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Agreed. Most of them feature heavily in competitive lists like the Beastflayers and Wildercorps while others will be the core choice like the Darkoath

Honestly, seeing the sacrosanct getting squatted feels a bit odd. In a way it would have Made much sense if the vanguard was squatted but, it is what it is i guess

I mean, Tzeentch has no mortal named heroes(excluding the underworlds ones) so, i don’t see much of a problem here

I was thinking the same, at least nighthaunt and lumineth have to be in the last book. Let’s hope the preorder is this weekend as i really want those riverblades!

Do you think we will see the warscrolls for the 4 Warcry warbands or they are more likely to appear directly in 4th edition?

I must admit i am a bit confused about the events so far. In the last major narrative event which was Broken Realms we kinda had a series of events which basically ended the consequences of the necroquake and lead up to kragnos waking thanks to the rite of life (IIRC). The final event was the siege of Excelsis and we had two maybe three kind of side events in the burning skies, anvilgard being conquered by Morathi and something about tyrion having sensed a menace somewhere. Now i don’t think i’d found a major plot in the sense that, yes, we know thai two cities were built and one will fall, but, how that follows the prophecy of krethusa in the fifth book,khul’s quest to daemonhood etc? At first i thought the prophecy was Tyrion fighting Malerion of Slaanesh but we don’t seem to have any information about that at least until 5th edition drop I guess. so what did i miss?

Ok so, yesterday was quite traumatic but, I’ve chosen to keep a somewhat low degree of optimism and came up with this Invaders Warlord Battalion - extra artifact Keeper of secrets 420 -general -flaming weapon -icon of infinite excess Lord of Pain 155 -general -glory hog -rod of misrule Synessa 260 -general Hellstriders 135 Hellstriders 135 10 Symbaresh Twinsouls 370 11 Blissbarb archers 180 Wheels of excruciation 100 Quicksilver Swords 90 Chronomantic Cogs 45 I tried to maximize the amount of DP generation, the only thing I could swap is the shardspeaker for the lord of pain, that way I can keep my endless under control and give an occasional +1 wound. Main summon targets will be the epitome and the herald on exalted chariot

Tonight I got murdered not once, but twice. Tzeentch first, slaanesh next. I think I can live with tzeentch being increased in points (even though I still don’t get why Kairos always costs more than lord kroak) but with slaanesh... I don’t know how to feel. I was esitant to start the faction cause I read and read negative comments about the points and whatnot, but the twins came out so much hype right? Well Synessa sucks, okay I can live with that it’s not the end of the world so I planned an entire buying schedule just for her because it was the spark that ignited my interior slaanesh...I was hoping for the entire week that our points remained untouched and then this...I feel like I had fiercely wasted my money without even having an actual game with slaanesh...

Absolutely perfect breakdown, we are indeed shaping up to be in a really strong spot in the 3.0 meta. I don’t know if this needs clarification or not but, should we generate extra cp as per invaders rule about generals? In that case you could keep your warlord trait general alive and lose one of the other two and still generate a cp on a 2+

I think that future battletomes will eventually have an array of different commands and maybe secondary objectives like in 40k with faction specific stratagems and objectives, we will see if this system will be implemented in older books as well, meanwhile the mounted killaboss looks like a solid combat hero, 10 wounds with a 3+ save is really good and every 6+ to hit is 2 mortal wounds!

Maybe he hasn’t a command ability on its own because there could be a series of faction-specific command abilities that different heroes or squad leaders can use, usually they show most if not all of the abilities on a warscroll though so who knows

Unfortunately I have to stick with hellstriders because that’s all I have at the moment, but, ironically enough I am going to face Alarielle next week! As always thanks for every advice, if I’m lucky next week I’ll try and post a batrep with proper pictures!

Thanks for your suggestions! I could try something like this Allegiance: Slaanesh- Host: Invaders HostGaunt Summoner on Disc of Tzeentch (260)- Host Option: General Lord of Pain (150)- General- Command Trait: Glory Hog - Artefact: The Rod of Misrule - Host Option: General The Contorted Epitome (210)- Host Option: General - Lore of Slaanesh: Hysterical FrenzyKeeper of Secrets (340)- Sinistrous Hand- Spell: Born of Damnation5 x Hellstriders with Claw-spears (140)10 x Symbaresh Twinsouls (340)5 x Hellstriders with Claw-spears (140)11 x Blissbarb Archers (160)5 x Slickblade Seekers (200)Wheels of Excruciation (50)Total: 1990 / 2000Extra Command Points: 0Allies: 0 / 400Wounds: 102

Lurid haze was my first choice for sure but, since I’m not bringing a battalion I can’t take the rod which is super important. Also, is sigvald auto include regardless of the number of heroes? I don’t want to load up on heroes too too much as with only 3 battlelines I’m in kinda hurry to summon daemonettes asap to grab objectives and maintain my presence on the board. Another thing I was considering was to bring either blissbarb archers or blissbarb seeker as skirmishers and kinda ok low-tier hero snipers thanks to the +1 from Synessa (if it goes off) and the rerolling 1s from acquiescence to guarantee hits and fish for MWs afterwards.

