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O.K. so I have been looking at building a Heavy Cavalry army. I have always been interested in putting together an army list with mostly cavalry and now that there are more WoC units on mounts I really feel that this is a very viable option so here is my army list idea and tell me what you think:
Lord: Sorcerer Lord lvl 4; MoN- Deamonic Steed

Heroes: Champion of Nurgle on Deamonic Steed
- Festus

Warriors- MoN, Halberd/shield
Warriors- MoT, Sword/Shield

Knights- MoN, Ensorcelled Weapons
Knights- MoN, Ensorcelled Weapons
Ogres- MoN, GW

BloodCrushers of Khorne- Banner of Rage

Now I know I haven't applied any points value as I do not have a book in front of me but what is the viability of this working. I am also looking at running some Dragon Ogres and possibly a Chaos Warshrine. Comments and Critiques are welcome.

I haven't played enough fantasy to know if it'll work but if you plan on going all heavy cavalry I'd say fill your core with chaos chariots so that there are only horses and pain in your army

You're going to have trouble fitting the Ogres in at a smaller points level. Knights are expensive. Two units of 5 knights with EWs and Mon with no commando is 450pts.

If you really want an all-cavalry army, as said above, consider taking some chariots in your core. You could also consider some Marauder Horsement in that. They're weak for their points, but if you take MoT with them and give them shields and javelins, they're quick enough you won't get into combats you don't want to be in while you can still threaten flank/rear charges or war machines while tossing spears into any lone models hiding in the back or small units where a single loss can be devastating. Or also warhounds are great for cheap dummy deployments and war machine hunting or cheaply redirecting big units.

Seconded. Chaos Knights and SC's are good. They rarely have any ranks but they are as killy as it gets. Then use your core allotment for Marauder horse and dogs as bait and chaff and diverters. Marauder horse are also nice simply because they give you something to do in the shooting phase. Hellstriders could then round out the list. If taken in big enough units, both light cavalry options can also flank stuff. Don't attack multi-attack models with them but even that horde of White Lions isn't going to hurt much in the flank.

It's not heavy cavalry but neither are Ogres or Warriors.

 Mike der Ritter wrote:
Hellstriders could then round out the list.

He's already going to be running high on points trying to take a bunch of knights. If he wants to take two units of knights, he's going to at least a SB and muso in both, and he'll probably want the champion, too. Now we're looking at minimum 2500 point list. To take a unit of five hellstriders is going to put this at needing at least a 3,000 point list.

Let's go go for 2500 points and do an all cavalry list.

Sorcerer Lord on Chaos Steed
MoN, Lvl 4 (Lore of Death)
Enchanted Shield, Chaos Familiar, Ironcurse Mark, Talisman of Endurance
369

Exalted Hero on Chaos Steed
MoN, BSB
Scaled Skin, Glittering Scales, Charmed Shield, Talisman of Protection
226

Chariot
MoT
120

Chariot
MoT
120

Chariot
MoT
120

Chariot
MoT
120

Marauder Horsemen x6
MoT, Shields, Flails, Javelins
120

Marauder Horsemen x6
MoT, Shields, Flails, Javelins
120

Warhounds x6
Vanguard
48

Warhounds x6
Vanguard
48

Knights x5
MoN, EW's, FC, War Banner
290

Knights x5
MoN, EW's, FC, Lichborne Pennant
270

Skullcrushers of Khorne x3
EW's, FC
264

Skullcrushers of Khorne x3
EW's, FC
264

Total
2499

Now we're looking at a list that will survive long enough to make it to close combat and then trash things once they get there. Everything is either cavalry, fast cavalry, monstrous cavalry, or war beast. You'll worry about anything with flaming attacks (beware dwarfs), but you'll wreck stuff.
Horsemen and warhounds are in groups of 6 because it's the most you can put into a war machine at once, and war machines are going to be your biggest enemy. The BSB is a nifty little trick that gives him 1+/6+ and -2 to be hit in combat and ignores the first hit against him. In other words, nothing is going to hurt him. The sorcerer lord is 1+/5+ at -1 to be hit in close combat. Stick one in one unit of knights and one in the other. Do challenges with the champions instead, as you want to avoid them fighting the big nasties if possible. Remember that if you get Purple Sun (and you should since you get 5/6 spells), you can drop it in combat on whatever you're in combat with.

