Help with building a Daemons army.

[Togashijake]

Hello,

New to the 10mm world, and loving the Warmaster ruleset.  Decided to build Daemons as my 1st army, but I need a little bit of help with army builds.

For 1000 pts I have decided on this:

Daemon Sorceror Overlord
Daemon Sorceror Lord w/ Favor of the Gods

3x Daemon Hordes
3x Daemon Swarm
3x Daemon Cavalry

From there I am a little confused as to where to go, any advice?
Should I always be maxing the Daemon Swarms for a higher breakpoint and distractions?
Which are the best units to get?

Thanks in advance,
Jake

[Claus]

Best units to get are the Daemon Hordes.

I never take more then 3-4 swarm units at 2.000 pts games. They are good for catching the fire of the enemies and help to keep up the breakpoint by 1 but other then that I would not take to much of em as they have no save and are not dishing out enough damage in close combat.

Take the maximum of wizzards as they are vital for this army.

The take some chariots (cheaper then daemon cavalry) and maybe 1-2 units of daemon riders.

I never play 1.000 pt games and can oly give you a set up for 2.000 pts which looks like this.

1 General upgraded to wizzard General
2 wizzards
1 Hero with favour of the gods
9 Daemon Hordes
2-3 Swarm units
4 daemon cavalry
2 daemon chariots
2 daemon flyers

But this is only my choice fitting to my playstile. (I´m an aggressive player)

Cheers
Claus

[Dave]

Haven't played as them, but against them a few times. I also thought this would be a pretty nasty army:

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Warmaster Army Selector
Daemon Tournament Army, 2000 points
Warmaster Trial Armies Compendium 2009
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600 - 8 Daemon Hordes
180 - 4 Daemon Swarm
220 - 2 Daemon Cavalry
190 - 2 Daemon Chariots
160 - 2 Daemon Flyers
300 - 1 Greater Daemon
170 - 1 Daemon Overlord
- 1 Wizard (25)
- 1 Scroll of Dispelling (20)
180 - 2 Daemon Sorcerer
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2000 - 19/10

[Togashijake]

Thank you very much guys!

Do you find Daemon Beasts to be subpar?  I like the idea of them. (Lots of points for 3 bases)

[wmchaos2000]

In general, costly units will make you lose faster against a skilled opponent.
So comparing "the kick" you get per point paid, daemon inf is outstanding.
I would go the same as Claus mentioned. With only some tweeks to fit my playstyle.
And by that, i am trying the shine a light on the essence of choosing an armylist, playstyle.
If you follow all recomendations, you will most certainly end up with a list that doesn´t fit your own playstyle.

Just some pointers, at this late hour, hope some of it helped.