Age of Sigmar/Tactics/Chaos/Disciples of Tzeentch

Grand Alliance Chaos Disciples of Tzeentch

Just as planned.

Lore Tactics General Tactics

Why play Disciples of Tzeentch?

Disciples of Tzeentch are all about two things: spells and acting like you know what you're doing. Most of your heroes are wizards and all of them are smug assholes that if you kick in the dick they'll act like you kicking them in the dick was a nine year plan that causes them to end up better off somehow. Hell, Lords of Change love to meddle with stuff that more often they fail because they get cocky and meddle too much. On top of a love of all things changing, weirdly colorful and on fire if you want to set up stupid complex strategy for your army and hope they go just as planned, then Disciples of Tzeentch are for you.

Pros

• With the amount of wizards, spells and abilities surrounding magic Disciples of Tzeentch are undeniably one of, if not the, army for magic. Disciples of Tzeentch is so focused on magic you get to summon free units not just from yourself casting spells, but from anybody casting spells.
• Some of the best shooting in Chaos, not that Chaos has much competition.
• An amazing Allegiance ability that helps you make sure those critical rolls are exactly what you need them to be.
• Very good diversity, with units that can fill the need for good hordes, good elites, good fast units, good shooters. Anything you need, Tzeentch can have or ally into.
• Those endless spells are really powerful right? It's a shame though that only those wizards can cast them or the points cost increase for each spell, right? You don't have to worry anymore, because you can steal those endless spells without an increased points cost. Cast it with your unplayed models in your army and see the face of your enemy after doing so. JUST AS PLANNED!!!!!
• Using a mix of endless spells, spells, scroll abilities and faction effects you can get to a total of -6 to hit... ok that's almost impossible to do reliably but just -2 to hit is crippling and the changling can throw that out stock.

Cons

• Any wounds your models have aren't going to hold up long to some swinging, with your units saves ranging from "bad" to "pretty bad".
• Your standard colours, are in fact liable to give headaches. So many yellows, bright blues and pinks. This is actually a good thing as it will distract your opponent from your schemes, just as planned.
• Do you like lords of change? No? You better start liking them. While slaves of darkness and death factions can easily throw around +2-+4 to cast like it's candy you're gonna be struggling to get +1 to cast and our casting values are as high as ever. Unless of course you bring a lord of change and play with the faction all about summoning lords of change. Then you can easily log in those tricky spells and make a gaunt summoner mini-nagash.

Rulebooks

Faction rules and abilities: Battletome Disciples of Tzeentch Errata

Latest Matched play points: BATTLESCROLL: GALLETIAN CHAMPIONS

Core rules: here

Matched play rules, battleplans and expansions: General's Handbook 2022-23 Season 2, plus the battleplans from the Core Book.

Supplement all the above with any Errata and Designers' Commentary from the FAQs.

Allegiance Abilities

Battle Traits

If your army has a Disciples of Tzeentch allegiance and chose to take the Disciples of Tzeentch Allegiance abilities, it has the following rule:

Arcane Armies: In the first battle round after both players have recieved command points but before the first turn starts you can pick Disciple of Tzeentch wizard and have them automatically summon a Burning Sigil of Tzeentch, Tome of Eyes or Daemonic Simularcum endless spell. You don't have to roll and it can't be unbound or dispelled in the first battle round. What we have here is the first instance in the game of a way to guarantee an endless spell coming unto the board and a damn good ability as the army's endless spells are pretty good.

Legions of Chaos: The errata saw GW cribbing notes from the Cities of Sigmar, now you (and the other god-aligned armies) can take two Slaves of Darkness units out of every four so long as you give them the mark of Tzeentch and one of every four units can be from Beasts of Chaos, granting them the keyword as well. In addition coalition units do not count towards the number of battleline in your army, but do count towards everything else (behemoth, leader, artillery, etc). Also cannot be army general. Predictably, Wizards and units bearing the marks of other gods are not allowed.

Master of Destiny: After set-up but before rolling for first turn, roll nine dice and bank them as "Destiny Dice" that you can use in place of casting, unbinding, dispelling, run, charge, to hit, wound, save, damage, or battleshock rolls. You must use one Destiny Dice per die, so to completely control a charge, you must use two Destiny Dice. At any moment, your army can't have more than nine dice.

Naturally, as you have a very limited pool of Destiny Dice and most ways of regaining them require either expensive Battalions, wasting spells or more convoluted means, you want to make the most of them. So, in other words, do not disregard 1s and 2s, as they can still be useful.

• 1s and 2s are most useful for Battleshock tests, where rolling low can mean the difference between the unit hanging on (and, in the case of Daemons, potentially regenerating) and the unit being killed off. Beware that you'll still need to account for casualties when subbing this roll.
• 6s are most useful for when you want to activate some ability that triggers on hit rolls of 6, in your army this will mostly affect Skyfires. By setting three of three to hit rolls in this fashion, you have a very decent chance of removing an opposing Hero with a single barrage. And believe you me, shooting the Bloodsecrator out of a Bloodreaver mob might not make you friends, but it sure as hell can win you the game.
• 3s and 4s are the really awkward ones and are probably best used for casting rolls. A single Destiny Die 4 can be used with a Lord of Change casting to guarantee a minimum of 8 if you're coming just short of it.

Locus of Change: Units of Disciples of Tzeentch Daemons wholly within 12" of friendly Disciples of Tzeentch Daemon Heroes are -1 to be hit in melee.

Summon Daemons of Tzeentch: As of AoS2 summoning Daemons by Spells and using Reinforcement Points are no longer things but have been replaced with the following. To summon Daemons you must spend Fate Points which are generated when either player successfully casts a spell without it getting unbound. You must have at least ten Fate Points to be allowed to summon and after that, you can summon as many units you have points for at the end of the movement phase, set up wholly within 12" of a Tzeentch Hero and more than 9" from any enemy units.

• 30 Fate Points: 1 Lord of Change
• 24 Fate Points: 1 Fateskimmer, Herald of Tzeentch on Burning Chariot
• 20 Fate Points: 10 Pink Horrors of Tzeentch
• 18 Fate Points: 1 Burning Chariot of Tzeentch
• 18 Fate Points: 3 Flamers of Tzeentch
• 12 Fate Points: 1 Exalted Flamer of Tzeentch
• 12 Fate Points: 1 Herald of Tzeentch
• 12 Fate Points: 1 Herald of Tzeentch on Disc
• 10 Fate Points: 10 Blue Horrors of Tzeentch
• 10 Fate Points: 10 Brimstone Horrors of Tzeentch
• 10 Fate Points: 3 Screamers of Tzeentch

As Tzeentch most heroes and even battlelines are wizards. even with that you're usually only going to get 9 points per turn unless the opponent is also wizard heavy.

Transform to Spawn: A rule that basically just specifies if a spawn is added to the board as per one of your army abiliites it is a Tzeentch chaos spawn.

Command Traits

There are actually two tables to pick Command Traits from for you: one for Arcanites, one for Daemons. The first two traits for each are identical though.

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1. Arch-sorcerer: Allows your Hero to know two more spells from the Lore of Fate. Take it only if your Magister is your leader as he is the only one able to abuse this (with good rolling of course... or just as planned?). Otherwise, a nice one for a Gaunt Summoner or a Curseling.
2. Nexus of Fate: Roll a die at the start of your Hero phase, you can (but don't have to) replace one of your Destiny Dice with that roll.
3. Cult Demagogue: The first casting roll that the wizard makes auto succeed if the roll is a double(Unless it is a miscast). Cannot be unbound and you get 2 fate pts instead of 1.
4. Arcane Sacrifice: In the Hero phase you can deal 1 Mortal wounds on a nearby friendly unit. If you do so then your hero gets +9 to their spell range for that phase. Great option for expanding the limited range of many damage spells.
5. Soul Burn: If the unmodified hit roll for a melee weapon made by this general is a 6 it causes one mortal wound in additon to any other damage.
6. Illusionist: Subtract 1 from hit rolls for attacks that target this general.

</tab> <tab name="Tzeentch Daemons"> Daemon heroes only.

1. Arch-sorcerer: Allows your hero to know two more spells from the Change Lore. On a Lord of Change, this could be pretty fun, but on Heralds it's a waste of space.
2. Nexus of Fate: If you general is on the field you can roll a die in the hero phase and replace one of your destiny dice with the rolls result.
3. Daemonic Spark: Once per battle, your General can use this to gain 3 fate points.
4. Incorporeal Form: its a +5 save vs spells and endless spells to ignore all spells

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Artefacts of Power

<tabs> <tab name="Fated Artefacts"> ARCANITE HERO only

1. Changeblade: Pick one melee weapon. If you kill an enemy HERO with this weapon, you get a pet Spawn- Oh god N- AGHRBHLAR. Good with a Hero with high mobility so he can run after weak targets, otherwise it's an alright weapon. Unfortunately, the Spawn can't do anything the end of the turn.
2. Timeslip pendant: Once per battle in the Combat Phase the Hero can pile in and attack a second time, however the strike-last effect will apply for the second time. Thaumaturge can abuse this.
3. Daemonheart: Once per battle at the beginning of combat you pick a unit within 1" and it suffers a number of mortal wounds equal to the current battle round.
4. Ambition's End: Once per battle at the beginning of the hero phase you may select one enemy Wizard and that unit suffers a number of mortal wounds equal to the current battle round. In addition, that wizard cannot unbind spells until your next hero phase.
5. Secret-Eater: Pick one melee weapon. If the unmodified hit roll for any attacks with that weapon are 6 and you have less than 9 destiny dice in your pool, you may roll a dice and add it to your Destiny Dice pool.
6. Spiteful Shield: If the unmodified save roll against melee attacks that target the bearer is 6, the attacking unit suffers 2 mortal wounds after finishing all its attacks.

