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So I wanted to start out as Khorne Mono-demon army with the goal of getting a bloodthirster or skarbrand or sth. But I noticed that I haven't seen a SINGLE Battle report where khorne demons won neither on AOS nor 40k (which is my main system).

Are they just unplayable? I really love the models but just losing is not reall fun :/


Also is there a way to play khorne demons with a low model count but strong stuff like Demon Princes in AOS? I just did a testgame as a Skaven with 2 Warlords, a Cannon and 20 Stormvermin and I had tons of fun but I'm not really informed about the system right now

In AOS there are a few builds that dominate everything else. While not as bad as 40k, at the competitive level its still basically the same type of approach.

Khorne mono demons are middle of the road. They can be fun in casual environments but if you are trying to powergame the system and as you said you think losing is not fun, then you're not going to have a good time with khorne mono demons.

 auticus wrote:
In AOS there are a few builds that dominate everything else. While not as bad as 40k, at the competitive level its still basically the same type of approach.

Khorne mono demons are middle of the road. They can be fun in casual environments but if you are trying to powergame the system and as you said you think losing is not fun, then you're not going to have a good time with khorne mono demons.

I'm not trying to powergame, the shop is very casual. We're mainly beastclaw raiders, maggotkin, sylvaneth and the environment is just a small 1000p casual tournament.

mungkorn88 wrote:

 auticus wrote:
In AOS there are a few builds that dominate everything else. While not as bad as 40k, at the competitive level its still basically the same type of approach.

Khorne mono demons are middle of the road. They can be fun in casual environments but if you are trying to powergame the system and as you said you think losing is not fun, then you're not going to have a good time with khorne mono demons.

I'm not trying to powergame, the shop is very casual. We're mainly beastclaw raiders, maggotkin, sylvaneth and the environment is just a small 1000p casual tournament.

can always give em a go in skirmish?

 thekingofkings wrote:

mungkorn88 wrote:

 auticus wrote:
In AOS there are a few builds that dominate everything else. While not as bad as 40k, at the competitive level its still basically the same type of approach.

Khorne mono demons are middle of the road. They can be fun in casual environments but if you are trying to powergame the system and as you said you think losing is not fun, then you're not going to have a good time with khorne mono demons.

I'm not trying to powergame, the shop is very casual. We're mainly beastclaw raiders, maggotkin, sylvaneth and the environment is just a small 1000p casual tournament.

can always give em a go in skirmish?

What do you mean by that? :O

mungkorn88 wrote:

 thekingofkings wrote:

mungkorn88 wrote:

 auticus wrote:
In AOS there are a few builds that dominate everything else. While not as bad as 40k, at the competitive level its still basically the same type of approach.

Khorne mono demons are middle of the road. They can be fun in casual environments but if you are trying to powergame the system and as you said you think losing is not fun, then you're not going to have a good time with khorne mono demons.

I'm not trying to powergame, the shop is very casual. We're mainly beastclaw raiders, maggotkin, sylvaneth and the environment is just a small 1000p casual tournament.

can always give em a go in skirmish?

What do you mean by that? :O

build a small khorne daemons skirmish group, play through that a while, smaller scale, but I have had a lot of fun and sucess with weird groups in skirmish.

 thekingofkings wrote:

mungkorn88 wrote:

 thekingofkings wrote:

mungkorn88 wrote:

 auticus wrote:
In AOS there are a few builds that dominate everything else. While not as bad as 40k, at the competitive level its still basically the same type of approach.

Khorne mono demons are middle of the road. They can be fun in casual environments but if you are trying to powergame the system and as you said you think losing is not fun, then you're not going to have a good time with khorne mono demons.

I'm not trying to powergame, the shop is very casual. We're mainly beastclaw raiders, maggotkin, sylvaneth and the environment is just a small 1000p casual tournament.

can always give em a go in skirmish?

What do you mean by that? :O

build a small khorne daemons skirmish group, play through that a while, smaller scale, but I have had a lot of fun and sucess with weird groups in skirmish.

