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So I am looking to add some CSM firepower to my Daemon army to make it more competative. I've used the blob of horrors then turn 2 deep strike bloodletters and skulltaker to good effect before. It's pretty effective at clearing a screen but then soon gets shot to pieces.

The plan is to keep the whole CSM force back from the frontlines and use it to smash heavier targets.

1) Does this list look viable
2) Is Alpha legion the way to go?
3) Who should be my warlord and what traits would have good synergy?

Any help is appreciated, thanks in advance.

++ Battalion Detachment +5CP (Chaos - Daemons) [57 PL, 1046pts] ++


Chaos Allegiance: Chaos Undivided

+ HQ +

Be'lakor [14 PL, 280pts]: Death Hex, Infernal Gaze

Fateskimmer [8 PL, 150pts]: Flickering Flames, Gaze of Fate

Skulltaker [5 PL, 84pts]

+ Troops +

Bloodletters [12 PL, 228pts]: 28x Bloodletter, Bloodreaper, Daemonic Icon, Instrument of Chaos

Horrors [12 PL, 196pts]: 28x Pink Horror

Nurglings [3 PL, 54pts]: 3x Nurgling Swarms

Nurglings [3 PL, 54pts]: 3x Nurgling Swarms

++ Spearhead Detachment +1CP (Chaos - Chaos Space Marines) [49 PL, 952pts] ++

+ No Force Org Slot +

Legion: Alpha Legion

+ HQ +

Chaos Lord [5 PL, 89pts]: Chainsword, Combi-plasma

Warpsmith [5 PL, 91pts]: Combi-plasma, Flamer, Meltagun, Power axe

+ Heavy Support +

Chaos Land Raider [19 PL, 382pts]: Combi-plasma, Havoc launcher, Twin heavy bolter, 2x Twin lascannon

Obliterators [10 PL, 195pts]: No Chaos Mark, 3x Obliterator

Obliterators [10 PL, 195pts]: No Chaos Mark, 3x Obliterator

[b]++ Total: [106 PL, 1998pts]

Drop the warpsmith for chaos jump pack sorcerer. He gives the slaanesh obliter prescience and agonies. Plus then give the VotLW. I would take a Khorne prince with skullreaver instead of belakor. 100 less points and is an absolute beast. Also what are you going to put in front to draw fire. You could get two defilers for the land raider and lead the prince up the board

Thanks for the feedback. I take your point that a sorcerer could get a lot more work done than a warp smith and having delightful agonies would be more useful than healing a vehicle, especially if the land raider got sniped early.
I was going to try and use the horrors putting out an ungodly amount of s4 shots out to draw fire as well as nurglings sat on objectives. Do you think that it needs something tougher?
I like Be'Lakor's flexibility in this list he can buff oblitorators, letters, horrors and nurglings. I do have a Khorne DP that could stand in nicely. He could replace the skulltaker..?
Finally where do i find veteran of the long war? Is it a warlord trait? I can't find it on battlescribe, and only have daemon codex and chaos index.
Cheers for the help