</tab> <tab name="Daemonic Treasures"> DAEMON HERO only

1. Warpfire Blade: Pick one melee weapon. Unmodified 6s to wound deal two Mortal wounds in addition to its normal damage. Pretty standard upgrade but why are your Daemon Heroes in close combat?
2. Blade of Fate: Once per battle, on an unmodified hit roll of 6, get a Destiny Dice of 6.
3. Pyrofyre Stave: Pick one melee weapon. If this weapon wounds an enemy wizard, they can no longer unbind FOR THE WHOLE BATTLE. What better way to guarantee that you can spam all the spells you want? Sure, this won't work on Priests, but their unbinding ability is much riskier.
4. Beacon of Mutability: Add 1 to wound rolls for attacks with melee weapons by friendly Disciples of Tzeentch daemons while they are wholly within 9" of the bearer.
5. Nine-Eyed Tome: You can re-roll casting, dispelling and unbinding rolls for the bearer.
6. The Eternal Shroud: Roll a dice each time you spend one of your Destiny Dice. On a 5+, you can roll a dice and add it to your destiny dice pool.

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Change Covens

Cause everyone needs Chapter Tactics now.

A player with the Tzeentch Allegiance choose one these to represent one of the Cults. The player is given access to:

• A unique ability
• The <Cult> keyword
• unlocks an additional battleline units for specific ones

<tabs> <tab name="The Eternal Conflagation"> Turn Daemons of Tzeentch into a shooting army

• Ability: Twisters of Materiality: Warpflame, Billowing Warpflame, and Magical Flames all gain -1 more rend.
• Flamers of Tzeentch become battleline units.

</tab> <tab name="The Hosts of Duplicitous"> No escape the tarpits

• Ability: Rank of Mischievous Mirages Enemy units within 3" of your units with 10 or more models cannot retreat. In addition once per battle when a Hosts of Duplicitous Horrors of Tzeentch unit is destroyed roll a dice and on a 4+ add a unit of 5 Horrors to your army with 12" of a hero and more than 9" from enemies.

</tab> <tab name="The Hosts Arcanum"> Bookworms summon legions of sky sharks

• Ability: Thieves of All Things Arcane Once per turn during the first, third and fifth battle round, when a friendly Wizard attempts to unbind a spell, that spell is automatically unbound
• Screamers of Tzeentch become battleline units.

</tab> <tab name="The Cult of the Transient Form"> Acolytes and Tzaangors fighting together at last

• Ability: The Change-gift On death of a Kairic Acolyte model, roll a dice, on 2-5 it can fight, on 6 add a Tzaangor within 1" of a Tzaangor unit within 9" of the slain model. The model can only be set up within 3" of an enemy unit if the friendly Tzaangor unit was within 3" of that enemy unit before any models were added

</tab> <tab name="The Pyrofane Cult"> Make Kairic Acolyte thrown fire more dangerous

• Ability: Arrows of Tzeentch +1 To Hit with friendly Kairic Acolytes Sorcerous Bolts. In addition, roll a die at the end of the shooting phase for every enemy unit that suffered any wounds inflicted by Sorcerous Bolts. On a 5+, that unit suffers D3 mortal wounds

</tab> <tab name="The Guild of Summoners"> Spam magic so you can spam more magic

• Ability: Scions of the Exiled Your Fate Points can only be used to summon Lords of Change. You first summon costs 9 FP, your second costs 18 FP, and every summons after that costs 30 FP

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Magic Lores

<tabs> <tab name="Lore of Fate"> Every Arcanite and Mortal Wizard can choose from the following Spells:

1. Bolt of Tzeentch: Casting value of 7 now, and D6 Mortal Wounds at 18" are nothing to sneeze at. Just make sure your caster has some way of making the casting easier on himself, though. Arcane Sacrifice, Souldraught, the Tzaangor Shaman's energy drink, anything.
2. Arcane Suggestion: A wonderful debuff for casting value of 8. Once cast, you get to decide which effect a target unit within 18" will suffer : cannot issue or recieve command abilities until your next hero phase, or -1 to hit AND wound rolls, or -1 to save rolls. Pretty sweet stuff if you manage to cast it reliably, and the second debuff stacks with locus of change so can be good to offset all out attack a bit.
3. Glimpse the Future: casting value 7. If you have fewer than 9 destiny dice, roll a dice and add it to your pool. Since anyone playing this army knows how essential your destiny pool is to most play styles this is one you should probably always have on hand with enough wizards.
4. Shield of Fate: Odd. This cheap one (casting value 6) with a range of 18" is a pretty interesting spell. Basically you pick a friendly Tzeentch unit in range and apply an effect based on the number of destiny dice you have in your pool at the time of casting until your next hero phase. 1-3 destiny dice the unit gains a 6+ ward. 4-6 destiny dice they gain a 5+ ward, and on a 7-9 they gain a 5+ ward plus on a roll of 4+ they can ignore the effects of a spell or endless spell.
5. Infusion Arcanum: The Curseling and the Ogroid love this baby. Pathetically low casting value of 5? Check. Increases both Hit and Wound rolls of the caster by one? Check. Take a powerful melee Hero and turn him into a terrifying melee Hero.
6. Treacherous Bond: Exactly what the Gaunt Summoner wants. The casting value is 5. Different now. Cast on a unit wholly within 9" of the Wizard and whenever the Wizard would take a wound or mortal wound, pass it off to the unit on a 3+ as long as they remain within 9".

</tab> <tab name="Lore of Change> Every Tzeentch Daemon Wizard can choose from the following Spells:

1. Bolt of Tzeentch: Casting value of 7, D6 Mortal Wounds on a unit within 18". Best on a Lord of Change with his amazing casting roll modification rule.
2. Treason of Tzeentch: Casting on 7+, pick a unit within 18". Roll a die for each model in that unit and deal a mortal wound for every 6+. In addition, the affected unit suffers -1 to Hit until your next hero phase.
3. Unchecked Mutation: Casting value of 6, an enemy unit within 18" suffers D3 mortal wounds, then if any models are slain, roll a D6; on a 3+, they take another D3 mortal wounds, and the spell ends.
4. Fold Reality: This is a mixed bag: The spell casts on a 7+. Roll a D6, on a 2+, you add that many slain models to a friendly TZEENTCH DAEMON unit. On a 1, however, the whole unit goes poof. The logical choice is to only ever use this on units that are near death already, like a lone Pink Horror trying to get some new buddies. The question is, do you want to leave a whole unit's fate to a single dice roll? And no, don't think you can cheese this via Destiny Dice. Masters of Destiny Tells you which rolls you are allowed to change and rolls made by specific spells that you really really wish you could set isn't among them.
   • In fact, you only have 1/6 chance of messing up with this spell, while the other five times you resurrect an average 3 guys, so it's pretty good. Just use it on units with low numbers, and that you can comfortably lose, and you're set. Or just take Kairos and a unit of 6 Tzaangor Skyfires, to have a unit that will probably never die; changing that 1 on a 6 one time per battle should ensure you never lose the unit. (This no longer works. Kairos doesn't let you replace any die you want, and Tzaangors aren't Daemons) If you're in a really big battle, instead take a unit of 3 Burning Chariots, but keep in mind your opponent will refuse to play with you ever again after this. And I can't blame him. Neither would I.
5. Tzeentch Firestorm: Casting on 8+, pick an enemy unit within 12" and visible to the caster. Roll 9 dice and for each 6 that unit suffers d3 mortal wounds. An interesting choice, you need to get a little close to cast it but a lucky spike roll and you could wipe entire units out.

• A question: What if a Hero is both Daemon and Mortal/Arcanite? Can he know spells from both Lores? the heroes that fit on that category are the Tzaangor Shamans, Gaunt Summoners and Archaon himself, the rules for both lores is "each wizard in a Tzeentch army knows and additional spell chosen from the Lores", so until FAQ'd, technically he can know one (or two if he is an Arch-Sorcerer) of both. It's been FAQ'd, only one Lore can be taken, not one from each Lore table.

</tab> <tab name="Endless Spells"> Disciples of Tzeentch Wizards only

• Burning Sigil of Tzeentch (CV 5+, 40pts): Summons a floating 9" bubble of RANDOM, with a mix of results helpful and harmful to a single unit. (d3 MWs that risks a Chaos Spawn if someone dies, halved movement, d6" movement after running, +1 attacks, or -1 to hit) The issue is that this sigil cannot move on its own, meaning that you really need to find a good place to set it up and then pray some more that Tzeentch blesses your rolls for the right results.

• Tome of Eyes (CV 5+, 40pts): Summons a magical book that becomes part of the caster's unit, meaning that you can't cast this inside a Witchfate Tor. Alongside letting the caster reroll any casting tests, it grants a special spell that deals mortal wounds and robs the target of 1 point of Bravery for each casualty you deal. What better way to stick it to those filthy rats than to smite them with your evil spellbook and then see them fail battleshock for once?

• Daemonic Simulacrum (CV 7+, 50pts): This predatory spell has a...thematic move speed of 9", and each turn it has 9 chances to deal MWs to the closest unit within 6" on a 5+ (4+ if they're wizards). While the range is nice for a spell that would otherwise be considered underwhelming, it also leaves you very open to the chance of it all being for naught on a bad roll. Potential to backfire horribly if your opponent gets to move it so be wary of positioning or have a Lord of Change eat it.

Beasts of Chaos - available to Tzaangor Shaman and Great Bray Shaman.

• Doomblast Dirgehorn: Subtract 1 from hit rolls for attacks made by units within 3" of this model. BEASTS OF CHAOS models are not affected. Grows by 3" at the start of each battle round. This one is pretty damn cool but comes with the problem of having a casting value of 6 and thus being fairly easy to dispell.
  • On the other hand, it presents the opponent with the interesting dilemma of either wasting his casting attempts to dispel it or letting it get bigger and bigger.

