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So this is My first post but I wanted to share how I run Word Bearers, One list is what i consider fun, the other is less fun but more powerful. I am not a pro, I play friendly games but i have had to step it up a bit with all the guns i've been facing.

Word Bearer Grand Host 1000 points

Lost and the Damned 320pts

Dark Apostle with Scripts of Erebus
x10 Cultist with Pistol and ccw
x10 Cultist
x10 Cultist
x10 Cultist


Lord of the Legion 170pts

Juggerlord with Axe of Blind Fury and Sigil of corruption


Lord of the Legion 95pts

Sorcerer on bike With Spell Familiar, Force Axe, Mastery Level 1 (Role on Ectomancy)


Lord of the Legion 295pts

Daemon Prince of Tzeentch with wings, Crown of the Blasphemer, Spell Familiar and Mastery level 2 (Role on malefic Daemonology)


Aux

x4 Spawn

I could switch the juggernaut and bike both to jump packs and have 25pts for another mastery level, but i still get one summon off a turn with 2-3 the first turn. In tis list I run the jugger, sorcerer and spawn in a deathstar.




Now my less fun list but a little more competitive

Word Bearers Grandhost 1000 points

Lost and the Damned 380pts

Dark Apostle with Scripts of Erebus
x15 Cultist with pistol and ccw
x15 Cultist
x15 Cultist
x10 Cultist


Lord of the Legion 205pts

Sorcerer with palaquin of nurgle, Sigil of corruption, mastery level 3 (i normally role all 3 on malefic, but im thinking of taking summoning, shriek, and one on nurgle)


Lord of the Legion 205pts

Same as above


Lord of the Legion 120pts

Sorcerer on bike, Spell familiar, mastery level 2, force axe (role on biomancy or ectomancy)


Aux

x3 Spawn


This one gets out of hand fast if you let it, I feel like its weak to armor, flyers, and termies still, but you drown your enemies in bodies. I use plaguebearers for holding objectives and tarpit, Flesh hounds for mobile units and charges, and deamonettes for fast combat. Still learning the rest of the Chaos Daemons codex, and i tried the Warband and just cant make it work with Word Bearers, it feels like 6th edition C:SM with objective secured and crusader. I feel that spawn, sorcerers, and cultist fit better. Please comment, and if this helps anyone cool

Hey Archardeq! I am pretty new to 40K and my one and only army is Word Bearers. I like the use of Lost and the Damned, I have been running Chaos Warband and bring cultist with Helcult but I might have to try this one out especially the second one as I have fun summoning daemons. My only suggestion is that I think you have to role on the Nurgle table for at least 1 of your powers if you take a mark. I also find a flamer in my cultist blob does some work, should try it out. But other than that seems like a fun list probably try it myself.

Thanks for the reply, word bearers are my one and only army as well, yeah i forgot about the nurgle power as well. I might try adding flamers in bigger games too.