I have seen a lot of negative criticism already directed towards the new supplement. My philosophy is be thankful for small favors... They are better than nothing! Here is a list I quickly put together using the new supplement with daemons as an ally:
Kharn (The Man)
6x Chosen (Troop)
2x flamer, plasma pistol, power axe
Champion - power fist, lightning claw, boltgun
Mark of Khorne, Icon of Wrath, VotLW
The new supplement converts Chosen to troops. They work very well as a retinue for Kharn since he makes them Fearless and they benefit from his Hatred. Dual flamers are the bane of T3 squishy units like Tau and eldar... They will rightly fear this unit.
Chaos Land Raider
Dozer Blade, Dirge Caster
7x Berserker
Champion - Spineshiver Blade (30)
Icon of Wrath, VotLW
This is the new Artefact that is a daemon weapon - +1I, S: User, AP3
This turns the champion into a real meat grinder - he will be striking first versus most enemy units plus the daemon weapon grants d6 extra attacks. It's only 30 points... Only 5 more points than a power fist. The champion actually has a higher damage output than Kharn versus most enemy units. This saves a lot of points that don't have to go into another HQ choice. Of course if you roll a one for the daemon mastery test his goose is cooked but if you're really worried about it then keep the champion armed with a chain axe so you have the option not to use Spineshiver. Another big bonus is WS5 so most often you'll be hitting on a 3+ in melee. Finally you have the built in S5 on the charge due to Furious Assault. Very powerful and lots of strong synergy!
Chaos Land Raider
Dozer Blade, Dirge Caster
7x Berserker
Champion - Power Sword
Icon of Wrath, VotLW
Chaos Land Raider
Dozer Blade, Dirge Caster
Heldrake
Bale Flamer
Heldrake
Bale Flamer
Herald of Khorne
Juggernaught, Axe of Khorne
12x Flesh Hound
10x Plaguebearer
Personally I hate the new Bloodletters so I took the ever reliable Plaguebearers for my daemonic troop choice. The Herald attached to Flesh Hounds is a well proven unit.
What I have found is that three land raiders are the breaking point for most armies in the current meta. They can stop one fairly reliable but the third one hits the saturation point. By turn two for Dawn of War or Vanguard Strike deployments you should be well into charge range. The two Heldrakes will force the enemy not to be able to focus fire on the land raiders... It's really dirty. The Herald attached to the daemons move up behind the land raiders for solid cover. Plaguebearers sit back on a home turf objective marker... Most armies won't be able to shoot them much with three land raiders barreling straight up into their grill and two Heldrakes barbecuing them three ways to Sunday.
I just have to build the Flesh Hounds and I can start testing this list. Really looking forward to playing it.
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