2000p Throgg Army

If you're looking at it from a "themed" rather than competitive point of view, Throgg is all about gathering the "monsters, mutants and madmen" into his army, and the focus is more on the random monstrous/mutant bits than the more "martial" warriors".

"Monsters" would be covered by trolls (of course), warhounds, ogres, dragon ogres, chimeras, giants, shaggoths, maybe slaughterbrutes, mutalith vortex beasts and gorebeast chariots too.

"Mutants" would be forsaken and spawn - but going Legions of Chaos wouldn't be inappropriate and Beastmen units would comfortably fit in with Throgg (I'm pretty sure he had Gors with him in the first Gotrek & Felix End Times book).

"Madmen" covers anything else... but I'd think that's more likely to be crazed marauders than warriors who'd be more likely to follow a conventional Chaos Lord/Exalted Hero.

Also, if you want a Throgg army, he should really be general, which would mean having a Chaos Sorcerer Lord replacing the Daemon Prince so Throgg retains the (joint) highest Leadership.

I think your army is mostly along the right lines, but for themed-reasons I'd recommend replacing the Daemon Prince as above, and maybe the Exalted Hero/chariots/Skullcrushers with at least one proper monster and maybe a Beastmen BSB instead.

Hi strutsagget,

I've always been into building themed armies, so when I play my Throgg Troll army, it's pretty much all Trolls with a few other monsters.

Typically, I take between 3-6 units of Trolls of different sizes. I've found for competitive play that units of 8 Trolls work best. I usually will take a unit of Ogres to break up the stupidity tests, and to get some command models (Blood & Glory can pop up in tournaments).

For monsters I take Giant Hill Trolls (Chaos Giants), but any Chaos monsters or Monstrous creature fit. I've used the Skragg the Slaughterer models (the Ogre butcher pulling a cauldron) as a Chaos War Shrine.

My BSB is the infamous Gorba the Bloated One, or simply Gorba the Bloated. He is a incredibly fat, Goblin-thing carried by a plaque of Nurgle and carries Throgg's personal banner. In game rules he is a Champion of Nurgle on a palanquin. The palanquin mount gives him 4 Wounds - appropriate for a monstrous thing.

I do the same for a Wizard. My Troll Shaman, Boggoth Zulla, is a Nurgle Sorcerer on a palanquin.

I agree with sedge regarding the Legions of Chaos list, it's perfect for a Throgg army because if gives Throgg access to more monsters and Beasts. If you want to use units of standard infantry troops in a Throgg army is should be Beastmen. 

For competitiveness take Scyla. Some might call it beardy, but I will take Scyla on occasion. He is LD 10 and so must be the army general (RAW). This means my Trolls get two Leadership bubbles. A 12" LD 10 bubble from Scyla, and a 18" LD 8 bubble from Throgg. Keep me mind though, I play with LOTS of Trolls. Which means if Throgg dies, my army would fall apart (Trolls have LD 4 and can't pass their Stupidity on their own). With Scyla I have two characters that can keep the army going. 

Here is one of my army lists I took to a GT:


LORDS (385 points)

385 Boggoth Zûlla, Oracle of Troll Country
, Chaos Sorcerer Lord (235) + Mark of Nurgle (10)
+ Palanquin of Nurgle (40) + Charmed Shield (5)
+ Talisman of Preservation (45) + Dispel Scroll (25)
+ Ruby Ring of Ruin (25) SPELLS: Lore of Nurgle


HEROES (498)

195 Throgg, King of Trolls

105 Scyla Anfingrimm

198 Gorba the Bloated One
, Exalted Hero (110) + Battle Standard Bearer (25)
+ Mark of Nurgle (10) + Palanquin of Nurgle (40)
+ Dragonhelm (10) + Shield (3)


CORE UNITS (1,027 points)

Throgg’s Thrashers -
315 9 Chaos Trolls

Throgg’s Smashers
- 280 8 Chaos Trolls

Throgg’s Slashers
- 152 4 Chaos Trolls + Additional Hand Weapons

Throgg’s Gnashers
- 280 8 Chaos Trolls


SPECIAL UNITS (190 points)

Golgsmasha’s Iron ‘Ard Ogres
- 190 4 Chaos Ogres + Mark of Nurgle
+ Additional Hand Weapons + Full Command


RARE UNITS (400 points)

Thrack Ogre-Eater
- 200 Giant Hill Troll (Chaos Giant)

Thrugg Stonesmasha
- 200 Giant Hill Troll (Chaos Giant)


GRAND TOTAL: 2,500 points

I would echo the above and stick some dragon ogres and a shaggoth in