Thoughts on Darkoath Swarm list- Army name "Chaos Marauders" | /r/AgeOfSigmar | Page 1

sleek panther Dec 16, 2025, 6:22 PM

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Slaves to Darkness
Chaos Horde
Auxiliaries: 0
Drops: 4

Battle Tactic Cards - Master the Paths
• Restless Energy
Manifestation Lore - Morbid Conjuration (30)
Spell Lore - Lore of the Damned

General's Regiment
Chaos Lord (100)
• General
• Head of the Unworthy
Darkoath Marauders (160)
• Reinforced
• 1x Champion
• 1x Musician
• 1x Standard Bearer

Regiment 1
Darkoath Chieftain on Warsteed (110)
Darkoath Fellriders (300)
• Reinforced
• 1x Champion, Broadsword
• 1x Musician, Broadsword
• 1x Standard Bearer, Broadsword
• 7x Broadsword
Darkoath Fellriders (300)
• Reinforced
• 1x Champion, Broadsword
• 1x Musician, Broadsword
• 1x Standard Bearer, Broadsword
• 7x Broadsword
Darkoath Fellriders (300)
• Reinforced
• 1x Champion, Broadsword
• 1x Musician, Broadsword
• 1x Standard Bearer, Broadsword
• 7x Broadsword

Regiment 2
Darkoath Chieftain (80)
• Favoured of the Pantheon
Darkoath Marauders (160)
• Reinforced
• 1x Champion
• 1x Musician
• 1x Standard Bearer
Darkoath Marauders (160)
• Reinforced
• 1x Champion
• 1x Musician
• 1x Standard Bearer
Darkoath Marauders (160)
• Reinforced
• 1x Champion
• 1x Musician
• 1x Standard Bearer

Regiment 3
Chaos Sorcerer Lord (120)

Faction Terrain
Nexus Chaotica

unkempt apex Dec 16, 2025, 7:24 PM

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Honestly? Not very good

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You’re approaching the concept of Darkoath listbuilding incorrectly

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It’s a horde attrition army that grinds people down by weight of mortals and recursion

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The units that deal mortals are Marauders (on death), Wilderfiends (when other stuff dies), and Savagers (with their attacks)

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This list has no Savagers and no Wilderfiends

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And not enough Darkoath Heroes to make the revive reliable

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If you want a pure Darkoath list that can compete, it should look more like this

Pure Darkoath 2000/2000 pts

Slaves to Darkness
Darkoath Horde
General's Handbook 2025-26
Drops: 4
Wounds: 192
Spell Lore - Lore of the Damned
Manifestation Lore - Forbidden Power

Battle Tactic Cards: Scouting Force, Wrathful Cycles

General's Regiment
Gunnar Brand (200)
• General
Singri Brand
The Oathsworn Kin
Darkoath Marauders (80)
Darkoath Marauders (80)

Regiment 1
Darkoath Chieftain (80)
Darkoath Marauders (160)
• Reinforced
Darkoath Savagers (90)
Darkoath Wilderfiend (130)

Regiment 2
Darkoath Chieftain (80)
Darkoath Marauders (160)
• Reinforced
Darkoath Savagers (90)
Darkoath Wilderfiend (130)

Regiment 3
Darkoath Warqueen (100)
• Amulet of Chaos
• Deathmonger
Darkoath Fellriders (300)
• Reinforced
• 2x Broadsword
• The Dread Banner
Darkoath Fellriders (150)
• Broadsword
Darkoath Fellriders (150)
• Broadsword

Faction Terrain
Nexus Chaotica


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And honestly, swapping 10 of those Fellriders and some odds and ends for the Helsmiths RoR is likely just better

sleek panther Dec 16, 2025, 7:34 PM

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Thanks

sleek panther Dec 17, 2025, 6:31 PM

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@unkempt apex Thanks for the help. Darkoath would be a casual long term list I build over time. I've not used an massive army before when playing 40K, and my main army I am building is Chaos warriors and knights.

For a swarm list, how would you take advantage of their quanitity to effectively use the swarm potential

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I'm more used to smaller armies that have large fire power

unkempt apex Dec 17, 2025, 6:34 PM

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So the way that list plays is that the Marauders move onto objectives aggressively while screening the Chieftain/Savagers/Wilderfiends

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They get charged and die, they do mortals on death and charge up the Wilderfiend’s ability

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On your turn, you use the Wilderfiend’s ability to shoot mortal damage lasers or shut off commands, whichever matters more

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Then you pledge the Savagers to Khorne and charge your opponent back

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And throw a bunch of dice with crit mortal on them

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Between those 3 things you should be doing enough damage to kill things

sleek panther Dec 17, 2025, 6:40 PM

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Right.

On the list, is there a particular reason some of the units are reinforced, and some are not

unkempt apex Dec 17, 2025, 6:41 PM

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Savagers can’t be reinforced so you don’t do it

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Marauders are generally reinforced for maximum control score purposes

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Main Fellriders have the banner so they have to be reinforced for staying power purposes

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The other Fellriders mostly exist to score points so MSU is fine

sleek panther Dec 17, 2025, 7:01 PM

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So if I am understanding correctly, the infantry are fodder to buff the fiends

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And you treat them like expendables for the characters and beasts?

unkempt apex Dec 17, 2025, 7:04 PM

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The Marauders and the MSU Fellriders are 100% expendable

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They are there to score points and die

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The Savagers are semi expendable

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You want them to hit something before they inevitably die

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Same for the Wilderfiends and the reinforced Fellriders

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The Heroes are the thing you’re kinda mad if it dies, because every Hero that dies makes your strategy more difficult to execute

sleek panther Dec 17, 2025, 7:07 PM

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Which hero do I want to become a demon prince

unkempt apex Dec 17, 2025, 7:07 PM

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Doesn’t matter, won’t happen

sleek panther Dec 17, 2025, 7:07 PM

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Fair enough

unkempt apex Dec 17, 2025, 7:07 PM

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Warqueen has the best chance I guess

sleek panther Dec 17, 2025, 7:08 PM

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So it's victory by attrition?

unkempt apex Dec 17, 2025, 7:08 PM

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Pretty much

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Some armies are weak to that. Others are not

sleek panther Dec 17, 2025, 7:10 PM

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Interesting.

So I'm guessing it's a very casual focused army style

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Which would be fine as that's sort of what I'd want.

unkempt apex Dec 17, 2025, 7:22 PM

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It is and it isn’t

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It’s fun for your opponent because he just gets to mow down all your dorks

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It can be complicated for you because you have to execute the gameplan at a high level to win

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If you don’t care if you lose all the time, it’s less stressful

#Thoughts on Darkoath Swarm list- Army name "Chaos Marauders"