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Here is a list for an upcoming ITC Major. The meta does have quite a few renegade knights which worries me, but, I have done pretty well by playing the objective game having board control, and keeping my psykers alive long enough to smite the hell out of big armor.

Here is the list:

Alpha Legion Batallion
Soulforged Pack -1CP

HQ
Lord Discordant: Autocannon MoT
Lord Discordant: Autocannon MoT

Troops

x5 Chaos Space marines: Bolters MoT
x5 Chaos Space marines: Bolters MoT
x5 Chaos Space marines: Bolters, x1 Chaincannon MoT

Elites:
Decimator: Dual-butcher cannons MoT
Decimator: Dual-butcher cannons MoT
Decimator: Dual-butcher cannons MoT

Tzeentch Daemons Battalion:

HQ
Changeling
Herald on Disc

Troops
x10 Brimstone Horrors
x10 Brimstone Horrors
x30 Pink Horrors

Thousand Sons Detachment

Ahriman on Disc
DP with wings

x30 Tzaangors: Brayhorn, Instrument of Chaos.


Now some commentary.
The whole list works around the 1ksons DP, and Daemonspark WL Herald giving reroll bubbles to everything's shooting except the CSM. The changeling provides extra durability. (has been hit or miss honestly). The pinks and the tzaangors work to box in my enemy, giving me board control and opportunities to snag objectives with the brimstone and the CSM. I am looking to optimize the last 24 points or so. Currently I am reserving for splits on the pink bomb because brims can help with inevitable morale failures .

Things I am considering:
1.) Trading the splits/pinks for another one or two chain cannons. I feel this might be wasted on what is typically a backfield objective camper and serve only as a deepstrike counter.
2.) Dropping the Tzaangor bomb for another DP to make a supreme command detachment. My list is hungry for CP, and Tzeentch begs for more spells. But the Tzaangor bomb has been so effective and critical to the list's mechanic, it is herd ( ) to give them up.


Please all feedback welcome

I like it, has board control and plenty of threats. Knights could be a problem but you'd have to drop something that's useful to squeeze some dedicated knight killers in. Herald and diabolic strength will help on your DP.

The blues won't help enough in morale (presume you mean letting them flee before pinks because they don't help with morale roll). I would stick an autocannon in each of the last csm squads instead. They're handy for chipping the last couple of wounds off something.

You could bring the khorne DP with skullreaver relic for a dedicated knight killer instead of changling. But tbh that 6+++ can really help out those decimators and LDs and tzeentch aura isn't bad for even if swingy for defending against big mele units like knights. Plus you'd have to find 56 points.

The tazangoor bomb is great, I'd keep it. Presume you're taking dmc for that 1st turn pressure?

Confirming the concept of splitting helps by providing ablative wounds, and once I split down to brims. (I can afford 3 blues, 3 brims) then at least 3 guys lost to morale are only brims)

The autocannon is an interesting options, will consider.

I am running mono-Tzeentch so no Khorne DP unfortunately.