Wow very cool thanks for the input. I just thought this would be fun way to run a Warriors of Chaos army. I am still trying to readjust my army lists since the new relaunch and with the coming of so many mounted units this makes so many more build options.

 PinkSpaceHippy wrote:

He's already going to be running high on points trying to take a bunch of knights. If he wants to take two units of knights, he's going to at least a SB and muso in both, and he'll probably want the champion, too. Now we're looking at minimum 2500 point list. To take a unit of five hellstriders is going to put this at needing at least a 3,000 point list.

You're jumping to conclusions. Perhaps he usually plays 5k games? Even so,

1) a "bunch of knights" doesn't require those point levels. I've run 10 at 1k.
2) He can round it out with Hellstriders who are cavalry compared to chariors and hit harder than Marauder horse instead of overspending a couple hundred points on core if he likes.
3) He doesn't need 2*6 expensive dogs should he need the points.
4) 600 points spent on knights leaves plenty of points for Hellstriders at 2,500 points. Heck, it leaves 400 points in 2k.

Unless HS are rare, which I don't remember. In that case, I take it all back.

No HS are special units like Knights and dragon ogres. I actually didn't think of running chariots and would probably only run a couple of them but will definitely be looking into running more Horseman as they are good core units. Of course haven't used the new army book to see how they will play out with the new rules and all but in the old book they weren't bad for causing all sorts of issues behind the lines equipped with shield/spear and javelin

What about using dragon ogres as an option

 Mike der Ritter wrote:

 PinkSpaceHippy wrote:

He's already going to be running high on points trying to take a bunch of knights. If he wants to take two units of knights, he's going to at least a SB and muso in both, and he'll probably want the champion, too. Now we're looking at minimum 2500 point list. To take a unit of five hellstriders is going to put this at needing at least a 3,000 point list.

You're jumping to conclusions. Perhaps he usually plays 5k games? Even so,

1) a "bunch of knights" doesn't require those point levels. I've run 10 at 1k.
2) He can round it out with Hellstriders who are cavalry compared to chariors and hit harder than Marauder horse instead of overspending a couple hundred points on core if he likes.
3) He doesn't need 2*6 expensive dogs should he need the points.
4) 600 points spent on knights leaves plenty of points for Hellstriders at 2,500 points. Heck, it leaves 400 points in 2k.

Unless HS are rare, which I don't remember. In that case, I take it all back.

Was thinking special was 25% as well. Still, it would be ill-advised to put all of your points into so little. Sure, they're tough, but 10 knights at 1000 pts means my 90 point cannons and 45 point bolt throwers are going to have field days. Even at medium-sized games, you don't want to take 20 knights. That's just getting silly.

The "expensive dogs" are actually very useful, and a LOT of WoC players run them. Granted, it is spending an extra 24 points on vanguard, but it was down to those or something else that would be dumb (well, maybe give the marauder horsemen units a standard bearer). The vanguard itself has uses, but dogs are taken for many reasons:

Can be used to screen the Skullcrushers from making charges you don't want to make in case you fail Ld (you can use Vanguard to get in front of them before game and you also don't HAVE to take the full 12").
Units of 6 means a full party for attacking war machines in close combat, a good use for them.
Having vanguard means you can start the game with four units halfway across the board, not just two. The marauder horsemen are less exposed and can be blocked from getting charged this way. I'd rather lose first turn and have the hounds get charged off the get go than the marauders.
The biggest reason many WoC players take small units of dogs: Warhounds are great dummy deployments. Regardless of who deploys first, your opponent will be making at least two drops before they get to see one meaningful, important drop from your side. Who is really going to care where you drop a unit that isn't even worth 50 points when they're deploying? I'm certainly not, regardless of if I'm playing my WoC or my dwarfs.