2000pt Khorneate List

[Rezzy]

UPDATE - I've put asteri next to what I currently have:
* - Own
** - Made/In progress
*** - Painted

Here is my list as posted on Tau Online - it's a WIP so any advice is welcome. My main opponent will be Vampire Counts, but I may also come across Orcs.

LORDS - 550pts Bloodthirster;** - Firestorm Blade - Obsidian Armour - Immortal Fury HEROES - 415pts Skulltaker;** - Hellblade - Cloak of Skulls Herald of Khorne;** - Juggernaught of Khorne (will be joining unit) - Firestorm Blade - Armour of Khorne - Battle Standard with Great Standard of Sundering Herald of Tzeench;** - Disk of Tzeench - Power Vortex CORE - 835pts 20 Bloodletters, FC, Skull Totem; ** 20 Bloodletters, FC; Skull Totem; ** 20 Bloodletters, FC, Icon of Endless War; ** SPECIAL - 250pts 5 Flesh Hounds;** Karank, Hound of Vengeance; RARE - 230pts 3 Bloodcrushers;**

2495 POINTS

How the list is supposed to work:

The Bloodthirster is my Vampire Hunter. He's nice and fast and can fly, so he can get to the enemy commander nice and quick. The Firestorm Blade should make it easier to damage Vampires and prevent them regenerating. Obsidian Armour should prevent any really nasty weapons from taking my Bloodthirster down. Immortal Fury should allow me to finish off targets faster.

Skulltaker is another character hunter, who will probably be sent after enemy heroes. The standard on the second Herald will allow me to severely stunt my opponents magic phase, hopefully reducing the rate at which he can regenerate his forces. Another Firestorm Blade is insurance against being charged by a Vampire or similar gribbly, and gives the Juggernaughts an extra punch. The Armour of Khorne should combine with his riding a Jugger and help him survive that bit longer.

The Tzeench Herald is there to disrupt my opponents battleplans. Hopefully I will be able to cast either Glean Magic of Gift of Chaos. Glean Magic could allow me to 'danse' my units across the battlefield in much the same way as the Vampire Count will be doing with his units. Gift of Chaos would be a nice counter to any force regeneration attempt he makes. The Disc will allow me to relovate the Herald to where his spells will have most effect.

The two larger units of Bloodletters will be running up behind my Bloodcrushers, their banners hopefully helping them to keep up the pace. The smaller unit will most likely reinforce the first Herald, or whichever flank looks like it needs bulking out.

The Bloodcrushers will probably be leading the way (Bloodthirster aside), used as a battering ram against the strongest units that get in the way. The second Herald will be in this unit, with a Firestorm Blade and Armour of Khorne.

The Fleshhounds and Karanak will run up a flank, ready to outflank any units that my Bloodcrushers/Bloodletters are having trouble with. Either that or they will hunt down the Corpse Cart and Necromancer that my opponent will have.

[Arguleon Veq]

It looks good to me. I would be tempted to have to units of 14 Bloodletters [7x2] and one of 12 [6x2] for maximum attacks. The 7x2 units will then get 7 Models in on 6 Wide units with 25mm bases. Even 5 wide if you hit them perfectly. You will no doubt lose 1 or 2 to magic so you would lose that first rank bonus from having 15 pretty easily and get less attacks when you get there.

The Great Standard of Sundering is a great choice, I would be slightly tempted by Obsidian Armour to ensure his survivale though.

[Rezzy]

Thanks for the tip man - always appreciated from the guy with one recorded loss. I will need those extra attacks to smash through his speed bump troops - no point fighting a war of attrition with Daemons against the undead is there?

I will consider the Obsidian Armour next time I pick up the army book.

[Arguleon Veq]

It's up to 3 now, High Elves womped my Orcs and Gobs a few times , lol. Got the BatReps in the BatRep board, managed to get my revenge of them though!

Yeah, the more kills the better against Undead, much more useful than static combat res against them.

[That formatting table is great!]

[maidenante]

I would say more Bloodletters (bigger units) with complete commands and some Icons. Bloodcrushers are good too, perfect heavy cavalry.

[Rezzy]

Updated. My friend and I were talking about getting our forces together soon. His is still illegal though, and so is mine until I get some more Bloodletters made!

[Deraj]

Nice list, think we could see pics of it sometime?