• Balefire Taurus: A big horde cleaning Endless Spell. It moves 12" a turn and has the Fly keyword. Anything it moves over or ends within 1" of it takes D3 Mortal Wounds, and if the unit has more than ten models, it takes D6 Mortal Wounds instead. Furthermore, Units it damages must fight last at the end of any Combat Phase. While brutal in most situations, it really shines when cleaning up blobs of infantry.

• Ravening Direflock:Spawns three tokens of evil Chaos murderbirds. Anything that is not a BEASTS OF CHAOS unit within 6" of one of these tokens has their Bravery reduced by -2. However, if any unit finishes a move within 1" of the tokens, they have to set the Tokens up again somewhere within 3D6" of the place they were previously.

Slave to Darkness - Available for all flavors of Gaunt Summoner or imported StD casters.

• Eightfold Doom-Sigil: (40pts) CV 5. This spell will only have use when things die around it, so you'd best make sure you make at least one model go down so you can power them up. Now a bonus attack won't sound too scary for your Chaos Lord, but throw it on a band of marauders and they won't be laughing anymore.

• Darkfire Daemonrift: (50pts) CV 6. This is a purely predatory spell, dealing d3 MWs to anything it goes through. It's damage potential also powered up by other Wizards and Endless spells 12" of it. Guess what you have? Yep, you'll be enjoying this.

• Realmscourge Rapture: (60pts) CV 7. This Predatory spell is like the Pendulum in that it can only move in straight lines. Anything that this goes through suffers not only d3 MWs, but their movement will also be halved, which can positively cripple a unit just in time for your Vikings to flatten them.

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Warscrolls

Leaders

Named Leaders

• Kairos Fateweaver: (440pts, Daemon Wizard) Kairos has a pretty decent melee profile and decent survivability, just like all Lords of Change. He also shares their rule for better casting rolls and auto dispell endless spells. one of his minor gimmick that can replace one dice rolled by any player with any desired result like fate dice. His primary ability is being a Master wizard, able to cast/unbind 3 times and he knows all spells from friendly Wizards' warscrolls wholly within 18". Woo. (No seriously woo! So long as Kairos is within 18" of a Changecaster, he knows Pink Fire which he is much better at casting. Having access to the Curseling's Glean Magic spell can yield fun results, steal a spell and execute the enemy wizard with the following) his unique spell Gift of Change is fairly strong as it deals a flat 6 MW while Kairos is full health, one shotting most heroes and turning them into spawns. The downside of taking him is he's less versatile or less support than a normal Lord of Change; he costs more and can't take Artefacts and Command Traits. Still useful for that single, guaranteed dice roll. Ensure an opponent fails a critical save.
  • The spawn is created in the hero phase. This means you can retreat in the movement phase and run your spawn to an objective, force a unit in melee to pile-in towards the spawn, use it to string out huge infantry blobs or maybe just block your enemy's movement phase with the 3" don't-come-near-me.

• The Changeling: (170pts, Deamon Wizard) A fun little hero unit. Can redeploy him be for the game on your opponent's side of the board 3" from everything at the end of your first movement phase and at the start of each enemy turn you can give a unit within -1 to hit and half their movement Until your turn. Good on certain occasions like when your enemy brings a few fast units to keep you from moving up the board or getting close to artillery. Also interesting is that he can use the spells of all Wizards around him. He has lost his copy enemy weapon attacks, but gained the ability to cast two spells per turn, so you'll wan him further from melee than before.
  • Use the Changeling in conjunction with Changehost to land a Purple Sun of Shyish or Realmscourge Rapture in your enemy's lines. Coupled with Kairos, they will wreak havoc in your enemy's army.

• The Blue Scribes: (160pts, Deamon Wizard) Now a very powerful caster. They can automatically cast anything on 2+ with 1d6 and to unbind their attempt, thought you needed a 9 or more? This allows you to cast any overpowered spell with impunity. Don't want to be a jerk? No problem, you can also just use their own spell, which gives nearby Tzeentch Wizards re-rolls to cast. Those Casting Value 9 Herald Spells getting you down? Don't forget the Blue Scribes can attempt to learn any spell cast near them so if you get your Pink Fire off using your arcane tome, the Blue Scribes can learn it on a 4+ and in subsequent turns cast it on a 2+. Give them Tzeentchs's Inferno too and have fun.

• Vortemis the All-Seeing: (160pts, Arcanites, Mortal, Wizard) Must be taken with the Eyes of the Nine. He's essentially just a magister with a unique spell that gives a free CP to spend on the At the Double, Forward to Victory, or Inspiring Presence commands.

Arcanites

• Gaunt Summoner: (Arcanites Mortal Daemon Wizard 230pts) A very mediocre Wizard statline but attached to some impressive magic. The Gaunt Summoner a great horde-roasting spell, can cast twice per turn and can use one cast once per game to summon a Daemon unit, making him an excellent addition to any army. The fact that he has the Daemon keyword-only makes him better. The only real problem is the lack of mobility and survivability. To use his impressive spell to best effect, you want him close to the enemy, but 5 Wounds and a 6+ save aren't too helpful in letting him survive that.
  • uses for summons: Bloodletters can inflict MWs, Daemonettes are still the best shredders and fast movers, Plaguebearers are walls, Horrors provide shooting and annoying way to be survivable, while Furys can grab objectives.
  • The Balewind Vortex can help mitigate the need to be close. If an entire horde of enemies wishes to approach, they do not want to be within the 18" bubble of death that his spell becomes while atop the vortex.
  • Can also have his save pimped out. Give him Paradoxical Shield, stick him in a Balewind Vortex, and he's got a 3+ save, 2+ if you can get him in cover. Suddenly your squishy wizard is not so squishy anymore.
  • The Balewind Vortex combined with the Arcane Sacrifice command trait gives your Infernal Flames spell a truly sickening 27" range. The changes to the spell make this huge range less necessary, but the threat range is very intimidating, and although wiping out a 40 man horde with one cast is a lot less likely now it's still a whole lot of damage that it can kick out.
• Gaunt Summoner on Disc of Tzeentch: (Arcanites Mortal Daemon Wizard 280pts.) give a summoner +1 wounds, 16" Flying movement and a +2 for melee save if normal ground fighter catches him. Not bad for 20 points. (Not actually a Disciples of Tzeentch unit. This one is from the Slaves to Darkness book, and according to the current rules can only be taken as an ally. Apparently the Disciples don't know how to give their summoners discs.)
• Curseling, Eye of Tzeentch: (180pts. Arcanites Mortal Wizard) Wow. Vilitch, who used to be overcosted and underpowered, may now be one of the best Chaos casters, albeit he is now a generic Hero. He can cast and dispel two spells a turn. Any spell he unbinds, he can immediately cast himself with nobody being allowed to unbind his attempt. He also has the Glean Magic spell with which he can steal unique spells off enemy Wizards. And in combat, he's awesome, too. He has three weapons, one a Sorcerer staff with bad To Wound and worse To Hit rolls, but d3 damage if it connects and then two weapons which are basically Crom's weapons except one of them has extra Rend. Yeah. He hits hard, he can cast twice, and he can cast everything he unbinds. His main problem is the First Rule of One. He only has three spells, two of them the generic spells and the third one that only works if the enemy is packing Wizards, and even then the result may not help him, so unless you give him a good lore spell, he will be dead weight on the spells you can cast.
  • Can also be decent in combat with Paradoxical Shield giving him a 3+ rerollable save. Since he can cast twice a turn, have him cast Mystic Shield and Arcane Infusion on himself to make him kill and nearly indestructible.
  • ...and just as we thought we had something, the nerfbat came mercilessly lest something be better than the pansies they got boxed with. Arcane Cataclysm busted Not-Vilitch to one cast and unbind, but capable of re-rolling to unbind...unless you find an enemy wizard within 18" and steal one of their casts on a 4+, which is quite sinister, especially in a magic-deficient army. His unique spell will also see plenty of use as it gives an Arcanite unit within 9" a 6++ Ward.
• Fatemaster: (140pts. Arcanites Mortal) a pure Flying melee leader in a magic focused faction. while not the strongest fighter he does have a 2+ save in melee unless his opponent is a monster or flys. His Command ability is why you'd take him, as it lets all Tzeentch units wholly within 9" re-roll hit rolls - you can squeeze a lot of stuff into that radius, especially small, hard hitting units like flamers, Ogroids or Skyfires.
• Magister: (120pts. Arcanites Mortal Wizard) One of your good cheap mortal wizard that can also shoot a bolt from his staff and like to turn things into Spawns. He can cast additional spells if your casting roll was a double, even if it failed but the additional attempt is also a double he dies and may turn into a Spawn instead. His strong unique spell creates a spawn each turn it kills something right into combat (this will be FAQed soon) creating dangerous disruption. you may use him as a cheaper Gaunt Summoner, Using Fate dice to grant 2 successful casts, and tying down foes with free spawn.
• Magister on Disc of Tzeentch: (140pts. Arcanites Mortal Wizard) take a Magister and let him fly around the battlefield with +1 wound and better melee saves.
• Tzaangor Shaman: (130pts. Arcanites Brayherd Wizard) The mage you want in a Tzaangor-heavy army. Thanks to his Disc, he's not all that bad in melee, but that is still only a last resort, as he's too important to risk. The fun part is that he is a 6 wound Mage with high movement and a decent spell: Enemy unit takes D3 Mortal Wounds. Afterward, you can add a Tzaangor to a nearby unit for every model the spell killed. Roast some Saurus Guard and fill up your Beastmen all in the same breath. The Shaman also carries a nice energy drink with him that, once per game, lets him cast twice and re-roll casting rolls while he's at it. Use to best effect in an Arcanite Cabal Battalion for three re-rollable spells.
• Ogroid Thaumaturge: (170pts Arcanites Mortal Wizard) For all intents and purposes, the Ogroid Thaumaturge is a Tzeentch-marked Doombull. He has eight Wounds without counting as a monster, a 5+ save, rerolls hits & wounds if he took damage earlier in the phase, and his spell deals D6 MW and heals him for each kill, so he's pretty tanky. He also moves 6", deals D3 Mortal Wounds for successfully charging and has three weapon profiles in melee, all of them good. His staff is just like any other mage staff, but hitting on 3+ and dealing three knocks, then his horns have two attacks with great Hit and Wound rolls, great Rend and constant damage 3, and finally, his hooves are exactly 2 Hammer-Liberators worth of knocks. But wait, that's not all. This guy is just amazing. Having him and a Tzeentch army and NOT playing him is akin to sacrilege. He's powerful, he's versatile, and his model looks amazing.

