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Hey Guys,

Im headed into a 1200pt tournament at my local GW in a couple of weeks and need your help with my list. I have 3 lists written up that I love, each has its pro's and cons and I simply can't make up my mind! Which of these 3 lists would you take and why?

LIST 1

HQ
Chaos Lord
Mark Of Khorne
Axe of blind fury
Combi Melta

TROOPS
10 Cultists

10 Cultists

ELITES
Terminators
3 combi meltas

Terminators
3 combi meltas

2 Mutilators (retinue for the lord)

FAST ATTACK
Heldrake

HEAVY SUPPORT
Land Raider

Maulerfiend

Maulerfiend

This is the original list I wrote, I have some converted Maulerfiends that I would love to get on the table. as well as a recently finished heldrake that I have only used in 3 small games.

LIST 2

HQ
Chaos Lord
Mark Of Khorne
Axe of blind fury
Combi Melta
Sigil of corruption

TROOPS
10 Cultists

10 Cultists

ELITES
Terminators
3 combi meltas

Terminators
3 combi meltas

2 Mutilators (retinue for lord)

FAST ATTACK
Heldrake

HEAVY SUPPORT
Land Raider

Predator
lascannon sides

Predator
lascannon sides

essentially the same list but swap the Maulerfiends for predators, this gives me increased chance of first blood and increased chance of popping enemy transports before the arrival of my heldrake, that being said... i love my maulerfiends and i find they can generally shrug off alot of firepower making them good magnets and great for supporting my lord in his landraider

LIST 3

Chaos Lord
Mark Of Khorne
Axe of blind fury

TROOPS
10 Cultists

10 Cultists

ELITES
Terminators
2 combi meltas

Terminators
2 combi meltas

FAST ATTACK
Heldrake

HEAVY SUPPORT
Land Raider

ALLIED HQ
Bloodthirster
exalted reward

ALLIED TROOPS
10 bloodletters

for this list I drop the maulers and the lords retinue and bring in a bloodthirster with a portalglyph and 10 bloodletters, dramatically increasing the ammount of scoring units i have access to and bringing in a FMC which is just awesomsauce.


Ok guys What do you think? which of these 3 lists do you prefer and why? I would appreciate ANY feedback you can throw at me!



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Well, the LR seems to be there for scoring purposes keeping a Cultist unit safe. This could work.

The Helldrake is a must have and an FMC would certainly a nasty surprise for the enemy. However, the rest is questionable. Termicide with 2 combi-meltas against what? Multilators are too slow to get there where you want them. And a Khorne Lord hoofing around the board is not worth it. I'd play Typhus to make make the Cultists (Zombies) fearless.

I think you have too few troops. If i was facing you i would focus fire on your troops and worry about objectives.

Chaos lord needs to have a sigil most of the time. That way he can shrug off the odd plasma and melta blast.

Does the lord just walk everywhere or do he and the Mutilator ride around in the land raider. I feel like a unit of chaos marines would make a better retinue since they are scoring.

My rough plan was to keep the cultists in reserves for as long as possible to keep them safe, tge lord and mutilators ride in the LR supported by either the bloodthirster or the maulerfinds depending on which list I use. By the time the cultists are on the board the enemy will have so many immediate threats they will not be able to focus on the cultists... this is also where the bloodthirster list dominates as it brings and extra 10 bloodletters for scoring and a portalglyph for extra units.

Another possibility.
HQ
Daemon prince
Wings
Power armor
Daemon of khorne
Axe of blind fury
255pts

TROOPS
cultists
50

Cultists
50

ELITES
3 terminators
2 combi meltas
105

3 terminators
2 combi meltas
105

FAST ATTACK
Heldrake
170

HEAVY SUPPORT
Landraider
230

Landraider
230

Total
1195pts

Basically 2 landraiders full of cultists, suicide terminators, heldrake and Daemon Prince to wreck up the place

Certainly an interesting concept, putting Cultists inside a Land Raider to protect them until it's time to cap. My worry is that by spending all these points on two Land Raiders, you're selling yourself short on other assets.

Play it out and let us know how it goes.