I must say though, the list seems a bit small for 2000 points, even with just a hero and a lord...

I like the fact that you're trying mono god though, how is it working out for you?

[Rezzy]

Sure thing Deraj, only the command 'letters are painted atm, and the Flesh Hounds/Bloodthirster are partially painted. Everything else is just made but not even undercoated yet!

The list is on the small side, mainly because of the Bloodthirster I think! It might also be because I've edited it a few times without the Army Book to hand so there may be a few spare points I've yet to use.

I've not played any games yet, but appearance and fluffwise I'm pretty happy with mono-god. I will probably be adding a single Tzeench model at one point though, to aid me in the magic phase. Most likely a Herald on a Disc of Tzeench or something.

[Arguleon Veq]

You do seem a little light on the numbers.

It doesnt really matter though as the Thirster and 2 units of Hounds are almost enough on their own to beat a lot of armies.

Its probably those Crushers taking up a lot of points, be careful with those as they are actually quite fragile for how many points they are.

What kind of list will the Vamp player be running? Be sure to take out his Thralls early.

EDIT - Yep you can have two Firestroms. I work out that you have 60 points left. Enough for 5 Furies, they look quite Khornate and can go hunt war machines that could threaten your thirster.

[Deraj]

Yeah, The thirster... Bloodthirsters were why I wanted to start daemons, but between not being able to find many old bloodletters, the absolute cheesiness of the daemon princes, and the horrid fluff, I just couldn't bring myself to do it.

Out of curiosity, can you have 2 firestorm blades?

[Rezzy]

Its probably those Crushers taking up a lot of points, be careful with those as they are actually quite fragile for how many points they are.

Yeah! I haven't written it here yet as I don't have the army book with me to work things out but one of the Bloodcrushers is actually a Herald (the one I modelled using the Chaos Lord model).
Hopefully he can help the unit pack more of a punch.

What kind of list will the Vamp player be running? Be sure to take out his Thralls early.

One or two very powerful Vampires (he loves characters), Zombies, Corpse Cart, Crypt Ghouls, Blood Knights and Grave Guard.
He doesn't like making skeletons so I doubt I'll see many of those and he isn't keen on the Varghulf model.

Out of curiosity, can you have 2 firestorm blades?

I didn't see anything in the army book to suggest otherwise, but I may have missed something.

[Rezzy]

*Bump*

Ok I've updated it properly now (including the points costs). Bit of a lower model count, simply because I can't afford to buy much more at the moment. Eventually I will likely get rid of some of the wargear, the troop banners and the Blood Reaper and spend the points on more Flesh Hounds.

[Arguleon Veq]

Have you already converted the BSB? if not, I would just put the BSB on the Jugger and just take Skulltaker on foot.

I think Firestrom Blade is better than the Axe of Khorne. That extra point of S is a big bonus, plus it causes flaming attacks which does double wounds to things like Tomb Kings and Treemen. It will also allow you to cut down Plague Bearers, Regen Grave Guard and Great Unclean Ones.

I dont really think you need Soul Hunger on something with S7. Id just give him the Armour instead.

The list should work fine though, just be careful to not let your Thirster get caught with Zombies that are Dansed into you.

[Rezzy]

Have you already converted the BSB? if not, I would just put the BSB on the Jugger and just take Skulltaker on foot.

Hmm ok, sounds good. I just need to find a banner for the Jugger now (I hadn't already converted the BSB no).

I think Firestrom Blade is better than the Axe of Khorne. That extra point of S is a big bonus, plus it causes flaming attacks which does double wounds to things like Tomb Kings and Treemen. It will also allow you to cut down Plague Bearers, Regen Grave Guard and Great Unclean Ones.
I dont really think you need Soul Hunger on something with S7. Id just give him the Armour instead.

Thanks for the tips. When you say give him the armour, do you mean Obsidian Armour?

[Arguleon Veq]

Just armour of Khorne, especially for the BSB if he is now going on the Jugger. It will give you a nice and cheap 0+ Save. So even S7 will only take you down to a 4+ Save.

Then you can throw in the Firestorm on him for some more offensive output.

Skulltaker is amazing on a Jugger too to add some speed to those awesome skills to catch an enemy by suprise but Id imagine it is pretty hard to convert him on to one.