Daemons

• Lord of Change: (400pts. Daemon Wizard, Behemoth, 30 Fate Points) Casty, scary lord, now with fourteen Wounds because he got a new model. Can choose between a bunch of weapon profiles in addition to his staff but the Gatling Rod of Sorcery will generally be your best bet because a Lord of Change in melee is a dead Lord of Change unless you're sending him war machine hunting. His true power is the hero phase, were he can Auto ends an endless spell for free, leans any spell he unbinding on a 9+, and can always get double of the highest dice rolled when he rolls for magic
• Exalted Daemon of Tzeentch (Forge World): (515pts Daemon, Behemoth), A Lord of Change pre-new model, with 20 wounds. This also means it only has the staff to fight with, severely hampering its usefulness with the new freshness available. He also has a Casting Value of 9 as opposed to 10 for some reason.
• Changecaster, Herald of Tzeentch: (150pts. Daemon Wizard, 12 Fate Points) in addition to throwing small firebolts behind other Horrors, Has a pretty cool combination of tricks going for him. He has a unique spell with a casting value of nine, which is pretty fucking high for dealing D6 MW. Also, once per game, he can cast with three dice instead of two, making nine much more reachable. Also, if he manages to cast a spell with a roll of 9+, he can cast an extra spell that turn.
• Fluxmaster, Herald of Tzeentch on Disc: (170pts. Daemon Wizard, 12 Fate Points) Oddly the disc is disturbingly powerful in melee. However, the Herald on it wants absolutely nothing to do with melee. Ultimately, the Herald on Disc is a confusing beast, best left alone. His unique spell can potentially do nine Mortal wounds for a casting value of 5, though it will average only one and a half, but hey in Matched Play you only get one Arcane Bolt anyway so it's better than your herald sitting on their fucking hands. His real usefulness is that he is manic fast and can keep up with your Flamers and Screamers so they benefit from the loci.
• Fateskimmer, Herald of Tzeentch on Burning Chariot: (170pts, Daemon Wizard, 24 Fate Points) put a Herald on a battle chariot, equipped with both the better casting roll tome and extra weapon and drawn by Screamers that deal more damage to monster and MW something on the flyby. His unique spell can damages each enemy that surrounds it. The main reason to actually take this guy is to make Burning Chariots Battleline if he's your general, which allows you to spam them in low points games. This is an 8 wound, fast moving spellcaster so pretty good for the points you pay.

Slaves to Darkness

• Daemon Prince: (210pts. Slave to Darkness, Daemon) Fast and decently killy. Isn’t a Wizard any more. He’s gone through a reworking since his last outing. Now he gains a unique command ability for each of the gods. Like a discount Lord of change, his CA only adds +1 to one friendly StD wizard’s casting roll. You take him because he is a melee-oriented Daemon hero that helps a little with casting.

• Exalted Hero of Chaos: (90pts. Slave to Darkness, Mortal) A shit Aspiring Deathbringer with D6 3+/3+/-1/1 attacks and can fight twice. He gets a +1 to hit vs Characters and Monsters and if he somehow kills one he heals D3 wounds. Yeah, probably don't?

• Lord of Chaos: (110pts. Slave to Darkness, Mortal) Cheaper and more killy, with a decent command ability to boot. Don't send him alone against characters more expensive than he is, or he will die. If your taking large units of StD for melee, he is a big Force multiplier, letting them fight twice.

• Chaos Lord on Daemonic Mount: (170pts. Slave to Darkness, Mortal) Your budget (for a Slaves to Darkness character) mounted Lord. He is eligible to take both mortal and Daemon items (that's getting to be a rarity these days), ignores MW on 5+ and heals when killing things with his hammer. His Command Ability allows a Chariot or Knight unit to re-roll charge rolls and adds +1 to their Hit rolls. Gorebeast Chariots hitting on 3+? Yes, please. A good pick if you want a Tzeentch melee goon.

• Chaos Lord on Karkadrak: (250pts. Slave to Darkness, Mortal) The new mounted lord has arrived, and he rode in style as a full plastic kit. How does this character scream build around? Movement 9", 9 wounds and the always welcomed 3+ save, this lord on battle lizard loves keeping up with his fellow cavalry and bring nothing short of utter destruction. Without any enhancements, this character boasts no less than 13(!) attacks across 4 profiles, has mortal wound potential both on the charge and with his sword, and can heal with his attacks with his big axe. Sporting classic mortal wound protection that Slaves to Darkness units are spoiled with, and the same command ability as his horse-riding brethren, he is an excellent pick for a Slaves focused army. Pair him with some Chaos Knights or Chariots and reap all the skulls you can.

• Chaos Lord on Manticore: (280pts. Slave to Darkness, Mortal, monster, Behemoth) The Lord on Manticore can have a choice between Flail and Sword, with the Sword being better in most circumstances and a choice between Runeshield, Daggerfist, and Lance. The Lance might be awesome, but since everyone and their grandma will be gunning for your Manticore, the 5+ save against Mortal Wounds might be the best choice. The beasty hits at least as hard as the lord, and re-rolls all Hits against Monsters for its Fangs and Claws attacks. His Command Ability allows a unit of Chaos Warriors wholly within 18" to re-roll charge, wound, and Battleshock rolls.

• Chaos Sorcerer Lord: (110pts. Slave to Darkness, Mortal, wizard) Yes. he is one of the best cheap wizards you can take. While an ok fighter by wizard standards, he is amazing at support for Mortal StD. First, without even casting anything, he can grant one friendly Std unit re-rolling saves. Then, when he casts, his unique spell that provides re-roll Hit, Wound and Saves for a friendly StD unit wholly within 18". If your running Mauders or Chaos warriors consider a Sorcerer Lord instead of a Magister.

• Chaos Sorcerer Lord on Manticore: (260pts. Slave to Darkness, Mortal, wizard, Monster, Behemoth) Blessed with the same awesome "re-roll saves" ability as the normal Lord, this here rides a Manticore, who is just as killy as the one the normal Lord gets. Additionally, the Sorcerer Lord gets the Wind of Chaos spell, which is potentially devastating to a large unit blob. Due to the different spell, this version is a better fit for the army than the foot sorcerer if you're not running many other StD units as he he can buff his own save with his ability and nuke things with his spell.

Beasts Of Chaos

must be included in a Phantasmagoria of Fate battalion

Updated: The 2020 Disciples of Tzeentch Battletome has beasts of chaos as an ally and you no longer need Phantasmagoria.

• Beastlord: (90pts) A melee fighter but can't keep up with his compatriates (GW expected you to always but them in BoC Ambush and let the rest of the army run and charge). are good and cheap heroes that can improve the rest of beastmen combat if they kill something.

• Great Bray Shaman: (100pts) your Beastman speed booster (especially Tzangors) and your other BEASTS OF CHAOS endless spell caster. They know Devolve for dragging enemies closer to you and away from objectives and support auras.

• Doombull: (100pts) the leader bullgor, a Big guy with a big axe, that let other Bullgors wound better.

• Dragon Ogor Shaggoth: (180pts) Lots of attacks that can explode into more, some speed, lot of wounds, and the most useful is the ability to heal when ties for going first is rolled and having a healing spell.

Battleline

• Kairic Acolytes: (Arcanites, Min 10, 120pts.) Tzeentch-themed Marauders, just as Bloodreavers are Khorne-themed Marauders, but magic focused. They can take the dual-wielder hits better or shields that give a model a 6+ save-before-the-save against normal and mortal wounds, with 3 in 10 can get big Glaives. This is all okay, but not terribly impressive. What sets them apart is that each is also a magical dabbler, being wizards that only spam a buff spell to their minor magic missile weapon to a (18"/1/4+/3+/-1/1), and can disrupt enemy wizards. Having a bunch of Acolytes will help you quickly rack up summon points.
  • Arcane Cataclysm shifts the shields into just giving 6++ Wards, but that's not the big issue. That's the loss of any casting power whatsoever. All you keep is the Vulcharch which gives the ability to deal an MW on a wizard who casts on a 4+, making them possible witch-hunters, but it's not going to do much.

