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A stab at a competative list. There is a restriction of no battle brothers so fancy combos are out.

I keep trying to quit belakor but then I remember that knights exist...

Strategy is a hard rush with light summoning support.

+++ Death guard (1750pts) +++

++ Chaos Space Marines: Codex (2012) (Combined Arms Detachment) ++


Crimson Slaughter

+ HQ +

Be'lakor, The Dark Master

Chaos Lord [Bike, Blight grenades, Daemonheart, Lightning Claws, Mark of Nurgle, Power Fist, Sigil of corruption, The Slaughterer’s Horns, Warlord]

+ Troops +

Chaos Cultists [11x Cultists with autopistols]
····Cultist Champion [Shotgun]

Plague Marines (Troops) [Chaos Rhino, 3x Plague Marine]
····Plague Champion [Bolt Pistol, Boltgun, Power Fist]
····Plague Marine with Special weapon [Meltagun]

+ Fast Attack +

Chaos Spawn [Mark of Nurgle, 5x Spawn]

Heldrake [Baleflamer]

++ Chaos Daemons: Codex (2013) (Allied Detachment) ++

+ HQ +

Daemon Prince [D6 Daemonic Reward, D6 Exalted Daemonic Reward, Daemon of Nurgle, Daemonic Flight, Mastery 3, Warp-forged Armour]

+ Troops +

Pink Horrors of Tzeentch [11x Pink Horrors]

+ Fast Attack +

Plague Drones of Nurgle [Icon of Chaos, 3x Plague Drones]

Pretty solid list, I'd consider swapping the nurgle prince for 20 Flesh hounds (320 points) and a jugger herald. Would mean dropping the heldrake though.

My reasoning is that the fist lord can handle most characters and bel'kor can handle knights.

The flesh hound bomb is great vs waveserpents and necron AV13 walls which you might struggle against at the moment.

But I can see the heavy Nurgle theme.

Update: If you want an alternative to Bel'kor for killing knights then consider Kharn the Betrayer + 35 cultists or Kharn + 19 cultists in Bastion with Escape Hatch.

Those both sound like great units. Unfortunately I dont own either.

The nurgle prince isn't an auto include. He's meant to be a summoner/ beatstick but doesn't quite measure up as either. I wanted him as a chaos marine prince but had to switch him with belakor due to the no battle brother restriction and wanting invisible spawn. If I swapped him for a tzwerald I could take something else.

Captyn_Bob wrote:
Those both sound like great units. Unfortunately I dont own either.

The nurgle prince isn't an auto include. He's meant to be a summoner/ beatstick but doesn't quite measure up as either. I wanted him as a chaos marine prince but had to switch him with belakor due to the no battle brother restriction and wanting invisible spawn. If I swapped him for a tzwerald I could take something else.

I do like me a splash of summoning and the CSM prince definitely has the edge when splashing (can take burning brand and spell familiar). However if you are throwing 5-7 dice at Invisibility a turn (depending on how desperate it is required) then you don't have many charges left for summoning. I would ditch him for another fast moving threat.

Regarding the flesh hounds unit, you can buy two boxes of dire wolves for £30 which gets you 20 models that are easy to convert into flesh hounds (just put them on round bases and spray them red!). These guys really have to be seen to be believed, they are as survivable as nurgle spawn per point (40 Toughness 4 wounds with 5++ for 320 points) and they hit harder in close combat (furious charge!). Though they do have instability so get pwned by knights and dreadnoughts although they can tarpit for ages and with a 12" move you should be the one picking the charge targets. Well worth purchasing.

Another option is to buff the drones unit up to 6 drones and put some heralds of nurgle in. The heralds have rubbish movement but you can conga line the bugs and then just pile in across the battlefield! with the guys at the back.

Hmm. If I pillage my chaos hounds I can get up to 18...


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Well heres what the hound variant would look like.

+++ Death guard 2 (1750pts) +++

++ Chaos Space Marines: Codex (2012) (Combined Arms Detachment) ++

Crimson Slaughter

+ HQ +

Be'lakor, The Dark Master

Chaos Lord [Bike, Blight grenades, Daemonheart, Lightning Claws, Mark of Nurgle, Power Fist, Sigil of corruption, The Slaughterer’s Horns, Warlord]

+ Troops +

Chaos Cultists [9x Cultists with autopistols]
····Cultist Champion [Auto Pistol]

Plague Marines (Troops) [5x Plague Marine]
····Chaos Rhino [Dirge caster]
····Plague Champion [Bolt Pistol, Boltgun, Power Fist]
····Plague Marine with Special weapon [Meltagun]

+ Fast Attack +

Chaos Spawn [Mark of Nurgle, 5x Spawn]

Heldrake [Baleflamer]

++ Chaos Daemons: Codex (2013) (Allied Detachment)

+ HQ +

Daemonic Heralds
····Herald of Khorne [D6 Daemonic Reward, D6 Daemonic Reward, Exalted Locus of Wrath, Juggernaut]

+ Troops +

Pink Horrors of Tzeentch [11x Pink Horrors]

+ Fast Attack +

Flesh Hounds of Khorne [18x Flesh Hounds]

Nice, id probably take 2 meltas and a combi melta on the plague marines (they can take 2 specials at 5 man) and a meltabomb if spare 5 points. Power fist is ok but you already got a lot of melee beat sticks.

Cheers I had forgotten that. (My pfist champion is boss tho, he doesn't get dropped lightly)