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Hello dakkadakka, I need some serious help and advise on how to expand my army from 1500 points to 3000.
I am pretty set on buying An'ggrath The Unbound because I love the way he looks although I have been told by some of my friends that buying a Lord of Skulls would be a better tactical decision.
Just a note about 95 percent of the time I am facing Imperial Guard tank lists with a Baneblade and Ork Speedfreaks with a Stompa because these are my friends armies.
This is my current 1500 point list, I am using the Khorne Daemonkin Codex.

HQ (400)
- Unbound Bloodthirster
- Skulltaker

Troops (405)
- 10x Bloodletters w/ Banner of Blood, Instrument of Chaos
- 10x Bloodletters w/ Banner of Blood, Instrument of Chaos
- 10x Bloodletters w/ Banner of Blood, Instrument of Chaos

Fast Attack (240)
- 15x Flesh Hounds

Heavy Support (455)
- Skull Cannon
- Soul Grinder w/ Phlegm Bombardment
- Soul Grinder w/ Phlegm Bombardment

Some ideas I have, of which I am not sure of is to add ten Bloodletters so I could have 5 squads of 8.
I am also considering at the Great Brass Scorpion or adding some Spawn but this would require moving to 3500 points which for me is not out of the question.
Tell me what you think and any advise you can give, thanks!

If you want An'ggrath then get him, he looks pretty fun. I thinkthe Lord of Skulls is a pile of gak so I wouldn't bother with it. If you want a super-heavy then I'd go for either the Chaos Knight Errant dedicated to Khorne or the Kytan, those would do decently for you I think and cost a lot less points.

You should maybe consider some bikers so you can run the Gorepack. 2 units of 3 with 2 meltaguns is ideal.

Also another Soul grinder or 2 would be good, they're pretty great units all around.

Just curious - why are you running a CAD instead of the Khorne formations? I find that they're *really* nice to have. Plus, you're not far off - just would need some possessed marines to add on in. That could add some points on in.

And yes, gorepack is pure, unadulterated sexiness.

At 3000 points I'd definitely take the fist of khorne formation

http://cdn.bols.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/fist-of-khorne.jpg

I think that would be a great way of opening a 3000 point game.

So this is kind of what I am thinking now.
I could add An'ggrath along with another ten Bloodletters and make 5 squads of 8 with full upgrades.
Listening to advise I am thinking of adding 2 squads of 3 Chaos Bikes to make the Gorepack formation.
I could get a Helldrake and then I would have 80 points left over to do something with, I haven't figured that out yet.
What do you think?

80 points = 5 more flesh hounds.

Very good point I did not think of that, I could get more Fleshhounds and split them into 2 groups of 10.
Are there any units in the Khorne Daemonkin codex that are must haves, anything that is so good it is a sin not to ahve in an army.

Soul Grinders and Flesh Hounds are the best things in my opinion. Also I wouldn't make 2 groups of 10, I'd make 4 groups of 5. They work best in minimum sized units so you maximize mobility, minimize damage from enemy units, and give you more blood tithe points.

Good advise, even if I end up not getting another 5 flesh hounds I am going to split the 15 I have now into 3 groups of 5.