Hi everyone, I’m hoping to play my very first game with slaanesh next week just to learn the basics of the faction in the little time left before aos 3.0. I built about 1600 points based on what I have and I haven’t a lot of stuff to summon at the moment (mainly 2 Heralds on exalted chariots though) so the list I will bring will look something like this Allegiance: Slaanesh- Host: Invaders HostLeadersKeeper of Secrets (340)- Sinistrous Hand- Spell: Progeny of DamnationLord of Pain (150)- General- Command Trait: Glory Hog - Artefact: The Rod of Misrule - Host Option: General Gaunt Summoner on Disc of Tzeentch (260) (it is actually Synessa, yes right, Synessa!)The Contorted Epitome (210)- Lore of Slaanesh: Hysterical FrenzyBattleline5 x Hellstriders with Claw-spears (140)5 x Hellstriders with Claw-spears (140)10 x Symbaresh Twinsouls (340)Total: 1580 / 2000Extra Command Points: 0Allies: 0 / 400Wounds: 71 I have 420 points left that I don’t know how to fill actually and based on those I will plan my last purchases. What do you think of this list and what do you suggest me to include and buy? Please also note that I voluntarily chose to not include a battalion in preparation for aos 3.0 . thanks in advance!

Hey guys, long time lurker but i haven’t actually written anything yet. I don’t know if the new rules were already been pointed out but i want to try and give a breakdown from the top of my inexperience with slaanesh ( i will play my first game with slaanesh next week hopefully). So, starting off, i think it’s safe to say that we could be the best chaos faction around ( i play mainly tzeentch) with hero-centered builds, sure, losing supreme sybarites sucks but still. Also, now we have the potential to generate command points similar to seraphon if not better, so Invaders is by a long stretch our best subfaction ( RAW three generals means three extra cp’s per turn and if we lose one it’s not that big of a deal cause we can generate extra cp on a 2+ followed by another 2+ from the rod of misrule). When it comes to units, i think Dexcessa is the clear winner by far (said by someone who gave himself the specific task to make synessa work, so sad) the ability to give her +1 to wound and +1 save means that she’s rapidly becoming our best cost-effective unit in the tome, not to mention exploding sixes and the double activation from the keeper. Also, if an FAQ clarifies whether she actually is a greater demon or not, you can smash units into oblivion with effectively impact hits, or you can swing without worry too much about retaliation thanks to the locus and the ability to shut down commands for a turn. The other unit that surprised me was the herald on exalted chariot, in invaders pretty good, but in godseekers she can become an absolute monster with that +1 wound and save and amazing healing potential between spells and heroic actions and that +1 to wound is something that most slaanesh heroes desperately need. All in all, i think that from a very strong mid/high tier we can easily become top 5 or even top 3 among the best armies in the game. what do you guys think?

I ordered him because i love the model ahaha. I don’t have tts so all i can do sadly is theorycrafting, i’ve bought my first lumineth in lockdown so i have never actually had a chance to play. But as far as my very limited experience as player goes (i mainly play an all-fly host arcanum list) really Fast models at least in my local meta are a pain to deal with and my screamer more often than not won a game for me zipping in objectives super early and super fast. I might have to pay extreme attention when i will find myself in mirror matches, especially one list with 40 sentinels and teclis... I hope i can go back playing asap so i’ll show you what i come up with and the results of my tests!

That was the idea, yes. I’m hoping that we can play soon so i can test it out. How’s your general feelings about sevireth? I personally think he’s quite difficult to play well and position well, but if you master his movement he’ll be virtually unkillable unless surrounded by long ranged, teleported units. And, if i understood it correctly the hurakan battalion makes it so he has always charged so you always pile in 6” and the enemy piles in with 2” less so it’s even more difficult to engage him.

So, i’ve never actually had the chance to play with or against lumineth due to italian local gaming stores being shut down since november but how could a double battalion list (alarith temple and the bladelords one) work alongside sevireth who essentially is the only super mobile threat? Thank you in advance

Hi everyone, it’s My first post here and i want to talk about a recurring nightmare in my lgs. So last Sunday i took part in a 1000 point tournament, mostly for newer players with the following list Cult : The Hosts Arcanum Gaunt Summoner on Disc of Tzeentch -general (trait and artefact locked as for the cult) - arcane suggestion 20 kairic acolytes with scroll, swords and shields 6 screamers 6 tzaangor enlightened needless to say, playing at 1k points was a bit rough, as i ran only 4 units as supposed to 6/8 i run at 1500 and 2000 points. I often tear through a terrorgheist with 9 enlightened and fatemaster plus reckless abandon, but in 1000 points that thing just ate my whole army dealing 18 mw in 2 pile in movements on top of the other attacks it normally does. Even with the summoned units that Gaunt summoner and the artefact provided it was just impossible to deal with such a monster, so my question is: how do you deal with overkill monsters in lower and mid point games? Thank you in advance!