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Some of my mates (and me) are collecting a 1000pts army and then seeing whos is the best i am doing a deamons army. i am hopeing to have it mostly khorne and nurgle but i don't mind a bit of tzeentch but i just don't like the slannesh models.. i have some pictures of the skulltaker, bloodletters and Plaguebearers in my gallery, my friends are playing tau and gaurd
any thoughts would be great thanks

HQ
skulltaker 140

core
10 bloodletters 185
chaos icon

10 Bloodletters 185
chaos icon

10 Plaguebearers 185
chaos icon, noxious touch

Heavy support
soul grinder 160
tongue

Deamon Prince 145
Unholy Might, Iron Hide, mark of khorne

total 1000

Mark of khorne is the wordst you can give a prince.
Also would make sense to go with 2 soulgrinders so that the lonely one won't get thot down and you have nothing left.

For the troops part...
Drop al the icons. they are overrated and don't do much to nothing. Noxious touch on the plaguebearer is also a waste and I would only field about 5 plaguebearers to grab an objective and hold it.

Skulltaker was my first daemon HQ as well and he hasn't performed too good for now. A herald of tzeentch with chariot bolt master of sorcery and we are legion shoud do better and be ablte to pop transports

Last I would try to get in a small squad of 5 horrors with bolt and changeling.

The list should look like this in the end.


HQ
herald of tzeentch
-we are legion
-master of sorcery
-bolt of tzeentch
-chariot of tzeentch

Elites
2x 4bloodcrushers with full equip.

Troops
-5 horrors of tzeentch
-bolt of tzeentch
-changeling

-5 plaguebearers of nurgle


Heavy support
2x shoulgrinder
-phlegm

Well thats 1005 points and you made your blootletters more survivable and got some more ranged anti tank as well as a bit of anti horde. If you have to play 1000 you can drop we are legion from the herald or the changeling. I don't like taking away anything from that list it makes me feel good

Hope that helped

Thanks i agree with the plauge bearers and soul grinders but i am wondering why you gave the herald; we are legion and master of sorcery as we are legion you can't use the same one twice and this means he only has 1 ranged attackso both are usless and you could save 15pts which could go some where eles
this is the new list

HQ
skulltaker 140

Elites
3 flamers of tzeentch 115
bolt of change

Core
10 blood letters 185

5 plauge bearers 75

9 horrors 168
bolt of change
changling

Heavy support
soul grinder 160
phlegm

soul grinder 160
tounge
thanks for the help :-)

Hey there Fox in a box

The reason he included we are legion and master of sorcery is because he also included bolt of tzeentch, meaning the herald can split fire both ranged attacks, meaning you can pop a transport w bolt and then shoot his damonic gaze at some infantry if required.
The tzeentch herald on Chariot is generally considered the best HQ choice for the points value.

Anyhow looking at your new list, its an improvement however there are a few adjustments i'd make.

Flamers - wouldnt give the flamers bolt - generally flamers are a suicide unit, its very rare the last longer than a turn or two on the board given the threat they present. Your paying alot for one or two bolts for that. I'll get into what you should spend the points on in a moment.

Skulltakers a bit of catch 22 at this point - He can be very effective, however his forte is killing characters and big nastys - at 1000 points there isnt going to be alot of stuff out there that fits that criteria and the fact is, whatever he can handle - it is likely at a 1000 points the 'letters or bloodcrushers can handle too. You also need him in a squad or he'll be killed - meaning more points required to bubble wrap 'em, more points on an already expensive character and unit. Dont get me wrong - whatever that unit touch is toast - but it is prob overkill at 1000 points. I'd look at getting some crushers and perhaps making herald on juggernaut or a Tzeentch herald on chariot - its your call though, i have the model and field him in friendly games.

The horrors - i'd split the squad into two 5 man squads both w bolt and one with the changeling. Use the points for the bolt from the flamers.

Ultimately its up to you what you wanna do. Hope your list works out well

thanks i wan't sure about the skulltaker or the flamers so thanks for clearing that up :-)

No problem.

This is the list i use at the moment for 1000 point games. I've had success with it. I'd try something similar to this.

HQ

Herald of Tzeentch
-Chariot of Tzeentch
-We are Legion
-Master of Sorcery
-Bolt of Tzeentch

110 pts

Herald of Tzeentch
-Chariot of Tzeentch
-We are Legion
-Master of Sorcery
-Bolt of Tzeentch

110 pts


Elites

6 Fiends of Slaanesh
-Unholy Might

190 pts

4 Bloodcrushers of Khorne
-Fury of Khorne
-Chaos Icon
-Instrument of Chaos

200 pts


Troops

5 Pink Horrors of Tzeentch
-Bolt of Tzeentch
-Changling

100 pts

5 Plaguebearers of Nurgle

75 pts

5 Plaguebearers of Nurgle

75 pts


Heavy Support

Daemon Prince of Chaos
-Mark of Tzeentch
-Bolt of Tzeentch

140 pts

thanks you have been a great help

some more deamons will hit my paint station soon :-)

The list BBJ posts is a very good 1000 poins list. I've nothing to add to his comments. Just a +1...

Cilithan

yes I think the same very goor list to use