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June 28th, 2009, 16:04
I'm making this thread as I think it would be interesting to see everyones character set up for the normal sized game of 2000-2250 points and the reason why they take each character.
Is there any characters you only use for fun games or ones you will only bring out for tournaments? Do you go for all Heralds or are you a Greater Daemon fan? Special characters, we know they're good in this book but do you regularly take them and why/why not? Do you take the max you can or do you get by with minimum characters? Do you play the Daemon Prince, it may have been labeled trash but have you had any success with ignoring general consensus?
I'll start off with what I've gone for. I go for a 4 herald approach as I think they give you more diversity, it's not that they're stronger or weaker than taking a big guy it's just that when taking a Greater Daemon I feel your army becomes a bit one dimensional focusing on making the Daemon work its best to make up for the huge investment of points. I don't take special characters as I simply don't like the idea of them, the only time I have taken a special character in my warhammer career is Mannfred in the Storm of Chaos Sylvannian list because it was characterful.
The Heralds I take are:
2 Tzeentch Heralds on Chariots with Master of Sorcery. I take these to add some magic to my list and because I think US5 flying chariots are very nice despite being only S4 and fragile. They are perfect for rank breaking, taking out warmachines and small units of skirmishers or fast cav, that and I am a fan of flying spell casters.
Khorne Herald on Jugger with Armour of Khorne and Firestorm Blade. This guy is pretty standard for a lot of people, he can fight like a lord of other races, is tough and eats chariots for breakfast. I take him because he adds some decent combat ability which apart from Flesh Hounds is lacking in my army so he plays a very important role.
Nurgle Herald BSB on Palanquin with Staff of Nurgle and Standard of Sundering. I take him to make Plaguebearers the anvil unit people fear and with the standard he helps stop magic which is nice as Daemons are very susceptible to ranged damage so I can minimize the damage spells. Other than that he is just damn tough which is a great attribute for a BSB.
Is there any characters you only use for fun games or ones you will only bring out for tournaments? Do you go for all Heralds or are you a Greater Daemon fan? Special characters, we know they're good in this book but do you regularly take them and why/why not? Do you take the max you can or do you get by with minimum characters? Do you play the Daemon Prince, it may have been labeled trash but have you had any success with ignoring general consensus?
I'll start off with what I've gone for. I go for a 4 herald approach as I think they give you more diversity, it's not that they're stronger or weaker than taking a big guy it's just that when taking a Greater Daemon I feel your army becomes a bit one dimensional focusing on making the Daemon work its best to make up for the huge investment of points. I don't take special characters as I simply don't like the idea of them, the only time I have taken a special character in my warhammer career is Mannfred in the Storm of Chaos Sylvannian list because it was characterful.
The Heralds I take are:
2 Tzeentch Heralds on Chariots with Master of Sorcery. I take these to add some magic to my list and because I think US5 flying chariots are very nice despite being only S4 and fragile. They are perfect for rank breaking, taking out warmachines and small units of skirmishers or fast cav, that and I am a fan of flying spell casters.
Khorne Herald on Jugger with Armour of Khorne and Firestorm Blade. This guy is pretty standard for a lot of people, he can fight like a lord of other races, is tough and eats chariots for breakfast. I take him because he adds some decent combat ability which apart from Flesh Hounds is lacking in my army so he plays a very important role.
Nurgle Herald BSB on Palanquin with Staff of Nurgle and Standard of Sundering. I take him to make Plaguebearers the anvil unit people fear and with the standard he helps stop magic which is nice as Daemons are very susceptible to ranged damage so I can minimize the damage spells. Other than that he is just damn tough which is a great attribute for a BSB.