Who says Daemons can't be competitive?

Har har har..

It might not be fluffy, or fun to play, or enjoyable for either party, but Chaos Daemons have quite a bit of flexibility.  Just by looking at the codex, I can see some craziness arise.

Mainly these combinations:

• A Lord of Change with Divination is probably the strongest of the GD choices.  Divination in general is just really strong.  The GUO with Lv.3 Biomancy is also a fair contender.
• Taking Heralds of Nurgle with FNP, with AP2 weapons.
• Troops should all be PBs with the Heralds, to sit in cover and take points, as well as being the most resilient of all the choices.
• Take 3 Nurgle Soulgrinders with Phlegm to sit in Ruins and crap on everyone with 2+ cover and 36" S8 AP3 Ord Large Blasts.
• Fill in the rest with Plague Riders, Beasts, Seekers or Screamers.  Honestly, you can pretty much freestyle at this point.

So what does this mean?  It means it's a really good time to be Nurgle.

The Plague Riders are great units, so are the Beasts.  With access to some kind of Divination in the army, the power level of just magnified to ridiculous amounts.  Unfortunately, you will not see me making any of these lists!

Here's a sample of what an optimized, competitive army could look like:

1999

HQ:
Lv.3 Lord of Change = 305
Divination, 2 Greater Gifts, 1 Lesser

Herald of Nurgle = 75
Greater Locus, Lesser Gift

Herald of Nurgle = 75
Greater Locus, Lesser Gift

TROOP:
20x Plaguebearers = 225
Champ/Lesser Gift, Plague Banner, Instrument

20x Plaguebearers = 225
Champ/Lesser Gift, Plague Banner, Instrument

10x Plaguebearers = 105
Champ, Instrument

10x Plaguebearers = 95
Champ

FAST ATTACK:
7x Plague Drones = 354
Champ/Lesser Gift, Rot Proboscis, Instrument

HEAVY:
Soul Grinder = 180
Daemon of Nurgle, Phlegm Bombardment

Soul Grinder = 180
Daemon of Nurgle, Phlegm Bombardment

Soul Grinder = 180
Daemon of Nurgle, Phlegm Bombardment

+++++

Relatively static/reactionary army that hugs cover and shoots until the opportunity arises.
The Chicken helps buff the rest of the army with Divination spells, providing Prescience, Misfortune, Precognition...etc, as well as wacking people with his S8 Concussive Staff of explosions!

You know what's great? You can switch out the chicken, plop in a Lv.3 GUO with Biomancy, 2 Greater Gifts/1 Lesser for 290 and make the entire force pure Nurgle.
Change some unit sizes around for 14x (7x Nurgle #s) and you have yourself a "fluffy" list as well.

This list just brings the pain.