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I really want to start a new Chaos Daemon army, without allies, and i was wondering what would be the best units to buy. Is the Battleforce the best option or is there something better i could do with £75? I was thinking a squad of bloodletters, a squad of plaguebearers, a squad of pink horrors and a squad of flamers of Tzeentch. Any pointers/suggestions would be very helpful.


Thanks in Advance

My advice is to stay well away from Bloodletters. They are well-documented as to why, suffice it to say that you'll probably get a handful of games before shelving them in favour of better units.

As a beginner, your best bet is a HQ, 2 Troops, and something tasty to act as a filler. My personal recommendation would be a Tzeentch Herald and Horrors, and then probably some Daemonettes. As for a filler I'd look to some of the signature melee units like Flesh Hounds, Seekers or even a Prince of some flavour.

Daemons can particularly struggle if you want to play theme, because you miss out on 75% of the book by playing Mono-God. My advice would be to start out with units that work well, and focus in on a theme as you become more familiar with the army,

Fateweaver is probably the best HQ option for a competitive daemons army, a squad of pink horrors and a squad of plaguebearers are good for troops, avoid anything khorne except for hounds and maybe bloodthirsters like a plague. Flamers aren't too good compared to the rest of the book. The best current builds are either the flying circus, which features fateweaver, and a bunch of fmcs (usually a lord of change, and some dps of tzeentch), and minimal troops (made up for with the portalglyph, which spawns more scoring units). Lately most flying circuses feature csm allies for a heldrake instead of another dp since heldrakes are heldrakes.

The hound rush features a ton of flesh hounds. There are many variations on these lists, some feature heralds of khorne accompanying each unit of hounds, others feature seeker chariots of slaanesh to back up the hounds as a sort of "second wave". This build features much more openness to variety in builds and can fit more to what works with you.

Mozzamanx wrote:

As a beginner, your best bet is a HQ, 2 Troops, and something tasty to act as a filler. My personal recommendation would be a Tzeentch Herald and Horrors, and then probably some Daemonettes. As for a filler I'd look to some of the signature melee units like Flesh Hounds, Seekers or even a Prince of some flavour.
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What about a squad of plaguebearers, a squad of pink horrors, herald of Tzeentch on a disc and a squad of either screamers or seekers? And thanks for the reply