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Hey all.

Just a quick one really:

Any thoughts on which is better for my daemon list: a blob of Chaos Daemons flesh hounds with an attached Khorne herald (axe of Khorne & hatred locus), or an allied blob of Daemonkin hounds with a PF/LC lord?

The first has the advantage of hatred rerolls and the potential of ID attacks, while the second is fearless and has a punchy lord to help out against irritating walker road blocks (but no lovely rerolls).

Either way they'll be invisible thanks to Be'lakor, but I won't have access to rerolls via prescience at this points level (1500), otherwise it would be a no brainier really.

Thoughts?

If you put a bike with them, they lose fleet, as bikes don't have fleet. The powerfist is good if you get caught up with a walker though. Hatred is surprisingly good for the flesh hounds though.

If you have belakor, I wouldn't bother with he daemonkin tax for the lord.

Should've also mentioned that the lord will be riding a jugger!

Hatred is really nice but I think I prefer fearless + Dreadnought support.

Regardless of which you go with, always bring something to deal with AV12. The hounds have no way of damaging it on their own, and I've trolled many a mono-khorne player by assaulting a huge, expensive blob of hounds with a 40 point armored sentinel.

 BlaxicanX wrote:
Regardless of which you go with, always bring something to deal with AV12. The hounds have no way of damaging it on their own, and I've trolled many a mono-khorne player by assaulting a huge, expensive blob of hounds with a 40 point armored sentinel.

Haha yes I've been in that very same position! I'll also be bringing 2x max screamer units, Be'lakor and two units of horrors (plus min cultists if I go for KDK).

in isolation? probably the unit with the lord for the same anti armor reasons people have mentioned. but when it comes to fitting into your army, it'd probably depend on how you are trying to fit them in and where your other points are going. alongside a screamerstar, and a LoC, you may not need that PF.

the lord also won't benefit from the grimoire, and is more expensive right?

adding a gorepack for a bunch of small fearless hound squads seems pretty cool though...