• Tzaangor Host: (Arcanite, Min 10, 180pts.) Incredible. They are, at first glance, Chaos Warriors with a lower save. Then you look at their weapons. No matter what you equip them with, they will always have a 4+/5+/-/1 beak attack each. Then you can choose between two swords, a sword and board, and a glaive (only two on every five models). The shield gives you a nice save-after-the-save for that model, the twin swords get you better hit rolls and the glaives only give you 1 attack instead of 2 but at damage 2 and Rend -1. They also have a rule to gain +1 attack on all their melee weapons if they have 9+ modules. Since this stacks nicely with the few strong attacks from the glaives, you want glaives if you want to go for raw damage output and shields to keep them safe, and they can have one mutant for every 5 models, who always have two blades and make 1 additional hit with them. Most of the unit must be armed the same, but the mutants always have two blades and the glaives replace the normal equipment, so you can have a nice spread of options. They can also run and charge like normal Beastmen, thanks to their musician and can channel mortal wounds onto enemy units if near any wizards (friend or foe). Having an Arcanite Hero hanging with them also gets them better Wound rolls, so keep that Tzaangor Shaman nearby to buff and replenish.
  • Arcane Cataclysm has seen the Tzaangors go upward quite a bit. Their ever-present beaks are now 4+/3+/-/1, making them a lot more reliable as weapons on top of whatever you pick. Destined Mayhem now gives them that +1 attack on the charge, which makes them more focused on being disposable chaff that you toss at the enemy. Their drawback is that their icon now a lot less usable, as it requires having both a wizard in range and another enemy unit nearby to throw d3 MWs at, which is harder than it looks unless you're facing the Lumineth or a Sacrosanct-heavy Stormcast army.

• Horrors of Tzeentch: (Conditional Battleline: Daemon, Min10, 250pts/150pts (if no Pinks)/125pts (if no Pinks or Blues) 20 Fate Points for a unit of 20 Pinks/10 Fate Points for a unit of 10 Blues/Iridescents.) As the Nature of their god these things keep on getting reinvented. One of the best and annoying infantry units in the game, as a unit of 10 actually has 50 wounds (assuming you can deploy all of them validly). A Starting unit of Pinks will have a high volume of 12" firebolts. Their annoying power is each dying pink turns into 2 Blues and each blue turns into a Brimstone, actually increasing the number of attacks by how many you'll be using. The pinks always have to be the first ones to die though.
  • Horrors are not tough and will die in numbers and then more will flee from Battleshock, but if you roll a 1 (use a Fate dice) and you still have a pink with an Icon alive, you gain back D6 slain models instead.
  • If you care for everyone's sanity, don't want to buy and paint 40+ Blue/Brimstone horrors, and/or don't think setting up more models will work out for the game, your horrors can instead explode and deal mortals on a roll that degrades with the size of the Horror - depending.

• Screamer: (Conditional Battleline: Hosts Arcanum army, Daemon Min:3 Max:12 110pts 10 Fate Points for a unit of 3) zipping objective claimers and light bombers, but their offense is a bit pillow-fisted outside The Hosts Arcanum and other buffs. Three of them won't do much, they want to be in bigger units to achieve anything and you're unlikely to put plenty of wounds on units, but monsters really don't enjoy the damage upgrade to D3. Do remember you can do the slashing fins attack if you "retreat" from combat they're not going to win by flying over the unit they were fighting. Being that they are only 10 fate points and have an exceptional move speed, you will often be summoning these to grab an objective left in the open.

• Flamers: (Conditional Battleline: Eternal Conflaguration army, Daemon Min:3 Max:12 190pts 18 Fate Points for a unit of 3) Pretty bloody great. They die very easily, so keep them in cover, but their ranged flame attack is possibly the best thing Tzeentch daemons can bring you, massed shots (10 from 3 of them) causing D3 wounds on anything that gets through is awesome, and they that gains +1/+2 hit if the target had 10/20 models. They are not fun to fight in melee as each lost wound inflicts an MW on a 5+. Lastly, they have 9" Move and can fly, so you can use them as ultra-powered horse archers, leaping here and there while puking multi-colored death from a safe distance.

• Burning Chariots of Tzeentch: (Optional Battleline: Fateskimmer General, Daemon Min1, Max:3 160pts, 18 Fate Points)This is what you get when you put an exalted flamer on a disk pulled by two Screamers. It can damage units it flies over, has the same powerful missile weapon as the standard Exalted Flamer and a bunch of melee attacks, including the Screamers', who make 6 attacks, each of which deals D3 damage whilst targeting a Monster, all of which gain a bonus to hit against bigger units. But realistically it's so fragile and inaccurate you should only use it to pick off opportune targets in melee while shooting at whatever you feel like. They're super fast and they fly but they'll die if the opponent even thinks about shooting and flamers aren't slow anyway. They are great however at dealing a lot of damage against monsters and 20+ units or if you want it to circle around and take the side objectives that the opponent only has a token force for just make sure it attacks first in most cases because it won't last long otherwise. They do also give normal flames their +1 to hit with shooting, but the foot versions just seem a better fit.

• Chaos Warriors: (Mortal STD, Min5, Max:30 100pts.) The same heavily armored Vikings you know and love. Do you like the Liberators' bullshit profile but want to go a bit more Chaosy? Then these guys are what you are looking for. They have the same stats, and their normal hand weapons better than the swords Liberators carry. Their other options include a halberd that is worse than the hand weapon but with a better range, two hand weapons giving a flat re-roll to hit rolls, and a greatblade with the same stats as a Liberator hammer but with a -1 rend, however unlike them taking this will cost you your shield. Their shields work a little differently as they give you a special save of 5+ against mortal wounds. While giving them greater durability against Mortal wounds than Liberators they have worse saves against regular damage attacks. If you want to be an asshole, use them in units of 20+, where they will be re-rolling saves for longer. All in all, strong chaos rivals to liberators, while Liberators can be argued as a more balanced unit with an equal focus on attack and defence and also containing special weapons. Chaos Warriors are more offensively focused, they are less about holding the line than smashing through it, with their weapon options favouring frontal assault more.
  • Take 20, give them halberds so you can attack in two ranks. Enjoy your 60 attacks.
  • Take 20, give them shields, string them out in front of your army and run them forward. Don't worry about being charged: these guys are bait. Take the aforementioned Halberd Warriors and destroy whatever dumbass takes that bait.

• Marauders: (Mortal STD, Min20, Max:40 150pts.) Our favorite Vikings are back and bringing the pain to bear! They did not get a model update, which they sorely need in comparison to the new models being released. I for one will be using Warcry models and kitbashing them to represent Marauders. But down to brass tacks, they boast an average stat line that is bolstered by numbers. 10 or more and your get +1 to hit, 20 or more you get +1 to Rend. But the most important ability boost they got is their charge ability. They can change the lower die on a charge roll to a 6 automatically. Add in a drummer and you'll be making a minimum 8" charge every time.

Others

Daemon

• Exalted Flamers: (Daemon Min: 1 Max: 6 130pts 12 Fate Points for 1) A leader of the Flamers, being a Fusion two normal Flamers into one model with double the attacks, wounds and rend on their Warpflame attacks. not on his scroll but he also provides +1 to hit for other Flamers, often letting them hit on 2s. In tighter points games he has better value when you saving 50 points for 2 models worth and require fewer Fate Points to summon (could appear by round 2 with your own casting while Flamers could show at soonest by round 3). Still, less points-efficient than normal flamers except as a force multiplier - oddly, if near a flamer unit, the standard guys get more accurate than these ones, as they both hit on 4+ before buffs.

Arcanite

• Tzaangor Enlightened: (Min 3, 90pts) Elite Tzaangors. They hit hard and get better when a Tzaangor Shaman is nearby. Other than that, they have a beautiful psychological tool in the Guided by the Past ability, which grants them full rerolls To Hit and Wound if an enemy unit within 3" has already attacked this turn. This puts your opponent into an unpleasant situation: Either attack them first and give the survivors powerful re-rolls or let them attack first and pray he'll still have models left once they're done. You use the Foot variant if you're saving points.

• Tzaangor Enlightened on Disc: (Min 3, 180pts) The better Enlightened the most people use. All your Enlightened gain 16" Fly Move, extra Wound and a massively scary melee profile on top of their own massively scary melee profile (both affected by Guided by the Past). Now Enlightened and Shaman can move together at full speed.
  • Arcane Cataclysm has changed them up a bit. Guided by the Past now only gives a +1 to wound if you went second, which is appreciated but not quite what we used to have because everything now hits on a 4+ without a Shaman beside them. Their Babbling Stream of Secrets ability (which used to just make battleshock casualties worse for the enemy - if that ever mattered) into something more applicable by making engaged enemies unable to receive any commands.

• Tzaangor Skyfires: (BoC, 3, 190pts) Ranged Elite Tzaangors. These fellows are the unholy cross between a Tzaangor Enlightened, a Kurnoth Hunter and a Warplock Jezzail (guess who did what, I don't wanna imagine that scene). In addition to having serviceable melee stats, Skyfires have the obscene 16" Movement of the Enlightened, the 24" range of the Kurnoth Hunters and unmodified 6 To Hit rolls immediately deal d3 Mortal Wounds instead (incredible for sniping characters with a good destiny dice pool). This is even stronger considering that close proximity to a Tzaangor Shaman grants them +1 To Hit, and the leader already has an additional +1, making still be dangerous even if 6s are not rolled.

• Eyes of the Nine: A mixed unit of 4 models including two named kairic acolytes, a named tzaangor wielding a savage greatblade and a blue horror. Must be taken alongside Vortemis the All-Seeing.

Mortal

• Chaos Chosen: (STD Min5, Max:20, 140pts.) Warriors with +1 Ld and armed with Great Weapons, which is basically a Protector's Halberd without the cool special rules. What's so special about Chosen, then? If they kill at least one model in combat, all nearby Slaves to Darkness re-roll To Wound until the end of the phase. This is pretty devastating and nowhere does it say that multiple Chosen squads can't affect each other with this (actually, they even affect themselves if an ability allows them to fight more than once a phase, they're just that pleased with themselves). So a good way to look at Chosen is as a potential buffing unit with high damage potential. Don't compare them to Paladins as they really don't like that. Get them into the thick of things and start killing to buff everyone up.

