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I've recently started collecting Warriors of Chaos and have had a few battles at smaller points while I get to grips with the new army, I've worked out a general army list using what i have and what I plan to get so any opinions on where it could be altered would be appreciated as some has not been purchased yet so I would be able to save some money

360 pts- Chaos Lord- Daemonic Mount, Chaos Runeshield, Chaos Runesword
136 pts- Chaos Sorcerer- Level 2, Chaos Steed
120 pts- Chaos Sorcerer- Spell Familiar, Mark of Nurgle
285 pts- 15 Chaos Warriors- Halberds, Shields, Full Command
270 pts- 15 Chaos Warriors- Additional Hand Weapons, Full Command
174 pts- 24 Marauders- Shields, Light Armour, Full Command, Mark of Slaanesh
105 pts- 5 Marauder Horsemen- Flails, Full Command
250 pts- 5 Chaos Knights- Full Command
30 pts- 5 Warhounds
30 pts- 5 Warhounds
120 pts- Chaos Chariot
120 pts- Chaos Chariot

Equals 2,000 pts exactly

No marks on the Warriors? Halberds and Khorn go together, so does shield and TZ. The additional hand weapon does nothing for the second rank - I would suggest one of the two configurations listed.

24 Marauders with shields will not do much - not a whole lot of offense & 24 figures will be killed off in 2 rounds of combat. I prefer hordes of Marauders with GW.

The 5 man unit of marauders is hard pressed to find a roll in 8th. Same with hounds - their only function is to give additional units for deployment.

2 chariots or (almost) a whole new unit of warriors. I would favor the warrior unit as the most useful.

so your suggesting one unit with the mark of khorne and halberds and the other being shields and the mark of tzeentch?
yeah iv noticed hounds and horsemen aren't as effective due to the new rules, then again i was playing against high elves who have benefited greatly from them :/ their mainly there for causing problems etc and generally annoying, redirecting charges then coordinating with other units to hit in the flank, i may drop the warhounds altogether because they dont even screen cavalry anymore :(
so take 2 more chariots ontop of the 2 im using ot another warriors unit?


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here i have a revised list taking into account the advice given so far and my personal improvements as well
chaos lord- daemonic mount, chaos runeshield, aethersword- 360pts
sorcerer- level 2, chaos steed, spell familiar- 151pts
exalted hero- battle standard bearer- 135pts
15 warriors- halberds, mark of khorne, full command- 300pts
15 warriors- shields, mark of tzeentch, full command- 290pts
24 marauders- great weapons, mark of khorne, full command- 170pts
5 horsemen- flails, full command- 105pts
5 knights- full command- 250pts
2 chaos chariots- 240pts

Hopefully this is a bit better and more effective ontop of that

I think he may have meant taking another squad of warriors instead; if not, I'd suggest considering it. You'll find that with high initiative and their newly found charge speed that warriors are a good investment. Mark of Tzeentch with sword and shield is the standard build, and rightfully so. Khorne halberdiers are a true delight, and i typically take shields with them for protection against shooting. The maurader horde is probably a good recommendation. though if cash is an issue I currently am experimenting with an almost entirely warrior army and it's pretty effective

I agree that more warriors is always good I just want a bit of variety aswell unfortunately, just bought 16 marauders today and have built with great weapons, I'll horde them in a unit of 30 I think. Khorne with halberds seems a brill combo, doing calculations on ws 4- and t3 with heavy armour and shield there killing on average 9-10 a turn!!

Maybe not too unfortunate, i hear khorne marauders with great weapons in hordes are nasty as well... next time i have some liquid income i might try the horde approach...

yeah iv recently bought 16 marauders assembled with Great Weapons so ill purchase another box to bump it up to a horde im considering either 2 chariots or a shaggoth with great weapons at the moment, love the shaggoth model but two chariots is tempting as well :/