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I had a friend suggest that no one would want to play me if I ran my juggernaut list, and I feel like it's not crazy especially against 30k lists.

 

Anyway, I'm at 2434/2500:

 

KDK CAD:

 

HQ:

 

Lord: Mark of Khorne, Juggernaut, Sigil of Corruption, Goredrinker, Lightning Claw

D-Thirster

 

TROOPS:

 

Cultists x8

Cultists x8

 

FAST ATTACK:

 

Spawn x5: Mark of Khorne

Spawn x5: Mark of Khorne

Spawn x5: Mark of Khorne

 

GOREPACK 1:

 

Bikers x3: Mark of Khorne, 2x Meltaguns, Melta bombs

Bikers x3: Mark of Khorne, 2x Meltaguns, Melta bombs

Bikers x3: Mark of Khorne, 2x Meltaguns, Melta bombs

Bikers x3: Mark of Khorne, 2x Meltaguns, Melta bombs

Flesh Hounds x15

Flesh Hounds x5

 

GOREPACK 2:

 

Bikers x3: Mark of Khorne, 2x Meltaguns, Melta bombs

Bikers x3: Mark of Khorne

Bikers x3: Mark of Khorne

Bikers x3: Mark of Khorne

Flesh Hounds x5

Flesh Hounds x5

Flesh Hounds x5

Flesh Hounds x5

 

There we have it. My rationale is that MSU is the best way to play KDK, and bikers are not so resilient that lots of shooting coming from armies like 30k Mechanicum, 40k Tau, etc. will wipe out 5 (or more) just as easily as 3 in many situations. Therefore, my best bet is to limit the amount of damage they can deal. I have very little AP2. Spam of attacks is the name of the game, really.

 

Thoughts?

You could run a list very similar to that and still satisfy the requirements of a Slaughtercult so my question is... why are you not running a Slaughtercult?

No, I'd have to take 2 units of troops and a unit of possessed, and I'm not a fan even though the formation bonuses are good.

 

And only 2 units of spawn. Just don't really like it, and my list is all about using my juggernauts.

 

Also, I forgot to include the D-thirsted that's in the list.

That's a lot of Spawn in that list. What is a spawn 40 points each? Scrapping 2 units would clear enough points to fill those troop slots. 

 

I with the others a slaughter cult and then 2 gore packs would be better for you. If you are trying to spam attacks then have the bonus of giving everything more attacks and feel no pain would help you out no end. 

 

The possessed in a rhino will get in the action pretty quick and you may surprise yourself with what they can do. 

I don't want to fill the troop slots, is the thing. I love my army because it's made of juggernauts. Juggernauts as spawn, dudes riding juggernauts as bikers, and of course, the juggerlord.

 

The list commentary I'm looking for is whether or not it's cheesy, not so much how good it is. I know it isn't "great." I do appreciate the concern, though. I realize the Slaughtercult is good, just not my thing.

At any rate, here are 3 more skullcrushers:

 

 

Dude 1:

 

http://i.imgur.com/PhTlTdLh.jpg

 

http://i.imgur.com/1ktJLL6h.jpg

 

Dude 2: (Forgot to paint his axe, and need to touch up the red):

 

http://i.imgur.com/z0TMZQHh.jpg

 

http://i.imgur.com/A1T8puch.jpg

 

Skull Champion:

 

http://i.imgur.com/vP9hlREh.jpg

 

http://i.imgur.com/AGSGZDHh.jpg

 

http://i.imgur.com/my54eCJh.jpg

I played highlander campaing at my ocal store.

 

My list was: 1600pts

 

Kdk cad

 

Juggerlord axe,fist,sigil,skull helm of khorne

D-thirster

 

8 cultist

8 bloodletter

 

15 hounds

4 bikes2xmelta+melt

 

Helbrute

Soul grinder with phlegm

 

Allied detachment

 

Alpha legion

Sorcerer3xlevels,fist,familiar,sigil and the mindveil

5xcsm in rhino

 

I won 2 games lost 2 snd played 2 ties. I had lot of fun playing it. I rolled for telepathy for shroud and invis.

