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So, due to travel and wanting to paint on a near expert level for my army, Im challenging myself by not investing in any more models until I develop a more solid understanding on the strategy of the new edition due to lack of time for a lot of games. So 10 heralds of Slaanesh similar but painted up different.

My theory for my personal daemon heavy list is heralds need to punch through high defense lines/ horde bubbles and hide behind furies and plague drones since the defense is higher than I originally expected. Basically I'm broke until after October since I'm dropped by $ going for 4+ days to party in San Diego.

After discussing with some other players, nurgle units are really good at tieing units up, and furies are more mobile versions with lower leadership than plaguebearers.

So the theory is average of 12-17 mortal wounds on the bubble wrap unit/ high defense target from 10 Slaanesh heralds hidden behind the nurgle wall. They have one cast - 1 to hit on a unit and other 9 smite nearest target. Plague drones with instrument automatically get minimum 12" if advancing and furies advancing minimal 13".

So if deployment is 6"-12", shield wall is 12-17" and smite behind that is technically 17" to hide behind the wall I think that adds up to 35" minimal range for herald powers. I have not fought any deny the witch roboute lists yet.

Terminators should finish off or severely wound the first target and charge in. If they fail, it would be horrible luck (which has already happened to me) hopefully a icon of wrath to get a charge in can kill off the target.

Nurglings try to hide from LoS long enough to contest an objective/ last minute line breaker.

Cultists in rhinos go for objectives.

I considered dropping some $ for Magnus but I don't like idea of what I need offensively being targeted so easily.

Chaos Unified 2000

++ Battalion (CP +3) (Chaos_Unified) [887 Pts] ++

+ Troops +

Chaos Cultists [50 Pts]: 10x Cultist tzeentch

Chaos Cultists [50 Pts]: 10x Cultist tzeentch

Nurglings [60 Pts]: 3x Nurglings

+ Elites +

Chaos Terminators [333 Pts]: 5x Combi-Melta, Icon of Wrath, 6x Power Maul, Reaper Autocannon, 6x Terminator khorne

+ HQ +

Herald of Slannesh on Steed [82 Pts]

Herald of Slannesh on Steed [82 Pts]

Herald of Slannesh on Steed [82 Pts]

+ Dedicated Transport +

tzeenrch Chaos Rhino [74 Pts]: Combi-Bolter, Combi-Bolter

tzeentch Chaos Rhino [74 Pts]: Combi-Bolter, Combi-boltee tzeentch

+ 'Faction +

Daemons of Chaos: Khorne, Nurgle, Slannesh, Tzeentch

Heretic Astartes:

++ Supreme Command (CP +1) (Chaos_Unified) [410 Pts] ++

+ HQ +

Herald of Slannesh on Steed [82 Pts]

Herald of Slannesh on Steed [82 Pts]

Herald of Slannesh on Steed [82 Pts]

Herald of Slannesh on Steed [82 Pts]

Herald of Slannesh on Steed [82 Pts]

+ 'Faction +

Daemons of Chaos: Khorne, Nurgle, Slannesh, Tzeentch

++ Outrider Detachment (CP +1) (Chaos_Unified) [703 Pts] ++

+ HQ +

Herald of Slannesh on Steed [82 Pts]

Herald of Slannesh on Steed [82 Pts]

+ Fast Attack +

Chaos Furies [120 Pts]: 10x Fury nurgle

Chaos Furies [120 Pts]: 10x Fury nurgle

Plague Drones [299 Pts]: Daemonic Icon, Instrument of Chaos, 6x Plague Drone

+ 'Faction +

Daemons of Chaos: Khorne, Nurgle, Slannesh, Tzeentch

Heretic Astartes:

++ Total: [2000 Pts] ++

Looks very interesting.

I mean, if you want smite spam, Malefic Lords will output so much more than heralds as they're only 30 pts a piece. You lose some movement (can be somewhat mitigated by running and taking a commander with the covenant that lets you reroll runs). For the cost of those ten smites, you could have 27 with Lords - may be something to consider if you have suitable models available. You'd pretty much never get first turn, but hey, a large amount of your army will be untouchable.