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Ok so I made two lists for an upcoming tournament but I don't know of which one to choose,

List 1:

H.Q

Chaos Lord:
Mark of Khorne
Jump Pack
Meltabombs
Sigil of corruption
Axe of blind fury
Plasma pistol
VoTLW
175pts

Troops:

(20) Cultists:
(19) Autoguns
Shotgun
111pts

(20) Cultists:
(19) Autoguns
Shotgun
111pts

(10) Chaos Space Marines:
(2) Plasma Guns
(10) VoTLW
Champ:
Lightning claw
Meltabombs
200pts

(10) Chaos Space Marines:
(2) Plasma Guns
(10) VoTLW
Champ:
Lightning claw
Meltabombs
200pts

Fast attack

Helldrake:170
Baleflamer

Helldrake:170
Baleflamer

(5) Warp Talons
(5) VoTLW
175pts

Allies:

H.Q

Lord Commissar:
Power Weapon
Carapace armour
Meltabombs
95pts

Troops

(10) Vets
(3) Meltaguns
(6) Shotguns
Grenadier doctrine
130pts

Fast attack

Vendetta: 130

Heavy support

(2) Basilisk squadron
(1) Heavy flamer
(2) enclosed crew
280pts

Fortification

ADL + Comms relay
70pts

Total:1917pts



List 2:

H.Q

Daemon prince:
Daemon of Nurgle
Wings
Power armour
220pts

Troops:

(20) Cultists:
(19) Autoguns
Shotgun
111pts

(20) Cultists:
(19) Autoguns
Shotgun
111pts

(10) Chaos Space Marines:
(2) Plasma Guns
(10) VoTLW
Champ:
Lightning claw
Meltabombs
200pts

(10) Chaos Space Marines:
(2) Plasma Guns
(10) VoTLW
Champ:
Lightning claw
Meltabombs
200pts

Fast attack

Helldrake:170
Baleflamer

Helldrake:170
Baleflamer

(3) Chaos Bikers
(3) Mark of Nurgle
(1) Meltagun
(1) Meltabombs
106pts

Allies:

H.Q

Lord Commissar:
Power Weapon
Carapace armour
Meltabombs
95pts

Troops

(10) Vets
(3) Meltaguns
(6) Shotguns
Grenadier doctrine
130pts

Fast attack

Vendetta: 130

Heavy support

(2) Basilisk squadron
(1) Heavy flamer
(2) enclosed crew
280pts

Fortification

ADL + Comms relay
70pts

1991pts



The Idea is to have a solid force for an upcoming tourney that also contains units I really do like whilst trying as much WYSIWYG as possible.

So which list do you think is better? please comment below your opinion.

Cheers to all comments

Ok, if you're taking IG allies don't bother with cultists, Infantry Platoons will give you much more bang for your buck. Also never bother with shotguns on cultists but always take flamers (cultist flamers do the exact same hurt as CSM flamers but can be much more handy). Warp Talons aren't really cost-effective, if you want a bodyguard for your Khorne Lord consider a larger unit of Raptors. Finally I don't see those veterans surviving, consider swapping them for an Infantry platoon and a squad of bikers with 2 melta guns.

I don't have a large squad of Raptors unfortunately, and whilst I do have the Mantics infantry I don't know if that would be enough.

I chose the shotguns purely for WYSIWYG, as I know my tourney is usually strict on these type of things.

The point was to make the allies cheap to fit in the stuff I wanted, hence why I chose the vets, the infantry platoon for me is too expensive for a diddly gunline, whilst the vets where a rapid for mobile Objective taker inside the vendetta.

However I did misread the Bikers and did not realise they could have up to 2 Meltaguns in a unit of 3, so thanks for that

Do you already have 40 cultists? If you did not then guardsmen would have been ten times better.

A typical csm+ig list would max out on those spicy turkeys and vendettas. Have you ever faught 3 baledrakes n a squadron or 2 of vendettas?

I only own one Vendetta and one Helldrake, I am thinking on making the switcheroo with the Cultsists becoming the IG blob though, but I don't know how many squads should be in my platoon..