• Chaos Chariots: (STD Min1, Max:3 120pts.) Our favourite Shock and Awe Chariot got the Ogor Charge rule, big win. And while they seem to want to be taken in units of 2 to maximize the number of exalted upgrades you can take, an argument can be made to take a unit of 2-3. A Chaos Lord on Karkadrak (or demonic mount) with an Undivided Mark will give them an immunity to Battleshock (while wholly within 12") and the Chaos Lord's command ability will affect more than 1 chariot. This will maximise the hurt dealt when they charge. The Chariot's innate ability to run and charge once per game will only increase this benefit and possibly ensure a turn 1 charge. A 12" move, plus a run, plus a re-rollable charge will catch many an unwary opponent off-guard. Although, units of one could lead to a HUGE increase in mortal wounds from their charge damage as you roll once for the unit rather than once per model.

• Gorebeast Chariots: (STD 150pts) Don't get the same movement rule as the normal Chaos Chariots but they have the absolutely devastating Gorebeast to make up for it. The beast is just that in combat and also grants you a nice rule similar to Khorne Skullcrushers get where you can potentially inflict Mortal Wounds on whatever you charge in the Charge Phase. Like the normal chariot, this rule triggers for the unit rather than per model as Skullcrushers do - but it can affect more than one unit.

• Chaos Knights: (STD Min5, Max:20, 180pts.) Chaos Warriors on pretty good horses. They aren't the bullshit they used to be, but they are still strong. They can either have the same weapon as a Warrior but with three attacks and rend or they can take lances, which are exactly like a Liberator with a Warhammer but gain a bonus to Rend and Damage if they charge. You probably won't wipe out too many unis on the charge so the normal weapon will be better in most circumstances.

• Chaos Marauder Horsemen: (STD Min5, Max:30 90pts.) Marauders on horseback. They are in almost every way normal Marauders on mediocre horses. However, they can still take Javelins, which beat every other weapon the guys can have by simple virtue of being a missile weapon in addition to a close combat weapon. Considering this is an army that can be at a desperate lacking in ranged weaponry, it can be a good rule-of-thumb to include a few goods ranged harassers. Feigned Flight allows for Mongolian-style hit and run tactics, as it allows the Marauders to shoot and charge even if they retreated. Meaning these guys can run circles around slower moving units while they gradually shoot them down before multi-charging them to death.

• Varanguard: (STD Min:3, Max:12, 300pts) Super Warriors lent out by Archaon. They are giant chaos knights with 5 wounds 3+ armour and ignore magic on a 5+, able to Fight twice once per game and get +1 to hit if you have Archaon. The unit can be armed with an Ensorcelled Weapon for consistency, Fellspear for better charge damage, or Daemonforged Blade can more inflict Damage and MW with good RNG.

• Chaos Spawn: (STD Min:1 Max:6 50pts.) That Which Must Not Be Named. Not actually terrible, though far from reliable. A Move of 2D6" makes for potentially fast movement. Similarly, 2D6 attacks per Spawn is potentially strong, but even better is the special rule these attacks come with: Any natural 6s to wound deal mortal wounds. Also, five Wounds with a 5+ save to make for pretty hardy models, and any models within 9" of a wizard that casts a spell can immediately regenerate their wounds. This makes them excellent bubblewrap for backline wizards that you fear might get assassinated.
  • Tzeentch has many ways to summon them for free, either to replace specific Heroes that die or right into enemy lines, stopping them from shooting and charging your wizards.

Beasts Of Chaos

• Ungors: (Min10 Max:40 60/200pts) beastmen Marauders. Not strong but you can take swarms of them and they are able to cross a lot of ground.

• Gors: (Min10 Max:30 70/200pts) A step above Ungors. while Ungors are only effective in large packs, you can comfortably take smaller units of Gors.

• Bestigors: (Min10 Max:30 120/300pts) A step above Gors but below Tzaangors. They do have Rending attacks over Tzaangors. If you can stack all their bonuses you can get up to the Tzaangors killing power.

• Bullgors: (Min3 Max:12 140pts) Get the same Bloodgreed rule as the Doombull, а weapon choice of great axes (2x 4+/3+/-2/3) or axe(s)(3x 4+/3+/-1/2) with the option of an additional axe to reroll hit rolls of 1, or bull shields which add +1 to the save rolls against attacks from melee weapons. These options are in addition to horn attacks made by each bullgor (2x 4+/4+/-/1). But the really interesting trait is their Drummer and Banner Bearer abilities: namely, they give +1 respectively to charge rolls and Bravery for each enemy unit within 12" from them. If you want to go full Warherd, take one unit of each and see which ones perform best, but if you take only one unit of them and a Doombull, you're going to want great axes.
  • Arguably the dual axes may be the better option for a higher chance of mortal wounds with the additional attack and rerolling 1's to hit. The loss of rend isn't that big of a deal as we have many ways of reducing saves already.
  • Other than that, they're fast, have more raw, balls-out power than almost anything in the game and have lots of Wounds. The high Wound-count combined with the meh Save also means that targeting them with Mortal Wounds will almost feel like a waste to your opponent, which might keep them safe longer.

• Dragon Ogors: (Min3 Max:12 140pts) Five Wounds with a 4+ save, okay Bravery and scary weapons. Each has what is basically a Chaos Knight's horse bolted to it and in addition fights with a big weapon. You get either Ancient Weapons which are three Double-Hammer Liberators in one, Glaives which exchange 2 attacks with 1 more inch of range and a Rend of -1, or Crushers which only have 3 attacks, but with 2 damage each. Re-roll hit rolls of 1 if wholly within 12" of a Shaggoth.
  • Glaives have an interesting use in that you can hide your dragon ogors behind your 25mm/32mm based guys (just in case may want 2 ranks of 25mm bases to have maximum distance). Enemies with 1" weapons won't be able to touch your DO, while the glaives let your DO wack enemies (though you do lose your claw attacks).

• Ungor Raiders: (Min:10 Max40 80pts) Same as Ungors, but with bows instead of shields and a basic scouting rule. Don't think their bows are good, by the way, but the mass of shots really helps. Don't underestimate 30-40 strong ungor raider units. They can output a surprising amount of dakka (for Beasts anyways, they're not crossbow freeguild!). in a melee-centric and focused faction that can quickly get into melee, missiles will be taken out of you horde budget, can damage distant enemies while holding objectives.

• Centigors: (Min:5 Max20 80pts) Light Brayherd cavalry unit that can Run and Charge. Fairly useless as the other player can lay down even light fire and wipe them out. Their good to at moving across the board, harassing, tieing down or grabbing an objective but not much else. Each turn you can decide to have them get drunk on beast piss to add +1 to their hit rolls but at the cost of your opponent getting +1 on them.

• Tuskgor Chariots: (Min:1 Max4 60/200pts) It's a chariot. Aside from the fact that the model is painfully showing its age, it's actually damn good. Lots of Wounds, good Save, tons of attacks that are great on the charge and okay normally. Play three of them and make sure they have a Bray Shaman close to them in your first movement phase. Like Bestigors, its Despoiler Axe can re-roll 1s against Order units and add 1 to hit rolls if the unit has 10 or more units. Fill your army with chariots! they are one of the best beast units! If you don't like the Tuskgors, simply build your own chariots from Gors, Warhounds and assorted wood splinters.

Behemoths

• Chaos Warshrine: (Totem, Priest, Behemoth, 170pts.) What it does is pretty cool, too. First, it has an Aura that grants Mortal Slaves to Darkness an additional 6+ save after their normal save. It Can also pray for buffs to Mortal STD units. There is one buff for Undivided and every God. The Undivided buff is the best by default, granting rerolls of To Hit and To Wound. However, the God-specific buffs can be cast on whatever you want, but get better if you cast it on a unit of the same God. The favor of Tzeentch let your reroll saves and ignore magic on a 4+. And yes, this does mean a Shrine can bless units of rival Gods, just for shits and giggles. Also of note is the fact that this thing can easily hold its own in combat with a monster-like profile and a bunch of strong attacks. Awful Rend, yes, but they plow through low armour tarpits like nobody's business.

• Soul Grinder:(Daemon, Behemoth, 210pts) Ever wanted a beast that can throw ranged shots AND be great in melee? This daemon might be for you. Same price as a Daemon Prince but with less special abilities. It makes up for it by giving you a boatload of attacks for very good damage. Two ranged attack profiles, one at 20" and six at 16", the 20" does flat 3 damage the rest do 1 damage. CC has six attacks for 1 damage each, 1 attack -2 Rend for D6 damage, and either: two attacks -2 Rend flat 3 damage, OR 4 attacks -1 Rend D3 damage. Big, ugly, and killy, he fills the hammer role. The biggest downside for it is the mostly 4+ to hit. And since it is a Daemon, it can't benefit from CSL Demonic Power spell or the Warshrine. But at 16 wounds and a 4+ save, you can probably find a spot in the army.

• Mutalith Vortex Beast: (Monster, Behemoth, 170pts) A regenerating monster with many attacks. other monsters hit harder but it provides a random debuff to one enemy each of your hero phases. They may permanently lower Bravery or Slow, inflict MWs or make a Chaos spawn if it kills with D6 MWs. The 18" range on the ability is quite threatening and if you keep rolling 5s and 6s your opponent will learn to fear this beast.

• Chaos War Mammoth: (Monster, Behemoth, 320pts) (Monster, Behemoth, 320pts) This monster has 22 wounds! Although it's only packing a 5+ save. All of his attacks cause at least D3 wounds, making it an exceptional monster-killer when at full strength as well as imposing -2 to any Battleshock tests to any unfortunate unit that gets charged. Wounding and even killing this thing just makes it cause more damage. If you're playing with a big Chaos horde then there's no finer feeling than running this guy into the enemy's biggest and toughest-looking infantry blob, although expect a few dirty looks for doing so. Keep in mind that he doesn't like magic missiles or war machine fire, however.

