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Daemons are most definitely not useless. If you look at units in isolation you could be forgiven for thinking so, many of them have no armour, no guns and are not super tough. A 5++ invulnerable save alone is not immediately appealing.

But the true skill in playing daemons is to exploit the synergies between the various units, psychic Powers and relics. The new formation and detachment bonuses are also useful in this regard. Yes, there is a lot of randomness in terms of rewards, psychic Powers and the warp.storm table but another aspect of playing daemons effectively is to minimise the random elements to provide the strengths of the list you are trying to build.

I realise a lot of the above is quite vague but essentially a Daemons army is not really one I would recommend for beginners. It's only with experience that you can learn how to effectively use the various synergies between units, and more importantly how to adapt during a battle. I wouldn't let this necessarily dissuade you from being a Daemons player as they are a great army but you might find yourself taking a few losses before you get the hang of things.

As others have said, Daemons definitely can be very good. They rely on synergy between units.

The biggest thing that Daemons have going for them is that they are incredibly adaptable. They can change their strengths and weaknesses from game to game based on who they are playing. For that reason, a good Daemons player needs to have extensive knowledge of both his own army and his opponent's army to get the most out of it.

I would venture to say that it would take a number of games against any given army to optimize your play pattern. The down-side is that you'll have difficulty doing as well as you can in the first few go-arounds unless you are very familiar with the player and the units. The up-side is that you will get better with the army with every game that you play, and they have a very high skill ceiling.

i play demons since 5th edition codex, and right now since years i play only demons in 7th, they are a tier 1.5 army, it can be brutal but randomness and sometimes warp storm punish them critically,anyway i found them very fun to play so i keep play and they always reward me.