Larger units or 2 smaller ones?

[ChaosUnited]

Hey everyone,

I am considering units of bloodletters and plague bearers, but aren't sure whether to go for 20 man or 2x10 men units.

Any advice in this regard?

Thanks!  

[Percy Verance]

Depending on how you intend to buff the bloodletters id go for a unit of 30 if you can. Your opponent only has to kill 1 otherwise to drop it's +1 to hit bonus. 30 bloodletters with +1 to hit and a bloodsecrator is probably my most successful unit combo

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[RuneBrush]

I'd say larger for Daemons as they get bonuses based on the unit size.  20 is border line useful though.  If you're going against an opponent with any kind of ranged ability you need only lose one model and also lose the bonus.

However, if you're using them for holding objectives, I'm a big fan of smaller units as it gives you more flexibility.

[przenicki1987]

As a big fan of gaunt summoner i would say 30 units

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[shadowgra]

Units of 20 for daemons are simply not impressive at all

Better to have a spread of 30-10-10 than 20-20-10

[Somanlius]

For the Bloodletters it can go two ways. If you are using the Blades of Khorne alliegence going 10 isn't all bad because you can rack up blood tithe points pretty quick. Otherwise, yeah, go with 30.

[ChaosUnited]

@Somanlius tbh my force is mixed chaos (mainly nurgle and khorne). 

[Somanlius]

5 hours ago, ChaosUnited said:

@Somanlius tbh my force is mixed chaos (mainly nurgle and khorne). 

Ah so i suggest 30s then. The +1 to hit bonus for the Bloodletter will be much harder to break, needing 11 kills. Since they would mortal wound on 5+(or even 4+ with Lord of War / Dark Avenger and possibly 3+ if you manage an Unpedictable Destruction) they can become devistating. Add in Sayl the Faithless and a Bloodthirster for an 18" flying move + the ability to run and charge and you've got a terrifying mobile killing unit. If you manage to get a Bloodstoker and Bloodsecrator nearby with a Daemon hero and Daemonic Power those Bloodletter can be the most feared unit on the table for a turn. 

As for the Plaguebearers, they make a great tarpit with 30, since the -2 to hit with shooting and Disgusting Resiliance make them really hard to whittle down. And sometimes you can even manage to bring d6 models back !

[erasercrumbs]

Big units of battleline daemons are almost always better, unless you opt for a small group of plaguebearers whose only goal is to squat on an objective that your opponent probably won't go after anyway.