1850 daemons still haven't lost looking for a hard counter for this list.

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**Mrstealthrttt**

YEa aonomyou5 id like to read ur articles if you wouldnt mine sending me a link i pmed u

**Dakkamite**

anonymou5 wrote:
gardeth wrote:
Dakkamite wrote:

Either of you (or anyone really) got any tactics/advice threads by any chance? Just starting daemons myself, and love the compactness and like, actual melee ability of a Flying circus (I usually play Orks lol, which are neither of these things) and the Tau-stomping ability of Daemons in general. Would appreciate any advice, ie, "Slaneesh is best for facing Eldar"

Go read anonymou5's articles. I practically stole his list (well used it as a proof of concept....) and played in the same event he did and ended up taking 4th. The key seems to be knowing when to play conservatively and when to go in for the kill. A concept rather foreign to me as I usually play DE and rely on unrelenting violence and aggression to beat my opponents. FMC Daemons are a ton of fun but can easily lose a game or at least lose the advantage in 1 round of bad rolling. More so than most armies I've played. Had a massacre win turn into a tie-breaker win when both Fateweaver and my Grimoire Prince failed back to back grounding checks including the FW re-roll, just a bit to close to 2 Dreadnights.....

Haha, so glad we didn't play; the mirror match is so boring.

But yeah Dakkamite, feel free to PM me any questions you have. My articles may help you out (most of them are Daemon focused) and there are two more Daemon articles coming in the next week. One is a comprehensive strategy for beating Eldar (which is now pretty refined. I beat Kurt Clauss's Eldar list with it, and he's currently the number two ranked player in the world....lol...because the Torrent of Fire system is so accurate). The second is a breakdown on Daemon Troops from the perspective of a circus build (spoiler: Daemonnetes and Horrors).

But in short, this is the biggest piece of advice I can give you: Daemon Princes are scalpels, not sledge hammers. You can cut deep and cripple an Army, but if you play it wrong you will break your scalpel rather than cut with it. You need to set the stage for your assaults (generally with Fateweaver), and then end the game in one quick phase.

Edit: also Kevin and Bill's blog is great: http://daemons40k.blogspot.com/
They're great players, many tournament wins between them (including 2 Adepticons) Just ignore that kid over on tactics who pretends to be the Daemons expert, he has no idea what he's talking about

Cheers man, I'm swamped with uni stuff right now but soon I'll be back to gaming and will totally hit you up

Gutted because I missed out on a dirt cheap Fateweaver, but fingers crossed I can snag a Bloodthirster, 10 Khorne Dogs and some more Daemonettes/Seekers

**IssacClarkeisBatman99**

Bolterbanner ravenwing could tear those troops apart with no real issue, then focus down the DP's one at a time

**Dakkamite**

my dick is bigger than your dick

I thought we stopped this rubbish already

**grimgunman**

Is that list better than this list?

1850
HQ:
Fateweaver
2x Herald of Khorne
+ Exalted Reward (portal and grimoire)
+ Greater Locus of Fury
+ Juggernaut of Khorne

Troops:
2x 10 Plaguebearers of Nurgle
2x 11 Pink Horrors

Fast Attack:
2x 15 Flesh Hounds

Heavy Support:
2x Soul Grinder
+ Daemon of Slaanesh
+ Baleful Torrent

Fortification:
Aegis Defense Line