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Not including special characters or daemon princes what HQ's are people running? Recently I've been using

Chaos Lord
Lightning Claw
Sigil of Corruption
Mark of Slaanesh
Steed of Slaanesh
VotLW

Chaos Sorceror
Sigil of Corruption
Mark of Nurgle
+2 Mastery Levels
Blight Grenades
VotLW

Khorne Lord
Axe of Blind Fury, Juggernaut, Sigil O' Corruption, VotlW.

9-13 str6, ap2, WS5, i5 attacks on the charge with rerolls to hit vs. 50% of the armies in the game. 4+ invuln 4wounds comes in at about 185 points

Don't you lose an attack (or not gain one) when using one lightning claw? Does that mathammer better than a power sword?

Evil Lamp 6 wrote:CSM Lord, Plasma Pistol, Sigil of Corruption, Axe of Blind Fury, MoK for 150. Points depending, I may also take Gift of Mutation.

Tiarna Fuilteach wrote:
Not including special characters or daemon princes what HQ's are people running? Recently I've been using

Chaos Lord
Lightning Claw
Sigil of Corruption
Mark of Slaanesh
Steed of Slaanesh
VotLW

If you're only going to take 1 lightning claw, why not give him a combi-weapon of some type since you're losing the +1 attack that a sword would give anyway?

Sorcerer Lvl 3, aura of dark glory, and burning brand.

All rolls on biomancy to try and get Enfeeble and Endurance. Usually works very well since I run 15 man squads.

Claw & fist lord. Sometimes in terminator armor and sometimes in PA with sigil. Simple and cheap.

Slaneesh lord sigil Lclaw Pfist
and
Sorcerer 3 mastery sigil all rolls on biomancy

 Brymm wrote:
Don't you lose an attack (or not gain one) when using one lightning claw? Does that mathammer better than a power sword?

a lightning claw is equal to or better than a powersword so long as you have 2 attacks and are fighting T equal to your strength.

so for a chaos lord having 4 attacks and str4 if you are going after Meq the claw is much better

The lords I use on my lists the most are:

Nurgle Termie Lord - Blight grenades, Lightning Claw, Chainfist, VotLW (Gift of Mutation if I i have the extra points)

Nurgle Lord - Jump pack, Sigil of corruption, blight grenades, Lightning Claw, Power Fist, VotLW

Khorne Lord - Jugger, Axe of blind fury, Sigil of Corruption, Gift of Mutation, VotLW

Abaddon


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 Exergy wrote:

 Brymm wrote:
Don't you lose an attack (or not gain one) when using one lightning claw? Does that mathammer better than a power sword?

a lightning claw is equal to or better than a powersword so long as you have 2 attacks and are fighting T equal to your strength.

so for a chaos lord having 4 attacks and str4 if you are going after Meq the claw is much better

Actually against MEQ the LC and the sword are exactly the same, as you fight lower T models the sword is slightly better, as you fight higher T the LC gets better

Slaanesh Lord: Terminator Armour, the Murder Sword, Mark of Slaanesh, Combi-flamer, Veteran of the Long War

Slaanesh Sorceror: Terminator Armour, Psyker Level 3, Force Axe+Power Sword, Sigil of Corruption, Mark of Slaanesh

Tzeentch Lord: Terminator Armour, Burning Brand of Skalathrax, Power Sword, Sigil of Corruption, Mark of Tzeentch

Tzeentch Sorceror: Terminator Armour, Force Stave+Combi-bolter (to be re-modeled to Force axe+Power sword), Spell Familiar, Lvl 3 Psyker Mark of Tzeentch

Undivided Lord: Terminator Armour, the Black Mace, Combi-melta, Veteran of the Long War,

Nurgle Lord: Terminator Armour, Lightning Claw+Chainfist, Ichor blood, Blight Grenades, Sigil of Corruption, Veteran of the Long War

Nurgle Dark Apostle: Mark of Nurgle, Power Armour, Power Maul, Gift of Mutation, Ichor Blood

 kronk wrote:

Tiarna Fuilteach wrote:
Not including special characters or daemon princes what HQ's are people running? Recently I've been using

Chaos Lord
Lightning Claw
Sigil of Corruption
Mark of Slaanesh
Steed of Slaanesh
VotLW

If you're only going to take 1 lightning claw, why not give him a combi-weapon of some type since you're losing the +1 attack that a sword would give anyway?

Or the Burning Brand.

 Lord Yayula wrote:

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 Exergy wrote:

 Brymm wrote:
Don't you lose an attack (or not gain one) when using one lightning claw? Does that mathammer better than a power sword?

a lightning claw is equal to or better than a powersword so long as you have 2 attacks and are fighting T equal to your strength.

so for a chaos lord having 4 attacks and str4 if you are going after Meq the claw is much better

Actually against MEQ the LC and the sword are exactly the same, as you fight lower T models the sword is slightly better, as you fight higher T the LC gets better

I mentioned that it is EQUAL TO OR BETTER. The more attacks you have, the better the claw becomes. a 2 attack champion gets better when he charges, but worse when standing still next to a maulerfiend(-1 attack)


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I am running a slanesh or unmarked lord on a bike with LC, PF, burning brand(replace the bikes bolter) and sigil of corruption.

I am not sure if 15 points is worth the +1 init with the claw that also prevents him from joining non slanesh units(he starts in a big block of slanesh FNP bikes.)

Unmarked lvl 3 Sorc with terminator armor with power axe.

Tzeench Sorc with bike, power axe, sigil(3++), scrolls of magus(6s to wound).. lvl2 or 3.

In friendly games I really like to run a warpsmith or a DA, but they just arent that good normally to take.

If i take a DA, he starts the game with my lord and champion in another unit all with boons of mutation and then jumps into a unit of CC cultists the first turn.

It's really too bad you can't put the warpsmith on a bike, a BS5 meltagun and a khorne axe that can peel off would be great.

Hard to fit nice things into a rhino, and those are still my fave unless you've got a dork ensuring infiltrate.

Yea typhus is making me want to get a storm eagle more so than I already wanted one. Just got to wait and see if tourneys start allowing forgeworld. Also why I want to run huron, since he can go in a rhino.


I have been trying

Sorcerer
level 3
nurgle
blight grenades(throw him in a unit of zombies)
force ax
Sorcerer familiar(I face a lot of eldar)

I want to try
Daemon Prince of Nurgle
Black Mace
Wings

...but I am waiting for the mortarian model to come out so I can use that.

I love my nurgle biker lord
Nurgle Bike Lord
Aura
Power Fist
BurningBrand
BlightGrenades

and i run him with nurgle bikes all t6 goodness! with 2 meltaguns makes armor and marines go SQUISH!