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Ahriman-230
Deamon Prince of Tzeentch w/power armor, wings and axe of blind fury-255
3 Thousand sons 10 man unit w/ chaos rhino-900
Hell drake w/ baleflamer- 170
2 20 man chaos cultists w/mark of tzeentch-200
1 10 man cultist-50
Defiler - 195

This has potential to be more than just a "fun" list.

Since you're already good in the Troops department, you can use the 250pts from all the cultists combined and give Ahriman a Plasma Gun-toting havoc unit in a Rhino that will always outflank. This unit provides synergy with Ahriman's access to devastating Ap2 Witchfires.

That leaves you points for a single 17 man unit of Cultists to hold backfield objectives while you play your Rubricae aggressively. No need to hold them in Reserves... they will have plenty of Infiltrating Thousand Sons or Outflanking Ahrimans to shoot at.

Good luck. Personally, I use 2 Heldrakes in 2k. Defilers can end up causing damage, but offers First Blood. At least if a Rhino gets popped and awards First Blood, you still have something coming out swinging.

PS- No axe of Blind Fury for a Tzeentch Prince, if I remember right.

Alright , I'm working on my Tz list just now as well and I don't think a DP of TZ can take that axe. Its a khorne only weapon.

Also if its for fun I highly recommend a favoured number unit, 9 in this case for the 1k sons, 18 for the cultists. Honestly friend don`t bother with marks on the cultists I have yet to find any to be of any use. But I do recommend at least 1 big shooty unit to camp with, auto-guns can still nip. Again multiples of 9 if you want fun/fluffy for the cultists but then again I would probably mark them in this instance just to appease the fluff gods/Tz. Stick to the numbers and Tz will bless you with many fortunes.

Also if you do drop to the numbers and lose a rhino or 2 and ditch the axe you could maybe squeeze in a dark apostle and the auto guns turning this army from fun into potentially kick ass IMHO.

I love my Tz army but they do suffer a bit these days but when they do work, OMTz. hope this is of some use to you.

hm, if I cant take the axe on the DP any thoughts on how to take out vehicles? I was going to use him for that :/ would a black mace work?

also, its nice to have cultists with a 6++ haha. and with 1 point for it I like it.

may just think about using that 9/9/18 thing haha. also defiler is more for my own sake, I am a huge deffy fan


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oh, does it work with 9 sons + sorcerer or would it have to be 9 total? :3


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for a more competitive I think I will drop the cultists to a 15 man squad, though for this I may keep them as I have plenty of cultist models >.> lol. also, for a more competitive list, would you recommend dropping the defiler for a helldrake?

The old rule was basically "Units consisting of 9 models are favored by Tzeentch"

You're better off just removing the Prince and taking another Defiler. Defilers work best in pairs.. but 2 Heldrakes is truly the Sweet-Spot at 2k for Thousand Sons. They're the closest thing we have to Tzeentch Firelords, so it's perfectly fluffy for us.



At 2k I have Screamers and Fateweaver so it's a little easier to tackle vehicles than with the list here. Even if my opponent has vehicles, I can usually ignore them and focus on killing Scoring units/troops

I just may, But I like my DP hehe, also any thoughts on swapping something around to be able to threaten terminators? just realized they would steam through these guys fairly easily.

Space Marine terminators? Laugh when they Deep Strike next to your Tsons units and rapid fire + charge them if you can. You have an Invulnerable, so your AS will be in a challenge (hopefully with a Force Stave, the best weapon against Terminators anyways). He goes first against TH/SS terminators and has a 4++ for the wounds that may be caused. By the time your Tsons charge after shooting and deal some damage from Hatred: Space Marines, they won't be able to break out of combat because of your Rubricae invulnerables.

Oh, and Ahriman with Smite, Shriek, Flame Breath at Worst. You should be rolling at least once on Telepathy all the time, so if you get Mental Fortitude that is perfect for throwing Cultists at Terminators while Rubricae shoot Marines or other troops.

Yeah you're just fine against terminators. Just be careful they can't charge you at full strength.

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This has potential to be more than just a "fun" list.

Since you're already good in the Troops department, you can use the 250pts from all the cultists combined and give Ahriman a Plasma Gun-toting havoc unit in a Rhino that will always outflank. This unit provides synergy with Ahriman's access to devastating Ap2 Witchfires.

plasma or melta?


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Also, about the DP, would me taking abbadon in his stead seem to unfluffy?


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Here is one list, a tad fluffy and also slightly more competitive I -think-
Ahriman-230
Deamon Prince of Tzeentch w/power armor, and wings and black mace -245
Thousand sons 9 man unit x3 w/ chaos rhino-830
2x Hell drake w/ baleflamer- 340
5 man unit of Havos w/melta guns and chaos rhino-145
3 Obliterators -210 (Deep striking)

Here is one replacing the DP with abby
Abby would go in the cultist group and slog across the board to take somethings lunch money
Abbadon- 265
Ahriman-230
20 man cultists with Tzeentch- 100
Thousand sons 9 man unit x3 w/ chaos rhino-830
2x Hell drake w/ baleflamer- 340
2 Obliterators -140 (Deep striking)
Chaos pred w/twinlinked lascannon-100





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Also forgot to say all TS have icon of flame

Those lists are more competitive, and we all have our own ideas of fluff..

Plasma/Melta depends on your local opponents. I always take plasma guns no matter what because they go with Ahriman best. I haven't used 9man units in months, preferring to pack the rhinos chock-full of as many Rubricae as possible.

Ahriman *was* friends with Ezekiel Abbaddon, but things have changed. Whether they are friends currently or not, Ahriman has certainly coordinated with Abbaddon during the 13th Black Crusade. Maybe your Havocs can be Black Legion.