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So, thinking of running a knight bus!. I dont see it oftern and for swedish comp its not too bad.

heres what I am thinking, full command with 8 knights plus chaos lord and exalted hero bsb and sorcerer or two in there. My question is, do I go Nurgle or Tzeentch.

Here is what I am thinking for Tzeentch

Chaos lord, Tzeentch Armour of destiny, crown of command, sword of striking, flaming breath scaled skin, shield Steed. 1+ armour save 3+ ward save
Exalted hero, Tzeentch Tailsman of preservation, shield, steed, third eye of tzeentch. 1+ armour 3+ ward re rolling 1's.
Sorcerer, lvl 2 on shadow, Dragon helm, Dispel scroll, Ironcurse icon, steed 1+ armour, 2+ against flaming
Sorcerer lvl 1 on metal, Charmed shield, Obsidian lodestone, Steed. 1+ armour 2+ against first hit

8 Chaos Knights, Tzeentch full command, blastard standard, Ensorcelled weapons.

Swedish comp jumps 7pts for a unit 9 or above, hence the 8. The two characters at the front will be the 3+ ward guys, any shooting is half str on a 2+ so I will be getting a good armour save then if its warmachines a 5+ ward against it, against magic the general and bsb have a 2+ ward (bsb re rolling 1's!) other guys in the unit will be 3+ ward and 4+ as next tourny is using MR against all spells (dwellers final trans etc).

Or do I go the nurgle route which is roughly the same except one less ward save on nearly everything, but most things hitting on 5's rather then 4's?

Is that legal with the slaanesh sorceror joined to the unit, or is the shadow mage elsewhere? I thought marked characters could only join unmarked or same mark units. That also makes your knights Tzeetch.

The sorcerers arent marked.

Thought unmarked wizards could only take fire, my bad.

IMO, for a death star packing ironcurse and mr(3) I like tzeetch to resist metal and magic missiles.

You can replicate mark of nurgle by using miasma. I suppose you could take that a step farther with nurgle and miasma, but deathstars die from shooting, not combat.

Yea thats what I am thinking, its going in thats going to get them killed, either by magic or shooting, yes bolt throwers will still hurt but a 5+ ward and half str shooting should help a lot! same with cannons (which I'll be getting a 3+ save against then 5+ ward). I could be brave and try to stop the bolts with the 3+ characters as well. The sorcerers will be sat in the second rank as well, thinking I might suffer the comp hit and go for some more Knights as well.

Killing blow will ruin your day, and that's a lot of eggs in one basket. No level 4 isn't doing you any favours either.

Why not put that BSB on a demonic steed and run him solo? Gives you more tactical flexibility that way. And if you don't want the wizards in the front row you can just run the unit 4-wide instead. It's not like you were going to get a rank bonus anyways.

I would also CONSIDER putting lances on the unit instead of ensorcelled weapons due to BotWD.

Blasted std helps vs war machines, but can actually make you more vulnerable to massed str 3 or str 4 shooting, due to its strength doubling on a failed 2+ check. I don't know if such shooting shows up under swedish comp. If it is common, that might be a point in favor of the nurgle build, perhaps with a level 4 and some lore of nurgle to get regen.