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Idea 1:
2 TSons Winged Princes in a SC with Ahriman
Pure Khorne Battalion, Mixed Nurgle/Tzeentch Battalion
Starting CP 14, minus 8 for Deep Strikes and Relics = 6CP with ability to regen
16 drops

Idea 2:
Ahriman in the Tzeentch Battalion
Add 3x7 Khorne Dogs
Add 10 Brims with Blue Leader
Starting CP 18, minus 7 for Deep Strikes and Relics = 11CP no regen
18 drops

The nice thing about Idea 1 is that it presents one target, the Plaguebearers, for the enemy to shoot at (as well as some unthreatening minimum letter squads).
If I go first, they will be -2 to hit. Plaguebearers, though, are not that great at clearing screens, and I need those screens cleared so that my letter bomb has a clean shot to the juicy targets!
Flesh Hounds are decent at clearing screens, with 3 attacks S5 -1 on the charge.
A canny opponent would ignore the PBs and kill dogs....but that’s kinda what I want them to do anyhow, since the PBs are an annoying centerfield holding unit that I would like to survive all game.

not really the horde concept i have but close, i play a real horde with 169 infantry model+characters , for me play less than 60 Pb's is not a good idea, there are some lists out there that if start 1st they delete 30 pb's in 1 shooting turn.

This is the most models I've ever used in a 2000pt game. (Or maybe in a game at all, my 4000pt games have used Inquisition.)

Played a proxy game with Idea 1 against Death Guard.
He had two DG Princes with two Bloat Drones and a Spawn, one TSons Prince with 3 PBCs, Scrivner and Poxbringer with 3x3 Nurglings and 9x Plague Drones.

I got first turn so my Plaguebearers were all -2 to hit. It was a pretty fun game. The letter bomb is difficult to position, and his manouvering made targets difficult. It ended up charging two PBCs and doing 7dmg to each one, killing neither.
The ideal target for the bomb would've been the Plague Drones, but they were on the opposite side of the board from my Khorne characters, so I opted to keep the letters in support range, which may have been the wrong choice.

The Horrors did a decent job of clearing Plague Drones anyhow, especially when they were Hexed.

Any thoughts on whether Idea 1 or Idea two is better?