2000 points... Daemon Army??

[darkrising]

40K Army: Chaos Daemons

Hey guys thought that I would start up a new army, and daemons seemed to appeal to me quite a bit Im well aware they arnt one of the most popular codices around but still

I know that this isnt a very optimal list, probably should cut back on the crushers, make the fiends smaller, trim back the princes, add plague bearers etc etc but this is why I am posting it :P

HQ
Herald of Tzeentch
- Chariot of Tzeentch
- We are Legion
- Master of Sorcery
- Bolt of Tzeentch

Herald of Tzeentch
- Chariot of Tzeentch
- We are Legion
- Master of Sorcery
- Bolt of Tzeentch

Elites
6 Bloodcrushers of Khorne
- Fury of Khorne
- Chaos Icon
- Instrument of Chaos

6 Bloodcrushers of Khorne
- Fury of Khorne
- Chaos Icon
- Instrument of Chaos

6 Fiends of Slaanesh 180 Points

Troops
10 Bloodletters of Khorne 190 Points
- Chaos Icon
- Instrument of Chaos

10 Pink Horrors of Tzeentch 185 Points
- The Changling
- Bolt of Tzeentch

5 Pink Horrors of Tzeentch
- Bolt of Tzeentch

5 Pink Horrors of Tzeentch
- Bolt of Tzeentch

Heavy Support
Daemon Prince of Chaos
- Daemonic Flight
- Iron Hide
- Mark of Tzeentch
- Bolt of Tzeentch

Daemon Prince of Chaos
- Daemonic Flight
- Iron Hide
- Mark of Tzeentch
- Bolt of Tzeentch

[Reivax26]

I am a Daemon player and I can tell you that this isn't a bad list at all. Looks kind of similar to a list that I took to my first tournament with Daemons. The only thing I would do different is drop the Bloodletters for 2 squads of 6 Plaguebearers. I love Bloodletters to death but they die way too easy for what they are designed to do. If they still had Iron Hide they would be epic but sadly they don't. The Tzeentch Princes don't need Flight by the way. Drop them in behind a tank, blow it up with a Bolt. The flight for Daemon Princes is way too pricey and hopefully will get fixed next year when they get their new dex. With the points you would get from replacing the Bloodletters and dropping Flight from the Princes you could have enough points for another Tzeentch Prince with Bolt or possibly more Heralds on Chariots. Also I am a huge fan of the Skulltaker on a Juggernaut but he's a personal favorite of mine lol

[darkrising]

Thanks for the reply!

Sounds pretty good to me, i was thinking about perhaps dropping the fiends or making them smaller. For some reason i thought they had rending but when i was reading over "rending claws" they dont actually have rending which is kind of disappointing

[Sami]

If building an all-comers list, you will probably end up facing a lot of Grey Knights. For this, you really want to get some Flesh Hounds in there for the massive invulnerable save against force weapons.

[darkrising]

Yeah probably should, though I didnt really worry about grey knights so much because theres no guys around here that play them surprisingly enough. Mainly just guard, marines and nids with the odd tau player here and there

[Reivax26]

Fiends don't have Rending? Since when is that true?

[darkrising]

My eyes had deceived me :P I didnt see that rending claws are a pair of "rending" close combat weapons so my mistake there

[OneMeanDuck]

So at 2k points our local daemon players runs fateweaver, 3 nurgle winged princes, sqaud of 6 crushers, and a bunch of msu troops. Does him extreamly well. Last tourny he found himself at top table last round with it.
One thing he has told me is daemons is hard to play since you not only have to outplay your opponent but u need just a little luck each game to pull it off.

But I have been curb stomped a few times by this list. Hope that helps. Flying nurlge princes are evil....

[purge the daemon]

Hey one mean duck at my GW there's a very similar 1850 list but the problem with if fateweaver dies or.flea you get screwed and. If you deepstrike out of.the reroll bubble you get a big problem.

He runs a thirster and 2 princes.( nurgle ) fateweaver 6 crushers 5 crushers and 4 units.of 5 plaguebearers and I think that's it.