The iconic Greater Daemon of Khorne. Danger and Murder made manifest!

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Chaos Daemons, Bloodthirster

10th Edition Index

The most favoured of Khorne, Blooththirsters are large shards of their master's will made manifest on the battlefield. They are fast, they can fly, they are tough and they deal loads of damage in melee. They even have short-ranged shooting.

They are not Epics, so you could use more than one if you wished but they are 305pts each so...

Let's check their stats and abilities!

Stats

Movement 12"
Toughness 11
Save 3+/4++ (armor/invul/Feel No Pain)
Wounds 18
Ld 6+
OC 5

Weapons

Standard weapons: Hellfire Breath, Great Axe of Khorne

Weapon options: This model can exchange its Great Axe of Khorne for an Axe of Khorne and one of the following:

• Blood Flail
• Lash of Khorne

Ranged Weapons

Hellfire Breath

12" Range, D6 Shots, Hitting on Auto, S5, AP-1 and 1 Damage each.
Torrent (This weapon hits automatically, just roll for number of shots)
Ignores Cover (The target unit cannot claim Benefit of Cover against this weapon)

Bloodflail

12" Range, 1 Shot, Hitting on 2+, S16, AP-3 and D6+1 Damage each.
Torrent (This weapon hits automatically, just roll for number of shots)
Devastating Wounds (On a Critical Wound roll of 6+ this attack deals Mortal Wounds)

Lash of Khorne

12" Range, 6 Shots, Hitting on 2+, S8, AP-1 and 2 Damage each.

Melee Weapons

Great Axe of Khorne - Strike

7 Attacks, Hitting on 2+, S16, AP-4 and D6+2 Damage each.

Great Axe of Khorne - Sweep

14 Attacks, Hitting on 2+, S10, AP-2 and 2 Damage each.

Axe of Khorne - Strike

8 Attacks, Hitting on 2+, S14, AP-4 and D3+1 Damage each.

Axe of Khorne - Sweep

16 Attacks, Hitting on 2+, S8, AP-2 and 1 Damage each.

Abilities

Deep Strike - If this unit arrives on the Battlefield from Reserves, it can be set up anywhere on the battlefield more than 9" from enemy models.

Greater Daemon of Khorne (Aura)

While friendly Khorne Legiones Daemonica units are within 6" of this model, they are within this army's Shadow of Chaos.

Daemon Lord of Khorne (Aura)

While friendly Khorne Legiones Daemonica units are within 6" of this model, each time those units make Melee attacks, they are at +1 to Hit.

Relentless Carnage

At the end of the Fight phase, you can select one enemy unit in engagement range of this model and roll 8x D6. For each 4+ that unit suffers a Mortal Wound.

Thoughts

Right so let's break it down:
Stats: Fast, tough, no weaknesses really. S12+ Weapons are needed to get a 3+ to wound against this model.

Shooting: Has a flamer always. Can downgrade melee slightly to get a one-shot heavy attack or a multi-shot anti-medium infantry.

Melee: Greater Daemon of the Blood God! Of course it is really great in this regard

Abilities:

Makes your nearby Khorne units have defenses and more accurate in melee.

Its personal ability cause Mortals at the end of the Fight phase is interesting! Instead of Charging in and causing Mortals before striking, this is the other way around. This might give you the opportunity to decide to try kill off something specific which is strategically valuable.

Meanwhile, how to deal with it: Lascannons and better in shooting. Mortal Wounds. Grenades.
Screen and use sacrificial units t slow it down or respond with something equally nasty in melee!

That makes 9 Chaos Daemon Datasheets Reviewed putting them on 18% Completed! The total of the remaining Index reviews is now 124.

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I shall leave all Army and Detachment rules here and the few Chaos Daemon datasheets I have done already:

Army Rule and Detachment Rule Reviews

Faction	Detachment	Review Number
Agents of the Imperium		Army Rule #2
Aeldari		Army Rule #4
Astra Militarum		Army Rule #1
Astra Militarum	Combined Regiment	Detachment Rule #1
Astra Militarum	Bridgehead Strike	Detachment Rule #2
Chaos Knights		Army Rule #8
Chaos Knights	Tratoris Lance	Detachment Review #11
Chaos Knights	Iconoclast Fiefdom	Detachment Review #12
Death Guard		Army Rule Review #6
Death Guard	Plague Company	Detachment Review #4
Death Guard	Flyblown Host	Detachment Review #7
Imperial Knights		Army Rule Review #9
Imperial Knights	Noble Lance	Detachment Review #13
Imperial Knights	Questor Forgepact	Detachment Review #14
Space Marines		Army Rule #3
Space Wolves	Champions of Russ	Detachment Review #9
Space Wolves	Champions of Fenris	Detachment Review #10
Thousand Sons		Army Rule #7
Thousand Sons	Cult of Magic	Detachment Review #5
Thousand Sons	Hexwarp Thrallband	Detachment Review #8
World Eaters		Army Rule #5
World Eaters	Berzerker Warband	Detachment Review #3
World Eaters	Vessels of Wrath	Detachment Review #6

Datasheet Review list (Alphabetical)

Faction	Unit	Review Number
Chaos Daemons	Beasts of Nurgle	#98
Chaos Daemons	Be'lakor	#370
Chaos Daemons	Bloodcrushers	#371
Chaos Daemons	Bloodletters	#372
Chaos Daemons	Bloodmaster	#373
Chaos Daemons	Daemonettes	#29
Chaos Daemons	Lord of Change	#75
Chaos Daemons	Nurglings	#82

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