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Hey dakka, I've been... recruited... into a 1000pt doubles tournament. I have access to 'any and all' Warriors of Chaos models I want to make an army. However, I have zero idea how to make an effective army, or even how to play!

So can you tell me, what kind of units, strategies etc work well for Warriors of Chaos? I want to make a strong list, not powergamin' cheese level strength, but strong enough that I'm in with a shot to win the prizes.

No magic, stompy.

lord
Daemon Prince, Daemon of Nurgle.

hero
Exalted Hero BSB

Core
Chaos Warriors with gear and marks of your choice
or
3 Chaos chariots
or
Marauder horsemen

Special
some Chaos Ogres with GW
some Chaos Trolls with AHW


You can't afford most rares at that point level. Ogres and trolls are to punch through high armor and toughness without using your DP. Trolls can vomit and ignore armor and are really hard to put down. They both got fear and are rocking 6 and 5 str and stomps.

You might put the trolls out front (they'll stumble forward anyway if they fail stupidity). And have them provide cover for DP and core behind with ogres to side.

The core choices are up to you. Everyone in the army would move 6+ but warriors are slower. If you get horses/chariots you can have a very fast army that can get in combat and avoid ranged attacks/spells/war machines as quickly as possible. But warriors are probably the best for their cost.

A DP is slightly cheesy at that point level and he barely fits in. But he's damn powerful.

My 1 cent.

Hey man, slightly cheesy sounds just about perfect. Thanks for the help - I'll probably use the list you gave or some variant of it

Yeah I also like that list. I have seen Chaos Warriors do much better than Chariots in tournaments around here. Give them MoT and a shield and they will be killing everything, and never die. Also a double Chimera list did really well, but I wouldn't bank on that tactic. Go with the Chaos Ogres, they are really good and will smash just about anything aside.