• Gigantic Chaos Spawn: A strong but unreliable monster burdened with random movement, random attacks, and regeneration. He can put out a fair amount of damage with a mix of its tongues and maws, and has 12 wounds and has a good chance to regenerate and possibly gain more wounds each turn. It's worth remembering that he can be given any Chaos God as a keyword, which opens up amusing possibilities like running a Khornate Spawn alongside a Bloodsecrator.

Beasts Of Chaos

must be included in a Phantasmagoria of Fate battalion

• Cygor: (140pts) Can unbind two spells in each Hero Phase: If he manages to do it, he deals a mortal wound to the caster healing a wound for himself. He can also reroll hit rolls when attacking wizards, which he really really needs, having Hit rolls of 4+ across the board. Two of them can add some okay shooting, but the fact that the damage table influences his range makes him unreliable at best.

• Ghorgon: (160pts) Same Blood Frenzy as Doombull and Bullgors, but deals d3 mortal wounds on an unmodified 6. Also, he can slay a specific model within 1" after he makes all his attack if he rolls a dice equal or greater than its wounds characteristic, do remember that it's a model so you can chomp on any leader or musician you can get your grubby hands on. This thing is your sledgehammer, with insanely strong attacks, but very slow for a monster. If you manage the charge and a Doombull is nearby, this thing can rip apart whole units, otherwise, it will stop cannonballs with its face for two turns and then die.

Normal Battalions

Due to how Battalions are now universal, expect see the whole lot of this on the trash bin outside of narrative games. Bonus rules, traits and doodads are going to be likely added to the faction rules as default.

Ab-het's Skyseekers

(110 pts, Min: 630 pts Max: 710 pts) 1 Magister on Disc of Tzeentch, 1 unit of 3 Tzaangor Skyfires, 1 unit of 3 Tzaangor Enlightened and 1 unit of 3 Screamers

This battalion came from the Aether War set that pitches Disciples of Tzeentch against Kharadrons, it is no longer legal for matched play. You can play the minimum points by simply fielding the Enlightened without their discs, or max by using them with their discs. Fielding the battalion grants you the following benefit :

Foreseen Maneuvers : When making a charge roll for a unit from this battalion, roll 3D6, remove one dice of your choice and then use the remaining 2D6 to determine the charge roll.

While good (and a cheap way to grab an extra command point given that in small scale games you're very likely to use those units), this battalion is only of use for two of its units, the enlightened and the screamers, as you may not want to stick your skyfires in melee and definitely should not drop your magister anywhere near the frontlines.

Aether-Eater Host

(140 pts, Min: -pts Max:) 1 Herald of Tzeentch on Burning Chariot and 3-8 (in any combination of) The Blue Scribes, Herald on Burning Chariot, Herald on Disc, or Screamers

Whenever a model in this battalion unbinds a spell, that model heals D3 Wounds. 1 unit of Screamers can also unbind one spell per enemy Hero phase as well. Let's be honest here, unless you're running some gimmick list or are trying to make your 40k Screamerstar work in AoS, this Battalion will be hard to make worthwhile. Play against an army with little magic like Stormcast often and you won't reap many benefits.

Alter-Kin Coven

(140 pts; Min: - pts; Max - pts) 1 unit of Kairic Acolytes, 1 unit of Tzaangors and 1 unit of Tzaangor Skyfires

A unit of Kairic Acolytes, a unit of Tzaangors and a unit of Tzaangor Skyfires get an aura of mutation that works basically like Nurgle's Rot but every model killed lets you add a Tzaangor to a nearby unit. Not too shabby. An inexpensive Battalion with a decent bonus and no dead weight at all. Not bad, but not great. Let's be honest here, you take this because you want to turn it into a Cult of the Transient Form later. No shame in admitting that. As you are already running these units in a Arcanite army, why not run this?!?

Arcanite Cabal

(140 pts; Min - pts; Max - pts) 3-9 MAGISTER, Fatemasters or Tzaangor Shamans, in any combination.

After setup you pick 1 HERO from this battalion. Each time that HERO spends a Destiny dice, roll a dice and on a 2+ you may add that dice to your destiny dice pool. Rules as written, if you roll two Destiny dice for things like spells, each instance of the roll triggers separately and you can therefore regain both dice with a little bit of luck. This, quite obviously, makes any spellcasters a great choice for this ability, especially MAGISTERS as you may be able to spend your dice to perfectly control your casting rolls, enabling a second free spell and ensuring your wizard doesn't turn into a Spa-WARHAKGLALGKAKF as you cast it.

If you cast Glimpse the Future with your enhanced wizard, in a majority of cases you gain more Destiny Dice than you spent. Might be fun to keep your Shield of Fate spell at full efficiency. Slap the Paradoxical Shield artefact on the target of your Shield of Fate and ensure your Fatemaster never ever dies.

Changehost

(180 pts; Min: - pts; Max:) 1 Lord of Change and 8 (In any combination of) HORROR HERO, Exalted Flamer, Horrors of Tzeench, Flamers, Screamers, or Burning Chariots

At the start of each of your hero phases, as long as the Lord of Change is alive, you can redeploy 2 one other unit from this battalion to anywhere more than 9" from enemy models. They can't move in the following movement phase. Nerfed as per the errata two weeks after the battletome dropped, thanks to Changehosts absolutely dominating tournaments immediately

Multitudinous Host

(160 pts; min 750 pts; Max: 3750) 1 Changecaster and 8 units or Horrors

In every friendly Hero Phase, you return D3 slain models to each Horror unit. And no, the Herald's position or surviving is not a condition for this. Hoo boy, you could end up with a hell of a lot of Horrors with this. You need big units to take advantage of it. Or, just saying, run an Endless Lifeswarm for less points and don't spam unneeded Horrors. The minimum is calculated by using 8 min-sized units of brimstone horrors, the max 8 max-sized units of pink horrors. This author believes a more reasonable approach would be to field 2 max-sized of pink horrors and 6 of min-sized brimstone horrors, which rounds at 1510 points. Still, best take the lifeswarm.

Overseer's Fate-Twisters

(160 pts; Min - pts; Max: -) 1 Lord of Change and 8+ (in any combination of) HORROR HERO, Exalted Flamer, or Burning Chariots

Oh. Oh, my. If this weren't so insanely big and expensive, it'd be absolutely mandatory. As it is, it won't see much use. Combined with the Battalion cost, you're looking at 1240 points bare minimum, though the benefits speak for themselves: First, every Hero Phase, you get another Destiny Die. Second, you get to re-roll one Destiny Die every Hero Phase. Third, and this is the Cheddar, so long as there are 9+ models in the Battalion, you can wait until after you've made a roll before you decide to sub Destiny Dice in. This not only lowers your consumption of Destiny Dice drastically, but it's also a wonderful psychological tool that lets the opponent know you have almost complete control over your dice rolls and puts you at ease as you have almost complete control over your dice rolls.

Omniscient Oracles

(160 pts; Min: pts; Max:) Kairos Fateweaver and 3 Lords of Change

Really, really not worth the price of admission. You get to re-roll all 1s on Hit, Wound, and Save rolls. Now, to be honest, this is a massive fucking load of bullshit. It's Daemonic Power on steroids for four powerful Behemoths. Never mind that they can still take unique spells, gear and magical gear on top of this. On the other hand, even in a 2500 point game, you just spent well over half your points on four models. Never mind all the cash you'd have to throw down for this...if only it also gave you better castings. Cool, but hard pass.

Skyshoal Coven

(140 pts; Min - pts; Max - pts) 2 units of Tzaangor Enlightened (Must be on discs) and 2 units of Tzaangor Skyfires

After a unit from this Battalion flys over an enemy unit, you role a d6. On a 2+ that unit takes D3 mortal wounds. Sorta expensive for what it does, but its at least 1 free mortal wound and you get an extra artifact out of it.

Tzaangor Coven

(180 pts; Min - pts; Max - pts) 2 units of Tzaangors, 2 units of Tzaangor Skyfires and 2 units of Tzaangor Enlightened

If you like Tzaangors, and let's be honest, of course you do, then this one is damn good but really expensive. Your Tzaangores likely will be in units of 20, and at least 1 unit of Enlightened will likely be 6 big. At the start of YOUR hero phase, nominate 1 of these 6 units within 3" of an enemy unit. That unit can either fight or shoot. Having a Tzaangor Shaman nearby is pretty horrifying as he buffs your Disc Gors alot, and 6 Enlightened fighting 2x (and their discs) can kill Nagash.

Warpflame Host

(140 pts) (Min 500 pts) An Exalted Flamer, 3-8 (in any combination) of Exalted Flamers, Flamers or Burning Chariots

• at start of charge phase, on a roll of 6 for each enemy within 9" of this battalion takes D3 MW.

Together, they have a small chance of dealing additional Mortal Wounds in the Hero Phase, similar to Nurgle's Rot. Not really that good, as all the models are already plenty killy, don't want enemies anywhere near that close to them and the chance of triggering damage at all is fairly low. Best to use those points of 3 more Flamers.

Witchfyre Coven

(160 pts; Min - pts; Max - pts) Three units of Kairic Acolytes and a unit of Tzaangor Enlightened.

This nets you the ability to shoot your Sorcerous Bolts in the Hero Phase as well as in the Shooting Phase. This has a lot of uses, most of it boiling down to "more dakka". Acolytes got a big boost in the new book, and a unit of 30 will bring some serious hurt. If you want to get this as cheap as possible, remember to leave your Enlightened on foot so you save some points (the battalion requires footsloggers, as the warscroll uses the unit name Tzaangor Enlightened, not the keyword TZAANGOR ENLIGHTENED Per the rules you can ignore the sub-headers under the title unless they are included in the entry for that unit. "on discs of Tzeentch" is a sub-header for Tzaangor enlightened).

