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2400 point. I want to set it up a little differently from conventional ds chosen 2 warshrine etc lists.

Characters:
Sorceror lord on disc tzeentch
Sorceror level 2 nurgle
Bsb geared for survival on steed tzeentch

2 x 30 to 50 marauders with flails mark khorne one nurgle other
2 x 5 marauder horse with throwing spears/javelins w musician mark of slaneesh
1 x10 marauder horse with flail light armour shield full cmd khorne
5 x 10 knights full cmd banner that gives ward save vs shooting mark?
10 chosen halberds full cmd mark of khorne
2 x 5 hounds

All thoughts appreciated!

I think if you go with unit(s) of 40+ marauders you should go with great weapons though if you stick to 30's flails might be best for that number

I can see your ooint on that.
I am using flagellent models for my marauders.
I could try to squeeze in 3 units of 30 gove the last one mark of slanesh.

Dont bother with 3 units of 30. 2 units of 50 will do a lot more for you.

Dont bother with chosen there are not enough of them to make it worth taking them.

Would you mind posting your full list since this dose not really help a lot and dosnt tell us all too much about the individual units.

4th level of tzeentch on disk with blood curdling roar,+?
2nd level nurgle with?
Bsb on steed with?

30 Marauders with flails mark of khorne full cmd
30 marauders with flails mark of nurgle full cmd
30 marauders with flails mark of slaneesh full cmd
10 warriorts w halberds n shields full cmd mark khorne
2 x 5 hounds

5 x marauder horse with javelins n musician mark of slaneesh
5 x marauder horse with javeklins n musician mark of slaneesh
10 x marauder hotrsmen shield light armour flail full cmd mark of khorne
5 knighyts full cmd mark txzererntych banner prtoty missiles

The lord can take the tali of pres and a charmed shield to make him hard to kill.
Top that off with infernal puppet and hes pretty much good to go.

Instead of taking a build your own lvl 2 take festus. He has the spell you want as well as he makes gw marauders amazing and is fairly cheap for how awesome he is.

Turn the 3 units of marauders into 2 units of 50 and use the rest of those points on more warriors.

I would suggest the bsb to be on foot since most of your army will be foot slogging as well as that way he will have more static combat res to keep him alive. Ie ranks and banners and such.

I run my bsb very defensively and he does quite well.
I give him mot dragon helm, tali of endurance, biting blade, iron curse icon and a shield.
Ha has a 2+ armor and a 4++ ward and a 2++ against flaming attacks and does -3 to armor saves. So in my opinion not too shabby

I would reduce the 10 man horse men to 5 and spend the extra points on warriors.
The thing is as cool as marauder horsemen are they are week and have bad armor so they die easily.T3 with a 5+ not the best for the price you pay for then just keep that in mind. They are squishy.

The knights depends on what people play in your area. If you play against shooting then yes this set up will give your opponent headaches. If you want them to have more punch take mok with the +1 movement banner.
Also if you do decide to go with bsb on foot then drop the knight champ since he will be a waste of points.

Thems be my thoughts.


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Then invest all spare points to get that unit of warriors bulked up.

Toss festus into a marauder horde and the bsb onto the warrior unit. ( the warriors would benefit from the flaming banner incase you got something with regen to deal with).

Thanks.
My thought with 10 marauders was fast down a flank turn run into flank of anything my marauders have tied up.
I thought 10 with flails mark of khorne could do huge damage.

I appreciate the points.
Mark of nurgle n khorne for the 2 big marauder units?

In my meta lots of empire, skaven and ogres.

General consensus is that MoK is the best way to go on large groups of marauders. It helps them hit harder and gives them staying power, which is also why most of us prefer GWs on our marauders.

As for the marauder cav, I would drop them altogether and go for hounds. Much more cost effective and will allow you to add more meat to your army.

Also, the unit of 10 warriors will get rolled over. Ideally the minimum would be around 15 and 18 being optimum.

So how about:
4th level tzeentch on disk items? Maybe blood curdling roar, infernal puppet charmed shield amulet of preservation?
Festus
Bsb on foot items?

50 marauders with flail shield armour full cmd mark of nurgle festus here
50 marauders with flail shield armour full cmd mark of khorne bsb here
20 warriors w shield full cmd mark of tzeentch banner prot missiles

2 x 5 hounds
2 x 5 marauder horse shield n flail with mark khorne
2 x 5 marauder horse shield n javelin mark of slaanesh

I would give the cav light armor because flails are 2 handed.

Try the bab setup i suggested above because he is pretty tough to kill and you can always go from there if youwant him more killy or what not.

stick with gw mok on the maraudere. Mon sounds nice but really not too helpful most of the time. They can take shooting because there is 50 of em endless they fight ws 2 or 5 then its useless. as well as it does nothelp against cannons and stone throwers.

2 units of marauder cav will usually be good enough since they don't pack enough punch to help fight big units. You will want to send them after war machines and smaller weak units and or harass your opponents bunker units.

If i put festus in the unit won't the unit need mon?