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Are WoC armies consisting entirely of Khorne-marked troops effective? WoC are apparently already the close combat monsters of WHFB, so does Khorne just make them ridiculously effective? Also, seeing as Khorne is opposed to sorcery and whatnot, would a Khorne army lack magic weapons?

they wouldnt lack magic items, as the fluff reads warriors of khone fight with rune inscribed weapons and talismaned armor.In previos editions of whfb they have tried to separated the powers khone warriors wouldnt be led by tzeench,slaneesh hated nurgle and so on. I play a all khorne warrior army no scroll caddy no magic phase. I also only take khorne magic items all 2 of them.My army relies on hitting before the opponents second magic phase.

Alot harder to do without furies and no DD.

I would just call the sorc a Blood Priest and load him with Dispel Scrolls. He fights like a CW, so no worries there. Take Lore of Fire and go for Sword of Rhuin or Fireball (Khorne likes to boil the blood of weak missile troops).

Most of the magic items suck, so no big loss :-) Collar of Khorne is useful and so is the regen talisman. Armor is a bit overpriced, but Enchanted shield and armor of re-roll hits are solid. Runeshield is hilarious against runefangs and the like but pricey. Daemonsword is expensive killy while the Glaive is a bargain.

Take marauder cav and Khorne knights with hound screens. Zoom up and smash face.

I'd rather not take Marauders because Warriors are much more aesthetically pleasing and I like troops that are killy but durable, and Marauders don't have good armour.

Viable as hell, with a few weaknesses.

Primarily that most people will use frenzy to drag your bloodletting ass all across the battlefield. No-one wants to get into combat with you. Ever.

And Magic can be mean... I miss our dispell dice.

All it takes is a couple units of "tug troops" like eagles or hounds to get you to waste your cav for 2-3 turns.
Your warriors will (should) be taken care of in the magic/shooting phases.
If you are playin ALL Khorne just pray when you go up against Vampires, TK's, Most Skaven builds, Slann, or any other super magic army/builds.
That being said, you can get a decent amount of MR in the field. If you run Khornate warshrines you can pray for MR3 roll from the EoTG.

i havent run in to super-magicy armies yet, so my judgement is not at all totally tactical.i find that if you can get to the center of the battlefield that you are less likely to be draged away. 2 exalted champs on juggers with cav is a nasty unit, save the points no dp

The loss of dispel dice with mark of khorne is a big hit if you don't want a magic user.

But its only against VCs and tzeentch daemons that it becomes a real problem (due to massed casting).

Suck it up and go all cav. Kill them 2nd turn.

if you want khorne warriors you could always give em the banner of rage. you will never lose your frenzy and you can take another mark as well.

Yeh, removing the "anti magic rule" from MoK was a big hitter. It was a bit too strong in the 4th but a little nerf would have been way better than a complete removement.
Something around every elite choice gives +1 DD or sth like that but sorcs are forbidden.

If you go all Khorne you better take a lot of fast and hard hitting stuff. Skip marauders, they dont look very scary and warriors are better.
2 blockes of them, rest points into Knights, Charriots, cavalry and hounds. Maybe take a Shaggoth as well. They can pull out some decents attacks and are nice for solo flanking if terrain is available to block LoS.
Refused flanks with Shaggoth and Knights was what completely raped me a couple of times in 4th Edition. Even if you´re able to crush a regiment of knights one is usually enough to completely waste your flank. With MoK and good banner even more. If the Moloch would be faster, I suggest going with him instead of Shaggoth but he´s too slow for the job. But besides that he´s as awesome as the model is pesky to prepare and put together.

Seems like you'd have big trouble vs. a Daemon army. Thirster says "What?", Khorne mortal army charges, gets wrecked.

it will work, you just need alot of hounds to screen you and be ready for magic and redirection.

I would invest in a ton of hounds for general screening and frenzy blocking. If your army survives the first 2 turns it will probably win, you just gotta figure out how to do that.

Valkia is near indestructible.....dont know what else to say about her.

Juggernauts of khorne are sweet, take as many as you can.

Hounds for frenzy blocking is a must, woe to the enemy who destroys the unit of hounds.

Marauder cav of khorne with flails are insane...period.

If you dont want to play marauders and marauder cav, i wouldnt bother with MoK past your exalted heros to get the juggernaut. 0+ save is sweet.

Chosen with mark of khorne can have the collar of khorne for magic res 2. give them halberds and they are REALLY rough.

Knights of khorne....While im torn because they are good, I dont think they are as good as chosen in an all MoK army. Frenzy is one of those things that if you have too much cav, you will end up with half your army on the other side of the board too soon. if you add a Lord on juggernaut with fury of blood god, I could see using them...other than that, a little too expensive to be that much of a liability

Scyla is really good

Shrine of khorne is rugged.

If you still have problems with magic....Take a sorc, outfit him for battle, and dont use spells

Hope this helps!