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Well, ive been sniffing round on the site for a while but never got round to signing up... Well this is my first thread.

basically, im participating in a small tournament in my local hobby store, where i know i will be facing tau, orks, and space wolves, and i need to come up with a list that can deal with both flyers MEQ lists and hordes... Yeah i know its a big ask...

well here's what i was thinking so far...

HQ:
•Daemon prince (330)
+Mark of slaanesh
+Daemonic flight
+Warp-forged armour
+2 greater rewards
+Psyker (mastery level 3)

Troops:
•11 pink horrors (99)
•11 pink horrors (99)
•11 pink horrors (99)
•11 pink horrors (99)
•11 pink horrors (99)
•11 pink horrors (99)

Heavy support:
•Soulgrinder (165)
+daemon of khorne
+ phlegm bombardment
•Soulgrinder (165)
+daemon of khorne
+ phlegm bombardment

the prince would go for biomancy powers and get the slanesh whip of despair... To deal with anti tank...

the soulgrinders would deal with some of the MEQ aspects and hordes, or flyers...

and pink horrors are there simply because i like the models.... And they can deal with light armour...

one rule... No nurgle... They are too slow (maybe plague flies)

anyway, feelback would be great. Once again i am new to this site, so as you might expect i am relatively unexperienced with list building forums, so i might be stubborn, or an open book... I don't know at this stage... Anyway thanks.

pink horrors are a bad troop to have as your main troop choice, they are a good support troop but not to be the main one, witch them for plauge, or daemonetts

on the daemonprince you could probably drop a psyker lvl by 1 or 2, what do you need 3 for?

soulegrinders are always good, ( with mon is better because it gets cover save )

your demonprince will be shot out of the sky sooner or later but is a really good anti tank by just smashing things with its fists

soulgrinders are also good agenst tanks and air and infantry swarms

horrors are .. just there... they dont do much they have 1 power that is random, if anything stack them up so they have their super primus power of death ( 7d6 st 6 ap 4 soulblaze warpfire twinlinked shots )


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also, welcome to dakka dakka

 jbsnv wrote:
pink horrors are a bad troop to have as your main troop choice, they are a good support troop but not to be the main one, witch them for plauge, or daemonetts

on the daemonprince you could probably drop a psyker lvl by 1 or 2, what do you need 3 for?

soulegrinders are always good, ( with mon is better because it gets cover save )

your demonprince will be shot out of the sky sooner or later but is a really good anti tank by just smashing things with its fists

soulgrinders are also good agenst tanks and air and infantry swarms

horrors are .. just there... they dont do much they have 1 power that is random, if anything stack them up so they have their super primus power of death ( 7d6 st 6 ap 4 soulblaze warpfire twinlinked shots )


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also, welcome to dakka dakka

daemon prince wants 3 levels to get iron arm.

7d6 s6 shots twin linked how?


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Also daemonettes? What's so good?

The Grimoire of True Name wrote:

Also daemonettes? What's so good?

Everything!

Really?
fleet is not as good as it was, and they get shot before they get there...


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...i haven't had much experience with them in the new edition, so please enlighten me.

The Grimoire of True Name wrote:
Really?
fleet is not as good as it was, and they get shot before they get there...


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...i haven't had much experience with them in the new edition, so please enlighten me.

ok daemonets are so fasts its stupid how fast they move, also I 5 ( or 6 i forgot ) your striking most of the time first, also you have an obserd ammount of attacks on the charge it is insane, not to mention anything that is mos is rending so all those attacks if your lucky and land a 6 insta wound

Even if fleet isn't as good as it was, it still helps make their assaults more reliable.

They do nearly as much damage per points as Bloodletters against MEQ per points - and can harm TEQ - but seem "less imposing" to most opponents than the power sword wielding Bloodletters, as well as perhaps even a tad more survivable (per points) due to greater numbers/more bodies.

High WS means they can hold up surprisingly well in combat even after the first round. Take a block of 20, perhaps with a champ, and have them munch through a Terminator Squad and you'll learn to love them.

blood letters are a bit more expensive die fast but hit like a truck but has to get there, and anything in melee with a blood letter will die

pink horrors are support ranged units, that can be a deathstar if you waste 300 points on a gamble and may or may not be usefull depending on your luck

plaugebears are poison so good agenst tryanids and other MC type armies, have the highest T ( t witch is great ._. ) and when they go to ground in cover they usualy get a 2+ cover save so plop on an objective and they NEVER DIE! ( can also be a melee poison death star but not recommended unless fighting nids )

daemonets are fast, really really really really really really really fast when they run assault everything, they also inflict alot of wounds that may not kill but have the chance of rending anything to death, they also strike first in almost every battle

Cheers for the advice guys... Just so happens i have 20 daemonettes and some spare money...
so what do you reckon... 3 squads of 20 daemonettes and 3 squads of 11 horrors?
(827pts)

The Grimoire of True Name wrote:
Cheers for the advice guys... Just so happens i have 20 daemonettes and some spare money...
so what do you reckon... 3 squads of 20 daemonettes and 3 squads of 11 horrors?
(827pts)

2 horrors 1 plauge bearer

I wont do plague bearers... (i hate nurgle- too slow)

The Grimoire of True Name wrote:
I wont do plague bearers... (i hate nurgle- too slow)

the still move 6 inches to move... but they dont die, all you have to do is deep strike it on or near an objective and have them go to ground, you wont loose that objective unless they assault you

I thought they were slow and purposeful...



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... Am i reading the rule wrong?

The Grimoire of True Name wrote:
I thought they were slow and purposeful...



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... Am i reading the rule wrong?

slow and perpousfull means they are rentless and cant run, thats about it

There's no real reason to give a SG Khorne. Furious Charge will be negated by the Iron Claw (makes SG Str10).

Daemon of Slaanesh makes it Fleet, but most SGs would rather shoot than run. and Iron Claw is AP2, so don't need rending.

Tzeentch's re-roll 1's is decent, but with a 5+ obscured cover, it only raises the chances of a save from 33% to 39%. (Not counting Divination or Grimoire upgrades.)

Nurgle is the best for the SG, it seems. Shroud and defensive grenades can result in a 2+ cover. And SnP doesn't really affect a SG that wants to sit and shoot.
But while giving Shroud to Grinders is good, they are such a large model that you'll have to do some very clever maneuvering (or be very lucky in terrain) to get obscured in the first place, which means your 5+ cover will be the same as your 5++ Daemon.

I know that's why i make them mark of khorne, because they are all lack lustre, therefore i go for the freebie.

khorne one is free so thats a +

tzeech one you might get a save and you get to reroll the 1.. yay?

slanesh has fleet and lets you move faster AND GIVES RENDING!!!!

the nurgle one gives you cover when your not in cover or improves your exsisting cover