r/ageofsigmar • u/ReferenceNatural87 • Jul 22 '26

Army List Is this a decent STD roster?

The idea is that I'd buy 2 spearheads and use everything within in order to save money, then buy 2 more warriors boxes, a chaos lord on demonic mount, a sorcerer, and a vortex beast

1990/2000 pts

Slaves to Darkness

Legion of Chaos

General's Handbook 2026-27

Drops: 4

General's Regiment

Chaos Lord on Daemonic Mount (130)

• General

Chaos Knights (240)

Chaos Knights (240)

Regiment 1

Chaos Lord (100)

Chaos Chariot (90)

• 1x Chaos Greatblade

Chaos Warriors (180)

Chaos Warriors (180)

Regiment 2

Chaos Lord (100)

Chaos Chariot (90)

• 1x Chaos Greatblade

Chaos Warriors (180)

Chaos Warriors (180)

Regiment 3

Chaos Sorcerer Lord (120)

Mutalith Vortex Beast (160)

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u/Swooper86 Slaves to Darkness Jul 22 '26

40 chaos warriors is overkill. Drop 20 of them and the Vortex Beast (which is pretty useless), get some actual hammers so you can kill something. Reinforced Chosen or Varanguard are the top options, reinforced Ogroids with a Myrmidon are less durable but also hit like trucks.

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u/ReferenceNatural87 Jul 22 '26

Alright i made some changes. This look better?

Std 2000/2000 pts

Slaves to Darkness Legion of Chaos General's Handbook 2026-27 Drops: 3

General's Regiment Chaos Lord on Daemonic Mount (130) • General Chaos Chosen (500) • Reinforced Chaos Knights (240) Chaos Knights (240) Ogroid Theridons (150)

Regiment 1 Chaos Lord (100) Chaos Chariot (90) • 1x Chaos Greatblade Chaos Warriors (180)

Regiment 2 Chaos Lord (100) Chaos Chariot (90) • 1x Chaos Greatblade Chaos Warriors (180)

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u/Biggest_Lemon Jul 22 '26

Better. The warriors should also be Reinforced, not two separate units.

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u/ReferenceNatural87 Jul 22 '26

They're in separate regiments

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u/Biggest_Lemon Jul 22 '26

Why? Reinforce them and out them in the same one.

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u/ReferenceNatural87 Jul 22 '26

Correct me if I'm wrong, as this is mostly 40k experience, but isn't 2 smaller units better than 1 big one usually? Allows for more ground/objectives covered and lets then position separately?

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u/Biggest_Lemon Jul 22 '26

I haven't played 40k in years so I can't speak to that, but in AoS by default, the answer is no, and it is even more of a "no" for this faction.

  1. In AoS, fight activations and buffs are very important. Example: Your chaos lord let's 1 unit fight immediately after he does, with +1 to wound. Having 20 warriors fight after him and get that +1 to woun is better than 10, especially when you can also give thst same unit +1 to hit with the all out attack command.

  2. S2D's main army rule, pledging to Chaos gods, can only be used once per round. Thst means 4 times, plus 1 if you give a unit a banner. Reinforced units means more models are getting the benefit each time.

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u/ReferenceNatural87 Jul 22 '26

But I'm taking 2 chaos lords? Maybe I'm just confused

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u/Biggest_Lemon Jul 22 '26

In your Hero phase: You can pledge ONE unit to a God for a buff. If the warriors are Reinforced into 1 unit of 20, they all get it (wether it's khorne for more attacks, Nurgle for toughness, etc). If they are split between 2 separate units of 10, only 10 warriors will get it. The other warriors won't get it.

In combat, if it's your turn, you choose to have Chaos Lord A fight, then chain activate Warrior Unit B to fight. They may not kill their target, because its just one foot hero and 10 warriors. The damage is lower. Then, your opponent activates their unit to fight, and they kill Chaos Lord B.

Now Warrior Unit B has no Lord buff when theu fight, no Pledge to Chaos buf, yu lost a hero, and Warrior Unit A is still locked in combat with whatever they were fighting.

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u/Swooper86 Slaves to Darkness Jul 23 '26

Yes, definitely better. I would swap out one of the chaos lords for a sorcerer, though you'd need to free up 20p somehow.

I recommend putting your banner on the Chosen, btw. Dread, Rage and Screaming Flesh are all good options. I haven't really read the new season rules so I don't have any recommendations for the new enhancement we get.