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Struggling to make a thematic thousand sons army.
My original dream of 6 dreads quickly crumbled.

Fire Raptor is locked in.. But thoughts on the rest?

+ Lord of War
Magnus the Red [21 PL,

++ Battalion Detachment (Chaos - Thousand Sons)
+ HQ +

Ahriman [8 PL,

+ Troops +

Rubric Marines [14 PL, ]
. Aspiring Sorcerer: Force sword, Inferno Bolt Pistol
. Rubric Marine: Inferno boltgun
. Rubric Marine: Inferno boltgun
. Rubric Marine: Inferno boltgun
. Rubric Marine: Inferno boltgun
. Rubric Marine: Inferno boltgun
. Rubric Marine: Inferno boltgun
. Rubric Marine: Inferno boltgun
. Rubric Marine: Inferno boltgun

+ Elites +

Scarab Occult Terminators [13 PL,
. Scarab Occult Sorcerer: Force stave
. Scarab Occult Terminator: Power sword
. Scarab Occult Terminator: Power sword
. Scarab Occult Terminator: Power sword
. Scarab Occult Terminator: Power sword

+ Dedicated Transport +

Chaos Rhino : Combi-bolter

+ Elites +

Hellforged Contemptor Dreadnought [10 PL,
. Deathclaw and...: Soulburner
. Deathclaw and...: Soulburner

Hellforged Contemptor Dreadnought [10 PL,]: Butcher cannon, Butcher Cannon

+ Flyer +

Chaos Fire Raptor Assault Gunship [19 PLs]: Hellstrike missiles
. Reaper batteries: 2x Reaper battery

+ HQ +

The Changeling [5 PL, 1

+ Troops +
Horrors 10x Pair of Brimstone Horrors

Horrors : Blue Horror, 9x Pair of Brimstones

++ Total: [119 PL, 1996pts] ++

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Magnus and Ahriman? A lot of the time, Ahriman will be a glorified smiter, given that you can only cast dark hereticus powers once per turn - and you'll, obviously, be wanting to use magnus as much as possible for that. If you changed Ahriman to a lord, you could have him go up with your rubrics or dakka contemptor.

I'm not a fan of butcher cannons on the contemptors. Kheres are cheaper and generally better. Although, there isn't much anti-tank/mc in this list so I understand if you want to keep the s8.

There's almost no reason, ever, to take reaper batteries on the raptor. They're more expensive, and have half the shots. A prescienced fire raptor near Magnus is so good, and you'll want guns that can take full advantage of the 1/36 chance to miss. So, quad bolters.

Using the changeling to babysit 20 horrors seems like a bit of a waste. Better to go all out and take 80+ if you want to feel the benefit of the combo. It'll also add a much needed screen.

I had a problem after adding Magnus that I had no hqs and needed to find 2. Ahriman and changling seemed like the most useful, but not cheapest true
Changling does protect Magnus too, so not a total waste.
Hadn't considered a lord. Unfortunately I have hundreds of sorcerors but not much lordy.

Could swap to kheres.. butchers sounded very cool tho. Could do one of each? Unsymmetrical

I only have one reason for the autocannons is the feckers are glued on so will have to stay :-/

20 is my limit on brimstones but I do have lots of daemons I can use.

The changeling can protect Magnus, but usually you'll be wanting to take advantage of Magnus' speed and redploy him rapidly wherever a heavy-hitting primarch is need - so you'll often end up outside of the changeling's aura - simply becuas ehe can't keep up.

Probably best to stick with one than go for jack of all trades. The butchers leadership thing is kinda weird, because, given it's stats of 4 shots at s8, it's more of a vehicle/mc killer - and they're not affected by leadership. The only time you'll really make use of it is if you thin a horde with the fire raptor, and then use the butcher to get one or two casualties to mess up their leadership a bit - but, that's still a waste of it's hitting power.

The changeling is very useful for massed horrors, but using him for 20 isn't the best choice. You're paying 100 pts to keep your 40 point screen slightly safer.

For anything but matched play, Ahriman would be really useful. He could prescience the dakka contemptor and warptime the melee one. But, for matched, he's gunna be left with little to do aside from give a reroll one for invuln aura - as you'll probs be warptiming Magnus, and definitely presciencing the raptor.

So turns out thousand sons can't have lords. Odd.
Exalted Sorcerors are just worse than ahriman. Hm

A Herald could replace the changling easy enough.

Or just swap in Maelific Lords and treat them as the tax they are.

That is odd. Yeah, if you took two malefic lords, you' free up a fair amount of points. Maybe one more contemptor - halfway to your 6 dread dream