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Hi

Please could you let me have your thoughts on this list, its very character heavy but I'm hoping they will be worth the points.

Typhus will go with the Terminator squad while Abaddon will wonder round with the Plague Marines that don't have a rhino.

I don't have enough models to make it a full Nurgle force my terminators are Slannesh and my Defiler Tzeentch.

I usually use 2 squads of Berzerkers but now they are not so good I wanted to try something a bit different, this will be for a tournament next month.

When the Tally man hits 20 Abaddon will get a 3+ FNP save

Typhus
225

Abaddon
275

Chaos Terminators 4 man squad
3 Combi Meltas
Heavy Flamer
Chainfist
155

Plague Marines  5 man squad
Icon 
2 Melta Guns 
Rhino 
Power Fist
Champion
215

Plague Marines  5 man squad
Icon 
2 Melta Guns 
Rhino 
Power Fist
Champion
215

Plague Marines  5 man squad
Icon 
2 Plasma Guns 
140

Defiler
Twin-linked Lascannon 
170

Obliterator 1 man squad
75

Obliterator 1 man squad
75

Epidemius
110

Horrors of Tzeentch 5 man squad
Bolt of Tzeentch
95

if you want epid to be used at full effect it has to be a full nurgle list. the problem with that is there is not enough punching power to get the tally high enough fast enough. I've tried a tally list at 1850 against crons. i killed 5 models... the entire game. the list is very Character heavy. 1/4 of the army is in two models. Typhus did get a good boost in this edition though. and i think your entire force is only roughly ~30 models. Tough ones, but a very small force. id recommend trying to get more nurgle marked forces if possible to make complete use of the tally man

I too tried a nurgle list. Two plaguemarine squads, two nurgle-marked terminator squads, a unit of plaguebearers, epidemius, and typhus. I went against GK that had like 20 models total and a tyranid army that took Swarmlord, tyrant, tervigon, harpy, and a small squad of gaunts and genestealers, so they too had like 18 models total in the army.

Things I learned:

1) Don't take marked squads, take plaguemarines. With the way wound allocation works you will inevitably lose the icon and everything is just normal then. Here's hoping for a better codex with a better mark system soon.

2) if you DO want marked squads, take like...1. Make the majority plaguemarines. Marked squads don't get the 3+ fnp ever, and a smart opponent will concentrate his fire on the true plaguemarine units early on before they get the buff, so that when you hit the 3+ bonus, everything left doesn't benefit.

Thanks for the comments I think I might drop the allies 20 didn't seem many but there are a lot of small count armies out there.

I might replace them with a Havoc squad which turns it back to my original army list.

Chaos Havocs 5 man squad
Lascannon x2
Missile Launcher x2
185

I'm so used to running two squads of berzerkers in rhinos though that I'm having difficulties building a list without them but without the plus one I on the charge I don't feel they are worth the points anymore.

Not when death company get more attacks at the same strength and fnp for fewer points per model

Been finding this list hard work but I've now come up with the below list.

Typhus
225

Chaos Terminators 3 man squad
3 Combi Meltas
Chainfist
120

Plague Marines  5 man squad
Icon 
2 Melta Guns 
Rhino 
Power Fist
Champion
215

Plague Marines  5 man squad
Icon 
2 Melta Guns 
Rhino 
Power Fist
Champion
215

Plague Marines  5 man squad
Icon 
2 Plasma Guns 
140

Obliterator 2 man squad
150

Obliterator 2 man squad
150

Chaos Havocs 5 man squad
Lascannon x2
Missile Launcher x2
185

Bloodthirster
Blessing of the Blood God
255

Pink Horrors 5 man squad
Bolt of Tzeentch
95

The Bloodthrister is my anti flyer unit, Typhus will be in the terminator unit.

Don't hurt me, but I have found that rhinos are no longer needed, especially with how badass plasma + plague marines are.

You can get more PMs for the points saved when you drop rhinos. Walk and shoot, pewpew.

I have seen walking plasma work with great effect, and if they shoot at your plague marines, they're not shooting Big Gribbly flying around.

Thats a good idea I'll see if I can pick up some more PM's in time.