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- Kairos Fateweaver - 300

- Herald of Tzeentch - Disc of Tzeentch, Exalted Reward, Mastery Level 3 - 150

- Herald of Tzeentch - Disc of Tzeentch, Mastery Level 3 - 120

- Herald of Nurgle - Greater Locus of Fecundity, Greater Reward, Mastery Level 2 - 135

- Herald of Nurgle - Greater Reward, Mastery Level 2 - 115


[Troops - 198]

- 11 Pink Horrors of Tzeentch - 99

- 11 Pink Horrors of Tzeentch - 99


[Fast Attack - 816]

- 8 Screamers of Tzeentch - 200

- 8 Screamers of Tzeentch - 200

- 8 Plague Drones of Nurgle - Venom Sting, Plaguebringer, Greater Reward - 401


Total - 1819

Why two Nurgle Heralds? I'd have thought three tzeentch ones would have made for a more reliable screamer star.

Almost exactly Nick Nanavatis list from Adepticon (which he won) and the BAO (in which he placed well). Its a good list. The Nurgle herald with locus costs 140 though. Also you might consider replacing one unit of Horrors with 3 Nurglings, dropping the Plaguebringer upgrades and 1 Screamer and using left over points to get a VSG.


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Almost exactly Nick Nanavatis list from Adepticon (which he won) and the BAO (in which he placed well). Its a good list. The Nurgle herald with locus costs 140 though. Also you might consider replacing one unit of Horrors with 3 Nurglings, dropping the Plaguebringer upgrades and 1 Screamer and using left over points to get a VSG.

Sadly the list is not what it used to be. The plaguedrones were almost exclusively good in this style list because of the ID to wraithknights. That is no longer the case.

i've been finding a single nurgling unit to be a big help in this kind of list, mostly for maelstrom. you're only at 1819 right? it shouldn't be too hard to rework things to find the points for the little guys.
and so far, venom sting hasn't done much of anything for me. even when i did face a wraith knight(D guns variant), it was easy enough to just leave it alone.

i've also been enjoying bringing a LoC kitted for combat and a Tz Prince buddy for him.

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i've been finding a single nurgling unit to be a big help in this kind of list, mostly for maelstrom. you're only at 1819 right? it shouldn't be too hard to rework things to find the points for the little guys.
and so far, venom sting hasn't done much of anything for me. even when i did face a wraith knight(D guns variant), it was easy enough to just leave it alone.

i've also been enjoying bringing a LoC kitted for combat and a Tz Prince buddy for him.

Yeah I've been finding venom sting to be subpar as well. Even if you do hit and wound with that one attack, it still doesn't ignore armor and there's just not enough things that really care about it/you couldn't handle with out it to warrant it anymore. Probably best to switch over to Rot Proboscis and just try to force a bunch of wounds through with 3+ Poison. Still doesn't scare a Wraith Knight though :/ At least the 3+ poison would make it a lot easier to bully a wider variety of slightly softer targets.

I still find the DroneStar fun to play at the least, and if they get the right combination of powers the Heralds can still scare a lot of things in combat.

Changed some stuff around, switched the greater rewards on the HoNs and Plaguebringer to lesser rewards and took venom sting off of the plague drones in order to fit in an extra plague drone and a unit of nurglings, this is the current list:

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- Kairos Fateweaver

- Herald of Nurgle - Lesser Reward, Greater Locus of Fecundity, Mastery Level 2 - 130

- Herald of Nurgle - Lesser Reward, Mastery Level 2 - 105

- Herald of Tzeentch - Exalted Reward, Disc of Tzeentch, Mastery Level 3 - 150

- Herald of Tzeentch - Disc of Tzeentch, Mastery Level 3 - 120


[Troops]

- 11 Pink Horrors - 99

- 11 Pink Horrors - 99

- 3 Nurglings - 45


[Fast Attack]

- 8 Screamers - 200

- 8 Screamers - 200

- 9 Plague Drones - Plaguebringer, Lesser Reward - 393


Total - 1841

I'd drop a drone and plaguebringer upgrade and get proboscis on the rest and greaters on the heralds

is proboscis really that good?

cause i can easily find room for the greater rewards, just not sure that proboscis is worth it.

I mean its not game changing good, but I feel like since I always made room for Venom Stings, I'd use the same space for the Proboscis. The role of the PlagueStar has shifted so they might as well be kitted to handle that role better.


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Either way, I'd definitely spring for Greaters on the Heralds. Think of it this way: You roll for psychic powers and Gifts at the same time, so roll up your Psychic Powers first. If you get Iron Arm on one then it's pretty much a no-brainer to take a Balesword on that Herald. S8 AP2 Poison 4+ w/ ID is still really nasty against A LOT of things. Granted you have to get the power off, but it's not that much of a hassle with all of your Warp Charges. Even if you don't roll up an Iron Arm, I find the +1S AP2 of the Greater Aetherblade to be indispensable.