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So I found out cultists where bad by the last post I made, but what about Demonettes?

I want to run a Slaanesh soup list, but I have no idea how to make a battalion of demons. 3 squads of 30? 2 10 one thirty? How does Slaanesh hoard work?

What ingredients do you want to put into your soup? If you are running Knights I'd consider just running 3x10 for some moderately cheap bodies and some CP. Alpha Legion dakka? Only Slaanesh dedicated units or would you include other things as well? Do you want to run a morale bomb?

Daemons of Slaanesh Battalion w. Syll´esske, The Masque of Slaanesh, 3x30 Daemonettes, Icons and Instruments, 2x2 Fiends of Slaanesh.

The Daemonette horde list. I figure running Syll´esske is a good idea because with the re-roll to your Ld you'll be more likely to benefit from your Icons. The Masque is there because Syll´esske is already providing the Vice Leader and Prince buffs and the 3 extra Ld from a Greater Daemon isn't a big deal on such huge units. I wouldn't run any monsters or vehicles in a list with this Battalion, maybe a Khorne Patrol with Skarbrand and a Bloodletter bomb, Skarbrand is expensive but not having to worry about morale might be nice, but it would also shut off your Icons. Run this with a bunch of Alpha Legion Devastators and/or Obliterators.

I wouldn't run the new guns on the Devastators though, I find that in lists like these having too much anti-infantry is actually a detriment, you are better off using your opponent's screens as springboards rather than removing them with the shooting. So I'd take lascannons and a jump sorcerer with death hex, that could come in handy in melee for your Daemonettes as well since they already have some AP.

Daemons of Slaanesh Battalion w. Shalaxi Hellbane, Contorted Epitome, 3x10 Daemonettes.

The Knight support Detachment, I figure Shalaxi is worth it here because the -1 to wound in melee is going to mean you have yet another very tough melee unit in your list. Keep the Daemonettes hidden in terrain and jump out to take objectives with them when required. A 2x gatling Knight to take out screens and flyers with the ignore penalties relic/trait and 3 Lord Discordants on Helstalkers or 2 more Knights.

Replacing Shalaxi with a Daemon Prince and upgrading one of the 10-man units to 30 is a fine alternative, but leaves you with fewer units that can sit back and grab objectives since you'll obviously need that 30 man unit to get into the thick of things. Maybe keeping the 30 Daemonettes back is a bad idea in the first place and you need a couple of War Dogs with the autocannons for holding objectives.