Nice. I'm glad you had fun with them...

 

I'm seriously contemplating making a Highlander list for my KDK army as Thousand Sons just really aren't working there. I have quite a bit of work ahead of me though if I actually did it.

I'm contemplating running a Bloodthirster Hoard (the Goreguard from Blood Oath: An'ggrath and 8 Thirsters...) Not sure it'll be that good, but should be fun for Apocalypse! Sadly my side won't just be Bloodthirsters, there are a couple of other players along.

Question for you Venom...

 

Do you think those 'daemon' (AoS?) kits you buy your Bloodcrusher conversion material from would be the best place for me to make a new Lord on a Juggernaut? 

 

I'm thinking of doing a new one but am contemplating something plastic instead of the Finecast type I see on the website (very old one- I used it as the base for my current Lord)

 

 

Hmmm, is a Bloodletter horde list any good? Just spamming as many bloodletters as possible and overrun your enemy's non-vehicle units?

Edit: Whoops! Meant Bloodletter rather than Bloodthirster!

 

I would say in common play it would certainly be fun, but I wouldn't consider that to be too competitive otherwise. But definitely fun to try!

Yeah, I'm trying to figure out how to make it work currently. The lack of AP2 on Heralds or Bloodreapers is rather annoying, but the Skull Cannons having S8 means that anything can be dealt with so long as it has a reasonable AV, as well as allowing everything to charge into terrain at initiative. Soul Grinders can be swapped in to be used for AA fire if necessary. Actually it might be a good idea to use one or two to try and punch vehicles to death. The Posessed tax on the Slaughtercult is a little annoying as well, since that's 150 points of non-Bloodletters. Oh well!

 

I've been reading up on the differences between this codex and the Chaos Daemons one and I'm wondering if it might be better pulled off with that codex, since their core Khornate formation looks pretty nice to me and the rewards table sounds pretty cool, though the Warpstorm and Daemonic instability tables sound weird. On the other hand, KdK has the Blood Tithe table and Fearless, which allows a whole slew of bonuses.

 

I've written up a first draft of my current list, what do you think about it?

 

1500 Blood Host

 

++Slaughtercult++

-Herald, 55

+Greater Loci of Fury

Total, 75

 

-2xBloodletters, 80 (160)

+Bloodreaper

+Instrument of Chaos

+Banner of Blood

Total, 115 (230)

 

-Posessed, 150

 

++Charnel Cohort++

-Herald, 55

+Greater Loci of Fury

Total, 75

 

-2xBloodletters, 80 (160)

+Bloodreaper

+Instrument of Chaos

+Banner of Blood

Total, 115 (230)

 

-Flesh Hounds, 80

 

-Bloodcrushers, 135

 

-4xSkull Cannon, 500

 

1475

I think that looks like a cool fun list. I will say the Psychic phase will mess with you pretty bad.... I'd put that Brazen Rune on one of your Heralds.

 

The Hounds are a fantastic tie up unit.

 

For anti AP2 this is where you either decide to heck with it and go with weight of numbers (a lot of competitive meta's don't even touch them now there's so much access to AP2)

 

So you can take that chance on the field of battle or you have to invest in something that may change your plan a bit...

 

Daemon Prince? Lord with Axe of Khorne? Bloodthirster (They won't live long enough though.)

 

Those would be things I'd ask you to consider.

I rewrote the list to see if I'd like it better like this. Has a lot more Bloodletters, which I like. Also has AP2 and anti-tank and anti-air thanks to the Soul Grinders. The Blood Throne denies on a 3+, which is nice.

 

1500 Blood Host V2

 

++Slaughter Cult++

 

-Blood Throne, 130

+Collar of Khorne

+Greater Locus of Fury

+The Brazen Rune

Total, 180

 

-8xBloodletters, 80 (640)

+Bloodreaper

+Banner of Blood

+Instrument of Chaos

Total, 115 (920)

 

-Posessed, 150

 

++Engine of Destruction++

-2xSoul Grinder, 135 (270)

+Phlegm Bombardment

Total, 165 (330)

 

Total, 1430

 

Dunno what to do with the last 70 points. Maybe swap out the Brazen Rune for the Blade of Endless Bloodshed and some other filler upgrades?

