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Heya guys
So i was wondering is it viable to play daemons in 500 point game? I made this list and I hope i could get some sdvice and tips.
i plan to give them all Summoning power and attempt to summon more troops to the play that is the basic strategy anyway.

HQ (120pts)
Daemonic Heralds (120pts)
Herald of Tzeentch
Disc of Tzeentch, Psyker Level 3

Troops (297pts)
Pink Horrors of Tzeentch (99pts)
11x Pink Horrors
Pink Horrors of Tzeentch (99pts)
11x Pink Horrors
Pink Horrors of Tzeentch (99pts)
11x Pink Horrors

Fast Attack (75pts)
Screamers of Tzeentch (75pts)
3x Screamers

Yes, it is, but you're kind of TFG. At 500 points, you have 7 Mastery Levels and especially with summoning, you're just going to gak all over the other guy. Screamers with a Herald of Tzeentch isn't that bad, but is kind of a known deathstar unit.

Honestly, it's up to you, but I think if you just toned down some of the troops a bit, it'd be a decent list.

Is this for a tourney? If it's just for pick up games, it's really kind of a TFG move.

Actually this list is for casual plays,since I dont really know what to bring at this point for daemons to make it fun and enjoyable

Well, maybe drop a squad or 2 of the Pink Horrors for a 15 or 20 man squad of Bloodletters. You can keep the Tzeentch Herald and Screamers, that's not terrible to fight, but I feel like the 3 squads of Pink Horrors would just piss me off personally. Plaguebearers, Daemonettes, and Nurglings are also decent choices, as they are kind of weak in key areas (low toughness or slow), so they won't be as threatening against people.

Just so you know, I'm not calling you personally TFG, I just think this current list is a bit much for casuals. The problem is summoning can be really powerful at low point games, because you can just swarm them with models.

I dont think its a TFG list imo. he's a demon player with no shooting he's going to need to buff his demons and could summon 1 unit a turn at best. other armies have shooting demons have psychics..

The best thing to bring at 500pts is a Fortress of Redemption. Have the Horrors man the guns, and the Tzerald stand atop the tower, cackling manically while calling down lightning on his foes.

You'll just barely fit into a CAD with that, but it's worth it.

broo wrote:
I dont think its a TFG list imo. he's a demon player with no shooting he's going to need to buff his demons and could summon 1 unit a turn at best. other armies have shooting demons have psychics..

Pink Horrors get Flicker Fire automatically, a pretty nice shooting attack. I just think spamming summoning in a 500 point game is TFG.

if you are summoning, it is kind of a dick move at this low of points, because most other armies are going to have no way to deal with that many units on board, HOWEVER if you are going to go a different spell rout, go for it.

this list is in no way TFG.. If he rolls a 6 for psy dice he will be able to do one summoning and 3 flicker fires, one of which will get denied.. and the summoning is not guaranteed.. so hell do 7 hits and 4 wounds per ff and prob give his opponent fnp.. and that's about it as far as offense a turn.. this list cannot "spam" summoning it doesn't have enough dice.. also if one horror from each unit gets killed he's down 3 dice. this is a great 500 point demon list and looks fun to play and I wouldn't feel bad one bit for running it..