Mech-Capable(?) Chaos Daemons Army 1500 Points

[epoch7]

So among my circle of friends i see a couple of armies:

1. Eldar w/Falcon, Wave Serpent bopping around with a Farseer, and Wraith Lords, War Walkers...urgh.
2. Tau Army with Devilfish and Hammerheads....and so many Kroot.
3. A White Scars Space Marine army thats all bikes.

So I've been tweaking my daemons to be more effective against these types of armies: vehicles, fast armies, mech. Here's the list:

• 1 Bloodthirster: Instrument of Chaos, Unholy Might: 275 points
• 1 Herald of Slaanesh on a Mount: Unholy Might, Soporific Musk: 90 points
• 7 Flamers: 245 points
• 10 Daemonettes: Chaos Icon, Instrument of Chaos: 170 points
• 10 Seekers (I like to put the Herald in this unit for DS): Chaos Icon, Instrument of Chaos: 195 points
• 10 Plaguebearers: Noxious Touch, Instrument of Chaos: 165 points
• 1 Soul Grinders: Tongue Profile: 135 Points
• 1 Soul Grinders: 160 Points
• 5 Nurglings (to sneak off with a quick objective): 65 points

1500 on the button. I can kind of see switching out the Herald for something else, but I don't know what. The profiles on the Soul Grinders are expensive, as well. I could use those points for maybe a Bolt of Tzeentch on the Flamers. They have higher BS, but its S8 vs S10. Or 2 more daemonettes, if i go over by 3 points. I hear complains about not playing my bloodcrushers, but they dont have rending. Let me know what you think.

[Chumbalaya]

Fiends, Tzeralds on chariots, Flesh Hounds, Tzeentch DPs. You have to be fast enough to catch them, capable to finish off the insides, and shoot if necessary.

[drummerholt1234]

Nurglings can't capture objectives JSYK...

[epoch7]

Nurglings can't capture objectives JSYK...

I respectfully disagree. It doesn't say anything in the 5th ed. swarm rules about objectives or in the codex that they can't hold objectives. This came up at the beginning of a game and I was assured by one of my rules-lawyer friends that this was no longer the case.

If I had to take them out I might take out the Herald, too, and replace them with a unit of Fiends.

[Drax]

actually it does say in swarm rules that, they can not capture objectives

[epoch7]

Here's the swarm rules from the book. I'd concede that I don't know the rules inside and out. Are there other swarm rules listed somewhere else? This is from the USR section.

[Bonham63]

You should check the points on the seekers, as well. You under cost them, minor but still a couple of points.

[epoch7]

You should check the points on the seekers, as well. You under cost them, minor but still a couple of points.

Oops, yeah the seekers are off by 5 points w/the IoC included. So, to resummarize:

• 1 Bloodthirster: Instrument of Chaos, Unholy Might: 275 points
• 6 Flamers: 210 points
• 10 Daemonettes: Chaos Icon, Instrument of Chaos: 170 points
• 10 Seekers: Chaos Icon, Instrument of Chaos: 200 points
• 10 Plaguebearers: Noxious Touch, Instrument of Chaos: 165 points
• 1 Soul Grinder: Tongue Profile: 160 points
• 1 Soul Grinder: 135 points
• 1 Daemon Prince: Daemonic Flight/Unholy Might/Iron Hide: 190 points

1505 points

Daemons FTW!

[Chumbalaya]

Don't bother with icons, instruments, or other unit upgrades. Icons are too expensive and useless turn 1 and everything else is filler.

A Tzeentch Chariot should be cheap, bolt and master of sorcery. It helps hunt tanks and provides some extra dakka of its own.

Grab 18 Fiends and any list can be good :P

[usekungfu]

Do twenty Daemonic troops work for you? I mean if they do that looks good then, I run a unit of fifteen daemonettes, to survive the shooting phase, ten seekers should make it into combat as well.

I like the rest of the list, Seekers are such a wonderful unit although I use fiends instead. Sorry I don't have too much advice though, I normally play against more static armies. Good luck though!