 

Edit: Just realized that I screwed up the point costs. Need to fix the list. And go to sleep.

Question for you Venom...

 

Do you think those 'daemon' (AoS?) kits you buy your Bloodcrusher conversion material from would be the best place for me to make a new Lord on a Juggernaut? 

 

I'm thinking of doing a new one but am contemplating something plastic instead of the Finecast type I see on the website (very old one- I used it as the base for my current Lord)

I prefer the Skullcrusher kits because they have the saddles built in. Some folks use the armored legs that the kit comes with, and they're by and large decent. Because I'm a crazy person I must use Thunderwolf cavalry legs because the riders "should" be wearing power armor.

 

My original juggerlord is on a bloodcrusher juggernaut (no saddle) and sorta standing on its back with his foot hooked under a little metal ring. I think this type is better if you don't want the lord sitting on a saddle.

 

As for the fine cast kit, I prefer plastic to resin, so I'd pass personally. It's perfectly suitable, but if it were me I'd build the lord from kitbashed parts entirely, as I don't really like the AoS Khorne kits for 40k.

 

Any ideas what sort of pose/armaments you want for him?

So the AoS kits have a saddle? The new plastic one? Or am I mistaken?

 

As far as mine... I wanted to do a new one with just a Khorne Lord sitting on a Jugg, but with a better Chaos Space Marine armour.... a cool, bit axe (of course), and a cool, but very Khornate, decorative head piece.

 

The one thing I did do right was I chose a fist/brass knuckle piece from an AoS model and I find it can be 'counts as' powerfist, or 'counts as' just a close combat weapon. (there is the odd game I put a dual weapon load out and need something that could stand in as a fist.)

Alright, rewrote the list by removing the Bloodthrone.

 

1500 Blood Host V2.1

 

++Slaughter Cult++

 

-Herald, 55

+Greater Locus of Fury

+Collar of Khorne

+Ichor Blood

Total, 95

 

-8xBloodletters, 80 (640)

+Bloodreaper

+Banner of Blood

+Instrument of Chaos

Total, 115 (920)

 

-Posessed, 150

 

++Engine of Destruction++

-2xSoul Grinder, 135 (270)

+Phlegm Bombardment

Total, 165 (330)

 

Total, 1495

So the AoS kits have a saddle? The new plastic one? Or am I mistaken?

 

As far as mine... I wanted to do a new one with just a Khorne Lord sitting on a Jugg, but with a better Chaos Space Marine armour.... a cool, bit axe (of course), and a cool, but very Khornate, decorative head piece.

 

The one thing I did do right was I chose a fist/brass knuckle piece from an AoS model and I find it can be 'counts as' powerfist, or 'counts as' just a close combat weapon. (there is the odd game I put a dual weapon load out and need something that could stand in as a fist.)

 

Sounds cool.

 

Here's the Skullcrushers kit, does come with the saddle built in: https://www.games-workshop.com/en-US/Khorne-Bloodbound-Mighty-Skullcrushers

 

However, the rider's pelvis is built into the saddle, so you'll have to either cut it out (what I prefer) or cut legs in a way that looks convincing, if you don't use the stock kit:

 

http://i.imgur.com/UOLHHwe.png

ah okay... .I've been thinking "Blood Crushers" when you say "Soul Crushers" . I get it now... but wow that's a lot of work. I really, really hate putting models together. I would like to do this but at least now I know the box I have to buy. Thank you. :)

Very easily killed with high strength shooting. Really, IMO the issue is just that they're way too expensive. Their stats are decent enough. Lack of upgrade options for the daemons in Daemonkin also sucks, but such is life.

Any units of bloodletters, you should pay the 5 points to upgrade the leader IMO. This way when they die in combat you get another Blood point.

5 of them is 25 points for another 95 points of bloodletters (when summoning in you can have the leader and a banner if you have the models)

 

You only lose when you are getting shot at but just put them at the back. 

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