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A buddy of mine and I came together to throw together a Zombie list that could do well in a competitive setting, with that said we came up with the following:

H.Q.

Sorcerer
Mark of Nurgle, Blight Grenades -80

Typhus -230

Troops

Zombies x30 -130

Zombies x30 -130

Zombies x30 -130

Zombies x30 -130

Fast Attack

Helldrake
Baleflamer -170

Helldrake
Baleflamer -170

Heavy Support

Forgefiend
2x Hades Autocannons -175

Forgefiend
2x Hades Autocannons -175

Havocs 5x
4x Autocannons, Mark of Nurgle -130

Fortification

Aegis Defence Line
Quad Gun -100

Total: 1750

After some play testing, we've found that the Zombie Units are awesome; however, somewhat unwieldy. To counter the unwieldy aspect, we're thinking of dropping the Zombies down to 21 (keeping the favored number) and adding a 5th unit of Zombies. We also toyed with the idea of adding some Chaos Marines or Plague Marines but with just the zombies, there's so much going on the table that having 2 more squads could cause issue. The Sorcerer is fantastic for the extra access to Nurgle Powers; as well as, adding Blight Grenades to the Zombies. The firebase made by the Havocs, Forgefiends and Aegis is just nasty and works exceptionally well.

What are your thoughts?

For fun the other night we ran my Chaos list against your original list. My Chaos army is based around a Hades Fiend/Dakka pred gunline with Rhino mounted 10 man squads (each with a heavy bolter) and havoc launchers/Gargoyles on the Rhinos. There is also air support in the form of Helldrakes so there was no shortage of firepower on my side of the table. It was still a really fun game that came down to the second to last turn. I just had too much firepower (and for once I had hot dice! lol) for him to over-whelm me. I think your idea of adding the Plague marines and adding more (but slightly smaller zombie squads) would have tipped the fight in his favor, or at least forced a draw. He didn't kill much, but he had units in position to contest multiple objectives. It was GREAT game. Very fun having the zombies march to within inches of my lines and hoping I could kill them at the last second!

The thought was to drop 1 unit altogether, drop the remaining units to 21, pick up two min squads of Plague Marines and give them Plasma. Problem at that point becomes not being able to afford the Aegis Defense Line.

I guess I could drop the Sorcerer in favor of the Aegis, but the Blight Grenades will be sorely missed. Sound like the trade-off is worth it?

I guess I could drop the Sorcerer in favor of the Aegis, but the Blight Grenades will be sorely missed. Sound like the trade-off is worth it?

I think that's a situational thing. It would depend on the build you are playing against. What I do know for sure is that the extra Plague Marines would have been a HUGE pain in the arse. Especially if they had double plasma. Not sure I would have had enough firepower to deal with them AND the mass zombies.

The main draw for the Aegis is to create a "Safe Zone" for the Havocs and Forgefiends to sit in for those tables with scant terrain.

I could probably get away with keeping the Sorcerer as long as I dropped the Quad Gun, don't think I would necessarily miss it.

I could probably get away with keeping the Sorcerer as long as I dropped the Quad Gun, don't think I would necessarily miss it.

I would be inclined to agree with you there.

Im feelin zombies is an all or nothing. I think you have a good list i wouldnt change anything at this point level. If you increase pt limit def add some plasma plague marines


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The main draw for the Aegis is to create a "Safe Zone" for the Havocs and Forgefiends to sit in for those tables with scant terrain.

Have you considered a dirt cheap mob of completely non-upgraded bare bones cultists for this? They make great meat shields in my experience and can be really inexpensive.

The Aegis without Quad gun is 50 points...I would be spending about twice that to get enough zombies to provide cover.

Also, with the size of the Forgefiends, the cultists wouldn't provide enough for a cover save I believe.