style of report. Don't always want to watch a video and a few good pics can show the flow of the board. I like the touch of narrative as well. Keep up the written reports and creative army lists!

It doesn't have to be spam. Just min-sized units. You know, more blood for the Blood God and more Blood Tithe points.

I run cultists to CSM, bloodletters, Bloodcrushers, Chaos Spawn, Khorne dogs and even bikers, all min-sized to try to wrack up those points. Of course you need a couple of heavy-hitters behind all the chaff, but that shouldn't be too hard in this type of list.

Next time, I am going to try out a heavy-metal Khorne list with maulerfiends, soulgrinders and helturkeys.

I do want a big squad of Flesh Hounds to run my two Lords and Herald... I finally realize they are way better with the scout move. I have a pure Daemonkin list but have to assemble models before I can run it... there is no Typhon in that list.

I am not sold on Maulerfiends for my style of play but they are a thing now for this codex and I have seen batreps where they do the work ! I do like the Grinders as they are much more durable.

What do you think about the D Thirster ?

Those jetbikes are gonna being hating on Heldrakes...

@ Bladewalker - thanks !!

I like the D Thirster and try to include 1 in my lists (1 is all you really need). I ran him in 1 game against Tyranids and he took down quite a few TMC's before finally succumbing to a lowly venomthrope. Lol. (But to be fair, he only had 1W by that time and venomthropes are wounding on 2+'s.)

Maulerfiends are actually quite good offensively, better than even the soulgrinders. While they are not as resilient, they are much faster, moving 12" and ignoring terrain. They will FORCE your opponents to shoot at them, thus allowing the rest of your army time to get closer.

That is a really good point about the fiend being a distraction unit if nothing else. I like the lasher tendrils !

I have an awesome Ultraforge Thirster but really need the new one from GW .

Do you think Daemonkin can give eldar a run for the money? I do !

Hmm I'm curious the lasher tendrils are a bit like Wraith Whip Coils right, lowering others initiative?

Is that a big deal I mean we are talking a giant fast walker, does he care about peoples initiative, most things who could hurt him are hammers and the like that strike an I1 anyway.

I think they lower attacks by 1 (to a minimum of 1) to anything touching the maulers base

Most monstrous creatures struggle versus front AV12 on walkers since they are typically S6 and one Smash attack is the Hail Mary . And yes the lasher tendril reduces the number of attacks.

I'm curious: If the lasher tendrils reduce the target's number of attacks, does that mean the one smash attack is out of the question? Or is it minimum 1 attack?

Minimum 1 attack.

Roge-o, that would probably be a bit too powerful otherwise!