Fortunately changes to morale and your invulnerable saves will mitigate the damage theyвЂ™re able to do. Blast weapons.В While not the bogeyman they were projected to be in 9th edition early on, your large units of troops will make you vulernable to blast weapons.

Chaos DaemonsвЂ™ best rules are locked behind stratagems used during list building, and so your typical competitive Daemons list will spend anywhere from 4 to 10 CP before the game even starts, leaving you with fewer options once the first turn begins. There are some decent Warlord Traits for Chaos Daemons but the faction has no way to give additional Warlord Traits to models. Although itвЂ™s not as bad as it was for Daemon lists before the changes to the Bring it Down and Abhor the Witch secondaries, Daemons lists will frequently leave themselves open to an opponent being able to max out kill secondaries, particularly Assassinate, but Abhor the Witch will also likely still be a viable option against many competitive Daemon builds even if itвЂ™s harder to max. If Daemons want to hit at a distance, they typically need to do it with Psychic Powers or add in Chaos Space Marines. Daemons have very little shooting, and while they have a few longer-ranged options, most of their shooting attacks are short-ranged. And with the changes to Abhor the Witch, you wonвЂ™t be feeling the pain of taking 3+ psykers per game quite so severely. Most HQs in the codex are Psykers, giving the army a way to take plentiful Psyker units to help make up for a lack of shooting and buff the rest of the army. Daemons вЂ“ with the exception of those devoted to Khorne вЂ“ have some decent psychic powers in their arsenal, even if some of them are overcosted. As AP continues to increase across the game, their lack of armour save and reliance on 5++ (or better) invulns has continued to shift from a weakness to a strength.

Durability : With the Exalted Lord of Change, Great Unclean Ones, and many Nurgle units (especially Beasts of Nurgle) among the most durable units in the game, Daemons are very strong at surviving on objectives.

Nurglings are a standout here, where despite their recent points hike their ability to start the game on objectives can help you get an early start on the primary objectives game. Every one of the options is at least playable, although some are better than others. The Troop choices in the Daemons army are some of the best in the game. Greater Daemons in particular have improved significantly with the addition of the Exalted rules, but aside from those you have options like Shalaxi Helbane, the Contorted Epitome, the Changeling, and Epidemius, who can help support a variety of strategies. Chaos Daemons have access to some great character options for each of the gods. Chaos Daemons, particularly on the Khorne and Slaanesh sides of the tetrad, can really put out some hurt in melee that, combined with some of their tricks for getting into melee and their psychic powers, can make up for their lack of shooting. Bloodletters, Daemonettes, Plaguebearers, and Horrors are some of the gameвЂ™s cheapest Troops units, and they receive bonuses for running more than 20 models in a unit which encourages you to take larger squads. Because you arenвЂ™t paying for cowardly ranged weapons on most of your units, Chaos Daemons are cheap. This also means you have many ways to get around the table and take objectives. Whether itвЂ™s teleporting in with Denizens of the Warp, Advancing and Charging with Slaanesh Daemons, Scout-deploying with Nurglings, or making a long charge with the Banner of Blood, youвЂ™ve got ways to close the gap and make opponents regret getting too close. Daemons have a lot of speed and tricks to show up and move all over the table. This was written in February, 2021 after the release of the January FAQs and points updates and Codex: Death Guard. The core strength of Daemons is in their Greater Daemons and Troops, leading to builds that see players marching hordes of lesser daemons across the table led by towering MonstersвЂ¦ or just pushing a few units of Daemonettes around with as many Keepers of Secrets as they can.ДЄs always, a guide like this represents a time and place. Further investigation reveals a deep, versatile faction that can work well either on its own or as part of a soup army.

Mike PestilensвЂ™s Recommendation for Pure Tzeentch DaemonsД¬haos Daemons are an army that at first glance, may seem very straightforward and limited.

Bjorn CantrellвЂ™s Mostly Undivided Daemons.Seeker Chariots / Exalted Seeker Chariots.Heralds on Seeker Chariots and Hellflayers.

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