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So, ive always come to these forums for reliable information and decided to post here first.

I want to start a slaanesh army. So im planning it would be demons and hordes mixed. I chose slaanesh for their good magic and immune to psychology and i really like the steeds of slaanesh. Ive already purchased some chaos warriors and a slaanesh champion.

What is some effective tactic to use with slaanesh. I played VC but decided to switch since the new book was coming out and i like playing armies that a lot of people dont play. At my shop alone 5 people are going to start VC so i decided to change and keep some variety.

I like to play aggressive and i was wondering what units would be good to field . I know to use chaos knights. It just that im going into this slaanesh army hoping for the best. Can anyone provide some insight on successful tactics or some "rules of thumb" while playing with slaanesh. Thanks in advance for the help, and my all your rules be 's

(except for leadership, or where ever a 6 is not applicable or needed)

Well, the new demons are coming out in a few months so you will see them.
Chaos mortals in the next year sometime so you will see more of them later.

Most importantally, the demon rules change and you probably will not be able to mix the two. Just warning you.

Ideas for mortal slaanesh:
You get immune to psycology (no panicing, no fleeing from charges)
And the best spell lore in the game.
A really cool banner in one squad.

Your best bet is to maximize the casting power you have because your spell lore allows your army to function better (as opposed to tzench which tries to kill stuff).

If you have chosen knights with the slanesh banner they will laugh at almost anything, including charging lances made up of knights of the realm.

Use lots of warhounds to screen your knights and setup charges.

Chaos warriors are pretty overpriced. They can be used effectively but it is hard and requires good knowledge of the movement and charge rules.

alright thanks, i think ill stick to a mortal army then, jus because i like the slaanesh magic. I heard that when the new book comes out there will be two sets of rule for daemonetes one in the new daemon book and the old ones used in the HoC book, i can still use the special rules for slaanesh in my army from the HoC book cant i?

Warhounds were on my list to purchase, thanks for the help

"i can still use the special rules for slaanesh in my army from the HoC book cant i? "

Isnt that the question...
Suposidly there will be a white dwarf list to solve this.

i guess anticipation is half the fun so ill hope for the best until the white dwarf comes out

It's indeed advisable to wait a bit before investing heavy on daemons before the new daemons armybook comes around in a couple of months. Not that the daemonettes were particulary good in a mortal list anyways (barring mounted daemonettes which were decent). The strenght of slaneesh lies in the magic as it's one of the best lores in the game and certainly best in the current chaos books. Altough slaneeshi mages are expensive, if you get heavy magic and support it with good, fast combat troops and some cheap throwaways you should be able to do well.

Thanks for the help Chaos lord i think ill run an exalted sorcerer and some smaller sorcerers to fully use the slaanesh spell line. For some fast troops cypher said to use chaos knights and screen em with warhounds which im going to do. Ill hold off on daemons for now until i know what they are going to do with em. Ill run a couple chariots too since i can use them as a core choice

Here's a lord build I saw over on TWF yesterday:

Chaos Lord - MoS, blade of blood, pendant of slaanesh, shield, barded steed

The blade gives her a possible +1W for every wound she causes in combat (up to double), and the pendant gives her +1A (permanently) for every wound she suffers. The lordette got up to 10 attaks in the batrep I read

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wow that is one deadly combo

Actually Slaanesh has some of the cooler / better character builds IMO:

Chaos Lord - MoS, blade of blood, pendant of slaanesh, shield, barded steed = 317

Exalted Sorcerer - MoS, demon sword, barded steed = 369

Exalted Champ - MoS, rending sword, enchanted shield, boobworm = 210

Exalted Champ - MoS, greatfang, shield, boobworm = 212

Last two run in concert are especially where it's at. Render challenges champ out and racks up CR, meanwhile greatfang goes ape and slices through armored troops. Demon sword sorcerer (who you could make level 4, of course) goes from being an armored 2 attak model on horse to WS9 S6 I10 A6! Just don't roll any 1's

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what is a boob worm and a great fang? i don't see these items in my hordes of chaos book.

Also im going to run the exalted sorcerer on a mount with the chaos daemon sword and spell familiar so he can use almost any spell at his disposal.

Also im going to run one more sorcerer level 2 and the 2 exalted champion.

When is it thought to have to many characters in an army.

ShookOnes wrote:what is a boob worm and a great fang? i don't see these items in my hordes of chaos book.

Also im going to run the exalted sorcerer on a mount with the chaos daemon sword and spell familiar so he can use almost any spell at his disposal.

Also im going to run one more sorcerer level 2 and the 2 exalted champion.

When is it thought to have to many characters in an army.

The Hordes characters can use the items from the Beast of Chaos book also unless they are beast only (and vice versa). The Great Fang is from there. It's the basic 50 pts no armor save weapon.

"Boobworm" means "Steed of Slaanesh," the demonic mount for MoS characters. The upshot is it has M10

I made a list using the exalted sorceress and two exalted champs, and I like it a lot but am bothered by the 833 points in characters

L: Exalted Sorceress - MoS, chaos demon sword, talisman of protection, lvl 4, barded steed = 419
H: Exalted Champion - MoS, greatfang, shield, boobworm = 212
H: Exalted Champion - MoS, rending sword, shield, boobworm = 202

C: 5 Chosen Knights - MoS, rapturous standard, musician = 325
C: 25 Marauders - light armor, shields, standard, musician = 190
C: 25 Marauders - light armor, shields, standard, musician = 190
C: 5 Marauder Horsemen - flails, musician = 81
C: 5 Marauder Horsemen - flails, musician = 81

S: 5 Mounted Demonettes = 150

R: 2 Fiends of Slaanesh = 150

Total: 2000 points
75 models

Not a real wonderful list, and the magic is QUITE weak with just the lvl 4 doing everything, but I wouldn't mind running it if I had the models. I'd like to fit a lvl 2 sorcerer in there somewhere, with at least 1 scroll, but I think one of the exalted champs would need to leave for me to feel good about that. I suppose the render is slightly more useful, with the mutliwound weapon being an excellent thing in general.

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Is it viable to take a lvl 4 and three lvl 2 sorcerers and try and win the game using magic instead, im thinking about doing this because i dislike marauders because they fail me time and time again and so i stick with warriors but im not sure if i should just try the 4 sorcerer list has any tried it and does it seem viable?

ShookOnes wrote:Is it viable to take a lvl 4 and three lvl 2 sorcerers and try and win the game using magic instead, im thinking about doing this because i dislike marauders because they fail me time and time again and so i stick with warriors but im not sure if i should just try the 4 sorcerer list has any tried it and does it seem viable?

One thing to remember is that at least the current Slaneesh magic is supportive in nature as it pulls stuff to favorable positions and makes you win combats more easily with the important spells. You'll need some good combat troops to capitalize these feats. Also the lvl2 mages of slaneesh suffer a lot if you roll poorly for spells as they have trouble casting the big spells, so taking only one smaller mage with spell familiar and fulfilling the rest with combat characters or non-slaneesh casters sounds better to me.