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Hey guys!

I'm going to build a pure Slaanesh Daemon army, that's a good mixture of competitive and fluffy/fun.

I don't have that many models yet, so i could change some things. Anyway, here's the list:

HQ

Keeper of Secrets
- Exalted Reward (will be replaced with Grimoire of True Names)
200

Herald
- Lesser Reward (will be replaced with Etherblade)
- Exalted Locus of Beguilement
85

Herald
- Lesser Reward (will be replaced with Etherblade)
- Exalted Locus of Beguilement
85

Herald
- Lesser Reward (will be replaced with Etherblade)
- Exalted Locus of Beguilement
85

Herald
- Lesser Reward (will be replaced with Etherblade)
- Exalted Locus of Beguilement
- Steed of Slaanesh
100

Troops

12 Daemonettes
- Allures
- Instrument
- Icon
123

12 Daemonettes
- Allures
- Instrument
- Icon
123

12 Daemonettes
- Allures
- Instrument
- Icon
123

Fast Attack

12 Seekers
- Allures
- Instrument
- Icon
169

Heavy Support

Soulgrinder
- Daemon of Slaanesh
150

Daemon Prince
- Daemonic flight
- Warp-forged armour
- Greater Reward (will be replaced with Lash of Despair)
235

Daemon Prince
- Daemonic flight
- Warp-forged armour
- Greater Reward (will be replaced with Lash of Despair)
235

At the beginning I put all possible Mastery-Levels and Greater Rewards (for awesome bonusses) on my 3 Monstrous Creatures, but then I had problems with troops, means I only had 24 Daemonettes - that's not enough I think. So my question, should I kick an unit of Daemonettes for those Upgrades for my big daemons or left the Heralds at home? I could drop it to 2x18 Daemonettes and 1x18 Seekers. Or another unit of 12 Seekers for the price of an unit of Daemonettes? What do you think?

Thanks!

edit: used some "-" for simplier reading through the army list

edit: dropped a Steed, it souldn't be there^^

The keeper REALLY needs two greater gifts so he is hard to kill. Throw grimor on a do.

I'd find the points to put heralds on mounts so the squad has better movement for charging and such.

Changed the list kind of dramatically , so the Mosntrous Creatures got the Mastery Levels and the Keeper his Greater Rewards. Additionally, with this list I can use my Hellflayer and Seeker Chariot, I brought some months ago. Here's the new:

HQ

Keeper of Secrets
- Mastery Level 3 (rolls on Telepathy for better survivability or Biomancy for more power (Iron arm))
- 2x Greater Reward
260

Troops

12 Daemonettes
- Allures
- Lesser Reward (Etherblade)
- Instrument
- Icon
143

12 Daemonettes
- Allures
- Lesser Reward (Etherblade)
- Instrument
- Icon
143

12 Daemonettes
- Allures
- Lesser Reward (Etherblade)
- Instrument
- Icon
143

Fast Attack

12 Seekers
- Allures
- Lesser Reward (Etherblade)
- Instrument
- Icon
179

12 Seekers
- Allures
- Lesser Reward (Etherblade)
- Instrument
- Icon
179

Hellflayer
60

Heavy Support

Soulgrinder
- Daemon of Slaanesh
150

3 Seeker Chariots
- 3x Lesser Reward (Etherblade)
150

Daemon Prince
- Daemon of Slaanesh
- Daemonic flight
- Warp-forged armour
- Greater Reward (Lash of Despair)
- Exalted Reward (Grimoire of True Names, to support the Keeper or Seekers)
- Mastery Level 3 (rolls on Biomancy, hoping for Iron arm)
340

I'd drop the instruments and icons; daemonettes are quick enough that deepstriking will not be much of an advantage on a normal bord.

Maybe some fiends (or a skullcannon if you are willing to modell a good count-as) to mitigate the lack of grenades.

What are you going to use the 3ML's for, would 2 be enough?

For a higher chance of getting the Iron arm or in case of Telepathy the power, which I wanted. But I could kick them all. Fiends are difficult. I don't really like the models and they're way too expensive and I didn't find any good alternatives yet. So you think Icons and Instruments aren't worth it? I like them, model- and also rulewise. Rerolls on the table can be awesome if I rolled Khorne's Wrath. It can really f**k me up.

edit: non-Slaanesh-units aren't a possibility for me!

edit No. 5000 : removed "final" list, I'll go with the second list.

have you tried dropping all the MC;s and running 20 strong Daemonette blobs?

Honestly, I looove the Daemon Prince and the Keeper (I'll use Sek'hara from Kromlech) and I have Renegade Imnperial Guard, so I really, really don't want a second horde Army. The second list just has too many models, but it's ok. A pure horde isn't something for me.