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Going to my first 8th edition tournament Saturday. Could use some serious help refining the list below.

Chaos Lord (1#, 354 pts)
1 Chaos Lord of Tzeentch @ 354 pts (General; Mark of Tzeentch; Barding; Hand Weapon; Shield)
1 Chaos Steed
1 Sword of Striking
1 The Crimson Armor of Dargan
1 Talisman of Preservation

Sorcerer Lord (1#, 265 pts)
1 Sorcerer Lord @ 265 pts (Hand Weapon)
1 The Bronze Armour of Zhrakk
1 Spell Familiar

Exalted Hero (1#, 140 pts)
1 Exalted Hero (Battle Standard Bearer) @ 140 pts (Hand Weapon; Chaos Armor; Shield; Battle Standard Bearer)

Chaos Warriors (16#, 346 pts)
15 Chaos Warriors of Tzeentch @ 346 pts (Mark of Tzeentch; Musician Mus; Standard Bearer Std; Hand Weapon; Chaos Armor; Shield)
1 Champion of Tzeentch (Mark of Tzeentch; Hand Weapon; Chaos Armor; Shield)
1 Blasted Standard

Chaos Warriors (18#, 383 pts)
17 Chaos Warriors of Nurgle @ 383 pts (Mark of Nurgle; Musician Mus; Standard Bearer Std; Hand Weapon; Chaos Armor; Shield)
1 Champion of Nurgle (Mark of Nurgle; Hand Weapon; Chaos Armor; Shield)
1 Banner of Rage

Chaos Warriors (18#, 358 pts)
17 Chaos Warriors of Khorne @ 358 pts (Mark of Khorne; Musician Mus; Standard Bearer Std; Hand Weapon; Halberd; Chaos Armor; Frenzy)
1 Champion of Khorne (Mark of Khorne; Hand Weapon; Halberd; Chaos Armor; Frenzy)
1 Banner of Eternal Flame

Chaos Knights (7#, 355 pts)
7 Chaos Knights of Slaanesh @ 355 pts (Mark of Slaanesh; Musician Mus; Standard Bearer Std; Barding; Hand Weapon; Chaos Armor; Shield; Causes Fear)
1 War Banner
7 Chaos Steed

Chaos Chariot (3#, 130 pts)
1 Chaos Chariot of Slaanesh @ 130 pts (Mark of Slaanesh; Chariot; Scythed Wheels)
2 Crew (Halberd)
2 Chaos Steed

Chaos Chariot (3#, 130 pts)
1 Chaos Chariot of Slaanesh @ 130 pts (Mark of Slaanesh; Chariot; Scythed Wheels)
2 Crew (Halberd)
2 Chaos Steed

1. Be sure to note the chosen lore for the Sorcerer Lord on your army list. Its required as part of army building now.

2. Get some defense for the BSB. He's too valuable to have killed off.

3. Needing a few points for #2 - drop one or both or the expensive banners on the WoC.

4. The WoC unit with the mark of Nurgle will not get the parry save due to Frenzy. Drop the shield for either 2nd hand weapon or halberd.

5. Can you find the points to upgrade the Lords sword to Sword of Swift Slaying? Its only 10 more points, hits a slight bit more but should provide a huge boost in challenges.

Over all I like the list. It has a strong center with a hard hitting wing.

Your BSB and Sorc need ward saves for survivability since they're probably going to be up there for target priority. The BsB could go with MoT, Talisman of Preservation and a shield. This will give him a 3+/3++ save. The sorc could have the armor of destiny for the 4+ ward.

On your MoK halberders I would think about switching the banner to the razor standard. I ran a unit of 15 MoK halberders and was reliably killing 10 sarurus warriors a turn.

I wouldn't mark the chariots unless its MoK. With a BsB around being immune to panic, fear and terror(which has been nerfed) isn't that big of a deal.

The if you have the banner of rage on the nurgle unit then the shields aren't useful in CC, you don't get a parry save if you're frenzied. I would look at either halberds for this unit or an extra hand weapon instead.

The unit of knights is pretty big. I would think about dropping it down to 5 assuming that your lord goes in this unit. Otherwise 6 would be the highest I would go. Having 7 or 8 in a unit is too wide and too expensive to be reasonable. Again, MoS isn't a great choice for a mark, especially since the knights cause fear. The only thing that will make them ever take a fear check is a torror causing creature and even then with a bsb and ld8 that shouldn't be an issue. Myself I would either mark them with MoK for extra killy or MoN to protect agaisnt shooting.