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Hey guys.

I field a good amount of Bloodreavers and use a Bloodsecrator (who wouldn't). But I'm wandering which is better for a shield wall to march infront of my reavers: Blood Warriors or Chaos Warriors?

I'm thinking that some Khorne marked Chaos Warriors with halberds and shields could be very good defence for my Bloodreavers. With the 2" range, they can attack over each other and get a lot more attacks than usual. With the bloodsecrator nearby they'd be getting heaps. With my General giving them +1 to hit within 10" (warlord trait against Order or even the other one that makes their +1 to hit go off on a 5 could be good if I'm not fighting Order), they'd be getting the to hit of the normal weapons.
At this point they're getting decent to hit, extra attacks, able to get more in to attack with the 2" range; they seem pretty swish bang. To top it off they'd have 5+ saves against mortal wounds.
Blood Warriors also seem pretty sweet, getting attacks off when they die and the goreglaive is pretty fun and they'd be getting the extra attacks from the secrator all the same, but the halberds and mortal wound shields seem too good to pass up.
Whichever I'd use, I'd be using them to march in front of my Bloodreavers to act as a shield and can soften up the enemy before the reavers run past and obliterate what's left. I have enough space in the army for 10 of each or 20 of one. Which do you guys think would work better for what I want to use them for?

Secondly: Skullcrushers or Chaos Knights?
I'm looking for a good flanking unit that can destroy units quickly and can withstand a fair amount of punishment too. I liked the sound of the Chaos Knights at first, but looking at the Skullcrushers made me think. They have the same number of wounds but would be a lot easier to get all of them in melee as you only have to fit 3 bases in instead of 5. They also have persistent rend weapons which seem nice and the 4+ for mortal wounds on the charge. The down side is they're slower and when one goes down that's a third of your dmg gone with 1 dude.
I've currently got 3 lots of 3 Skullcrushers in my list, but perhaps I should swap them out for some Knights, or have both?

I'm interested to see what your opinions are

Edit: I just realised this should probably be under the Rules questions and tactics forum for AoS (I'm not smart)