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hello! i've been away from the hobby for several years, and it looks like GW erased khorne daemonkin since i've been gone...
i've been reading through lists, and it seems i need to make some purchases to field a decent army... figured i should post here and hope for some feedback before i do. so thanks in advance!

models available:
rage thirster
juggernaut lord
old thirster // daemon prince (does he still count as a bloodthirster?)
daemon prince w/ wings
daemon prince
30-ish bloodletters
8-12 marines
10 cultists
3 spawn
2 rhinos
20+ hounds (i ran the gorepack before...)
2 soul grinders
defiler
forgefiend

like i said, i'm planning to get some new stuff to fill out the list. please give me some suggestions!

a thought for lists:

--battalion-- world eaters
lord on juggernaut
daemon prince
daemon prince w/ wings
8 zerkers / rhino
8 zerkers / rhino
10 cultists
5 spawn
defiler
defiler

--patrol-- (not the ideal detachment...)
rage thirster
prince with special axe, wings
30 letters

Hey man, welcome back to to 40k. I came back to 40k a couple of years ago after a similar amount of time out.

The proto list you've put together looks alright and if you're playing casual games you'll be able to get some decent results out of the list as is.

If you wanted to make it a little more competitive you could add 2x10 brimstones to the daemon detachment (you'll loose reroll charges but you won't loose a lot). That will net you another 5 cp.

You need to give your thirster the armour of scorn he needs the extra toughness. I'd make you skullreaver prince warolrd and give him oblivious to pain or just a plain +1 attack.

You can make the points up by dropping 2-3 spawn.

If you want to buy more models a lord discordant or two will work well with the defilers. And the models look very nice. You can the run the soulforged pack specialist detachment which can let you advance and charge your daemon engines and give the +2 to move.

Good luck with the list

awesome! thanks.

i guess i would like to be somewhat competitive, though... it's khorne. which is a bummer really. the old slaughter cult formation seemed pretty strong to me. oh well.

how do specialist detachments work? i'm still fresh on the 8th edition rules and haven't seen anything about those before.

here's an updated thought for the list:

--double battalion--
lord on juggernaut
exalted champion w/ power fist (or maybe a dark apostle? not too clear on how they work)
7 zerkers, champion w/ power fist / rhino
7 zerkers, champion w/ power fist / rhino
10 cultists
defiler
defiler
2 obliterators

prince with axe, wings (warlord, skullreaver, etc)
prince w/ axe (picked axe to fit the model i have)
20 letters, icon, instrument
10 letters
10 letters
8 flesh hounds (or put 5 chaos spawn in the other battalion. their job is to escort the lord and be a screen. not sure which unit accomplishes this better)

The specialist detachments are from the vigulus campaign books. They basically boost a particular build. There's one for daemon engines, oblits/havocs, bloodletters (which isn't great), jump pack troops (which is great on warptalons if you have them) and a few others.

Khorne oblits generally aren't great (slanesh have a stratergem to double shoot) but I have run them in the past with a khorne daemon relic called the crimson crown. If you play veterans of the long war on the onlits you're getting extra shots on 5+ wound rolls. It will also work on your juggerlord and defilers.

ok, another draft, fully acknowledging that khorne isn't a competitive route to go down...
and this isn't quite 2000 points...

chaos marine battalion:
——HQ——
kharn the betrayer
exalted champion, power fist (or a dark apostle?)
——troops——
10 marines, missile launcher, combi bolter
8 zerkers // rhino
8 zerkers // rhino

chaos marine spearhead:
——HQ——
lord discordant
——heavy——
defiler, autocannon, scourge
defiler, autocannon, scourge
defiler, autocannon, scourge

daemon detachment:
——HQ——
daemon prince, skullreaver
skulltaker
——troops——
22 bloodletters, icon, instrument
10 brims
10 brims
——fast attack——
8 flesh hounds

slamma wrote:
ok, another draft, fully acknowledging that khorne isn't a competitive route to go down...
and this isn't quite 2000 points...

chaos marine battalion:
——HQ——
kharn the betrayer
exalted champion, power fist (or a dark apostle?)
——troops——
10 marines, missile launcher, combi bolter
8 zerkers // rhino
8 zerkers // rhino

chaos marine spearhead:
——HQ——
lord discordant
——heavy——
defiler, autocannon, scourge
defiler, autocannon, scourge
defiler, autocannon, scourge

daemon detachment:
——HQ——
daemon prince, skullreaver
skulltaker
——troops——
22 bloodletters, icon, instrument
10 brims
10 brims
——fast attack——
8 flesh hounds

Looks good man, definately has that khorne feel. Not sure how many points you have spare, if you have enough points for a second lord discordant then you've got a bit of redundancy and they're great for the points. You could free up a few more by dropping marines down to a basic 5 man unit.

Other than that looks great.