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Had the book for 24 hours. Instantly think it makes Khorne more viable. Playing around with a list. Let me know what you think...
I'm probably going to be changing it slightly.... But here it is.

Blood Host Detachment.

Lord

-Bloodthirster if Insensate Rage

Slaughtercult formation

-Chaos Lord on Juggernaut with sigil of corruption and Kor'lath, the axe of ruin (Warlord)
-5x possessed
-8x Khorne bezerkers, champion has axe of khonre
-8x Chaos space marines, champion has axe of Khorne, banner of wrath, 1x plasma gun, Rhino transport.
- Maulerfiend with magma cutters

Combined Arms detschment

-Bloodthirster of Insensate rage
-8x cultists, champion has shotgun
-8x cultists
-Heldrake with baleflamer
-Rhino
-Land Raider

I'm thinking possessed and CSM in rhinos. Bezerkers in land raider. Hammer everything forward 12" in the first turn. Next will be moving 6" for both transports and disembarking everything whilst thirsters, Lord and maulerfiend move another 12" and make charge range. Hopefully drake turns up. Turn 2 thirsters, maulerfiend, and lord should be able to tie up deadliest units in combat, turn 3 everything else should be able to charge. The Lord is weak on his own. But if he's killed he turns into a bloodthirster. So that may put people off of shooting at him. If they don't he's S6 AP2 on the charge with instant kills on a roll of a 6. I auto generate 1 blood tithe point per turn and I have a potential of generating 18 with just my units and champions dying. I only need 5+ to summon new daemons. 7 for a prince or 8 for another bloodthirster.

giving the axe of ruin to the warlord seems- counter intuitive. or maybe its just turning a frown upside down. actually i've instantly changed my mind and like the idea.. imagine psyching someone into not killing your warlord because they were scared of a bloodthirster?

you haven't given the lord anything to run with... that is suicide,,. on your warlord. get some bikes or hounds or spawn. (or even raptors..)

given how hard they hit, I think i'd prefer the possessed in the raider over the bezerkers, but i guess you can choose during deployment.

The issue I have is, where to find the points for a bodyguard for the Lord. It is suicide.... If they want a bloodthirster in their face. And if they choose to ignore this single threat, then he should gain me a point or two before he goes down....

5 hounds is only 80 points... you can find it.

but if it is suicide, then don't make it your warlord.


Automatically Appended Next Post:
hounds have the added bonus of the scout move.

Please, for the love of Khorne, please put the Cultists in the Slaughtercult formation. Also, the list seems a bit... Lacking. Bikes and the Lord would be good, drop the axe and give him a driving license.

The axe is why he's double dangerous. When the thirster replaces him he becomes the warlord. And putting the cultists in the slaughter cult formation doesn't work. I need them to be able to take a CAD so I can take a heldrake without the warp talon and raptor tax, take a land raider without the terminator and blood crusher tax, AND have access to a second BT. Moving them literally ruins the list.

I don't understand where I'm expected to scrimp 80 points from for hounds?

 Khaine's Wrath wrote:
The axe is why he's double dangerous. When the thirster replaces him he becomes the warlord.

This is not the case. The bloodthirster appears once he is dead, it doesn't replace him like for the blood tithe reward.

Captyn_Bob wrote:

 Khaine's Wrath wrote:
The axe is why he's double dangerous. When the thirster replaces him he becomes the warlord.

This is not the case. The bloodthirster appears once he is dead, it doesn't replace him like for the blood tithe reward.

OK. I seem to have made a mistake there. Touche. But still....

 Khaine's Wrath wrote:
I don't understand where I'm expected to scrimp 80 points from for hounds?

Obviously you can run what you want, but I would downgrade the axes of khorne to power weapons, drop the sigil , drop the banner of wrath and downgrade the plasma to melta.

Worth it for the extra movement and ablative wounds on the axe wielder.

I did contemplate dropping the raider, switching the CSM to bezerkers, taking another rhino and rhino rushing forward. Then I'd have points for hounds (I'm guessing they confer scout to the HQ) and may even points for more possessed. It means I can't assault out of the raider, but they would note 12" the turbo boost, then disembark and move 6" using the rhino as mobile cover, making a turn 3 charge basically inevitable. And with the juggerlord, 2 thirsters and maulerfiend there's a few dangerous threats. I don't trust rhinos though.