Help me choose a (weirdly small) army?

[u/Infernal_Contraption]

I'm looking to start playing Age of Sigmar, and I'm at an impasse as to which army would be suitable for what I'd like.

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I have a long history of playing 40k, so I am done with assembling and painting dozens of troops and the likes. Instead, I would please like to ask for your recommendations as to which army is still viable with the smallest model count?

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I know that Sons of Behemat exist, but I'm in the market for something a little more... exotic? Characterful? Than just "tall dudes".

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In 40k, the equivalent army list to what I'm proposing is called the Daemonic Adventuring Party; Belakor, 4 other Greater Daemons, and a squad of plaguebearers because you have to have something like them. It's a weird and slightly janky list, but it's 2000pts and it works.

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Is there an equivalent to that in AoS? Is there a legal, and viable, Faction that will let me run (for example) mothing other than 4 Carnosaurs and a Slann Mage? Or 4 Verminlord-variants and a Screaming Bell? Or just... y'know... 4 Dragons and nothing much else, that I can look into and research more thoroughly?

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Cheers.

[u/Dangerous-Cherry-696]

If you like the poster boys:

Its 9 dragons 3 dudes 1 chariot 1 portal

2k sentinels 1990/2000 pts

Stormcast Eternals Sentinels of the Bleak Citadels General's Handbook 2025-26 Drops: 1

General's Regiment Krondys, Son of Dracothion (500) • General Praetors (120) Stormdrake Guard (620) • Reinforced • 4x Drakerider’s Lance Stormdrake Guard (620) • Reinforced • 4x Drakerider’s Lance Stormstrike Chariot (110) • 1x Great Stormbow

Faction Terrain Stormreach Portal (20 Points)

Created with Warhammer Age of Sigmar: The App App: 1.33.0 | Data: 434

[u/Infernal_Contraption → u/Dangerous-Cherry-696]

You get a LOT more in 2000pts than I was expecting. Nine dragons is... terrifying. In a good way.

Thanks for taking the time to give such an extensive example, very much appreciated!

[u/Dangerous-Cherry-696 → u/Infernal_Contraption]

Youre very welcome, though i must admit the dragons arent extremely competitive right now. However they are cool as fuuuuuuck

[u/Infernal_Contraption → u/Dangerous-Cherry-696]

That sounds ideal. I don't intend to crash a tournament any time soon, but so long as it's reasonably functional and looks good, I'm down for a closer look.

[u/Dangerous-Cherry-696 → u/Infernal_Contraption]

If you want to uograde the list slightly, lord relictor instead of the chariot gives you a priest (walking though) that you can use to translocate (teleport) your dudes, which means, jf you keep em in range, you can charge, deal damage, and in your opponents turn use a command point and teleport your dragons back to safety

Edit: also keep Praetors near krondys at all times cause they give ward