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Hello

First sorry for my bad englisch. Im from Germany and yeah only school english.

I started warhammer 40k 1 Month ago with the DV set and played a few games (4-5 games with friend one is an ork player the other Space Marines). Now i want to go 1 step further with my army. My first goal is a 1000 Point Army of Slaaneh or Nurgle. I have a few ideas but i want to buy the right units and dont waste money for unnecessary units i dont need. I have only the DV Troops right now. So please help a new player.

First i list is a slaanesh list:Chaos Space Marines

---------- HQ (1) ----------

Chaos Lord (170 points)
- Warlord
- Mark of Slaanesh
- Power Armour
- Meltabombs
- Sigil of Corruption
- Steed of Slaanesh
- Melee Weapon
--- Lightning Claw
- Melee Weapon
--- Powerfist


---------- Troops (4) ----------

5x Noise Marines (184 points)
- 3x Sonic Blaster
- Blastmaster
- Icon of Excess
- Noise Champion
--- Bolt Pistol
--- Close Combat Weapon
--- Boltgun
--- Meltabombs
--- Doom Siren

5x Noise Marines (154 points)
- 3x Sonic Blaster
- Blastmaster
- Noise Champion
--- Bolt Pistol
--- Close Combat Weapon
--- Boltgun
--- Meltabombs
--- Doom Siren

10x Chaos Cultists (50 points)
- 9x Autopistol
- Cultist Champion


10x Chaos Cultists (50 points)
- 9x Autopistol
- Cultist Champion



---------- Fast Attack (2) ----------

3x Chaos Bikers (106 points)
- Mark of Slaanesh
- 2x Plasmagun
- Champion
--- Bolt Pistol
--- Close Combat Weapon

Heldrake (170 points)
- Bale Flamer


---------- Heavy Support (1) ----------

Chaos Predator (115 points)
- Autocannon
- Lascannon Sponsons


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999 points


And my next list is the Nurgle list:
---------- HQ (1) ----------

Chaos Lord (215 points)
- Warlord
- Mark of Nurgle
- Power Armour
- Meltabombs
- Blight Grenades
- Chaos Bike
- Sigil of Corruption
- Gift of Mutation
- Melee Weapon
--- Powerfist
- Chaos Artefact
--- The Black Mace


---------- Troops (4) ----------

10x Chaos Cultists (50 points)
- 9x Autopistol
- Cultist Champion


10x Chaos Cultists (55 points)
- 8x Autopistol
- Flamer
- Cultist Champion


6x Plague Marines (204 points)
- 2x Plasmagun
- Plague Champion
--- Plague Knife
--- Boltgun
--- Meltabombs
--- Melee Weapon
----- Powerfist

6x Plague Marines (194 points)
- 2x Meltagun
- Plague Champion
--- Plague Knife
--- Boltgun
--- Meltabombs
--- Melee Weapon
----- Powerfist


---------- Fast Attack (2) ----------

Heldrake (170 points)
- Bale Flamer

3x Chaos Spawn (108 points)
- Mark of Nurgle


______________________________________________
996 points

Im not a pro and quite new to Chaos myself but most of it seems good. I too play Nurgle and Slaanesh and like the lists. However I agree with the general idea that the Black Mace is only worth putting on a Daemon Prince unless youre positive of fighting a swarm army with bad Saves. So if your area has Tyranid/Ork/Imperial Guard hordes it could be worth it.

But if you dont at AP 4 the Mace wont stick wounds to power armor troops reliably enough. Even if you still want to take the Mace there isnt a big enough advantage to having it and the Power Fist on the Nurgle Lord unless youre totally set on having him punch tanks in the face. Which is pretty cool sounding so if thats your idea maybe drop the mace and give Nurgly a Lightening Claw? That gives you the generalist setup thats strong in any situation like your Slaanesh Lord.

People are going to decry your mixing Sonic Blasters and Blastmasters in the same unit of Noise Marines by the way. The internet frowns on mixed weapons and ranges in the same unit. Im not 100% sure I agree but hey, Im a newbie.