40K: Goatboy’s List Thoughts – Skarbrand’s Orgy of Death

Goatboy here again with another list built around a Special Character. Today I decided to use Skarbrand and to figure out an army that utilizes his special Hatred ability.

If you don’t know it, he gives everyone within 24″ the ability that they must reroll any failed to hit rolls in combat. I don’t have all my rulebooks with me, but I think that lets you reroll to hit even when attack a vehicle because it just says hits in combat. If I am wrong please tell me as I looked up the FAQ and I didn’t see anything about this anywhere. If I am right, then awesome you get a lot more chances to rend.

So the idea behind this list is that Skarbrand was summoned by 2 Slaanesh Heralds as the ultimate way to make Khorne mad by pulling and blinding his old great Bloodthirster into some kind of crazy dance of death. The rule thought is, the more chances you get to roll to hit the more chances you can get a chance to rend something out. So the build design is to put as much rending into an army list as possible and still hopefully have a chance to do well in the game.

So without further thought – Skarbrand’s Orgy of Death – 2000 pt 40k Chaos Daemons list

HQ: Skarbrand
HQ: Herald of Slaanesh, Mount of Slaanesh
HQ: Herald of Slaanesh, Mount of Slaanesh
Elites: Fiends of Slaanesh X 5, Unholy Might
Elites: Fiends of Slaanesh X 5, Unholy Might
Elites: Fiends of Slaanesh X 5, Unholy Might
Troops: Daemonettes of Slaanesh X 10
Troops: Daemonettes of Slaanesh X 10
Troops: Daemonettes of Slaanesh X 10
FA: Seekers of Slaanesh X 10
FA: Seekers of Slaanesh X 10
Heavy: Soul Grinder, Tongue
Heavy: Soul Grinder, Tongue

So the list is a bit spam heavy, but I really wanted to make sure there wasn’t as much mixture of any other god in there, as it would fit the “fluff” thought of Slaanesh wanting to push a dagger in the heart of Khorne a bit. So what are you are looking at right now is almost the entire army usually goes first in assault with a ton of grenades everywhere too. The two Soul Grinder have tongues in a hope to kill any LR or something big that might be in the way. Heck with the fiends with Unholy might you still have a chance to do something.

Any other special character you want me to try and build a decent list out of?

Author: Thomas / Goatboy

Thomas Reidy, aka Goatboy, the ever-evil member of BoLS. I do arts, play 40k, and even paint a lot of stuff. I have been playing Warhammer 40K since the 1990s, and have won multiple national events including Adepticon and GW GTs. I've been writing for BoLS for 15 years. Look at my Instagram to see what I am working on - or working on for someone. I am always doing something hobby related.