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I've been playing daemons for a while now, couple years even. I recently just moved to a new location where they hold monthly free 1k tournaments. These tournaments get a lot of people showing up and it gets competitive, but everyone is still cool and there is a great community. Having said that, i have been doing these tournaments for 6-7 months now, and i've learned a couple things. The main thing I've learned that it is hard for daemons (maybe only me) to be competitive and TAC at low points level. I've won all my games some times, and that's good, but i end up having lost because I'm low on VPs. I think this is because i only have small numbers of scoring troops. So i end up winning, but it is not by as much as the person who is running green tide and has boatloads of scoring units that can still be useful. I'm not having too much trouble being competitive and TAC at higher levels, but 1k seems to give me a really tough time.

Now i'm starting to pick up CSM as allies to my daemons, and i have enough units to play 1k games solely by themselves. I have been looking at fielding CSM at these tournaments and i can't really put my finger down on a list/combination in the book that will be really useful at 1k (maybe it's just the codex). Now what I'm asking for is any combinations/lists/ideas that could be fun and competitive and be able to take on most every opponent and put up a good fight. As a heads up: No heldrakes. I've heard that they are beastly, but i don't have the model, and could not obtain it as easily as most other things in the codex. But yeah i'm here to discuss some great CSM/Daemon/Combination lists at 1k.

Here are a few ideas i have so far:

-Dark apostle with MoK/Axe of Blind Fury with lots of khorne CSM. Cheap, effective, scoring units that can pack a real punch. Maybe riding in a rhino or taking more than 10 and footslogging, Maybe even as allies to daemons

-Sorcerer buffing Daemon units giving them invisibility/blessings and providing helpful force multipliers. Stick him with an aegis and cultists and bada-bing-bada boom. Maybe even get 10 Khorne CSM in a rhino and throwing them up the field to wreak havoc while daemons are taking the enemies eye off of things.

-Maulerfiend? I feel like he would do well at low points level, as he is cheap and effective if you put him to good use.

-Definitely a squad of two nurgle oblits. I've even thought of sticking Abby in there as well and deep striking them into enemy territory. Not sure on taking the named characters all too much. They can be good but they get expensive. Typhus and zombies? Infiltrating Huron with Khorne CSM/Hordes of Cultists to deny movement?

-Pavane of Slaanesh/defiler/vindicator combo?

-I've even thought about a DP with Black Mace. Making him any good and you've shot near the 300 mark. Too expensive?


Like i have said, i have a lot more experience with Daemons, so I'm new to CSM and don't know what will work with what and if it will be good at low points level.
If you have any discussion/tactics/combinations that work well on the cheap let me know, I would love to hear what other people are running at 1k

Pure Daemons works just as well as they do at any points level and are insanely easy to build at 1k. You won't be able to fit in any real anti flier gear since that all comes on MCs of some description, so just build lists which completely smash everyones ground units and you will be fine.

1 Herald of Nurgle (with nothing, cheapest HQ that can join your scoring units and help keep them alive)
2 x 5 Plaguebearers
2 units of Flamers (~6 strong)
3 units of Screamers

That's it. Screamers and Flamers are both stupidly cheap for the damage they can put out, there is literally nothing they can't fight.

Except green tide, and tyranids with 1-2 tervigons. Both of which are plentiful at my FLGS.

I've tried it, but the list is just too unbalanced. Unbeatable against some things but limp against others. I do include at least one unit of both when i play solely daemons, but i don't max on them at 1k.