Best way to use Apocalypse Tzeentch War Coven

[Lord Krungharr]

Hi, everybody, we have a 3000 point per player Apocalypse game coming up in November and I've been thinking about using a Tzeentch War Coven.

There's always putting that unit in a Land Raider but that's almost certainly going to get blown up Turn 1, and since we end up with basically an 8 foot x 18 foot table, I'm not sure that will get them far enough to shoot the psychic choir attack.

Should I give them all wings and/or Terminator armor for deepstriking? Or should I mount them on bikes? Or I could put them in a Dreadclaw too.

Dreadclaw is probably the cheapest option overall....so far I have a Slayer of Souls Daemon Lord in there, and the 3x3 Obliterator Cult of Destruction which also requires 1 unit of Mutilators (ugh), and a Doomblaster of Khorne, possibly a Skyshield Landing Pad and Manticore too.

In case you couldn't tell I'm keeping the model count to a minimum :)

What say you?

[interrogator_chaplain]

I'm unfamiliar with the formation, can you state the formation composition and the special rules that it has?

[Lord Krungharr]

Ah yes, sorry about that. The Formation requires Ahriman or a Mastery 3 Chaos Sorcerer, plus at least 3 other Mastery 1 Chaos Sorcerers. Otherwise they can take anything they want as far as upgrades and such.

The psychic choir power is Warp Charge 2, 48" range, Strength D/AP1 Vortex, small blast, Assault X where X=1 to 3 Chaos Sorcerers who get sacrificed for each blast desired....so gotta go with 3 per shot! Definitely about the most expensive shooting attack in the game, but 3 Vortex blasts floating around should spell trouble for the enemy :D

Of course in Apocalypse, surviving until a shooting phase could be tricky. So that's why I'd probably keep the unit in Strategic Reserves, which in new Apoc rules, can come in Turn 1 by my choosing if I remember correctly. But it sure would be nice to have more than 1 round of blasting with those guys!

[interrogator_chaplain]

Ok, this is a titan hunting squadron if I've ever seen one. Dreadclaw, deepstrike next to a Warlord or Reaver, sacrifice 3 and destroy a Warlord in one turn. Easy.

Alternatively, find the largest formation of troops set them down in front of them and vortex away.