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I would like to say that I am a very new player to WHFB so I am trying my best to create a competitive list that can win me a couple of games for an upcoming LFGS tournament. I can use any and all criticism or help. I also require this help very badly haha.

2500 points Daemons

Lords:

Lord of change Tz Lvl 4 rolling on Tz with exalted reward (Eternal blade),
and lesser reward (always strikes first sword), flying

Heroes:

Herald of Nurgle Nurgle Lvl 1 rolling on Nurgle,
BSB Banner of swiftness (possibly switching for +1 Leadership?), Regen Locus

Herald of Tz Lvl 2 rolling metal

Herald of Tz Lvl 2 rolling metal

Core:

10x Tz Horrors, Standard bearer, lvl 1 roll on tz

10x Tz Horrors, Standard bearer, lvl 1 roll on tz

30x Plaguebearers of Nurgle, Full Command

Special:

4x Beast of Nurgle

5x Chaos Fury with Khorne mark added (had the points but not sure if worth), flying

5x Chaos Fury with Khorne mark added (same), flying

3x Screamers of Tz, flying

3x Screamers of Tz, flying

Rare:

1x Skull Cannon of Khorne


I do not have another Cannon of khorne unfortunately but I do have more of almost everything else (no seekers/fiends/rot flies). I also have 3 soul grinders, 5x DP, all greater daemon and lesser daemons etc.

Plan here is to use 6 rolls 5 tz rerolling 1s on channeling and hope to fly up to flank or get behind troops for panic/break combos. Eternal beatstick bird can challenge most things and burninate others. With 6 rolls on Tz I hope to get Infernal Gateway on Horrors which seems to be extremely probable but not definate.

My only problem is that my lord of change always gets killed by archers and poisoned blow pipe skinks etc. Any strategies against this are welcome.

Only change I'd make is split the Beasts into two solos and a unit of two.

Other than that, it's the min-max list.

So if I split the beasts unit what do I do with them? I'm not sure how to use single and dual beast units.

Also does anyone have advice for the screamers of tz on how to use those?

Pbakes wrote:
So if I split the beasts unit what do I do with them? I'm not sure how to use single and dual beast units.

Also does anyone have advice for the screamers of tz on how to use those?

Solo beasts are chaff. They run in front of units at obnoxious angles and hold them up, or charge alongside your chicken to take the inevitable challenge.

Ok so if I do the solo beasts should I drop one or two if the furies?

Pbakes wrote:
Ok so if I do the solo beasts should I drop one or two if the furies?

No. Furies are deployment and movement control units. If you can dictate the movement phase, you control the game.

I would swap Furies to have mark of Tzeentch, suddenly having ld9 means you wont auto lose against other chaff, with fear and 5+ ward RR 1's is a good bonus, yes they are t3 but str4 is better then most daemon cheap units!.

Oh wow you are so right and my lord of change gives 18 inch large target LD 9. Haha that is huge!!

I know that you probably think this is simple advice but for someone that is new this is going to change my army for the better thank you both very much for the advice.

I would give the PB unit the banner of Swiftness not the BSB. That way the unit still benefits from it even if he dies. Speaking of which, I would give your Nurgle Herald a greater gift and default to the fencers blades. WS 10 -1 to be hit (since he's nurgle) means anything WS 4 and below hits him on 6s and everything else hits him on 5s. Makes him pretty durable.