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So, I haven’t had a chance to pick up the GHB2018 yet, but I’ll be getting a digital copy shortly. I just wanted to know...did Slaanesh make out better than the 2017 book, while they wait for their battletome? If any links went up for their traits/artifacts/points that were available for share, could links be posted so I could take a quick gander before I get a chance to snag the book? Just legal links made available already; not looking for pirated stuff.
I’m wanting to run two KoSs, two Daemon Princes, two exalted Chariots, hellstriders, hellflayers and daemonettes to round it all out at 2k.

Id say far better then they were.

1. They can now summon
2. 3 "Hosts" to choose from. Pretenders, Seekers, Invaders. Id think of them like SM chapters with special rules but very lite. Not like the new stormcast hosts that have 3-4 abilities.
3. 6 Command Traits 6 Artifacts of power

So lots better id think. I don't know what may have gone up or down with the points or what changed with the command abilities. They are way more playable ill say that, enough that if someone was to start them now, by the fall time (rumor to release ) they will be golden

The summoning points seem a bit harder than I thought they would be,
you have to do damage to a model with more than 1 wound,
the last wound that "kills" a model doesn't earn you a point
(so 1 wound models are pointless! )

The three battle traits look the same as in GHB2017

Command Traits and Artifacts look about the same
(already have the GHB2017 put away)

Keeper of Secrets went down a little (to260)
others are the same points

I'm planning to run a warband of them in our Local escalation League
(and add in some Slaves to Darkness Chaos Warriors,
was just shown that as they have a mark of chaos you can run them with Hosts of Slaanesh)

So the costs are the same except the KoS is down 20 points, and just adds in the summoning bonus? That’s good, although the KoS REALLY needs his wounds boosted to 16 (he’s the only GD at W10 because of OMS; old model syndrome). If the other costs are the same, I’ll break out the GHB2017 and just modify his points. Thanks! I’ll still buy the book ASAP, but I can at least start list-crafting!

Slaanesh definitely moved up in my book. We were already a decent army to contend with striking at lower end tier 1 armies. The key was confusion for your enemies as you debuff them around all around with rerolls and -1 hit modifiers.

One of my new strats is going to be the ghur trinket for -1 hit +1" move with the -1 hit in combat and +1 hit/cast/debuff as traits with hellstriders as bodyguards to make the keeper a -3 to hit in combat.