Now let’s look at my strategy for choosing secondaries for this list.
List:
HQs:
Be’lakor (Shrouded Step, Wreathed in Shades)
Changecaster (Shrouded Step, Wreathed in Shades, relic: Endless Grimoire: Gaze of Fate)
Sorcerer (jump pack, Mark of Slaanesh, Delightful Agonies, Prescience)
Troops:
30 Bloodletters (1 Blood reaper, 1 Banner of Blood (-1CP), 1 Instrument of Chaos)
20 Bloodletters (1 Blood reaper, 1 Banner of Blood (-1CP), 1 Instrument of Chaos)
3 Nurglings
Fast Attack:
5 Plague Drones (1 Daemonic Icon)*
5 Furies Mark of Slaanesh
9 Screamers
Elites:
2 Fiends
9 Flamers (1 Pyrocaster)
Heavy Support:
5 Havocs (1 champion with bolter, 4 w/ reaper chaincannons)
To win the primary and be somewhat competitive in secondary, my most common choice will be stranglehold for 3 points per turn if I control 3 or more objective markers, and control more. This will be chosen for missions with 5 or more objectives with the goal of scoring 9 to 12 points. If there are only 4 objectives, I will choose engage on all fronts instead for 2 points per turn I end having a unit within 3 table quarters, and 3 points for having a unit within 4. My goal is to score 8 to 12 points with this secondary.
My second choice will be raise the banners high for 1 point per banner at the start of my turn.. Similar to stranglehold, with 5 or more objectives I will be hoping to get 8 to 10 points. With 4 objectives, I will consider retrieve octarious data for 8 points if I complete three of the four actions.
The third will be based on the matchup, and can be bring it down for vehicle heavy lists, titan hunter for titan heavy lists, abhor the witch for psyker heavy lists, warp ritual if I believe I can hold the center, or psychic interrogation if there is less LoS blocking terrain. These are all poor choices and situational, which is why this army relies on primary so much. If I can max out primary at 45 points, and get between 16 and 22 points in the first two secondaries, I am scoring between 61 and 67 points. I will need to limit my opponent’s scoring, and hope to get 10 points out of the third secondary to stay competitive.
Overall, secondaries will be this list’s Achilles heel. I will have little to no wiggle room in picking the wrong secondary, or not score enough.