Phantasmagoria of Fate

(200 pts) (Min: 470 pts; Max: 11400 pts) 1-4 combination of any Beast of Chaos Hero; 3-9 combination of Bestigors, Gors, Tzaangors, Ungors, Ungor Raiders; 0-9 combination of Bullgors, Centigors, Dragon Ogors, Tzaangor Enlightened, Tzaangor Skyfires, Tuskgor Chariots; 0-2 combination of Cygors or Ghorgons.

From the Beasts of Chaos Battletome but since it gives all units the TZEENTCH keyword you can use it. Non-wizards in the battalion can unbind spells within 9" as if they were wizards. Might just as well use only Tzaangors. Also grants you access to a larger selection of beastmen not traditionally found in Tzeentch Rosters if you want to go heavier in melee.

Daemon Cohort of Tzeentch

(Open Play Only) Could be fairly nasty if you play fair. Extra spells means you could reliably be casting Arcane Bolt and Mystic Shield with every unit (including your Horrors) every turn. Having most of your army with +1 saves while throwing multiple sets of D3 mortal wounds across the field, plus normal shooting, could be nasty. You'll probably want to borrow some speed bumps from somewhere to keep enemy units at arm's length. Lord of Change probably best for his command ability giving a bonus to cast. And all of this is not taking into account the fact that you could use summoning magic with all your casting attempts. As of 2.0 this battalion has no point cost and can only be used in open play.

Arcanite Cult

(120 pts) (min 1800 pts; max 18,190 pts) Like with the Sylvaneth, this super Battalion is the blueprint. It has the most rigid structure and the fewest bonuses. Avoid at all cost. The other two Arcanite super Battalions are literally this one, but tricked out and with more choice. Either way, to start, you need an Arcanite Cabal, then 3-9 of the other Arcanite Battalions and then you can take up to one Curseling, Ogroid and Gaunt Summoner each. For that, you get +1 Bravery on everything (don't scoff, your Tzaangors and Acolytes have horrible Bravery) and you get to choose three of your Destiny Dice rather than rolling them at the start of the game.

Army Building

1000 pt.

Here the core tax is 1 Leader and 2 Battleline units.

Your basic choices here are to focus either on Daemons, Tzaangor, Mortals or a combination thereof. A Lord of Change is probably overkill, and an Ogroid and another support mage working in tandem will likely serve you better. Taking Kairic Acolytes over Pink Horrors is seldom a good idea unless you have a specific Battalion in mind. Also, do not be too proud to look into the Slaves to Darkness. The Chaos Sorcerer Lord provides wonderful support, and Chaos Warriors provide a hardy Battleline choice. Avoid Chosen and Chaos Knights, though, as your Tzaangor Enlightened leave them in the dust regarding mobility and damage output. Also, hands off those Flamers. A single unit is already 20% of your points budget. They are massively scary, but once the opponent has a target lock on their asses, you'll lose a huge part of your army.

Another possibility is to buy a Start Collecting: Slaves to Darkness box. Since all those Mortals can elect to take the TZEENTCH keyword, they are entirely compatible with your allegiance, though not with your Battalions. The Chaos Warriors give you some more survivable Battlelines, the Knights and the Chariot give you a nice balance of beefy and fast and the Chaos Sorcerer Lord is just flat-out better than your Magister.

Yet another option is to pick one of the Battalions from the Battletome and build your army around it. A Changehost can complement just about any Tzeentch Daemons and provides a fun bonus for example. Ideally, for this you want to pick a Battalion you can expand upon when taking the hurdle to 2000 points.

An example Arcanite list could be:

• Tzaangor Shaman (General)
• Ogroid Thaumaturge
• 10 Tzaangors (Battleline)
• 10 Kairic Acolytes (Battleline)
• 3 Tzaangor Enlightened on Disc
• 3 Tzaangor Skyfires

Now that Generals Handbook 2.0 has dropped Acolytes got cheaper and all Tzeentch wizards and Skyfires got pricier. The Tzaangor coven battalion is now a no go as it's also more expensive to take. The above list gives you dead on 1000 is 950 points (following drop in points in GHB2019) and with a squishy force like the Arcanites it's probably better to prioritize bodies over trying to fit a battalion in. You could also remove the Tzaangors and Enlightened and replace them with another unit of Skyfires and Acolytes and have 40 points left for an endless spell, but this leaves you without any melee units.

2000 pt.

Here the core tax is 1 Leader and 3 Battleline units.

Example list with 0 Battalions but could still be pretty fun. Decided on a Balewind Vortex for the Curseling to really annoy other magic users with crazy reliable unbinding and spell stealing ability 48" range on glean magic sounds pretty fun. Comes to 1980 points.

Heroes

• Lord of Change
• Tzaangor Shaman
• Ogroid Thuamaturge
• Curseling, Eye of Tzeentch

Battleline

• 20 Tzaangors
• 10 Kairic Acolytes
• 10 Kairic Acolytes

Other Units

• 3 Tzaangor Skyfires
• 3 Tzaangor Skyfires
• 3 Tzaangor Enlightened

Scenery

• Balewind Vortex

2500 pt.

Here the core tax is 1 Leader and 4 Battleline units.

Tactics

Magic

The rule of one can be quite detrimental to Tzeentch. Many of your wizards are able to cast multiple spells a turn, and some of them don't even have their own warscroll spell. Make sure to diversify the Lore spells you take with them so you don't have wizards standing around not having anything to cast. Taking one or two endless spells helps with this issue as well.

Cults

The Eternal Conflagration:

All of your Flamers, Exalted Flamers, and Horrors get an additional +1 rend to their shooting. The Command Ability is sub-par, but a -2 to an enemy's bravery can make or break a unit holding a position. The Command Traits makes it so that enemies firing at units within 12" of your general now hit you on a -1, keeping your glass cannons alive longer. The Artifact makes it so that in combat if hit you can burn your opponent back with easy Mortal Wounds. besides magic, you can make spamming horrors and Flammers work. One of the better Allegiances, especially in a Changehost.

The Hosts of Duplicitous:

Do you like annoying your foe, do you like catching your opponent off guard? Well, enemies units within 3" cannot retreat, making it good for all Tzeentch armies; daemons or arcanists. 1x per game, you can use the Command Ability that when a Horror unit dies you can bring it back in full on a 5+; no using DD here sadly. The General's Command Trait lets you reroll ALL casting and unbinding rolls for Daemon Wizards within 9", so that LoC really is gonna get that spell off. The Artifact lets you get a better save, and in AoS that's cash $. Your other Changehost build, this one likes Horror spam.

The Cult of the Transient Form:

Turns your early Fate point generators into a lot of melee power. When one of your Kairic Acolytes dies, they can fight back in combat, or he/she/they turn into Tzaangors when they die! and using the Command Ability makes dead dudes/dudettes into Tzaangors easily. Your Command Trait grants your cult gets +2 bravery, and sadly Arcanites have really poor to begin with so this is really appreciated, and a +1W Artifact is nothing remarkable but still good. Run with an Alter-Kin Coven and buy more Tzaangors.

The Pyrofane Cult:

All of your Acolytes throw their Sorcerous Bolts a bit better. I blame sorcery. If a unit suffered any, yes, any wounds then there is a 5+ chance they will be lit on fire and take D3 mortal wounds too. Your Command trait lets you pick a unit within 12" of any Hero and make them re-roll wound rolls. 30 Acolytes just got a lot scarier. Your General is also a little harder to hit due to Command Trait, nothing special. The Artifact is only useful on Heros with missile attacks, so maybe add in an LoC and fish for 6s to hit? This is meant for Arcanite players only and will put lots of heat on opponents small, elites armies.

The Hosts Arcanum:

Tzeentch as a Fast Flying force. In addition to auto-stop one spell during 1,3,5 round (when mobility and then game-changers will happen). it's built to make Screamers better with a 6" head start, summon a big Screamers unit, and make a unit tougher and better attacks. First tun they could move up to 22 + 6", kill an over-eager wizard with a Passover then tear up a monster.

The Guild of Summoners:

The Pure focused is spam magic so you can summon supper casters. Cram as many Wizards (especially Magisters for cheapness), Horror/acolytes in a list and spam all the spell Tzeentch has.

The Unbound Flux:

A similar premise to Guild of Summoners except focused only on spamming Deamon wizards Heros to maximize MW output. Your going to Spam MW spell and unlike the Guild, you can use those points on other deamon when needed.

The Cult of a thousand Eyes:

encourages an old Warriors of chaos approach entails using a Slaves to Darkness Hammer + Tzeench magic to annihilate particle targets. Your taking a lot of calvaries to quickly catch marked units and Chaos lords to make them better. If you use a lot of CP, this also a good faction to have a monster General as each CA used can heal him.

Allied Armies

• Slaves to Darkness:

• Hedonites of Slaanesh

• Monsters of Chaos

• Beasts of Chaos:
  • Great Bray-Shaman: Useful in a Tzaangor heavy list, has an ability that gives 3" of extra movement to nearby Brayherd units. This includes all variants of tzaangor. His built in spell can pull units out of position as well.

• One-Eyed Grunnok: A Warstomper Mega-Gargant available to all Chaos factions. Recruit your own monstrous centerpiece at the cost of your entire allied points allowance. He’s best used right in the heat of combat where he can throw enemies at each other and disrupt enemy formations. Re-rolls jump attacks of 1, plus enemies get -1 to hits on previous jump attacks of 6. If you’re using this big lug, you likely won’t have the points for a LoC which could severely hinder you based on what Coven you’re running. A more melee centric one like Cult of A Thousand Eyes could certainly use a big DISTRACTION CARNIFEX monster though.

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