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So I've always wanted a Zteentch army. I'm all about the turkey. But the problem is, I have no experience with WoC at all.

So my main questions are:
What are popular MoT character builds?
What are the "good" units to take, and in what gear/builds/size?
What are absolute must haves?
What are the absolute must not haves?

I'm a stickler for theme, so no other marks are going to be present in this army.

Well, Warriors of Tzeentch with shields are an excellent choice, one of the best defensive infantry blocks in Fantasy. A big block of those with some ranks will hold up against almost anything with their 3+ 5++ parry.

Here is what I run at 2500pts in my Tzeentch army:



Sorcerer Lord, Level 4 MoT, Disc, Enchanted Shield, Golden Eye of Tzeentch, Infernal Puppet, Bloodcurdling Roar, Stream of Corruption- 405pts
Exalted Hero, BSB, MoT, Charmed Shield, Talisman of Preservation- 195pts
23 Warriors, MoT, Shields, Banner, Musician, Razor Standard- 451pts
18 Warriors, MoT, Shields, Halberds, Banner, Musician, Banner of Rage- 379pts
5 Warhounds- 30pts
5 Warhounds- 30pts
5 Warhounds- 30pts
12 Knights, MoT, Musician, Blasted Standard- 570pts
Hellcannon- 205pts
Hellcannon- 205pts


Pretty standard stuff. Personal favorite is the Knights with the blasted standard. They will highhandedly win you games against gunline armies.

Some other popular Tzeentch unit/character builds:

-Chaos Lord, MoT, Disc, Talisman of Preservation, Crown of Command, Enchanted Shield, Biting Blade, Roar or Stream- 360pts
Our version of the DE peg lord but hits harder and is tougher

-18 Chaos Chosen, MoT, Halberds, Shields, FC, Wailing Banner, Favor of the Gods- 485pts
IF you are unfamiliar with how these guys work, with the terror banner and favor of the gods, they can reroll any result on their start game eye of the gods roll except 4 or 5, with your goal of rolling 11 or 12 for a 3+ ward and stubborn. After you get that, you are pretty much untouchable to anything except skaven 13th spell. If you dont get the roll at the start of the game, take dual warshrines to guarentee the 3+ ward

Chaos Warshrine, MoT- 150pts
Cheap and great unit buffer. Great monster tarpitter on the fly with a 3+ ward save. Take 2 with chosen unit

I would steer clear of Marauders with a MoT army. They don't really shine unless you give them Great weapons and MoK.

Here is my unkillable Tzeentch lord.

4+ Talisman, Rending Sword, MoT(duh), charmed shield, Bloodcurdling Roar. Steeds are optional.

So he has a 3+/3+ save, ignores the first hit on 2+, and has a decent ranged attack(note its NOT a shooting attack)

This is a sorcerer lord build that I've found very good and hard to kill.

Sorcerer lord
-MoT
-Shrieking blade
-Infernal puppet
-Enchanted shield
-Dawnstone
=375

My list also includes 2x warshrines and chosens, so when the unit gets divine greatness from the EotG this dude has re-rollable 2+ armor save and 3+ ward save. =D

Here my lord and Bsb build.
Sorcerer lord 420
Mot Lvl4
Disc of tzeentch
Talisman of preservation
Charmed shield
Infernal Puppet
Roar
Warrior bane

Exalted hero 200
Bsb
Mot
Shield
Biting blade
Dragon helm
Talisman of endurance
Iron curse icon

my Bsb usually hangs with a unit of mot warriors with shields, fc and a rapturous standard. mega anvil