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My first list after the new book, lookin for opinions. Posted from my iPhone at work so beat with me

Chaos lord
Mot
Disk
4up ward
Stubborn crown
Breath weapon
3rd eye
Dragon helm

Bsb
Mok
Scaled skin
Halbard

Chaos sorcerer
MoS (shadow lore)
Lvl 2
Familiar
Opel amulet

4 units of 5 dogs all with vanguard

Chaos spawn of tz

23 warriors
Mok
Halberd/shield

18 warriors
Mok
Halberd/shield

14 murauders (to bunker sorc)
MoS
Shield/LA

4 skullcrushers

Tactics? Chaos lord tries to pin a units flank, dogs redirect and control frenzy. Sorcerer sits back in his marauders and impairs enemy movement or kamakazi a dwellers below on a Death Star. Warriors/SKs run up and try to kill stuff.

Any thoughts?

Pretty solid list, Though I'd like to make a couple of suggestions to consider?

How much is that Marauder unit costing you? 126-156points? I'd personally MUCH rather spend those points on a chariot and some more warriors on that 2nd unit. The sorcerer could go in one block if you changed the mark to Slaanesh. They'll still get into combat and slaanesh is quite a fun lore: not very powerful, but with a bit of synergy, if they let a couple go you can start really messing up their tactics which is often better than lots of damage.. Also at 2.5k most people will be running a lvl 4 magic user who is gonna be able to veto a lot of your spells, so relying on the damage from them is risky. Which also means you may want a dispell scroll to help against them.
My 2-2.5k list only has one lvl 2 sorcerer like yours, but I never leave home without a dispell scroll cuz I know I'm usually going to be outclassed in magic!

Chariots are great as flanking support to a warrior charge (add the Tzeentch Lord and the flanks'll roll up like a sleeve!)

Maybe lose a SK unit in favor of 5 Marauder Horsemen to sneak round and deal with any warmachines/skirmishers/extra flanks? I know it's tempting to take 4 SKs in case 1 dies before combat. But people seem to be scared of chariots and warrior blocks enough to make them split their attacks too much to be overly effective! (warriors don't lose their brute until the last rank, they're just a bucketload of kill!)

Good idea with the dogs though, definitely a Chaos Lord's best friend!!

And let us know how the Spawn works out. I'm not sure I can justify those points!

Good feedback my man. Horsemen are a good idea and will put a little more chaff on the field. I'm gonna give that a try. Half the time pitted against ogres so I may keep them out in those games. But otherwise good suggestion.

The level two sorc should have a dispel scroll, but I don't think you can have the familiar with too, right? I'll have to weight that one out.

The spawn? I dunno what I'm doing with him at the moment. I was thinking he'll help cleanup opponents chaff and add a spice of randomness, we'll see. I'm gonna have a game tomorrow so we'll see how it all plays out.

Thanks again!

No worries, good luck in the game! (I just lost a game tonight by the points cost of 10 warhounds! Damn throw away units!!)

I'd potentially keep the horsemen in even on ogres, as that extra +3 for a flank charge and a banner to any combat resolution is going to be very handy for breaking ogres, as their multiple wounds means they can dish out a lot of damage still in the 2nd round so you wanna break them quick.

But that's a very good shout on the sorcerer.. damn arcane familiar! ah well, you'll just have to weather the magic! BUT if that SkullCrusher unit charges straight towards their magic caster whilst everything else flanks or supports.. they should break through any chaff and consolidate into the next unit which is hopefully the sorcerer.. challenge with the lord and go for it! (maybe consider the banner for re-roll charge distance or +1 M??)

Ended up squeezing out a win tonight on a trimmed down version of this list (2000). My Skullcrushers ended up chasing a bunch of skinks around the whole game and the warrirors shined as good as ever.

The Chaos lord was filthy. He held a unit of 40 Saurus and bsb in place for 3 turns (and zero wounds on him at the time my opponent conceded). The game changer was when my BSB changed into a daemon prince, that ended up being a game winner. Being unbreakable he held down another unit of 40 Saurus warrirors too even when my Chaos Warriors broke on the second round of combat. Plus he still had his halberd. Strength 7 all day!

The tarp it tz reach lord was kinda cheese, I admit. Probably wouldn't take him in a friendly game unless I was playing to win at all costs. Stoked that my first roll on the eye of the gods netted me a DP, too. Epic.

Well done on the win, lizard men can be hard to beat as chaos, did he take lore of metal with his slaan?
But yeah I played a similar lord on a war shrine in a royal rumble today, last man standing and got full wounds back!

I've had a good few daemon princes, I absolutely love the eye of the gods table, give it a go with a war shrine in there and have a laugh!