Think I'm gonna try them out in a small skirmish then.

mungkorn88 wrote:

 thekingofkings wrote:

mungkorn88 wrote:

 thekingofkings wrote:

mungkorn88 wrote:

 auticus wrote:
In AOS there are a few builds that dominate everything else. While not as bad as 40k, at the competitive level its still basically the same type of approach.

Khorne mono demons are middle of the road. They can be fun in casual environments but if you are trying to powergame the system and as you said you think losing is not fun, then you're not going to have a good time with khorne mono demons.

I'm not trying to powergame, the shop is very casual. We're mainly beastclaw raiders, maggotkin, sylvaneth and the environment is just a small 1000p casual tournament.

can always give em a go in skirmish?

What do you mean by that? :O

build a small khorne daemons skirmish group, play through that a while, smaller scale, but I have had a lot of fun and sucess with weird groups in skirmish.

Think I'm gonna try them out in a small skirmish then.

A herald and 4 bloodletters would come in at 24 out of the suggested 25 renown starting pool and be just daemons of khorne.

 thekingofkings wrote:

mungkorn88 wrote:

 thekingofkings wrote:

mungkorn88 wrote:

 thekingofkings wrote:

mungkorn88 wrote:

 auticus wrote:
In AOS there are a few builds that dominate everything else. While not as bad as 40k, at the competitive level its still basically the same type of approach.

Khorne mono demons are middle of the road. They can be fun in casual environments but if you are trying to powergame the system and as you said you think losing is not fun, then you're not going to have a good time with khorne mono demons.

I'm not trying to powergame, the shop is very casual. We're mainly beastclaw raiders, maggotkin, sylvaneth and the environment is just a small 1000p casual tournament.

can always give em a go in skirmish?

What do you mean by that? :O

build a small khorne daemons skirmish group, play through that a while, smaller scale, but I have had a lot of fun and sucess with weird groups in skirmish.

Think I'm gonna try them out in a small skirmish then.

A herald and 4 bloodletters would come in at 24 out of the suggested 25 renown starting pool and be just daemons of khorne.

By the way are there other armies with big fat hard hitting models similar to bloodthirsters?

I'd probably even prefer something with a low model count as long as I get to play huge stuff

mungkorn88 wrote:

 thekingofkings wrote:

mungkorn88 wrote:

 thekingofkings wrote:

mungkorn88 wrote:

 thekingofkings wrote:

mungkorn88 wrote:

 auticus wrote:
In AOS there are a few builds that dominate everything else. While not as bad as 40k, at the competitive level its still basically the same type of approach.

Khorne mono demons are middle of the road. They can be fun in casual environments but if you are trying to powergame the system and as you said you think losing is not fun, then you're not going to have a good time with khorne mono demons.

I'm not trying to powergame, the shop is very casual. We're mainly beastclaw raiders, maggotkin, sylvaneth and the environment is just a small 1000p casual tournament.

can always give em a go in skirmish?

What do you mean by that? :O

build a small khorne daemons skirmish group, play through that a while, smaller scale, but I have had a lot of fun and sucess with weird groups in skirmish.

Think I'm gonna try them out in a small skirmish then.

A herald and 4 bloodletters would come in at 24 out of the suggested 25 renown starting pool and be just daemons of khorne.

By the way are there other armies with big fat hard hitting models similar to bloodthirsters?

I'd probably even prefer something with a low model count as long as I get to play huge stuff

most of the armies have big hitters, for skirmish though they keep it to the smaller less beastly things.

If you want to be semi competitive with an army lots of big stuff Nurgle is a good option. An army with lots of great unclean ones and blightlords could be good. A slyvaneth army with Alarielle, tree Lords and hunters is good.
An army centered around Archaon is also good.
If you are playing a full 2000 game of with AoS with points you need to have 3 battleline units, which in Khorne's case would mean 30 bloodletters. You would then be free to spend the rest of your points on the bigger stuff.
I am surprised you have seen only bad results for khorne.
There was a phase when Khorne was one of the strongest armies out there, though that was mostly based on armies built around lots of bloodletters. Now I'm not sure where khorne fits but it is probably somewhere in the middle in terms of power, certainly good enough for your local scene.

yeah. local scene is always a big factor on whats good and whats not.