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Hey gang,

I go annually to a fluffy tournament, been with Iyanden and Crimson Fists in the past. This time I'm returning to my first love and that's Chaos. I love the sneaky strats the night lords now FINALLY have them and plenty potential shenanigans I can pull off. So it's a single detachment highlander, so no dupes of non troops choices and no more than 250pts of FW. Lemme know what you think:

++ Battalion Detachment +5CP (Chaos - Chaos Space Marines) [88 PL, 7CP, 1,500pts] ++

Legion: Night Lords

Specialist Detachment [-1CP]: Host Raptorial

+ HQ +

Chaos Lord with Jump Pack [6 PL, 103pts]: Claws of the Black Hunt, 2x Lightning Claw, Mark of Khorne, The Tip of the Claw, Warlord

Daemon Prince with Wings [9 PL, 165pts]: Delightful Agonies, Malefic talon, Wings
. Slaanesh

Dark Apostle [5 PL, 72pts]: Benediction of Darkness, Mark of Tzeentch, Mutating Invocation

+ Troops +

Chaos Cultists [9 PL, 120pts]: Mark of Slaanesh
. 29x Chaos Cultist w/ Autogun
. Cultist Champion: Autogun

Chaos Space Marines [4 PL, 80pts]: Mark of Slaanesh
. Aspiring Champion: Boltgun, Chainsword
. 3x Marine w/ Boltgun
. Marine w/ Heavy or Special Weapon: Lascannon

Chaos Space Marines [4 PL, 80pts]: Mark of Slaanesh
. Aspiring Champion: Boltgun, Chainsword
. 3x Marine w/ Boltgun
. Marine w/ Heavy or Special Weapon: Lascannon

+ Elites +

Dark Disciples - Use entry from "No Force Org Slot"

Hellforged Contemptor Dreadnought [10 PL, 138pts]: 2x Butcher cannon, Mark of Slaanesh

+ Fast Attack +

Bikers [11 PL, 209pts]: Mark of Slaanesh
. Biker: Chainsword, Combi-bolter
. Biker: Chainsword, Combi-bolter
. Biker: Chainsword, Combi-bolter
. Biker: Chainsword, Combi-bolter
. Biker: Chainsword, Combi-bolter
. Biker: Chainsword, Combi-bolter
. Biker: Chainsword, Combi-bolter
. Biker: Chainsword, Combi-bolter
. Biker Champion: Combi-bolter, Combi-bolter

Raptors [9 PL, 203pts]: Icon of Excess, Mark of Slaanesh
. 7x Raptor
. Raptor Champion: Chainsword, Combi-melta
. Raptor w/ special weapon: Meltagun
. Raptor w/ special weapon: Meltagun

Warp Talons [12 PL, 190pts]: Mark of Khorne
. 9x Warp Talon: 9x Lightning Claw (pair)
. Warp Talon Champion: Lightning Claw (pair)

+ Flyer +

Heldrake [9 PL, 140pts]: Baleflamer, Mark of Slaanesh

++ Total: [88 PL, 7CP, 1,500pts] ++

So the idea for the cogs in the force should hopefully work as follows:

Bikers with MoS turbo boost up the board with the potential to VoTLW and EC (pricey but will annihilate hordes). I'd have my Daemon Prince following (eager to get into the enemy lines) using the Bikers to shield him and popping delightful agonies on them for a 5+ FNP and potentially have them next to my Dark Apostle for the -1 to hit buff before they move out, making them a tough unit to shift.

My troops are working as objective campers with the Dark Apostle baby sitting my cultists amongst the Contemptor providing back line support and added leadership debuffs with the butcher cannons.

My Heldrake is there so if I get first turn he flies straight in and pops off the Strat that shuts down buffs which should really hurt armies like Marines. Also works fine to just tap a heavy hitter then proceed to die..

Then my main guys being the Warp Talons/Raptors/Jump Pack Lord drop in and go for Alpha targets. All drop down and Host Raptoral Warlord Trait makes it a safe charge with the +2, if it's something like a castle or Tau Gunline I can always use the 3D6 charge strat to get a solid charge and shut down all overwatch. Raptors shall follow in charging once all the melta's been fired along with the lord. Pop off the no fallback strat and be a nuisance for units like Ultramarines or riptides/repulsors etc. At this point i've probably used every strat I've got but hopefully be worth it.

Leadership debuffs going off will really be a problem as you're only allowed a single Battalion so auto passing CP is hard pill to swallow.

Probably the most fun list I've ever made. What are your thoughts all?

Looks like a decent list with not making too many compromises for the highlander format.

I'd maybe switch out delightful agonies for warptime. Can be powerful on daemon prince and get bikes or jumpack units loads of movement.

I took the same Lord and warptalon bomb to a local tournament recently and they were amazing.

Combi plas Terminators/Raptors also work really well with night lords, the prey on the weak strat is pretty great for overcharging.

 small_gods wrote:
Looks like a decent list with not making too many compromises for the highlander format.

I'd maybe switch out delightful agonies for warptime. Can be powerful on daemon prince and get bikes or jumpack units loads of movement.

I took the same Lord and warptalon bomb to a local tournament recently and they were amazing.

Combi plas Terminators/Raptors also work really well with night lords, the prey on the weak strat is pretty great for overcharging.

Yeah would love to have done a Terminator Combi Plasma bomb instead of the Bikes, but sadly can't have too many reserves obviously. Definitely will be something I dabble in the future though!

Glad to hear that the Warp Talons have improved! Guess the +1 attack and points drop has really done the job.

Warptime is a good shout also. Will defo help apply the max pressure which is what the list is all about.