MMM MEQ Pie!!!: 2000pts CSM/Daemons

The CSM Lord of Nurgle (Warlord) rides with the six Nurgle Bikers thus turning Nurgle's gaze upon them for manifesting his favourite number.  This units job is burn rubber up one of the enemy flanks and unleash the Burning Brand of Skalathrax on them.  A Torrent based flame template that is AP3 is nothing to scouff at.  This ridiculous toughness value of six combined with their ability to generate a cover save via turbo boosting will not only ensure their survival but should place them where the Brand can be used effectively.

With the CSM Lord paying tribute to The Father of Decay he has tuned my two Cult Marines units into troop choices.  Plague Marines with their toughness and stats are able to absorb a plethora of damage.  Their role is to claim objectives and provide a rolling fire base to their Daemon counter parts.  Speaking of which by taking Daemons as my ally I am able to ignore the fickle Winds of Chaos Table.  This will eliminate the randomness of the table.  Taking Chaos Daemons as allies gives me access to a horde style troop choice; Plague Bearers.  I have gone with two squads both once again paying tribute to Nurgle favourite number.  The twenty daemon strong squad has the Herald leading the way.  He brings FnP to the table and an AP3, poison 4+ template (Primaris power for Discipline of the Plague).  Their role will be to tie up any disruptive enemy units and or to grab objectives.  The plague banner quickly turns these guys into monstrous creature killers for one turn of the game.  The other squad of twenty-one is there for redundancy and to bulk out the army. They will be assigned to stay back and hold objectives on my side of the table, tie up enemy units and or claim enemy objectives.

The last Daemon unit is that of the Soul Grinder who was inducted into the list to provide some anti air and anti horde fire support.  This guy is a beast and if he can obscure 25% of his hull he can generate a 2+ cover save.  The Phelgm Bombardment give this army yet another AP3 weapon but this time in the form of a large blast.  By having relentless this unit is treated as always having been stationary thus allowing it to fire both its weapons at full ballistic skill.  Lending the Soul Grinder support are two single Obliterators.  They are included for the primary role of anti tank but can help out mow the grass against all types of units.

Last but not least is the fourth and final AP3 template weapon via the Heldrake or should I say two Heldrakes.  These dragons of the warp have all power toting soldiers and those less privilege shaking in their boots.  These bad mamma jamma will be playing clean up.  Two of them flying around should cause enough hell that my other pieces of Pie will go unnoticed for a turn or two. I plan on running one on each flank of the board thus forcing my enemy into the middle of the table where I plan on having my Nurgle Bikers waiting share their own piece of the pie.

As you can see this army places high emphasis on Anti MEQ with a total of four AP3 templates and one AP3 large blast.  Not only are these weapons great for killing MEQs but they can effectively deal with horde based armies.  Throw in the high resilience of each and every unit in the army and one can quickly see that this is one hell of a disgusting list.  Hope you enjoyed todays cup of Nurgle.  As always, comments, criticism, banter and praise are appreciated.